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This franchise is cursed in many ways, but we always seem to have a good PF. LaMarcus is actually the worst PF we've had in awhile. Randolph, Wallace, Grant, Robinson, Williams, Lucas. Now Leonard is going to be better than LA! Just watch.
 
Sinobas said:
This franchise is cursed in many ways, but we always seem to have a good PF. LaMarcus is actually the worst PF we've had in awhile. Randolph, Wallace, Grant, Robinson, Williams, Lucas. Now Leonard is going to be better than LA! Just watch.
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They've always overlapped too, for the past 25 years. That really is amazing when you think about it.
 
He's about equal to Harkless. High pick, a nothing so far, can go either way.
 
handiman said:
SlyPokerDog is exceptionally immature. Only a child pouts when someone attempts to take the higher road by ignoring them.
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I would have thought the one doing the initial call out, out of nowhere, then running and hiding behind a diversion tactic, and refusing to tell me who thinks Meyers is Larry Bird was the immature one.

Adults don't backtrack.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
They've always overlapped too, for the past 25 years. That really is amazing when you think about it.
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Why do you young bucks always forget about the Kermit Washingtons and Kenny Carr's??? Or the Lloyd Neals? They bridged the gaps before and after Lucas and before Williams. Those guys were mean, tough, underrated and obviously forgotten. And they're exactly the type of guys every team needs. I'm hoping Ed Davis is exactly that kind of guy. Leonard is likely Dirk-lite....not that that is a bad thing in any way.....
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Why do you young bucks always forget about the Kermit Washingtons and Kenny Carr's??? Or the Lloyd Neals? They bridged the gaps between before and after Lucas and before Williams. Those guys were mean, tough, underrated and obviously forgotten. And they're exactly the type of guys every team needs. I'm hoping Ed Davis is exactly that kind of guy. Leonard is likely Dirk-lite....not that that is a bad thing in any way.....
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Please don't impugn my knowledge of Blazer history. I'm well aware of our PF strength in the 70's, but who of significance did we have at the 4 in the 80's? When I mentioned the PF continuity, I could only go back to Buck before I came to a dry spell. Caldwell Jones doesn't quite fit the bill; Kenny Carr was no all star either. He was decent, but not on the level of any if the others mentioned above.
 
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I don't know why, and I'm definitely not prepared to argue their careers vs. potential, but I have this nagging feeling with the "cap space/minimum salary requirements" that we're going down a "Vince Carter and 1sts for RLEC" scenario....where we have the ability to use an asset that no one else in the league has, and we're holding on to it hoping to get a home run later in the year, when there's a solid single with potential for much more sitting there for almost nothing. Maybe we end up with Paul George or Durant or someone similar in a few months, but it's not often that you can pick up a healthy former #1 for just cash--which you have oodles of.

Again, not saying that Bennett = 2010 VC, but that's what this keeps bringing to my mind. I mean, didn't many of us say that good uses of this space would be to get a vet w/bloated salary + projectable future asset (whether young player or draft pick)? Seems like picking Bennett off of waivers would've been a relatively low-risk move...if we really needed that much space later on (and he hadn't panned out) then we could've packaged together some of our larger contracts (maybe including Bennett, or Kaman, or Henderson, or whoever) to get almost up to the max. As it is, I think we may have (if it doesn't happen) missed out on an opportunity here.

Then again, if the guys on our staff who know him advocated against getting him, I will defer to their greater knowledge.
 
Mediocre Man said:
I would have thought the one doing the initial call out, out of nowhere, then running and hiding behind a diversion tactic, and refusing to tell me who thinks Meyers is Larry Bird was the immature one.

Adults don't backtrack.
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Seriously man, grow up. It's such a trivial thing.

I'm saying that Meyers is Larry Bird. I said it. Me. Nate Bishop. Meyers is clearly Larry fucking Bird. Now will you shut up about it?
 
Sounds like He's headed to Toronto.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...nner-to-land-former-no--1-pick-212337844.html

Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft, passed through waivers without a claim on Friday and will become an unrestricted free agent, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Toronto Raptors are a strong frontrunner to sign Bennett, a native of the city, to a deal, league sources said.

Nvm... This was posted earlier..
 
dviss1 said:
Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft, passed through waivers without a claim on Friday and will become an unrestricted free agent, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Toronto Raptors are a strong frontrunner to sign Bennett, a native of the city, to a deal, league sources said.
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It's Damon Stoudamire in reverse, only Damon was actually considered a catch. What could go wrong?
 
