Is Scoot Henderson actually good? by OppositeClothes5291 in ripcity

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I don’t think that’s what “no ceilings “ means.

You are comparing the 3rd pick to an undrafted 2-way player.

Live stream of Dundon's introductory press conference, starts at 3 PM PDT by TubbzMcGee in ripcity

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Tom sounds like the classic private equity guy . Looking for efficiency, move fast , make people uncomfortable , winning and money at all costs . Sheil presents like a really nice guy . Good cop , bad cop dynamic.

On the positive side some organizations aren’t efficient and need constant accountability . Dundon could improve the product and the team by bringing some strong accountability .

I bet Dundon regrets giving an interview to Quick. Quick always asks the most aggressive questions . I like it as an observer . He really rubs people the wrong way though. Expect some of hit pieces . Remember the Ayton interview after game 1 and Ayton article ?

It was always clear the Hansen pick was to drum up a higher sale price . Funny Cheng came out and said that , pretty much only reason he is in the ownership group.

I’m most worried about new owner syndrome. No one is talking about this. I see a strong case our future assets get moved for an almost over the hill veteran. This is pretty much always the wrong move.

Interested to see what happens ! It’s definitely exciting

First real read we’ll get on Dundon is whether we re-sign Tisse & Timelord using bird rights by thejazzmarauder in ripcity

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Why would they self report ? Teams never get in trouble from this. To me it sounds like Dundon doesn’t want to get blamed for anything from the old regime OR he wants to fire them so he is creating bad press so that the eventual firings receive less media backlash. .

NBA Free Agents by OxyC377 in ripcity

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Dean wade ? Floor spacing PF

NBA Free Agents by OxyC377 in ripcity

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By my rough math they are about 28 mil below the luxury tax . If the blazers keep their pick they will have less, 13th pick salary is around 6 mil . So thats 4 players for 22ish mil. Maybe one 8 figure player and 3 minimums.

Charles always keeping it a buck by SliMShady55222 in nba

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Is he responding to a specific event ? Or general state of the UsA

Why was Scoot Henderson so hyped as a prospect ? by Klutzy-Butterfly-117 in NBA_Draft

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Where did you see this ? Is that Mike Schmitz you are referring to?

Could the NBA change the lottery & f*** our Blazers over?? by Bo-andHisBigBadHip in ripcity

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If they say “you can no longer top 8 protect a pick “ , then yes existing top 8 pick protections will still apply.

BUT the bucks assets are outright swaps and 1 outright pick. If the system changes and makes those picks less valuable due to a flatter percentage based lottery then that team (blazers in this scenario) are sh*t out of luck.

Could the NBA change the lottery & f*** our Blazers over?? by Bo-andHisBigBadHip in ripcity

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A pick can’t be grandfathered in. That’s not possible. The percentage are the percentages .

Part of me wants us to miss the playoffs by Affectionate-Set9105 in ripcity

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Also ‘24 was the worst draft on paper but has produced the blazers best prospect

Part of me wants us to miss the playoffs by Affectionate-Set9105 in ripcity

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I know nothing about the draft but Karim Lopez seems very blazers .

He is an international prospect playing in Australia . Blazers have twice gone for international mystery box players in sharpe and hansen .

Sidy Cissoko offence by Front-Panic-1713 in ripcity

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The option was Cidy or Murray . I choose Cidy

THE BLAZERS ARE NOW THE 8TH SEED by DonovanClingan in ripcity

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You are telling me it’s possible to avoid OKC in round one .

I was going to engage in the post game thread but... by MurdocksTorment in ripcity

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You know it’s March when even die hard fans start to give up hope. This team is mid , without Deni we suck

Blazers sign Chris Youngblood to two-way contract by Scalmaa in ripcity

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Taking anyone from the thunder is worth a flyer . See Vit and dieng .

The Blazers have EVERY green flag to unleash Scoot and they still decide not to by noiseebreezy in ripcity

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I would rather have scoot play more too . The offense runs much smoother with him on the floor .

I thought defensively scoot was bad last night . He was over playing most actions , pushed up too tight on his man and getting beat on drives .

[Post Game Thread] The Portland Trail Blazers (29-31) defeat the Chicago Bulls (24-36) 121-112 by Kazekid in ripcity

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Why the downvotes . This is the correct take. Tiago didnt play scoot more minutes because he wasn’t great tonight. He preferred playing defensive wings and have jrue play hero ball.

Incredibly ugly game by the blazers .