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Scalma said:
Have we talked about Norman Powell? Should we? Raptors have him on the block. Don’t know how good he is and has a big extension about to kick in.
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Visited a Rapture's forum researching players. They were talking about Powell.

The fans were not unhappy with him. He was not getting pt due to the depth of the roster.
 
Olshey has a scattered track record with us, but I did appreciate his aggressive approach obtaining Collins last year. He identified a player he liked and made a move to get him. All signs point to Olshey preferring a veteran vs a rookie, but working under the premise that no veterans are available who would improve the team, who is a player in this draft Olshey may move up to grab ala Collins? Specifically, in a range that is plausible. Like 15-20 maybe. Excuse my draft ignorance, I'm too burnt out following the NFL draft season to properly research the NBA one, and through the various threads here, I have a pretty good grasp of who will be available at 24. Hoping, Olshey will get aggressive again targeting a guy instead of settling for what filters down to us.
 
Drttimmy said:
Olshey has a scattered track record with us, but I did appreciate his aggressive approach obtaining Collins last year. He identified a player he liked and made a move to get him. All signs point to Olshey preferring a veteran vs a rookie, but working under the premise that no veterans are available who would improve the team, who is a player in this draft Olshey may move up to grab ala Collins? Specifically, in a range that is plausible. Like 15-20 maybe. Excuse my draft ignorance, I'm too burnt out following the NFL draft season to properly research the NBA one, and through the various threads here, I have a pretty good grasp of who will be available at 24. Hoping, Olshey will get aggressive again targeting a guy instead of settling for what filters down to us.
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Lonnie Walker. Hutchison.
 
The Blazers need players who can fill it up. plain and simple. Make baskets a plenty. I hear good things about Huerter and DiVincenzo. NO MORE BRICKERS PLEASE!
 
I see us getting an Eric Gordon or Bradley Beal type vet...Beal could be had via trade if you took on Gortat's contract as well.
 
Scalma said:
I doubt that. That’d be like saying CJ could be had if you took on Meyers.
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I read about it today....might have been woj...can't remember but they said Beal and Gortat might be packaged together in a trade ..Gordon will be moved to make room for Lebron....but hey...I don't get your comparison at all...as far as we know CJ could be acquired and packaged in a deal with Meyers...haven't seen any rumors to that effect though.
 
riverman said:
I read about it today....might have been woj...can't remember but they said Beal and Gortat might be packaged together in a trade ..Gordon will be moved to make room for Lebron....but hey...I don't get your comparison at all...as far as we know CJ could be acquired and packaged in a deal with Meyers...haven't seen any rumors to that effect though.
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If Portland or Washington put their second best players on the block, they certainly wouldn’t attach a shitty contract and minimize the return. I mean that should be obvious.
 
LayneStaley said:
View attachment 21201 Beal and Oubre for CJ/Chief/24

Get it done
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I'd probably do this, but I don't think Washington would. Maybe if we could trade up somehow and send them a better pick. That'd probably mean us taking on faried though and not resigning Davis. IDK, that is a couple big moves, still seems somewhat lateral really.
 
Drttimmy said:
Olshey has a scattered track record with us, but I did appreciate his aggressive approach obtaining Collins last year. He identified a player he liked and made a move to get him. All signs point to Olshey preferring a veteran vs a rookie, but working under the premise that no veterans are available who would improve the team, who is a player in this draft Olshey may move up to grab ala Collins? Specifically, in a range that is plausible. Like 15-20 maybe. Excuse my draft ignorance, I'm too burnt out following the NFL draft season to properly research the NBA one, and through the various threads here, I have a pretty good grasp of who will be available at 24. Hoping, Olshey will get aggressive again targeting a guy instead of settling for what filters down to us.
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Huerter
 
So that means memphis isn't interested to move out of the lottery
 
BigGameDamian said:
https://articles.oregonlive.com/spo...ssf/2018/06/canzano_trail_blazers_gm_neil.amp

Canzano: Trail Blazers GM Neil Olshey faced with selling Paul Allen on trading draft pick
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Unsurprisingly, this article couldn't be more wrong. If we had a pick in the 4-8 range and our current cap situation,
then it would indeed take some selling to keep the pick - we could get a very good player in that case. As it is, we
could a slightly shiner bag of chips for #24, and it's not hard at all to sell "keeping the pick" to PA.
 
over the last 30 years 10 teams have won the Cship. all but Bos & Clev have multiple times. So, 2/3's of the league is either mediocre or worse year after year.
Time for a hard cap or no cap at all so small markets with billionaire owners can play to their strength, money and lots of it! Thats the honey that will attract FA's.
The league is messed up for equality now. Just my old cantankerous feelings about the NBA as it is now.
 
Hoopguru said:
over the last 30 years 10 teams have won the Cship. all but Bos & Clev have multiple times. So, 2/3's of the league is either mediocre or worse year after year.
Time for a hard cap or no cap at all so small markets with billionaire owners can play to their strength, money and lots of it! Thats the honey that will attract FA's.
The league is messed up for equality now. Just my old cantankerous feelings about the NBA as it is now.
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Sorry to bring you down even more, but in my analysis of championship winners since 1980, outside of Duncan,
LeBron, and GS, basically they're all big market teams.
 
