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  1. KuzmoBall17

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    Vucevic (illness) is probable for Monday's game against the Raptors.
    Does he will make his debut vs Sacramento or he is really sick ?
     
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    maybe more appropriate question is does he have a coach who insists on switching all game and thus makes a smart but slow big unplayable? because brook lopez is slow as molasses, and his teams are consistently good on defense--particularly in the latter half of his career.

    zubac can't switch on anyone and is a fixture in what is consistently a very good defense.

    there's more than one way to play defense, and some teams do it with plodding bigs to great effect. having AD at the 4 should really help there, too. just need a little more speed on the perimeter...

    anyway, if jj thinks you have to play small and switch and all that, we should look hard at robert williams, who has no real future in portland. i'd actually prefer a bulky big and a defense that doesn't rely so much on switching. in crunch time, AD will play center anyway.
     
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    No wait .... I laughed because of the reference to Luca. Are you saying this actually is him? What makes you say that and how would you even know? I thought there was no coming back from an actual ban?
     
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    Lol.He already said it was him. I knew it was him, after his first week or so back under his new moniker. He kept calling me Ray, and kept bringing up Houston, in the game thread. Uses the same sentence structures and cadence in his posts. Lol. The last part got my attention first, the game thread confirmed it.

    It's all fun to me..I'd actually been looking forward to his Cranjis advanced stats stuff, not much of that so far.

    I was banned and couldn't log in for months. Your posts don't roll anybody into a brain aneurysm. Don't you live in Houston? You're in your 60's, right? Maybe that's why you have such a very minuscule understanding of the new CBA or how the modern game works, right?
     
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    Frank liked his system, it was his calling card. AD was excellent at drop coverage. Williams..man..that guy stays hurt..like Brogdon. Vando and Wood too lately.
     
  6. KuzmoBall17

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    Interesting Where is Valancunas?
    He's not listed at all in today's game vs C Bags
    Confirmed Lineup
    PG Jordan Poole
    SG C. Carrington
    SF B. Coulibaly
    PF J. Champagnie
    C A. Sarr
    Projected Minutes
    On/Off Court Stats
    MAY NOT PLAY
    F Saddiq Bey OUT
    G M. Brogdon OUT
    F K. George OUT
    F C. Kispert OUT
    F Kyle Kuzma OUT
     
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    Brogdon is out too.
     
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    They'll get traded... just not to the Lakers. It is what it is, see you all under the new ownership.
     
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    Hadn't noticed it here with certain lots of things and no "wheees" with the sarcasm and don't do the game threads much. Too distracting for me with looking down at a phone reading and trying to type then up 10' away at an 8.5' wide image plus I like time shift to skip the commercials and half time except for who's got how many points. Well ... if that's really you Pops ... welcome back.
     
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    stop it.
     
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    We totally need more speed on the perimeter- that’s why I said earlier that it will take at least three trades to turn this team into a decent defensive one.
     
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    Dlo/JHS/Gabe/two 2nds for JV/Brogdan actually works, but I feel Dlo would help them too much.
     
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    he's barely played the last few games. played 8 minutes tonight. clearly limiting his playing time in anticipation of a trade
     
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    simultaneously holding and not holding my breath for trade season this year if that makes sense.
     
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    Back to reality
    Make some trades
     
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    Yes, it's like a box of chocolate

    You never know what you are going to get

    :KobewaitingTW:
     
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    stein reporting that the asking price for grant is down to a 1st and a prospect and that NO is listening on anyone but missi/brown/murphy.

    NO probably won't give up murray for the price i'd want to pay, but we should offer again. dlo/gabe/two protected 1sts is probably just under what they'd want after moving daniels and two firsts to get him. btw...if there's a team where dlo could work as a starting pg, it's one with four athletes (zion, murphy, jones, missi) next to him and a bulldog like alvarado behind him.
     
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    Yessss, please please please get Dejounte

    I would give Max, that might do it for them.
    Dejounte unlocks Reaves potential going forward, he's a tough combo with a guard that can't defend. Dejounte is a very good post-Lebron carrier. Him, AD and Reaves is a nice trio to continue to compete and then we can start to build in the margins.

    Ideally we would switch a 1st for a swap if we send Max
     

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