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Tobias

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man whatever. i loved biz but the team is better top to bottom and for the first time (in maybe ever) teams won't be able to simply not defend certain players on this team for entire portions of the game.

besides, you got teams in the league now that take over 1/3 of their fgs from beyond the arc anyways. we needed to get better on the perimeter and we needed to be able to score to keep up. if biz was the price to pay then cool

i agree we are better but aaron and Tyler don't help us from the outside and with their combined salary we coulda had biz. that's what makes no sense bc those two don't make us better (and i like them both)
 

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i agree we are better but aaron and Tyler don't help us from the outside and with their combined salary we coulda had biz. that's what makes no sense bc those two don't make us better (and i like them both)
we got a goon man. defensively he's 6 hard fouls and offensively he actually has to be guarded - when we see injuries, and we will, we'll be able to keep our offense moving like normal and not have to worry about defenses completely ignoring our interior as they blitz kemba to death and have the team sink/swim on Kemba' being hot or cold.

like i said, i miss biz but we just weren't the team for him. he had that good streak this year but man... and toronto is a shyt spot for him too

harrison i haven't commented on, but as a prospect - he's a good move. we can actually develop a guy with all the tools you'd look for (who's an idiot, but that's fixable tbh) without using a draft pick. i can't be mad that.

tyler is a better deep bench big than dj white or adrien too. last year we didn't even have bigs to throw anymore.
 

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Lance's reasoning on why he got traded:

Bleacher Report: Why do you think you got traded?

Lance Stephenson: It just didn't work. I felt like me and Kemba [Walker] do the same type of stuff, and it just didn't click. Kemba is like a smaller me. He dominates the ball and he's a playmaker. And then my jump shot wasn't falling, so it was a tough season. I had toe and groin injuries. I'm telling you, this was worse than my rookie year when I didn't even play. I was really mentally down. I was trying everything to try to figure out what I can do to help this squad.

Lance: Being Traded 'Definitely' Hurt
 

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Yeah man Lance got a raw deal in Charlotte.
Hope things workout for him in L.A.
Clifford :camby:wack rotations all year
wtf cliff rotations gotta do with him shooting SEVENTEEN PERCENT from 3?

and I didn't even hate on dude all year long when damn near everyone else on here threw dude under the bus and left him for dead back in December. He might bounce back, but dude was basura here. Lets not even pretend otherwise. We pushed a 3 guard lineup for him, he got to play point when Kemba went down, we ran entire sets JUST for him.

He was shyt. Across the board. :camby:
 

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wtf cliff rotations gotta do with him shooting SEVENTEEN PERCENT from 3?

and I didn't even hate on dude all year long when damn near everyone else on here threw dude under the bus and left him for dead back in December. He might bounce back, but dude was basura here. Lets not even pretend otherwise. We pushed a 3 guard lineup for him, he got to play point when Kemba went down, we ran entire sets JUST for him.

He was shyt. Across the board. :camby:
No question his 3s were horrible. Did he have a horrible year? Yeah. Does he have to own up to taking credit for it? Yeah and he did. Where does Clifford fall into the equation of Lance's bad year?????
Rotations- Big Al was clogging up the lane for Lance so y would you have them in at the same time??? Especially when he struggling from 3 and his jump shot period.
Yeah he ran point some games when Kemba went out. Had some success too. He stayed getting assists and rebounds. He didn't have a definite role all year cause Clifford ain't want him there. Jordan and Cho did. He got sabotaged in a way after one year????? Then you bring in Frank the Tank who creates more room in the lane and you don't give him one more shot??? Jordan was wrong for that.
 

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No question his 3s were horrible. Did he have a horrible year? Yeah. Does he have to own up to taking credit for it? Yeah and he did. Where does Clifford fall into the equation of Lance's bad year?????
Rotations- Big Al was clogging up the lane for Lance so y would you have them in at the same time??? Especially when he struggling from 3 and his jump shot period.
Yeah he ran point some games when Kemba went out. Had some success too. He stayed getting assists and rebounds. He didn't have a definite role all year cause Clifford ain't want him there. Jordan and Cho did. He got sabotaged in a way after one year????? Then you bring in Frank the Tank who creates more room in the lane and you don't give him one more shot??? Jordan was wrong for that.
Breh you all over the place. Break down how Lance having one of the worst shooting seasons of all time is Cliff's fault.

And I hate Cliff. Documented.

And Cliff is the one who asked for Lance. Not Cho or Jordan. They were both set on Hayward or nothing.
 
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No question his 3s were horrible. Did he have a horrible year? Yeah. Does he have to own up to taking credit for it? Yeah and he did. Where does Clifford fall into the equation of Lance's bad year?????
Rotations- Big Al was clogging up the lane for Lance so y would you have them in at the same time??? Especially when he struggling from 3 and his jump shot period.
Yeah he ran point some games when Kemba went out. Had some success too. He stayed getting assists and rebounds. He didn't have a definite role all year cause Clifford ain't want him there. Jordan and Cho did. He got sabotaged in a way after one year????? Then you bring in Frank the Tank who creates more room in the lane and you don't give him one more shot??? Jordan was wrong for that.

i agree about giving him another year and just cutting ties after this year if he still sucked instead of adding salary for garbo spencer hawes.

that is assuming that he was ok in the locker room but there were some rumblings he was a problem.

i do think that lance should have had a more defined role as the 6th man who should run the second unit (him and biz had some nice moments in the pnr)

regardless of all that, he was awful last year. historically bad. it wasnt exactly the best situation that cliff put him in but that's way far down the list of blame. last year was on lance. hope he turns it around in LA
 

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I just remember Lance had the most swagged out turn over ever. He did a behind the back and a no look pass straight to a defender had me like :banderas:
 
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