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I have been at work all day so I haven't been able to sit down and write a lengthy post until now.

What seems to be the issue?

*posted this in the wrong thread.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Not at all. Lol. Just confused? All harmless of course, but wth? lol
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Are you messing with me?

All I did was post on my breaks and lunch like I am likely to do on most days and at the end I see alerts from you. It seemed you were annoyed about something I did.

Will you tell me what it was I did?
 
Ringer rates Blazers as one of five teams to watch:
"With the exception of the Nets, who will suddenly be turning to Jamal Crawford and Michael Beasley for big minutes thanks to injury and illness, Portland might be the team in line for the biggest overhaul in Orlando. Whether that will be enough to propel the Blazers through a daunting seeding-game schedule—the third-toughest slate of any team in the restart, according to our Zach Kram—and a play-in showdown into the West’s final eight, though? That very much remains to be seen.

The good news: After spending the entire season searching for answers in the frontcourt, the Blazers will welcome back sight-for-sore-eyes big men Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins. Nurkic hasn’t suited up in 15 months, since suffering compound fractures to his left tibia and fibula in the final weeks of the 2018-19 season; surgery to repair a torn left labrum has kept Collins on the shelf for just over eight months. How effective they’ll be after such long layoffs is a major question, but when healthy—and both say they are—Nurkic and Collins give the Blazers a massive infusion of size and skill.

Nurkic was averaging career highs in points, rebounds, and assists at the time of his injury and was holding opponents to 55.2 percent shooting at the rim (a strong if not top-shelf number). The 22-year-old Collins profiles as a potential unicorn, pairing a credible 3-point stroke with the ability to protect the rim and guard in space; last season, he was one of only 11 players to take at least 100 3s, hit at least one-third of them, and block more than 3 percent of opponents’ shots. Their reintegration could add some interior punch and variety to Portland’s predominantly guard-oriented offensive attack, and prove a major boon to a Blazers team that ranks 26th in points allowed per possession and 27th in defensive rebounding rate this season.

Juggling the big-man rotation won’t be easy for Terry Stotts, though. Hassan Whiteside—much maligned for his mammoth contract and stat-chasing reputation—has been way better than you might think for the Blazers this season. The former Heat big man is averaging a career-best 16.3 points per game on 61.8 percent shooting, and while this owes in part to the lack of quality options behind him, the Blazers’ point differential is 10.5 points-per-100 better with him on the court than off it; Whiteside actually ranks 14th in the entire league in player impact plus-minus this season. Even if Nurkic and Collins are expected to start, Stotts can’t just cast Whiteside out entirely; this means the Blazers are probably going to trot out some jumbo-ass lineups … especially given their dearth of options at small forward.

Trevor Ariza might not seem like a crucial piece for a playoff team in 2020, but his decision to sit out the restart has major repercussions for a Blazers team that has struggled to patch together minutes on the wing after Al-Farouq Aminu, Mo Harkless, and Jake Layman all left in free agency last summer, and Rodney Hood ruptured his Achilles tendon in December. After coming over from Sacramento in a late January trade, Ariza made 21 starts for the Blazers, chipped in 11 points, 4.8 rebounds, and two assists per game on 49/40/87 shooting splits, and at least put in a shift defending opposing perimeter players. Without him, Stotts’s options are sudden positional revolutionary Carmelo Anthony, Mario Hezonja, rookie Nassir Little, and second-year man Gary Trent Jr. (who might be the best pick, given his combination of shooting stroke and defensive aptitude)—which is to say, three power forwards, two of whom present major defensive challenges, and a shooting guard.


I’m excited to see Nurkic and Collins back on the court, and I believe that Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum (who might functionally turn into a small forward in three-guard lineups?) will give Portland a puncher’s chance of holding off the Pelicans, Kings, Spurs, and Suns to force a play-in tournament against the Grizzlies. I just don’t know how Stotts will make it all work. I’m looking forward to finding out, though."
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/7/9/21318771/five-most-interesting-teams-lakers-nuggets-blazers
 
@Orion Bailey

Well if there is no actual problem I am going back to posting like normal then.

