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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#301 » by Calinks » Mon Aug 6, 2012 3:02 am

As an aside when people refer to certain players as white. Namely Barea, Varejao etc. those players may not consider themselves "white" . Some Brazillians and Puerto Ricans take offense to that.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#302 » by Worm Guts » Mon Aug 6, 2012 3:11 am

Calinks wrote:As an aside when peoplte refer to certain players as white. Namely Barea, Varejao etc. those players may not consider themselves "white" . Some Brazillians and Puerto Ricans take offense to that.

If your white you're white whether your offended by it order not.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#303 » by Calinks » Mon Aug 6, 2012 3:28 am

Depends on how you classify white. The way we perceive these things in North America isn't the same everywhere. We far more hung up on race than some other cultures.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#304 » by Vindicater » Mon Aug 6, 2012 6:54 am

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Calinks wrote:As an aside when peoplte refer to certain players as white. Namely Barea, Varejao etc. those players may not consider themselves "white" . Some Brazillians and Puerto Ricans take offense to that.

If your white you're white whether your offended by it order not.


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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#305 » by GuyFawkes11 » Mon Aug 6, 2012 8:53 am

ehh, lets try end this race topic, I only asked about what player he was referring to that was white because I honestly didn't know who he was talking about, wasn't trying to get a race debate going,
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#306 » by Tirion » Mon Aug 6, 2012 10:31 am

Varejao-Kirilenko-Rubio would be a killing defensive trio. Hell yes, I'd give up D-Will for him.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#307 » by MitchInMinny » Mon Aug 6, 2012 5:13 pm

Where would Varejao fit within our system? He's proven he can start (avg'd a double-double last season in 25gp) but with Love and Pek @ 4 and 5, the addition of Steisma, and Kirilenko's ability to play 3/4. Would Varejao just be an outstanding 4/5 backup?
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#308 » by Worm Guts » Mon Aug 6, 2012 5:15 pm

MitchInMinny wrote:Where would Varejao fit within our system? He's proven he can start (avg'd a double-double last season in 25gp) but with Love and Pek @ 4 and 5, the addition of Steisma, and Kirilenko's ability to play 3/4. Would Varejao just be an outstanding 4/5 backup?


What's wrong with having an outstanding backup?
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#309 » by [RCG] » Mon Aug 6, 2012 5:37 pm

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MitchInMinny wrote:Where would Varejao fit within our system? He's proven he can start (avg'd a double-double last season in 25gp) but with Love and Pek @ 4 and 5, the addition of Steisma, and Kirilenko's ability to play 3/4. Would Varejao just be an outstanding 4/5 backup?


What's wrong with having an outstanding backup?


They're useless :wink:

I don't expect Varejao to average a double-double again. He was the only big on that team really. With Pek & Love I think he'll come back towards his career averages of 7 & 7 while providing solid defense and energy.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#310 » by Mattya » Mon Aug 6, 2012 5:49 pm

I like Varejao, but it would be nice to have someone more athletic to catch lobs at the rim.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#311 » by Worm Guts » Mon Aug 6, 2012 5:49 pm

Mattya wrote:I like Varejao, but it would be nice to have someone more athletic to catch lobs at the rim.


It would be nice, but it's not very important relatively speaking.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#312 » by Mattya » Mon Aug 6, 2012 6:05 pm

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Mattya wrote:I like Varejao, but it would be nice to have someone more athletic to catch lobs at the rim.


It would be nice, but it's not very important relatively speaking.


I think it's an area of need, but it's also something you can address in other ways, so I agree.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#313 » by Klomp » Mon Aug 6, 2012 6:44 pm

“@DarrenWolfson: @joshvanklomp Re: reports on my Varejao tweet -- Yes. I tried to spell out that it was just purely a guess. Maybe I failed.”
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#314 » by Worm Guts » Mon Aug 6, 2012 6:48 pm

Yes, we knew that.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#315 » by Mattya » Mon Aug 6, 2012 6:55 pm

Klomp wrote:“@DarrenWolfson: @joshvanklomp Re: reports on my Varejao tweet -- Yes. I tried to spell out that it was just purely a guess. Maybe I failed.”


Apparently the GB and some Cavs fans haven't learned to read yet.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#316 » by Mattya » Mon Aug 6, 2012 7:37 pm

Not sure if this trade works since I used the espn trade machine.

Wolves Out: Derrick Williams, JJ Barea, Dante Cunningham
Wolves In: Anderson Varejao, Richard Hamilton, Charlotte protected 1st

Rubio, Barea, Shved, Lee
Roy, Hamilton, Shved
AK47, Budinger
Love, Varejao
Pek, Varejao, Steimsma

Wolves get good energy bench big, and veteran wing, plus get what could be a pretty good pick.

Cavs out: Varejao, Casspi, Sacto protected 1st
Cavs In: Loul Deng, JJ Barea

Cavs get a legit 3.

Bulls Out: Loul Deng, Richard Hamilton, Charlotte protected 1st
Bulls In: Derrick Williams, Omri Casspi, Dante Cunningham, Sacto protected 1st

Bulls get out of a lot of money while getting prospects and swap protected 1sts.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#317 » by Tirion » Mon Aug 6, 2012 10:23 pm

MitchInMinny wrote:Where would Varejao fit within our system? He's proven he can start (avg'd a double-double last season in 25gp) but with Love and Pek @ 4 and 5, the addition of Steisma, and Kirilenko's ability to play 3/4. Would Varejao just be an outstanding 4/5 backup?


AK can still guard SGs and if Love loses some more weight and improves his quickness, you can potentially slide him at the three and roll with this monster line-up:

Pek
Varejao
Love
AK
Rubio

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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#318 » by Yes We Kahn » Mon Aug 6, 2012 10:36 pm

Love cannot and will not ever be able to guard 3s
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#319 » by NewWolvesOrder » Mon Aug 6, 2012 10:50 pm

MitchInMinny wrote:Where would Varejao fit within our system? He's proven he can start (avg'd a double-double last season in 25gp) but with Love and Pek @ 4 and 5, the addition of Steisma, and Kirilenko's ability to play 3/4. Would Varejao just be an outstanding 4/5 backup?



How about we don't overload Love and Pek with heavy minutes and try to keep them fresh and injury free for once.
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Re: More Moves to Come post Olympics? 

Post#320 » by NewWolvesOrder » Mon Aug 6, 2012 10:57 pm

Tirion wrote:Varejao-Kirilenko-Rubio would be a killing defensive trio. Hell yes, I'd give up D-Will for him.


they can make us a legit defensive powerhouse of a team.

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