OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JULY 2024

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WTF? And the Blazers are still not for sale right?
 
inconceivable said:
Two championships and many ECF trips over the past 22 years of ownership. Not bad. New owner will inherit a great team
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Perfect time to sell. Value is very high and the next owner will have to deal with the tax and salaries they will need to pay to keep it together or be blamed for breaking the team up.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
I'd still say Freddie Jones is the Greatest from Gresham (Barlow) even if Drew did go to a Gresham school. He definitely was more popular and a "sure thing" coming out of high school than Drew was.
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But Fred is from NE Portland and should have gone to Jeff or Grant...... but I'll let you have your glory.
 
kjironman1 said:
I can understand why you differentiate the two then. I went to Madison so anything east of Rocky Butte was pretty much Gresham from my perspective. Now I know better.
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First of all you are correct that anything east of 82nd might as well be Wyoming.....but I din't realize you went to Madison. This changes EVERYTHING.....I thought we were boys.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Not sure. He coached the Ducks as an assistant one year. Last I heard he put on a lot of weight but I have no idea the truth to that. @THE HCP do you ever run into Freddie Jones?
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Saw him a couple times here in the neighborhood at a restaurant (Amalfi's) in the past couple years. But nothing basketball related. He looked good.
 
PDXFonz said:
You sure?

Going just based off of the LA appeal? Yeah they are probably a more attractive destination to some players. But I still feel like a lot of the times those aren't entirely the players you want. Sometimes it's big name all-stars and then of course you do, but when you have talent, you can attract players that want to win. At that point it doesn't matter where your team is located. I know they were irrelevant for decades before Balmer took over and they were able to attract FA's with BG, CP3, and DJ.

I think we are better off than the Clippers. At least we have some decently promising youth on rookie contracts which can continue to further develop, along with a positive draft position for the next few years. I was actually thinking the Clippers might be low key one of the worst off franchises in the NBA right now. Some other teams could be argued. But you've got to think that looking back they are going to wish that they had some first round picks in some of those drafts. Especially if they end up being bad... I don't even know what/if any protections there are on those picks from the OKC PG13 trade.

On the flipside OKC future is looking really solid. OKC are huge winners in PG13 walking.
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LAC has a cool new arena now.
 
THE HCP said:
But Fred is from NE Portland and should have gone to Jeff or Grant...... but I'll let you have your glory.
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My dad is good friends with Tom Johnson former Barlow coach (they went to Roosevelt together). Freddie’s family moved from Arkansas and lived out in Gresham.

Stoudamire grew up in Overlook neighborhood and played Interstate little league with my cousin. So yeah he would’ve went to Jeff. I heard he was getting in a lot of trouble so his family wanted him at Wilson.
 
MickZagger said:
My dad is good friends with Tom Johnson former Barlow coach (they went to Roosevelt together). Freddie’s family moved from Arkansas and lived out in Gresham.

Stoudamire grew up in Overlook neighborhood and played Interstate little league with my cousin. So yeah he would’ve went to Jeff. I heard he was getting in a lot of trouble so his family wanted him at Wilson.
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The deep down truth, he wanted to standout at Wilson from Day 1...... He would have come off the bench at Jeff and Grant for a couple year most likely. Same went for his Cousin Antoine. He went to Beaumont with us and should have gone to Grant, but Terrell Brandon had that team on lockdown, so he went out to Jesuit.
 
Could Bronny make the All star team if he gets the votes?? Serious question.
 
Cugel said:
Could Bronny make the All star team if he gets the votes?? Serious question.
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Of course but I think there is no way in hell that the fans vote for Bronny James as an all star starter before Luka and SGA.
 
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