Let me leave you with a quote of a very wise philosopher;

"All good man. If your that chill then just dismiss it? :cheers:

Or get your panties in a wad, go hyperbole and then say your completely chill. lol..;"

I wish I knew who said this but I am terrible with remembering things, especially names. Fortunately, I know of two members of this very forum who have been taught under this sage's learning tree who can tell the both of us;

@BonesJones?
@KSF-ERIC?
 
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Don't go breaking my heart...
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
@Orion Bailey

Well if there is no actual problem I am going back to posting like normal then.

Let me leave you with a quote of a very wise philosopher;

"All good man. If your that chill then just dismiss it? :cheers:

Or get your panties in a wad, go hyperbole and then say your completely chill. lol..;"

I wish I knew who said this but I am terrible with remembering things, especially names. Fortunately, I know of two members of this very forum who have been taught under this sage's learning tree who can tell the both of us;

@BonesJones?
@KSF-ERIC?
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I don't think anyone knows what you're on about. Oh sorry, that was too non-chill of me to say.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
@Orion Bailey

Well if there is no actual problem I am going back to posting like normal then.

Let me leave you with a quote of a very wise philosopher;

"All good man. If your that chill then just dismiss it? :cheers:

Or get your panties in a wad, go hyperbole and then say your completely chill. lol..;"

I wish I knew who said this but I am terrible with remembering things, especially names. Fortunately, I know of two members of this very forum who have been taught under this sage's learning tree who can tell the both of us;

@BonesJones?
@KSF-ERIC?
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still not getting your point.
Other than it looks like you got your panties in a bunch like Bones did? Lol

i was never tagging him??????

Lol

do your thing....hyperbole rules!!!
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
@Orion Bailey

Well if there is no actual problem I am going back to posting like normal then.

Let me leave you with a quote of a very wise philosopher;

"All good man. If your that chill then just dismiss it? :cheers:

Or get your panties in a wad, go hyperbole and then say your completely chill. lol..;"

I wish I knew who said this but I am terrible with remembering things, especially names. Fortunately, I know of two members of this very forum who have been taught under this sage's learning tree who can tell the both of us;

@BonesJones?
@KSF-ERIC?
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oh and one more thing,

curious. Who did i tag Nd chase around rhe forum and tell chill for you to equate what you are doing as the same?

How are you thinking me saying not happening randomly about 8-10 times in threads is the same as tagging bones in every thread?

and im curious how you got a mod to like this very lopsided nonsense post?

just curious, cause you arent making sense to me at all...

so i go back to my original question...

wth? Lol.
 
Orion Bailey said:
oh and one more thing,

curious. Who did i tag Nd chase around rhe forum and tell chill for you to equate what you are doing as the same?

How are you thinking me saying not happening randomly about 8-10 times in threads is the same as tagging bones in every thread?

and im curious how you got a mod to like this very lopsided nonsense post?

just curious, cause you arent making sense to me at all...

so i go back to my original question...

wth? Lol.
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Misread it. Was paying half attention when I read it. Was playing some NBA2k with my son. I thought he was trying to make peace. I didnt realize what he was saying in the last part. Should have paid closer attention before I hit like.

I was actually getting ready to come in and mod as I saw the situation ramping up and thought he was apologizing. So I liked it. I missed the reality of that post. My bad.
 
Orion Bailey said:
oh and one more thing,

curious. Who did i tag Nd chase around rhe forum and tell chill for you to equate what you are doing as the same?

How are you thinking me saying not happening randomly about 8-10 times in threads is the same as tagging bones in every thread?

and im curious how you got a mod to like this very lopsided nonsense post?

just curious, cause you arent making sense to me at all...

so i go back to my original question...

wth? Lol.
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My Goodness..........