Reep said:
One thing I am sure of, if he ends up a Blazer, then Triano had some inside information that we don't and Bennett will probably end up working out.
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Or maybe Triano is too close to him and is blinded by bias? :dunno:
 
handiman said:
It's Damon Stoudamire in reverse, only Damon was actually considered a catch. What could go wrong?
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I disagree. I think that's a bad analogy. In his rookie season Damon averaged 20/10 and was R.O.Y. Bennett has so far proven to be a bust.
 
dviss1 said:
I disagree. I think that's a bad analogy. In his rookie season Damon averaged 20/10 and was R.O.Y. Bennett has so far proven to be a bust.
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"Damon was actually considered a catch." What exactly are you disagreeing with? The analogy was about both returning home (edit: and Toronto/Portland being involved to some extent in both scenarios) and that supposedly being a good thing. It was a very bad thing for Damon. Sure, Bennett has eliminated much of the high expectations at this point, but there's still a lot of pressure to perform with a hometown crowd, and that tends to make athletes crack and do stupid things, no pun intended.
 
handiman said:
"Damon was actually considered a catch." What exactly are you disagreeing with? The analogy was about both returning home (edit: and Toronto/Portland being involved to some extent in both scenarios) and that supposedly being a good thing. It was a very bad thing for Damon. Sure, Bennett has eliminated much of the high expectations at this point, but there's still a lot of pressure to perform with a hometown crowd, and that tends to make athletes crack and do stupid things, no pun intended.
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I misunderstood your post. Nvm.
 
I bet Triano was begging to get him...and Olshey sent Triano to his room
 
Natebishop3 said:
Seriously man, grow up. It's such a trivial thing.

I'm saying that Meyers is Larry Bird. I said it. Me. Nate Bishop. Meyers is clearly Larry fucking Bird. Now will you shut up about it?
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Why am I being told this?

Handiman said "The same was said of Meyers, even when people here ragged on him for working on his 3-pt shooting. Now, he's being half-seriously compared to Larry Bird of all people."

I asked a simple question. Who, outside the forum and Blazer employees, compared Leonar_ to Larry Bird.

Then instead of answering for his ridiculous statement, he takes a shot at me by saying "I wouldn't expect you to ever admit to being so heinously wrong about Leonard. Move along, nothing to see here."

Then back and forth, and I'm told to grow up.

Leonar_ has a below average PER for an NBA player. I'd like to know first, how I was heinously wrong, and who compared him to Bird outside this forum or one center court.

Why ae you interjecting yourself into this? I get called out all the time when I misquote stats or whatever. Why no interjection then?

He's a big boy. Answer the question.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Why am I being told this?

Handiman said "The same was said of Meyers, even when people here ragged on him for working on his 3-pt shooting. Now, he's being half-seriously compared to Larry Bird of all people."

I asked a simple question. Who, outside the forum and Blazer employees, compared Leonar_ to Larry Bird.

Then instead of answering for his ridiculous statement, he takes a shot at me by saying "I wouldn't expect you to ever admit to being so heinously wrong about Leonard. Move along, nothing to see here."

Then back and forth, and I'm told to grow up.

Leonar_ has a below average PER for an NBA player. I'd like to know first, how I was heinously wrong, and who compared him to Bird outside this forum or one center court.

Why ae you interjecting yourself into this? I get called out all the time when I misquote stats or whatever. Why no interjection then?

He's a big boy. Answer the question.
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Grow up :biglaugh:
 
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Anthony Bennett is expected to sign with the Toronto Raptors early next week.

Bennett agreed to a $3.65 million buyout with the Minnesota Timberwolves and is expected to sign with the Raptors for $947,276.

Bennett grew up in the Toronto area and the Raptors have a need at power forward.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/239324/Anthony-Bennett-To-Sign-With-Raptors
 
Doesn't Larry Bird have almost as many illegitimate children as Shawn Kemp?

I guess Meyers could be one of them.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Why am I being told this?

Handiman said "The same was said of Meyers, even when people here ragged on him for working on his 3-pt shooting. Now, he's being half-seriously compared to Larry Bird of all people."

I asked a simple question. Who, outside the forum and Blazer employees, compared Leonar_ to Larry Bird.

Then instead of answering for his ridiculous statement, he takes a shot at me by saying "I wouldn't expect you to ever admit to being so heinously wrong about Leonard. Move along, nothing to see here."

Then back and forth, and I'm told to grow up.

Leonar_ has a below average PER for an NBA player. I'd like to know first, how I was heinously wrong, and who compared him to Bird outside this forum or one center court.

Why ae you interjecting yourself into this? I get called out all the time when I misquote stats or whatever. Why no interjection then?

He's a big boy. Answer the question.
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The only "comparison" I've seen (outside the organization and this forum) between Nards and Bird is that are both in the very small group of forwards who've had 50-40-90 seasons, albeit Nards on a much smaller scale. However, it is valid to state that one has been compared to the other.
 
Everyone is just repeating the same report from one guy. I haven't seen anythign else.
 
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