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Portland's front line has undergone a drastic change for the better and longer!

Ayton: 7 footer with 7'7" wingspan
Timelord: 6'9" with 7"6" wingspan
Grant: 6'8"' with 7"3" wingspan

and so many backup bigs and wings with height and length, this may be the best and fastest rebuild in F'n Blazer history. And these guys play DEFENSE. Man I am excited for this year and the next several!

WAY YO GO TRADER JOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
It is an improvement, gonna have an intriguing guard rotation AND also a fairly intriguing big rotation. Can't wait for the pre-season to start
 
maxiep said:
I temper my excitement of Robert Williams with the fact that he was so injured in Boston. Big men in Portland historically have not become healthier once arriving.
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The good thing is we only need 8 minutes a half from him. He is injury-prone, but were any of them serious? Meniscus tear is not good but unless there are multiple ones like Roy, it is not too bad. What was his worst injury?
 
I'd love to see us land a PF and play Grant at SF and start Sharpe at SG. As long as we have Simons though, we're going to be playing that undersized backcourt.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
The good thing is we only need 8 minutes a half from him. He is injury-prone, but were any of them serious? Meniscus tear is not good but unless there are multiple ones like Roy, it is not too bad. What was his worst injury?
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he's had his left knee operated on at least twice

STOMP
 
STOMP said:
If William's knee has finally stabilized & he's really thought to be good to go, I have no idea why the Celtics traded him away. Fingers crossed they made a monumental mistake

STOMP
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Cronin's Arms Race made them trade him away chop chop.
The NBA runs through Cronin now.
 
blazerkor said:
Not too bad? The dude was on a minutes restriction all season last season and still missed three games after mid season due to knee pain. Many reporters have said that he likely has a knee problem like Brandon Roy. They started Al Horford in front of him and it wasn't because Al is the better player when healthy.
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I am just going off the link I supplied that said "There is no long-term concern about his knee injury," Brian Robb of Mass Live reported. "No surgery was needed so ample rest this summer should have him at 100 percent in camp." Granted that was the year before, but all he had since was an arthroscopic surgery to repair it. Didn't Roy have multiple ones?

I believe you but I have not seen the article you are suggesting. In comparison to Nurk has he had that bad of an injury?
 
maxiep said:
I temper my excitement of Robert Williams with the fact that he was so injured in Boston. Big men in Portland historically have not become healthier once arriving.
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Word on the street (from Boston) is that this has been TimeLord's healthiest offseason in years.
We'll see, but I've decided to be optimistic, until proven otherwise.
 
Cugel said:
Load manage him. Doesnt need to play 30' a night.
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Yep, we have a lot of new bigs to look at like Murray, Toumani, see if Walker has improved, so it works well if we don't overplay him.
 
Ayton expressed a desire to play PF. That would be interesting. It would certainly make us bigger. His FG% from 16-3pt is actually similar to LaMarcus (though I hated that shot of LAs)
 
maxiep said:
I temper my excitement of Robert Williams with the fact that he was so injured in Boston. Big men in Portland historically have not become healthier once arriving.
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Cronin will take care of it. He'll just trick someone into trading us a bionic knee or Achilles' tendon.
 
Strenuus said:
How the hell did he get the name of timelord? What does it all mean?
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“So when I got drafted, I missed a press conference over the phone,” Williams told Sky Sports. “And they start calling me Time Lord, like being late. But I got on the court playing and it was saying like, 'Oh, he's stopping time to go over there and block shots.' So, I can't hate on that, it was decent.May 26, 2023
 
beast crnjo said:
Ayton expressed a desire to play PF. That would be interesting. It would certainly make us bigger. His FG% from 16-3pt is actually similar to LaMarcus (though I hated that shot of LAs)
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Was going through the list of teams because I figured teams starting two bigs at PF/C was rare, but it's more than I had realized.

Cleveland (Mobley/Allen), Minny (KAT/Gobert), Utah (Lauri/Kessler), Milwaukee (Giannis/Lopez), and Memphis (JJJ/Adams) come to mind. If we do it, then a 6th of the league will be starting near 7' guys at PF/C. It's not THAT unusual.

Key is Ayton's shooting. If he can space the floor, it could work. Williams is mobile enough to be disruptive against even mobile PFs.
 
“LENGTH: Can you say length?!!!!!!!”
No I can’t, I have an abnormally short tongue. I need chopsticks to perform cunnilingus.
 
illmatic99 said:
Was going through the list of teams because I figured teams starting two bigs at PF/C was rare, but it's more than I had realized.

Cleveland (Mobley/Allen), Minny (KAT/Gobert), Utah (Lauri/Kessler), Milwaukee (Giannis/Lopez), and Memphis (JJJ/Adams) come to mind. If we do it, then a 6th of the league will be starting near 7' guys at PF/C. It's not THAT unusual.

Key is Ayton's shooting. If he can space the floor, it could work. Williams is mobile enough to be disruptive against even mobile PFs.
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TL shouldn’t be playing any more than 16-20mpg a night. In those minutes, I’d like to see us use some of his playmaking ability.



Having TL on the court can be times where we can surround him with shooters and kind of utilize his underrated playmaking ability. I think Ant + Sharpe + Thybulle + Grant + TL has potential to be great on both ends. Minus Ant, that lineup has serious length to get in the passing lanes. We can survive with Thybulle being the worst shooter on the court, but it’d be great if he carries his shooting from last season to this season.

I wouldn’t be opposed to trying a lineup of DA/TL out in spurts against specific matchups, but I don’t think they should be starting 2 bigs.
 
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