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Which team was most surprising in the first month of the 2022/23 NBA Season?

  • Milwaukie Bucks

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  • Cleveland Cavaliers

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Atlanta Hawks

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Boston Celtics

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Portland Trail Blazers

    Votes: 32 47.8%

  • Phoenix Suns

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Utah Jazz

    Votes: 34 50.7%

  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • New Orleans Pelicans

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Minnesota Timberwolves

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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PDXFonz said:
In person is more professional.

Plus it sounds cool to use your phone to say “I’ll fly out there today and we can finalize this in person.”
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I'd venture a safe bet that GM's rarely meet up in person to orchestrate trades during the season.
 
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julius said:
I'd venture a safe bet that GM's rarely meet up in person to orchestrate trades during the season.
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Dudes probably trying to wine, dine, and sixty-nine the Pacers.

He wants to make sure Kevin Pritchard is a few glasses of wine in before he says “Oh, Russell? Yeah, great teammate. We are all disappointed that the contracts match up.”
 
oldmangrouch said:
From the day the Blazers drafted Petro, there were reports out of Europe that Petro and Sabonis hated each other and that Sabonis would never play for the Blazers if Petro was here.

Given the choice (and not having the benefit of hindsight) who would you have picked? Would you have given up any hope of signing Sabonis to keep Petro?

I sure as hell wouldn't!
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Sabonis was still 4 years away. That is not why they traded Drazen. Petro wanted more minutes.
Plus if Sabonis could play with Sheed after getting a towel thrown in his face, I am guessing he could have played with Petro.
Most players mature.
 
Don’t forget what teams will do to try and convince other players/teams.

Who could forget this gem

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oldmangrouch said:
From the day the Blazers drafted Petro, there were reports out of Europe that Petro and Sabonis hated each other and that Sabonis would never play for the Blazers if Petro was here.

Given the choice (and not having the benefit of hindsight) who would you have picked? Would you have given up any hope of signing Sabonis to keep Petro?

I sure as hell wouldn't!
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The only thing I could find regarding Drazen and disliking someone, was how his friendship ended with Vlade. Nothing about Sabonis disliking Petro. The biggest reason, iirc, that Sabonis didn't come earlier was because he wasn't allowed.
 
PDXFonz said:
In person is more professional.

Plus it sounds cool to use your phone to say “I’ll fly out there today and we can finalize this in person.”

Like sitting in a Starbucks… “Ill fly out there today” and people are like “oh my gosh, that man just flies wherever he wants to. I wonder who this important moneyman is!”
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I just tried that, didn’t work FAMS!
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julius said:
The biggest reason, iirc, that Sabonis didn't come earlier was because he wasn't allowed.
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that's not accurate

the Soviet Union rescinded their rules against BB players playing professionally in 1989. It wasn't until 6 after that years before Sabonis came over to the Blazers. (remember that a fellow Lithuanian, Sarunas Marciulionis, came to the NBA in 1989)

Sabonis kept getting injured in the couple of years either side of 1989...and he liked playing in Europe

Sabonis was drafted in 1985 by Atlanta but the NBA subsequently rescinded the draft pick because of a rule that the rights expired on a pick if he wasn't in the NBA by the following season. Atlanta made such a stink about it that the NBA changed the rule (too late for Atlanta) and the Blazers then drafted Sabonis in 1986 (when he was 22). He came over 9 years later when he was 31
 
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wizenheimer said:
that's not accurate

the Soviet Union rescinded their rules against BB players playing professionally in 1989. It wasn't until 6 after that years before Sabonis came over to the Blazers. (remember that a fellow Lithuanian, Sarunas Marciulionis, came to the NBA in 1989?)

Sabonis kept getting injured in the couple of years either side of 1989...and he liked playing in Europe

Sabonis was drafted in 1985 by Atlanta but the NBA subsequently rescinded the draft pick because of a rule that the rights expired on a pick if he wasn't in the NBA by the following season. Atlanta made such a stink about it that the NBA changed the rule (too late for Atlanta) and the Blazers then drafted Sabonis in 1986 (when he was 22). He came over 9 years later when he was 31
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I remember reading somewhere that Sabas actually preferred playing and living over in Europe. But, before he was too old, wanted an NBA payday.

His wife just wanted that solid vodka that Europe has to offer.
 
