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You see.. This is how portland was supposed to handle weak ass injured Denver. Fucking garbage ass franchise…
 
GDiama said:
The Suns are really gonna be in the Finals and can win a championship. They have looked as a real contender something I never seen from us as long as I watch this team. I cannot believe how they left us in the dust in just one offseason.
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it wasn't really one off-season. They added Ayton and Bridges in the same draft in 2018, and both are panning out, big time. They traded the 6th pick for an 11th pick (Cameron Johnson) & Saric in 2019. They recognized the value of backup PG's so they traded for Payne in 2020. Then they traded for Chris Paul and signed Crowder with the full -MLE. Then traded for Torry Craig at the deadline

so really, three off-seasons. The Phoenix Front Office has made more good moves in 2 years than Portland's has in 9
 
If you’re the Suns, do you pay CP3 60M for 3 years?
 
DDolla said:
If you’re the Suns, do you pay CP3 60M for 3 years?
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That's a steal for them but I don't think he is gonna be that cheap since he can get 44M in just one season if he opts in.
 
Phoenix beating the hell out of Denver feels like a kick in the stomach for Blazers fans
 
Every game with Stotts on the line was kick in the stomach, especially this season.
Phoenix got PG smart AF (but we didn't need one, letting Rondo travel round the league).
And BTW, do they have more than two players involved in the game?
 
GDiama said:
The Suns are really gonna be in the Finals and can win a championship. They have looked as a real contender something I never seen from us as long as I watch this team. I cannot believe how they left us in the dust in just one offseason.
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Wait a minute? The Suns have been terrible yes. But to say they passed any team in one offseason might be a huge stretch?
They have had 5 top 10 picks in 5 years and Booker was taken in 2015 with the 13th pick 6 years ago.
They have had 9 first round picks in that same stretch.

In the last 6 years the Blazers have had 7 first round picks and nothing higher than #15.
Last top 10 pick they had was CJ in 2013 at #10

The Suns have had a #1, TWO #4 picks, #6 and a #10 in the last 5 years. All after Booker. If the Suns were not contending at this point i would be very very surprised.
 
wizenheimer said:
it wasn't really one off-season. They added Ayton and Bridges in the same draft in 2018, and both are panning out, big time. They traded the 6th pick for an 11th pick (Cameron Johnson) & Saric in 2019. They recognized the value of backup PG's so they traded for Payne in 2020. Then they traded for Chris Paul and signed Crowder with the full -MLE. Then traded for Torry Craig at the deadline

so really, three off-seasons. The Phoenix Front Office has made more good moves in 2 years than Portland's has in 9
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Because they sucked. The Suns had way more to work with. Blazers were in the playoffs that entire time.
 
GDiama said:
The Suns are really gonna be in the Finals and can win a championship. They have looked as a real contender something I never seen from us as long as I watch this team. I cannot believe how they left us in the dust in just one offseason.
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1. It's not going to last - CP3 is OLD and he's the catalyst.
2. JAMES JONES!
3. If only everyone had LISTENED TO ME!
 
illmatic99 said:


I have the exact same reaction. Denver and Malone getting EXPOSED.

how the hell did we lose to this trash ass team? any tiny semblance of defense and we would have won going away
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We lost due we didn't play any defense plus phoenix plays team basketball on offense and we got offense build around 2 guards that's the difference why we lost and phoenix is beating the hell out of Denver.
 
As fun as it is, to have a player that can go for 50 on any given night certainly doesn't mean the team is humming.
Phoenix spreads the ball around with CP bringing it up most the time and he doesn't the ball as much as Dame or CJ as he plays a more traditional pg game that gets others involved. If we do acquire another star forward he's going to want to have the ball come to him at least 13-16 times.
Utah like Portland has a small back court with Conley mostly dist the ball and playing D.
 
James lamphear said:
We lost due we didn't play any defense plus phoenix plays team basketball on offense and we got offense build around 2 guards that's the difference why we lost and phoenix is beating the hell out of Denver.
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Somebody has already pointed this out, but this playoffs seems to mark the Return of the Center. Embiid, Jokic, Gobert, Ayton, all playing huge parts. Of course, the Nets are the counterexample, but then so were the Bulls back in the 90s heyday of Olajuwon, Shaq, Robinson, Ewing, Mourning et. al.
 
James lamphear said:
We lost due we didn't play any defense plus phoenix plays team basketball on offense and we got offense build around 2 guards that's the difference why we lost and phoenix is beating the hell out of Denver.
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Not completely. Seriously a few WIDE OPEN looks in game three that didn’t fall and if ANYONE would have made a shot in game 5 the Blazers win that series.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Somebody has already pointed this out, but this playoffs seems to mark the Return of the Center. Embiid, Jokic, Gobert, Ayton, all playing huge parts. Of course, the Nets are the counterexample, but then so were the Bulls back in the 90s heyday of Olajuwon, Shaq, Robinson, Ewing, Mourning et. al.
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Bulls had some very solid centers, not HOF'ers but very good.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
Wait a minute? The Suns have been terrible yes. But to say they passed any team in one offseason might be a huge stretch?
They have had 5 top 10 picks in 5 years and Booker was taken in 2015 with the 13th pick 6 years ago.
They have had 9 first round picks in that same stretch.

In the last 6 years the Blazers have had 7 first round picks and nothing higher than #15.
Last top 10 pick they had was CJ in 2013 at #10

The Suns have had a #1, TWO #4 picks, #6 and a #10 in the last 5 years. All after Booker. If the Suns were not contending at this point i would be very very surprised.
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c'mon man....Minnesota has been in the lottery for 16 of the last 17 years and they aren't contending. The Kings have been just as bad in their 16 year lottery stretch

* in successive years, Portland had a 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 1st, and 11th pick and they didn't come close to contending

* Phoenix had a 10th pick in 2018 and they used it on Mikal Bridges, an excellent 'jack-of-all-trades-3-&-D-Wing'. Denver had a 14th pick in the same draft and landed Michael Porter Jr.

* Meanwhile, Portland had their wondrous 2017 draft when they could have added Bam Adebayo and Dillon Brooks; or Donovan Mitchell and Thomas Bryant; or John Collins, Jarret Allen and Dillon Brooks. Instead, they drafted Zach Collins and Caleb Swanigan. One of the biggest wasted opportunities in recent Blazer history

* Phoenix signed Jae Crowder and Cameron Payne while Portland was busy signing Mario Hezonja, Anthony Tolliver and Derrick Jones

* Suns traded for Chris Paul, Dario Saric, Cameron Johnson, and Torry Craig. Blazers traded for Kent Bazemore, Hassan Whiteside, RoCo, and Powell. A 4 of the Suns' acquisitions are in their playoff rotation. Two of Portland's targets are gone; One very well might have a Blazer career that lasts for only 32 games. And the 4th player cost two first round picks, and is a defensive specialist who helped the Blazers to a historically bad defensive rating

metaphorically, the Suns front office has been hitting doubles, triples, and homers while the Blazer front office has been bunting fouls, striking out, and piling up errors
 
PHX up 3-0? Do the Blazers suck that bad?
 
wizenheimer said:
* in successive years, Portland had a 3rd, 2nd, 6th, 1st, and 11th pick and they didn't come close to contending
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I assume you are talking about Greg Oden and Brandon Roy. You understand the difference right?
 
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