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cheesehoff said:
Big difference between domestic assault and anti-vax. Give me a break.
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The current political climate in America has interjected itself into sports. Portland is a passionate political city. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that a players political beliefs could affect how this fanbase views them.
 
illmatic99 said:
Its not just anti vax. I dont think his teammates would share his beliefs either. Did you see ant and harts tweets on roe v wade? Basketball seemed to intersect politics there.
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Politics is how much does a party want to spend on infrastructure. Abortion rights are Human Rights. Too many people conflate politics when the bare minimum of humanity.

They have a platform. They should use it for whatever issues they'd like to bring attention on.
 
Lowe was on his podcast and said CJ wasn’t initially sold on NO and didn’t want to go until he was able to talk to people that worked there and then he got excited. Said same thing could happen with Durant.
 
Isaac is a good young player. His coming off injury lowers the price tag a little with Hart + Winslow adding up just about right. If Orlando fans or players aren’t as fair-minded as Blazers fans or players, then the price may be lower. Good. I’m still hoping for a second forward with height/length who can score and play D.

On the subject of Durant and his 4 years of contract …

If the hard cap makes trades limited/trickier for Portland, then Ben Simmons does more than that to Brooklyn. His rookie max and being traded to Brooklyn limits their return.

Simmons not playing last year? His back? His issues mentally (hopefully better for his sake)?
When he’s traded, KD is next.

Simmons as a Blazer. Losing grit in Hart, Little and EBEC is a risk. If Simmons craters, Dame would be gone. By the trade deadline, trade Nurkic and EBEC?
 
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AmirIcon said:
Good. I hope they both rot in Brooklyn until their contracts are up.
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i mean they have a really solid team on paper if everyone is available.

Irving
Curry
Durant
Simmons
Claxton

i'd estimate that as a 55-60 win team if it all clicks.
 
That's gonna be a horrible (and funny) work environment knowing approximately all the good players on that team want out.

But yeah, they're loaded, so if they manage to be adults (lol) Simmons, Durant, and Irving could realistically pull a Kobe/Shaq and win a chip while hating each other/environment.
 
Sounds like posturing, I'd be surprised if KD played another game for the Nets.
 
Predator said:
That's gonna be a horrible (and funny) work environment knowing approximately all the good players on that team want out.

But yeah, they're loaded, so if they manage to be adults (lol) Simmons, Durant, and Irving could realistically pull a Kobe/Shaq and win a chip while hating each other/environment.
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That's a big "IF"
 
Natebishop3 said:
I'm holding out hope for the trade deadline. There's no other way it could be done.
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Mid December when Ant plus maybe Nurk could be traded. But that really risks them patching things up in Brooklyn.

I still think an Eric Bledsoe/Hart/Sharpe/Little/etc boatload of picks offer may have been able to get this trade done. Possibly needed a 3rd team to flip vets to Brooklyn which could've been possible. Maybe only 1-5% likely, maybe it would've been much more likely. But it would've made the Blazers a legit contender.

Instead we got "Hard Cap" on the roster as our 7th guard.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Mid December when Ant plus maybe Nurk could be traded. But that really risks them patching things up in Brooklyn.

A still think an Eric Bledsoe/Hart/Sharpe/Little/etc boatload of picks offer may have been able to get this trade done. Possibly needed a 3rd team to flip vets to Brooklyn which could've been possible. Maybe only 1-5% likely, maybe it would've been much more likely. But it would've made the Blazers a legit contender.

Instead we got "Hard Cap" on the roster as our 7th guard.
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I guess it’s possible we reached out before finalizing with Gary and Durant flatly said no.
 
illmatic99 said:
this is painful.

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I don't think it's painful, but it is, what it is. Portland is a great basketball city, PERIOD! But Who knows what's really inside KD's head. He's all over the place. If he wanted to show how truly great he is, go to a smaller market and prove it. I just don't see any offer being good enough for the Nets. And Phoenix, and Miami, sure as hell can't put a package together to make sense for the Nets. Personally , i like Ant, Little, and Sharpe's potential more than anything those two teams could include. Any draft capital is going to be in the future anyways. If's it's truly about picks, send him back to OKC for 6 1st round picks in the next 3 years, along with SGA & fodder.
 
I wonder who Chris is talking about. heh. no wonder Dame was posting more KD stuff this weekend.

 
Predator said:
That's gonna be a horrible (and funny) work environment knowing approximately all the good players on that team want out.

But yeah, they're loaded, so if they manage to be adults (lol) Simmons, Durant, and Irving could realistically pull a Kobe/Shaq and win a chip while hating each other/environment.
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Do KD, Kyrie, and Simmons hate each other?
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Do KD, Kyrie, and Simmons hate each other?
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From multiple accounts including Woj, KD and Kyrie still want to be teammates. So I highly doubt it based on that. As for Simmons, who knows with him.
 
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