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Any chance at all the Blazers take Kevin Durant?
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 12:49 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8288928) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 12:53 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple none. zero. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8288952) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:00 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike do you think there is any chance at all that they may end up regreting that in 3-5 yrs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289005) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:05 AM Author: beady-eyed deranged becky A good chance, yes. Mainly because Kevin Durant will become an immediate stud in the NBA while Oden may take a few years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289026) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:12 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple what he said.
but they really have no choice on this. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:13 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams sure they do. They need a durant, their stacked with Odens. Which would you go for?
On the flip side, Seattle has a durant in Lewis, they need an Oden.
They better work out a deal. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:18 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple ORLY? Because I look here:
http://www.nba.com/blazers/roster/
...and this roster doesn't seem to have any 7 foot studs with superstar potential. All I see is Joel Przybilla and Luke Schenscher (without his posse). Durant at his max potential could be incredible, but you can get decent similar players in the league. If Oden maxes out, he's the next Tim Duncan. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:38 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams This league is moving away from being a big mans league.
Oden isn't anything like Tim Duncan. Thats a big IF doc. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:06 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple "This league is moving away from being a big mans league."
Since 99 it's been the Duncan Spurs (x4), Shaq Lakers (x3) and Heat, and the Pistons. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:12 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams and you believe Oden is of that caliber? He'll have some stiff competition in Dwight and Amare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289308) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:17 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple I'm saying it isn't insane to suggest it's possible, that superstar centers are rare commoditiese, and that almost all the recent championship teams had one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289316) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:19 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Ok, the last two were won as a result of great guard play, they just happened to have two former dominant big men. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289320) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:23 AM Author: bonkers ivory keepsake machete plaza Indeed Shaq's 3 championships were won because Kobe was there. Shaq did well with the Heat because he had Wade. Duncan would've had a very hard time winning without excellent guards: from Sean E to Tony P, he's always had legitimately good guards picking up a lot of the slack. It's been a guard's game for some time now. Will the new crop of big men change things? I doubt it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289324) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:27 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple you're right. it's probably just conincidence that the smaller run and gun teams fail every year, while the teams with big men always win. I'm not saying you could win with Duncan and scrubs, but I don't think you're giving him the credit he deserves either. Not to mention that big men make people want to come to a team. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289331) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:28 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Oden is not a dominant offensive big man though. He's not getting buckets left and right, and in the L everyone he'll face will damn near be his size. He'll be as good as Roy allows(Jack will be traded). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289334) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:31 AM Author: bonkers ivory keepsake machete plaza All you have to do is look at teams like Minnesota - who have had arguably one of the best big men in recent history for a while now, but haven't had any guards to complement him, and thus have pretty much sucked - and it'll all make sense. Obviously Duncan's a great PF (center) but his good guards substantially contributed to his greatness.
The same thing is going on with Amare and Steve Nash. Amare is clearly one of the top 5 big men in the game. But Nash gets the accolades, and deservedly so. Phoenix is a middle tier team without Nash. But are they a middle tier team without Amare? Of course not: Amare was hurt a lot during the last 2 years and Phoenix was still one of the best in the west. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:23 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple Tony Parker was supposed to put up the numbers he did against the Cavs. He matched up with a corpse in 1-2 and a rook in 3-4. Duncan's old, but he's not Shaq just yet.
(and Shaq... I'll give you that one) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:27 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams I'm sorry but Duncan mailed it in after game 2. He's gassed. Tony and Manu stepped up big time. Duncan had a good game 1 though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289332) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:38 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple he had 12 and 15 in game 4 and averaged a double double on the series. If that's mailing it in I think there are a lot of teams that would provide stamps. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289350) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 3:05 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams YOu don't hold superstars to pedestrian standards, you hold them to superstar standards, and those number for game 4 were quite pedestrian.
How was the FG and FT %age? |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:05 AM Author: confused yellow menage really tough guy No. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289028) |
Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:02 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams 50/50 to me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289017) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:04 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike seriously? i hear Durant had an amazing workout today, but I still think the Blazers will take Oden. They would get way to much shit if they didnt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289025) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:06 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Sam Bowie or Michael Jordan. Who do you take? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289032) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:09 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike so if you were Portland, who would you take? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289044) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:11 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Jordan (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289052) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:14 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike but they took a SG the year before! (Clyde Drexler) In hindsight, its easy to say MJ!!!!
but what about this year? |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:17 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams I try to swing a trade with Seattle, where Portland gets Durant and some other loser fucker and I pwn off Darius Miles(Bad Contract) and Oden. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289080) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:19 AM Author: violet french wrinkle Bill Simmons thinks "some other loser fucker" = Rashard Lewis
Possible? |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:39 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Now that would be just stupid.
The point is not to have Durant and Lewis on the same squad, cuz they might not mesh well. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:18 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Clyde was a beast so I don't mind them passing on MJ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289082) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:20 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike exactly! so people that hate on Portland for passing up on MJ in 84 dont know what they are talking about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289091) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:47 AM Author: godawful dilemma degenerate WRONG.
Not in hindsight, but at the time Bobby Knight told them to pick Jordan and said "then play at him center" in response to the Drexler argument.
HTFH. |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:45 AM Author: Fragrant halford hominid Sorry, the correct comparison is Hakeem or Mj. Remember Hakeem went first that year, and nobody has ever questioned Houston's decision. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289236) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:09 AM Author: passionate house not unless they get drafting advice from the houston texans (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289045) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:10 AM Author: Ultramarine galvanic genital piercing oden's wrist is fucked (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289049) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:12 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289057) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:15 AM Author: passionate house D:isaretard.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289072) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:20 AM Author: Ultramarine galvanic genital piercing some never heal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289095) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:21 AM Author: rusted church mad cow disease yeah, the blazers want skinny black kid who can't even bench 135. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289096) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:30 AM Author: razzmatazz coldplay fan school it was 185. but still pathetic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289338) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:23 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple Another factor ya'all aren't taking into consideration is the Blazers' current place in the Portland community. They used to *BE* Portland before falling into the whole Jailblazers thing. They're just now beginning to win people over again. They can't afford the beating they'd take in the press if they took Durant, even if they really believe he's the better guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289105) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:25 AM Author: rusted church mad cow disease it's pretty interesting that so many NBA players have had run-ins with the law. every team has like 3 or 4. (in the NFL, something like 24% of the players have criminal records.) and why is EVERYONE in the NBA heavily tattooed? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289110) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:26 AM Author: hideous histrionic spot headpube They potentially could have both the best PG and C in the league. This team is a future dynasty. book it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289115) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:31 AM Author: saffron center preventive strike agreed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289148) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:35 AM Author: arrogant bateful temple If they can find a sucker in the East to take Zach Randolph, look out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289176) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:42 AM Author: hideous histrionic spot headpube Oden = future Bill Russell Rodriguez = future Steve Nash |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:43 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Bill Russel is overrated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289228) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 1:44 AM Author: hideous histrionic spot headpube yeah, so? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289233) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:05 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams Fuck Oden. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289296) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:06 AM Author: shivering flickering step-uncle's house stain fuck yo life nigga (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=648442&forum_id=2#8289302) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2007 2:13 AM Author: Bistre narrow-minded main people laser beams LOL, mybad Greg.
It's going to take a minute before you can contribute like Durant. You'll probably be on the Eddie Curry career trajectory, slow to warm up but becomes a beast in about 6 years. |