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Around the League => Transaction Ideas and Rumors => Topic started by: jpotter33 on March 18, 2017, 04:43:46 PM
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http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/03/18/rumor-if-clippers-get-bounced-in-first-or-second-round-doc-rivers-could-be-headed-to-orlando/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Hopefully this is true. I think this would make it much more likely that Griffin leaves LA this summer, especially if they lose in the first round.
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Agree.
If he does, do we press to sign him or Hayward?
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crash the clips title window and force a rebuild just in time to insure the 2019 pick they owe us will be good:)
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If the Magic hire him strictly as GM and not as the coach, it would be a total disaster. He's a terrible GM. Then again, their current GM is not much better I guess.
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crash the clips title window and force a rebuild just in time to insure the 2019 pick they owe us will be good:)
Yeah but it's lottery protected, and I think it eventually becomes a second round pick if they are in the lottery.
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crash the clips title window and force a rebuild just in time to insure the 2019 pick they owe us will be good:)
We don't want them to get too bad though. It's a lottery protected first that becomes a 2022 second rounder after 2020.
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this will never happen. doc will never coach a young team ever again. he's a swoop in and take over a team on the verge kinda guy.
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this will never happen. doc will never coach a young team ever again. he's a swoop in and take over a team on the verge kinda guy.
Yeah, coach a young team again, I don't see him doing that. Going to Orlando to retire to his home with his family and get paid big $$ to play GM for the local NBA team, where he doesn't even have to travel, that I definitely see him doing.
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He has to coach somewhere so Austin has a job
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Orlando signed Frank Vogel to a 4-year, $22 million contract last summer. I doubt they're willing to eat the final three years of that.
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Doc back to Orlando
CP3 back to New Orleans
Griffin to Boston
DeAndre Jordan wasting away in LA
I'd be cool with that.
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Shocking. Who could ever imagine Doc would do this?
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Agree.
If he does, do we press to sign him or Hayward?
Whoever loses in the inevitable Jazz-Clippers 1st-round match-up, that's who we press to sign.
My money's on Griffin.
Edit: Looks like the Thunder and the Clippers are tied at the moment for 5th seed. Regardless of who the Clips face, I'm pretty certain that they're going to lose.
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Shocking. Who could ever imagine Doc would do this?
Hard to tell if you are being serious of facetious. This does not surprise those of us that told yall about the real Rivers.
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He has to coach somewhere so Austin has a job
lol This guy gets more hype than any other coach, just to think he was touted and may still get the USA team gig after Coach K.
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Shocking. Who could ever imagine Doc would do this?
Hard to tell if you are being serious of facetious. This does not surprise those of us that told yall about the real Rivers.
He's being facetious but I understand where you're coming from. Sometimes it's hard to detect sarcasm when its written compared to when its spoken.
And I swear that last sentence wasn't me being facetious.
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Clippers don't need Rivers as a coach. Most decent coaches fold do as well.
The deal is ........if CP3 leaves ........essentially you've cut the head off the dragon ....
No CP3 .......the Clippers crumble , with or without Doc.
The Clippers will be instantly the worst team , kicking the Lakers, Philly and Nets out of the basement.
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The Clippers will be instantly the worst team , kicking the Lakers, Philly and Nets out of the basement.
Donīt under estimate their power :D
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when the going gets tough, Doc quits.
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when the going gets tough, Doc quits.
does sound like that, but then again, I kinda wanna see that happen, not because he returns to the Magics or the East, but it really gives us a chance to see Brad vs Doc more closely, we will be seeing them 4 times a year and can see who can technically rebuild faster.
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Agree.
If he does, do we press to sign him or Hayward?
Why do we want a guy who leaves because he is not good enough to combine with Chris Paul to make the Western Conference finals? Who is also injured all the time?
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Agree.
If he does, do we press to sign him or Hayward?
Why do we want a guy who leaves because he is not good enough to combine with Chris Paul to make the Western Conference finals? Who is also injured all the time?
Probably because he's one of the best PF's in the league.
Saying he is injured all the time is also not entirely true, he's played 80 games in 3 seasons, as well as playing in 66+ in 5.
I think that there are better options for us than Blake, but he's still one of the best players in the league.
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Agree.
If he does, do we press to sign him or Hayward?
Why do we want a guy who leaves because he is not good enough to combine with Chris Paul to make the Western Conference finals? Who is also injured all the time?
Because he is a terrific player and fits exactly what we need.
Star level talent: No question, Blake is another big time player granting us credibility.
Secondary scoring option: Absolutely. No longer just a dunker, Blake is a career 20ppg guy.
Rebounder: check. Griffin has put up solid rebounding numbers, and those numbers are probably depressed by the fact that he plays with Deandre Jordan
Big Man: We need another credibly big man.
Specifically a power forward: Al fits better as a center.
System fit: absolutely. Blake is a great passer, which is huge for Brad's offense. Also, he has extended his range enough that while he is not a floor-stretcher, he is also not a paint-clogger.
He turned 28 this week, so while he is an older 28, he will play his age 28, 29, 30, and 31 year old seasons(ending his final season as a 32 year old) if you give him a 4 year max.
Thats young enough that he can still give you all star caliber player for 4 years.
Hes a dream fit.
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Doc really no better for Clippers than the guys before him IMO.
He was no savior