Still not getting it. @BonesJones asked you to stop posting 'Its not happening' over and over because it was annoying and you replied back it is not annoying and told him he needs to 'chill.'' I was trying to prove saying the same thing over and over and over again IS annoying, no matter what it is. Since YOU were the one I wanted to get to notice my posts because YOU were the one who told @BonesJonesthat, I posted YOUR NAME only as my posts in an attempt to annoy YOU.

Get it now?
 
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RipCityDSCPL said:
My Goodness..........

Still not getting it. @BonesJones asked you to stop posting 'Its not happening' over and over because it was annoying and you replied back it is not annoying and told him he needs to 'chill.'' I was trying to prove saying the same thing over and over and over again IS annoying, no matter what it is. Since YOU were the one I wanted to get to notice my posts because YOU were the one who told @BonesJones that I posted YOUR NAME only as my posts in an attempt to annoy YOU.

Get it now?
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ohh i get it now. You got way more triggered than Bones did! Lol.

ill just put you on ignore until you are over your internet moral superiority warrior complex and chill out.
Let me know when your done with this drama so we can move on peacefully around here....
 
THE HCP said:
SIGH
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i tried to take it to pm and void the thread this crap. I was told to discuss out here....


I swear to God im a conflict magnet. Cant have a tiniest bit of innocent fun without some people getting quickly annoyed and other people jumping my ass here just for saying chill out....
 
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Orion Bailey said:
ohh i get it now. You got way more triggered than Bones did! Lol.

ill just put you on ignore until you are over your internet moral superiority warrior complex and chill out.
Let me know when your done with this drama so we can move on peacefully around here....
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No. I wasn't triggered at all with anything you were doing. I didn't like YOU being a dick to @BonesJones when he asked you politely to stop posting the same thing over and over again and you laughed and said he needed to 'chill.'

THAT was my issue.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
No. I wasn't triggered at all with anything you were doing. I didn't like YOU being a dick to @BonesJones when he asked you politely to stop posting the same thing over and over again and you laughed and said he needed to 'chill.'

THAT was my issue.
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so you were triggered into thinking i was being a dick for saying chill, don't be so hyperbole And don't let 8 posts annoy him then.

You have a bigger issue with it than he did and proceeded to stalk me for a day. Yeah Stalking and tagging me is bit more annoying than 8 random posts with two words in them.
your off your rocker......

im sure bones can stick up for himself, but you go with your bad self....

and your comparison still doesn't make sense...

let me know when your over your hissyfit and maybe we can move on....
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
No. I wasn't triggered at all with anything you were doing. I didn't like YOU being a dick to @BonesJones when he asked you politely to stop posting the same thing over and over again and you laughed and said he needed to 'chill.'

THAT was my issue.
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Oh and in case you didn't know, Bones has my number and can text me or call me at anytime and tell me to stop being a dick or ask me what my problem is, so i don't think he needs your mother hover parenting.

Maybe you should butt out of other peoples relationships and let them work out the tiniest of conflicts on their own without compounding it 100 fold in the forum?

if bones had that big an issue with me telling him to chill he would have texted me asking me what my problem was.

but thanks for getting involved in something you really shouldn't have, all to prove a pointless point comparing apples to oranges regarding what is annoying here....
Good job!
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
No. I don't have to any more as I clearly proved my point that you were annoyed by me posting the same thing over and over again when you told Bones it wasn't.

It was not stalking or anything else but making it is clear as possible that YOU were the one I wanted to annoy and you would see Bones was right, it was annoying and you shouldn't have been an asshole about it.

It is clearer by every post you make that if I had posted something other then your name, over and over, you would be too stupid to pick up on it and realize I was talking about you.

And don't act like you weren't annoyed either because you're long-winded, deflecting, trying not to be bothered replies say otherwise.

There is a difference between joking and being a dick.

You were the latter.
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your opinion. I got it. you got way more triggered than bones.

i cheered him beers to make sure it was light hearted, but to you i was a dick.
 
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