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TBpup said:
“were defined by tardiness and tantrums, according to team sources.”
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Does anyone have more information regarding this claim? Is it valid?

This is the first I have heard of this being a concern with Ayton in Portland.... I know he had some issues in Phoenix, but I was under the impression that he was much better behaved in Portland.
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
Does anyone have more information regarding this claim? Is it valid?
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jason quick is the original reporter of that tidbit. other beat writers had intimated similar things about ayton re: breaking up with his girlfriend and not being in a great place mentally but quick was the one to put a finer point on it. oddly enough by the time he reported it a handful of weeks had passed (iirc a lot of it went down in december).
 
kjironman1 said:
I think they will try to lose all three games. I just wonder if the Warriors really want that 10th spot?
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I don't follow. Do you think they might prefer the 10th spot over the 9th spot? Either way, they play the Lakers and the Lakers play way better at home. So I would think in a 1 game do or die game GS would prefer to play at home....even if their Home/Away record is somewhat similar.

Unless you think the Lakers will pass the Mavs or Kings in the last 12 games (Possible)

And since they are unlikely to get their own lottery pick, they definitely want to make the playoffs.
 
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Pinwheel1 said:
And since they are unlikely to get their own lottery pick, they definitely want to make the playoffs.
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This is what I'm talking about really. They might want to make the play-in? Maybe? They don't own the pick so it matters very little this is true. Unless they luck out and get a huge lottery bump.
I guess they could want the extra game or two? Maybe they want to try to get into the playoffs? It just doesn't seem like that team is playing that way right now. They simply don't have the team this year to make a run. The one factor is money. The team does make money getting into a playoff series. Another issue is they have veterans that can get hot. Probably should never count a guy like Curry out until he is truly out.
 
So some people here know this guy. I wonder if he knows if Portland has a bad looking court.
 
Samuel said:
jason quick is the original reporter of that tidbit. other beat writers had intimated similar things about ayton re: breaking up with his girlfriend and not being in a great place mentally but quick was the one to put a finer point on it. oddly enough by the time he reported it a handful of weeks had passed (iirc a lot of it went down in december).
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You lost us at "jason quick".
 
THE HCP said:
Will go out of my way to have our cameras shoot the key to kook for scuffs for you guys for sure.
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Be careful. I do not want you to do anything that would put your position at risk.
It might be best of you just let this issue alone.
 
kjironman1 said:
This is what I'm talking about really. They might want to make the play-in? Maybe? They don't own the pick so it matters very little this is true. Unless they luck out and get a huge lottery bump.
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It would be pretty lucky. Right now they have about a 93% chance of getting the 13th pick, and an 86% chance for the 12 spot if Houston passes them. But it is possible.
 
Trendon Watford has 17pts in 17m, Brooklyn trying to take down Toronto
 
one of the Morris twins got 5 minutes for roughing

 
THE HCP said:
That’s the thing he never will be good at defense. Sooner you acknowledge that the more you’ll enjoy watching him play I promise. Same goes for Scoot being a knockdown outside shooter….. these guys keep waiting for that to happen, it’s gonna be a long lonesome road.
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Scoot just needs to become a respectable 3pt shooter. There is no doubt that he can do that within 2 years if he gives it the proper amount of attention.
 
Looking at our lineups for the last couple of games and I'm wondering...
How are we not in trouble with the league? Obvious tanking.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Looking at our lineups for the last couple of games and I'm wondering...
How are we not in trouble with the league? Obvious tanking.
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Because these injuries are not "load management" and they are not affecting All Star players there is nothing the NBA can fine the Blazers for. Now last year when they sat Lillard for the last 10 games they would have been fined under the new rules.
 
Is it me or are all the aging superteams looking over the hill? Suns, Clippers, Lakers, Warriors were also supposed to be contenders, but all of them are looking a lot like first-round exits. Look at the super-team you could construct from those rosters:
Guards: Curry, Booker, Harden, Beal, Klay, CP3
Wings: LeBron, Durant, Kawhi, George
Bigs: Davis, Draymond (this is the weak link, I guess, but wasn't this supposed to be the smallball era?)
 
I'm old enough to remember the glorious ass-kicking the Olajuwon-Drexler Rockets gave the Shaq-Penny Magic in the 95 Finals. Now they both have young exciting rosters again. Who you got out of the Magic and Rockets? Who's better now/who has a brighter near-future?
 
kjironman1 said:
Because these injuries are not "load management" and they are not affecting All Star players there is nothing the NBA can fine the Blazers for. Now last year when they sat Lillard for the last 10 games they would have been fined under the new rules.
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imho, they aren't injuries, they're "injuries."
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Looking at our lineups for the last couple of games and I'm wondering...
How are we not in trouble with the league? Obvious tanking.
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we'd need a law office help explain the vocabulary in the new CBA. Except for the 2 small paragraphs about "Resting Players" rules. That part is very simple... the league will only fine a team for resting All-Stars. Especially during nationally televised games.

If a team has more then one All-Star, it's ok to bench 1, but the other guy(s) has gotta play. The All-Star nod must be relatively recent, minted in the last 3 years. Players who ran the show 8 years ago don't count.

Basically, the new CBA "resting players code of conduct" has no verbage about tanking. The league only wants their superstars on TV. The NBA has grown weary of good teams benching all the best players, making games boring for fans who came to see the best vs. the best.

> Blazers have 0 All-Stars, as do a few of the other tankers. There is no mention of resting "starters" in the new CBA. Tank away you cellar dwellars <

Last year the Blazers might have gotten in trouble asking Lillard to sit out last 12 games in order and tank the team's record. But the new CBA rules had not yet been activated.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I'm old enough to remember the glorious ass-kicking the Olajuwon-Drexler Rockets gave the Shaq-Penny Magic in the 95 Finals. Now they both have young exciting rosters again. Who you got out of the Magic and Rockets? Who's better now/who has a brighter near-future?
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Man Nick Anderson makes those FTs it'a a whole different series.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Is it me or are all the aging superteams looking over the hill? Suns, Clippers, Lakers, Warriors were also supposed to be contenders, but all of them are looking a lot like first-round exits. Look at the super-team you could construct from those rosters:
Guards: Curry, Booker, Harden, Beal, Klay, CP3
Wings: LeBron, Durant, Kawhi, George
Bigs: Davis, Draymond (this is the weak link, I guess, but wasn't this supposed to be the smallball era?)
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https://nbaage.com/
 
THE HCP said:
Man Nick Anderson makes those FTs it'a a whole different series.
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it's easy to blame Nick Anderson choking at the line.... but I blame Brian Shaw for going ISO and shooting a deep 3 early in the clock. Orlando had 12 seconds they could have burned. Swing it around to Penny. Lob it down low for a Shaq attack. Brian Shaw skipped all criticism after his brain fart hero moment, because Nick Anderson hoarfed up 4 ugly FT's.

 
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Dame can’t even take over games anymore. Screw Giannis and Middleton just take the shots like you used to. Dame asked for a trade to win a ring and unfortunately he’s not winning anything.
 
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