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lilfishi22 wrote:Didn't get too excited for the Denver game, aside from seeing what the bench guys can do in extended minutes but this has game has off the chart SPICE written all over it. I think there's a good chance DA is only going to play minimal minutes, mainly because it's preseason but also to protect him. Not saying there's necessarily bad blood between us and DA but I could just see our guys going specifically at him just to prove a point. The Suns know he's the enemy now, the Blazers know that and Nurk isn't going to take any prisoners down in the paint.
Edrees wrote:JRoy wrote:Monta Ellis have it all
I was hoping and expecting this to be one of the first replies. You did not disappoint. Jroy have it all.
Bradley Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant are all set to play tomorrow after sitting out yesterday's preseason game, per Frank Vogel.
Saberestar wrote:Bradley Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant are all set to play tomorrow after sitting out yesterday's preseason game, per Frank Vogel.
bwgood77 wrote:I kind of expect boos for Ayton, but hopefully fans keep it classy and give him some cheers.
matt131 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:I kind of expect boos for Ayton, but hopefully fans keep it classy and give him some cheers.
Game is in Portland. So I’d imagine there will be lots of boos, especially the longer he stays in the game.
More seriously, we play the blazers in Phoenix on Monday. I’ll be at the game. Personally, I will have zero reaction toward him. I love booing players we all hate (Alvarado, Pat Bev, LeBron, etc.) but I don’t think Ayton deserves boos. Nor do I really feel like cheering for him. So silence is my response lol
matt131 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:I kind of expect boos for Ayton, but hopefully fans keep it classy and give him some cheers.
Game is in Portland. So I’d imagine there will be lots of boos, especially the longer he stays in the game.
More seriously, we play the blazers in Phoenix on Monday. I’ll be at the game. Personally, I will have zero reaction toward him. I love booing players we all hate (Alvarado, Pat Bev, LeBron, etc.) but I don’t think Ayton deserves boos. Nor do I really feel like cheering for him. So silence is my response lol
sunskerr wrote:Let's see how Camara does as well. He looked really good in summer league and had himself a nice game for the Blazers a few days ago.
Still wish we could have kept him btw. I just really liked what I saw from him in summer league and his physical profile + skill set just makes sense.
. Think it's pretty obvious the trade was more about dumping Ayton than anything else. Regardless it could work out well for us. If Nurkic stays healthy I really think he could make the O better overall, but he'll need to show he won't get played off the floor on D. Allen seems like a really great acquisition so far. Little seems like just a guy though....I'd rather have Camara than him at this point. But not enough games or PT to see what he's about yet. Jesus_H_Macy wrote:sunskerr wrote:Let's see how Camara does as well. He looked really good in summer league and had himself a nice game for the Blazers a few days ago.
Still wish we could have kept him btw. I just really liked what I saw from him in summer league and his physical profile + skill set just makes sense.
There was some sort of weird non-sensical explanation of why Camara was included when the trade happened (from Gambo I think?) that we traded him so we could keep Goodwin. But it didn't seem to be implying that was because the Blazers wanted either Camara or Goodwin, it seemed to be some sort of salary/roster spot deal. Which doesn't really make sense to me, we wouldn't have had to choose only between those two to keep players. It sounded like spin to me to try and justify why we had to include him. I think the real explanation is the Blazers just won the trade value-wise and we didn't want to admit that (which I get it, why would they).
Even the explanation for getting Allen was telling. We only knew we were getting Nurkic and Little back (and it doesn't seem like we value Little very much so far), didn't even know who the third player would be. Could've been some benchwarmer for all we knew and we were still going to do it anyways
Jesus_H_Macy wrote:sunskerr wrote:Let's see how Camara does as well. He looked really good in summer league and had himself a nice game for the Blazers a few days ago.
Still wish we could have kept him btw. I just really liked what I saw from him in summer league and his physical profile + skill set just makes sense.
There was some sort of weird non-sensical explanation of why Camara was included when the trade happened (from Gambo I think?) that we traded him so we could keep Goodwin. But it didn't seem to be implying that was because the Blazers wanted either Camara or Goodwin, it seemed to be some sort of salary/roster spot deal. Which doesn't really make sense to me, we wouldn't have had to choose only between those two to keep players. It sounded like spin to me to try and justify why we had to include him. I think the real explanation is the Blazers just won the trade value-wise and we didn't want to admit that (which I get it, why would they).
Even the explanation for getting Allen was telling. We only knew we were getting Nurkic and Little back (and it doesn't seem like we value Little very much so far), didn't even know who the third player would be. Could've been some benchwarmer for all we knew and we were still going to do it anyways
sunskerr wrote:Jesus_H_Macy wrote:sunskerr wrote:Let's see how Camara does as well. He looked really good in summer league and had himself a nice game for the Blazers a few days ago.
Still wish we could have kept him btw. I just really liked what I saw from him in summer league and his physical profile + skill set just makes sense.
There was some sort of weird non-sensical explanation of why Camara was included when the trade happened (from Gambo I think?) that we traded him so we could keep Goodwin. But it didn't seem to be implying that was because the Blazers wanted either Camara or Goodwin, it seemed to be some sort of salary/roster spot deal. Which doesn't really make sense to me, we wouldn't have had to choose only between those two to keep players. It sounded like spin to me to try and justify why we had to include him. I think the real explanation is the Blazers just won the trade value-wise and we didn't want to admit that (which I get it, why would they).
Even the explanation for getting Allen was telling. We only knew we were getting Nurkic and Little back (and it doesn't seem like we value Little very much so far), didn't even know who the third player would be. Could've been some benchwarmer for all we knew and we were still going to do it anyways
I recall something like that too but Im fairly sure we couldnt trade any of the guys we just signed. I believe those guys can only be traded in December. Even Lee had just signed a new contract. It was probably only Goodwin and Camara that could possibly be traded and they have similar contract sizes. We only had Booker and Durant from last year on the same deals, and Okogie was a new deal. Everyone else was on new deals so they all can only be traded in December. But if it was possible we really should have given up Saben Lee.
Allen looks like a lucky get. But that could be the difference this year for us. Sounded like Little was the guy Jones really wanted and Nurkic was an deemed an acceptable replacement.
Calvin Klein wrote:Ayton should be cheered. He was part of a great team. It didn’t work out and most of us are hugely disappointed, But boos would be a **** thing to do.
Hope it doesn’t happen.
Calvin Klein wrote:Ayton should be cheered. He was part of a great team. It didn’t work out and most of us are hugely disappointed, But boos would be a **** thing to do.
Hope it doesn’t happen.
SunsRback4Good wrote:Calvin Klein wrote:Ayton should be cheered. He was part of a great team. It didn’t work out and most of us are hugely disappointed, But boos would be a **** thing to do.
Hope it doesn’t happen.
I don’t despise him
