Your guess for who will be our starting center next year

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Portland's starting center will be

  • Mason Plumlee

    Votes: 17 20.5%

  • Dwight Howard

    Votes: 7 8.4%

  • Bismack Biyombo

    Votes: 4 4.8%

  • Meyers Leonard

    Votes: 4 4.8%

  • Ed Davis

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Al Horford

    Votes: 8 9.6%

  • Hassan Whiteside

    Votes: 30 36.1%

  • Festus Ezeli

    Votes: 3 3.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 10 12.0%
  • Total voters
    83
Bandwagonfansince77 said:
Long time lurker that fought the urge to join due to perils of social media finally finds a topic he can't ignore.

Typically I would just let moronic statements slide in a forum post, but I expect better from Blazer fans - call me naive and unrealistic on that count - so here is my rant.

TL;DR : OP got his answer through posted links. Yet other posters felt a need to offer unfounded stereotypical conjecture along with insensitive "jokes?". We should expect better from each other.

Rant below if interested.









Human dead less than 24 hours and the wild speculation begins. Woman; intoxicated; drugs; Darwin Award; shooter is a liar; Crabbe stands to benefit ( then poster attempts to validate his absurd statement with the tired logically invalid retort "doesn't mean it's not true"; rather than admitting his comment was out of line, he doubles down. Thankfully he later creates a narrative suggesting a more realistic, non-intoxicated and wholesome scenario. Admittedly tinged with stereotypical delivery, but at least seemingly trying to atone for his earlier derogatory miscue.

Everyone understands the Internet is full of dbaggery, but it is the responsibility of peers to bring attention to where they think things are going awry. Lest it be assumed I am a SJW nutcase or unreasonably PC, I assure you I am not. What I'm tired of is this rush to fill in the blanks about a situation with preconceived opinions and callous comments that show a disregard for other fellow humans. If this guy was a blazer, Oregon native or friend of those making the comments, would I be correct in assuming he wouldn't be disparaged as strongly?

Concluding, what has gotten in to some of you? OP asks reasonable question which was answered more or less with links, then the dogpile of dog droppings begins. If you think you are being funny, you aren't. We can do better and should do better.

p.s. If anyone wants to make a joke about any situation I am all for it, I have no sacred cows. Just make sure it truly is funny before hitting the send button.
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BonesJones said:
I see what you did there... Oh man...
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If the plan is to just upgrade slightly on cost effective deals, I could see wither Joakim Noah or Roy Hibbert on this team next year.

I don't think FA really offers that much - as far as "gettable" players - so there looks to be 2 realistic options, lower tier FA reclamation projects such as Noah and Hibbert, or trading CJ for a big- whether it be Monroe, Okafor, Griffin, Love, Vucevic, etc. To me, those feel like the only real options that are out there.
 
The HCP.

Benefits: his name has no vowels, choke on that rice!
Sure he's short... and fat... but, he's slow!
The wife will be home alone even more!

Cons: we suck
 
Dan Marang said:
If the plan is to just upgrade slightly on cost effective deals, I could see wither Joakim Noah or Roy Hibbert on this team next year.
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Did you put upgrade and Roy Hibbert in the same sentence?

Dan Marang said:
I don't think FA really offers that much - as far as "gettable" players - so there looks to be 2 realistic options, lower tier FA reclamation projects such as Noah and Hibbert, or trading CJ for a big- whether it be Monroe, Okafor, Griffin, Love, Vucevic, etc. To me, those feel like the only real options that are out there.
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CJ is better than all those players (except Griffin.. maybe). I thought you were talking about upgrading?
 
BonesJones said:
Did you put upgrade and Roy Hibbert in the same sentence?

CJ is better than all those players (except Griffin.. maybe). I thought you were talking about upgrading?
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Yeah I would rather go the lower end FA route than trade CJ for some of those options. The options from that list that are somewhat attractive, (i.e Griffin) will be just as difficult obtaining as signing a top FA IMO.

Watching the Warrior -Thunder series and how well Adams played......he (and the other centers) were still in the distant background when the games were on the line. I suspect the finals to be the same. So even though we need an upgrade in the front court.......we can't jeopardize our back court to do it.
 