When do we EVER get Blazer trade news BEFORE it happens??

Never..

Some of y'all need:

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Don't suppose Charlotte would want Aminu and Turner for Batum?
 
TBpup said:
Make that Turner/Biebs and I'm down....even for that TURRBLE contract.
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Of course, but I don't see that working at all unless they see some potential in Beibs we don't. At least Aminu has value now and is expiring. I just could see Batum fitting in nicely at SF and backup SG in a way that ET just doesn't.
 
So who’s ready for Neil “internal growth” olshey to totally stand pat and do nothing? That late first wing we pick this year that never pans out is gunna be great for future press conferences about how young we are!
 
chzbrgr said:
So who’s ready for Neil “internal growth” olshey to totally stand pat and do nothing? That late first wing we pick this year that never pans out is gunna be great for future press conferences about how young we are!
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Because that is what he did last year??
 
chzbrgr said:
So who’s ready for Neil “internal growth” olshey to totally stand pat and do nothing? That late first wing we pick this year that never pans out is gunna be great for future press conferences about how young we are!
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You mean another Zach Collins 4 points 3 rebounds per Game Rookie?
 
riverman said:
bs...gtfoh with your doomsday comparison...Wolves are so fucking dysfunctional Townes and Crawford are bailing already....right big difference between exceptionalism and sensing progress
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Not doomsday... mediocre. This is the most average team of misfits ever assembled and all the while being completely capped out. In the nba today that is the worst possible place you can be.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Sorry to bring you down even more, but in my analysis of championship winners since 1980, outside of Duncan,
LeBron, and GS, basically they're all big market teams.
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According to the Nielsen ratings, these are the 51 largest television markets in the United States with NBA team locations highlighted in red:
  • New York (#1) - 4 finals appearances (Knicks 2, Nets 2) since 1980
  • Los Angeles (#2) - 10 NBA championships (Lakers 10, Clippers 0), 16 finals appearances (Lakers 16, Clippers 0) since 1980
  • Chicago (#3) - 6 NBA championships since 1980, 6 finals appearances since 1980
  • Philadelphia (#4) - 1 NBA championship since 1980, 4 finals appearances since 1980
  • Dallas-Fort Worth (#5) - 1 NBA championship since 1980, 2 finals appearances since 1980
  • San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6) - 3 NBA championships since 1980, 4 finals appearances since 1980
  • Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) (#7)
  • Houston (#8) - 2 NBA championships since 1980, 4 finals appearances since 1980
  • Boston (Manchester) (#9) - 4 NBA championships since 1980, 7 finals appearances since 1980
  • Atlanta (#10)
Since 1980, the 10 largest television markets have accounted for 27 of 39 NBA Championships and 47 of 78 finals appearances. Here's the breakdown my market size:

Markets 1 - 10: 27 NBA championships since 1980, 47 finals appearances since 1980
Markets 11 - 20: 7 NBA championships since 1980, 19 finals appearances since 1980
Markets 21 - 30: 0 NBA championships since 1980, 3 finals appearances since 1980
Markets 31 - 40: 5 NBA championships since 1980, 8 finals appearances since 1980
Markets 41 - infinity: 0 NBA championships since 1980, 1 finals appearance since 1980

Obviously, the Spurs, with 5 titles and 6 finals appearances skew the 31 - 40 results, but boy, it kind of sucks to be in markets 21 - 30.

It wasn't always this way, the 1970s were a decade of parity with 8 different champions in 10 years, but even then 7 of the 10 champions were from top 10 markets (Knicks twice, Celtics twice, Lakers, Warriors, Bullets) and one from Seattle (currently the 14 largest, market in the US, likely much smaller back in 1979). Portland and Milwaukee were the only small market teams to win an NBA championship during the 70s.

An interesting article from February 26, 1979 issue of Sports Illustrated may have foretold the NBA's coming dominance by big market teams. After seeing smaller market teams have success in recent years, there were concerns about shrinking attendance league wide, but especially in the larger markets:

"However, the most alarming news is that attendance in the big four markets of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia is down drastically: the Knicks (11%) and Bulls (31%) are once-strong teams that have become woefully weak, but the 76ers (19%) and Lakers (11%) are bona fide championship contenders. "People I talk to around Los Angeles all tell me that there isn't a great deal of interest in either the Lakers or the NBA," says Laker Coach Jerry West.

Likewise, national television ratings are down a whopping 26%. The first four regular-season Sunday CBS telecasts were beaten soundly by everything the other networks threw at them, including Superstars and boxing (ABC), and college basketball (NBC).

Certainly, having weak teams in the major television markets cuts deeply into network ratings, especially when those markets are already saturated with local telecasts, and cable and satellite feeds of pro, college and high school basketball. In Manhattan, for instance, a fan with cable TV can watch as many as 14 games a week with a little dial switching. It stands to reason that Sunday is hardly a special day for the NBA in New York, as long as the Knicks are not a factor."

BNM
 
chzbrgr said:
Not doomsday... mediocre. This is the most average team of misfits ever assembled and all the while being completely capped out. In the nba today that is the worst possible place you can be.
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You mean like where the Warriors were in 2013-14? They were a 51-win team that lost in the first round. Their payroll was $68,138,599, the salary cap was $58.7 million and the tax threshold was $71.2 million.

BNM
 
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