PDXFonz said:
Id be sick to my stomach if they trade Myles Turner to the Lakers with Hield for Westbrook.
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BigGameDamian said:
If so I bet they get Turner also.
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Guys, this unfortunately has been the rumored offer that KP has had on the table for a while now. Heild and Turner for Westbrook and the two first rounders the Lakers have available to trade. It would fucking suck because it would make the Lakers a helluva lot better but I don't even know if this trade would put out that dumpster fire. SF and PF are hardly the ideal spots for LeBron and AD at this point... I don't think that AD is all that much more spry than Sabonis was when he was playing with Turner and that didn't work too well. That being said it's worth repeating that this trade would make the Lakers a lot better and it's conceivable that it could put them on the same sort of level that we've been playing on so far this season.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
What Conley offers is the maturity that comes with 15 years of NBA experience, a >5:1 A/TO ratio, and a history of solid defense at the PG position. And while he clearly won't be worth 24M going forward, we would be able to re-sign him to continue to backup Dame for a couple more years, and would benefit from that relationship.

I would love it if Ant could return a frontcourt star (or even starter), but I don't know that there will be enough demand for him to lead to that kind of return.
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That’s all fine and dandy, but you’re saying that 5:1 A/TO ratio is going to for sure help us win a chip this season? Again, he’s shooting worse than Ant.

Conley can come to Portland in the offseason as a free agent if he wants to be a backup PG here. Trading our starting SG for a backup PG and a 1st is still not a great move imo.
 
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blazerkor said:
Guys, this unfortunately has been the rumored offer that KP has had on the table for a while now. Heild and Turner for Westbrook and the two first rounders the Lakers have available to trade. It would fucking suck because it would make the Lakers a helluva lot better but I don't even know if this trade would put out that dumpster fire. SF and PF are hardly the ideal spots for LeBron and AD at this point... I don't think that AD is all that much more spry than Sabonis was when he was playing with Turner and that didn't work too well. That being said it's worth repeating that this trade would make the Lakers a lot better and it's conceivable that it could put them on the same sort of level that we've been playing on so far this season.
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It would eliminate the chance of us acquiring Turner
 
blazerkor said:
Guys, this unfortunately has been the rumored offer that KP has had on the table for a while now. Heild and Turner for Westbrook and the two first rounders the Lakers have available to trade. It would fucking suck because it would make the Lakers a helluva lot better but I don't even know if this trade would put out that dumpster fire. SF and PF are hardly the ideal spots for LeBron and AD at this point... I don't think that AD is all that much more spry than Sabonis was when he was playing with Turner and that didn't work too well. That being said it's worth repeating that this trade would make the Lakers a lot better and it's conceivable that it could put them on the same sort of level that we've been playing on so far this season.
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With the injury histories of Turner and AD - you would think that one of the two would always be injured.

I'm not sure this trade would really help Lakers at all this year. Probably improves them to a 6/7 seed.
The added benefit is that the Pels have the right to swap picks this year. So better the Lakers are (not lotto team)the less value that pick swap is to NO.
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
With the injury histories of Turner and AD - you would think that one of the two would always be injured.

I'm not sure this trade would really help Lakers at all this year. Probably improves them to a 6/7 seed.
The added benefit is that the Pels have the right to swap picks this year. So better the Lakers are (not lotto team)the less value that pick swap is to NO.
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No way Lakers make 6th even with the trade. West is too competitive for them to get there.
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
With the injury histories of Turner and AD - you would think that one of the two would always be injured.

I'm not sure this trade would really help Lakers at all this year. Probably improves them to a 6/7 seed.
The added benefit is that the Pels have the right to swap picks this year. So better the Lakers are (not lotto team)the less value that pick swap is to NO.
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As much as I hate the Lakers, I want them to squeeze into the playoffs barely and lose to us in the first round. We get to stomp some purple and urine, and New Orleans doesn't get gifted a generation talent. Win/win/win
 
So who's a target for Crowder? MIL??
 
It's easy to see why there were reports that the Blazers are interested in OG Anunoby. He is a player that fits what we see from the Blazers scheme for sure.
 
Lu Dort could not stop Bradley Beal getting a good shot off by himself. I don't know why you wouldn't run a double team at Bealwhen the clock is running down at the end of the game.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Lu Dort could not stop Bradley Beal getting a good shot off by himself. I don't know why you wouldn't run a double team at Bealwhen the clock is running down at the end of the game.
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Then the wizards, ahead by 2, do not double team SGA and he drills a three pointer with 1.1 seconds left in the game.
OKC wins. (After face guarding Beal and the inbounds pass bounced off Dorts hand and ran out the clock).
OKC won after coming back from being down by 17.
 
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was already really good last season when he averaged 25-5-6. This season he's averaging 32-4-6.....yeeeeesh
 
Boston is really good, putting on a clinic of how to take a team to town out behind the woodshed against the hawks.
 
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