Dan Marang said:
If the plan is to just upgrade slightly on cost effective deals, I could see wither Joakim Noah or Roy Hibbert on this team next year.

I don't think FA really offers that much - as far as "gettable" players - so there looks to be 2 realistic options, lower tier FA reclamation projects such as Noah and Hibbert, or trading CJ for a big- whether it be Monroe, Okafor, Griffin, Love, Vucevic, etc. To me, those feel like the only real options that are out there.
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Reverse jinx.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
Greg Monroe.

Remember Neil tried to land Monroe at the deadline. Or at least they talked - I'm not sure who made the call.

His contract is a bit of an anchor so I'm hoping Neil will try to land their pick as well.
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Do you think the Pistons want to dump him? I'd think the Thunder might want to dump Kanter.
 
Sinobas said:
Do you think the Pistons want to dump him? I'd think the Thunder might want to dump Kanter.
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I don't know about their GM but the Bucks fanbase can't wait until they unload Momroe.

Poor fit and his contract is long-term. I think MIL would have to add their pick to move him.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
I don't know about their GM but the Bucks fanbase can't wait until they unload Momroe.

Poor fit and his contract is long-term. I think MIL would have to add their pick to move him.
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Monroe's contract is only 2 more years, and MILs cap is in great shape - they're not going to dump him for nothing.

OKCs cap situation is more difficult, and they might give up an asset to dump Kanter off their cap - especially after Russ told the coach to take him out of a playoff game (and he played scant minutes the next game, too). Of course, that assumes KD resigns with them.
 
White side would be an absolute perfect addition to this team. We have max to offer, but so many other teams do as well.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Monroe's contract is only 2 more years, and MILs cap is in great shape - they're not going to dump him for nothing.

OKCs cap situation is more difficult, and they might give up an asset to dump Kanter off their cap - especially after Russ told the coach to take him out of a playoff game (and he played scant minutes the next game, too). Of course, that assumes KD resigns with them.
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He barely played at all in the remainder of Game 4 or Games 5, 6 and 7. I'm sure he wants out of OKC and they'll want to move him so they can offer KD and then Westbrook the max. Ironically, given the huge increases in the cap over the next two seasons, Kanter may actually end up being a bargain compared to what free agent big men are going to get this summer and next. He's making about $17.5 million a year for the next two years and has a player option at $18.6 millon in 2018-19 (who knows what the cap will be like by then).

He's not my first choice, or even my second or third, probably not even fourth, but he is better than what we have now. He's an extremely talented scorer and an elite rebounder. We know all about his defensive issues. Its not that he completely sucks at low post defense, but his pick and roll defense is atrocious.

Offensively, he'd be a perfect match with Meyers Leonard - Kanter down low and Meyers creating spacing. However, the two of them on the court together with Dame and C.J. might just be the worst pick and roll defense in the history of the world. For Kanter to work, you really need to pair him with a defensive stud power forward, and then let Meyers (assuming he's retained) play with Ed Davis on the second unit.

BNM
 
If we're going to get an offense/bad defense center, I'd much rather have Kanter than Monroe. Kanter is better in all facets of offense.

Kanter is a top 3 big man offensively, him Cousins and Lopez.
 
Sinobas said:
If we're going to get an offense/bad defense center, I'd much rather have Kanter than Monroe. Kanter is better in all facets of offense.

Kanter is a top 3 big man offensively, him Cousins and Lopez.
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And he led the entire league in ORB%. His dense sucks, but he can score with the best of them and his offensive rebounding creates extra possessions for his team. Age wise, he fits well with Dame,. C.J. and the rest of our roster.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Offensively, he'd be a perfect match with Meyers Leonard - Kanter down low and Meyers creating spacing. However, the two of them on the court together with Dame and C.J. might just be the worst pick and roll defense in the history of the world. For Kanter to work, you really need to pair him with a defensive stud power forward, and then let Meyers (assuming he's retained) play with Ed Davis on the second unit.

BNM
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That might be the worst defensive lineup in history.
 
Hard to say on Kanter. If OKC was quick to dump him after Utah did, that is not a great trend. I would really look into his locker room chemistry. I know there was no love lost with him and the Utah players. If it was bad in OKC as well.......I would not do it.
 
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