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Not if you don't draft correctly. Plus, the logo leaves a trail of success everywhere he goes
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Jerry West turns 80 next year man...how much longer is he really going to be able to run an organization? He might as well just stay on staff with the Warriors and get a couple more rings. Don't see the point in a move right now.
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Of course, some of these are done to ruffle feathers. Like RW being ranked about Zeke.
I try to look at the positional rankings, so if (for example) Clyde is about Dirk, I don't care
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I try to look at the positional rankings, so if (for example) Clyde is about Dirk, I don't care
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If Austin Rivers was Trey Burke, does he get that second chance?
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(2007) OJ Mayo, Derrick Rose, Kyle Singler.
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Big Baby claps back at Austin Rivers.
"Your father gave you your money!
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They're both the same age but Rivers is an athletic 6'4 combo guard that can at least get you some buckets off the bench. Burke is strictly a point guard and is barely 6'0 and has been basically good for nothing. He was starting and playing 30+ minutes per game his first two years and showed nothing. Now he's on a Wizards team with a crap bench and still can't do anything.
Why do people care about why Rivers was given a "second chance"? He's still young as hell so it's not like Doc signed his 30 year old kid and started giving him minutes over better players in the prime of their careers. He's still not even averaging 30 minutes per game so he's not even getting starter minutes for anybody to complain about.
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^ I agree, he is young so he is supposed to get a second chance. I don't think he shouldn't but I think it IS a fair question to ask whether or not that chance would have been given if his father wasn't in the NBA Fraternity.
I am happy for his recent success and I can only imagine the level of **** he gets from other players and fans.
I am happy for his recent success and I can only imagine the level of **** he gets from other players and fans.
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The irony is that doc gave Davis a second chance himself. Orlando bought him out after he acted a damn fool on multiple occasions, doc scooped him up when probably no other team would have. He got into it with doc to the point that security had to escort him out and doc still gave him another contract after that. Might as well call that man daddy
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Didn't BB get paid by ORL after leaving Boston? Not the same at all, he got paid on his own merits.
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Did you even read the post?
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BB signed a deal with ORL after Boston. ORL would have been his 2nd chance, but he actually earned his deal there after his rookie one was up in Boston. It's not the same. Doc gave him another opportunity after ORL, there was no opportunity for Austin outside of his daddy after New Orleans.
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I'm clearly talking about after the buyout from Orlando. You're getting lost in semantics. Second chance, third chance whatever. If you wanna split hairs like that, Nola picked up Austin's 3rd year just not his 4th. He got traded, improved during the season and had a good showing in the playoffs which led to his deal. Iirc he had several offers outside lac. He earned his bread as much as Davis did. Doc did both of them favors
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sad but true
dude even tried trading him and other garbage to get Melo
true scumbag
PP his real son anyways
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No because Trey Burke was never as good as Austin Rivers so him getting a 2nd chance isn't likely.
My point was that, Austin was a lotto pick and was traded to LAC at 22 years old. Plenty of young lottery picks start out bad and end up with 2nd chances.
To say He only got that 2nd chance is disengenuous to me. His "daddy" didn't "save" him, his merit as a prep, his reputation, along with his age is what saved him.
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New York, Portland, Orlando, all met with Austin and courted him during FA last season. He got his bag because of what he did in 2015-2016, not because his dad was the GM. Ppl just take the nepotism thing too far.
As a back up guard, he got right in line with what Dellevadova, and Jerryd Bayless got for example.
Look at what they did this past season as back up guards, then look at what Austin did as a back up guard
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Trey Burke was playing 30 mpg his first two seasons. No real need for a second opportunity
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Big baby gonna mess around and write a tell all book. He just loved spilling that tea too 
the host was just egging him on, it was damn near uncomfortable to watch.
the host was just egging him on, it was damn near uncomfortable to watch.
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Can't wait til Melo sign with the Spurs next season. We coming back
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30 yr old Serge or Flex Washington?
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I agree. I'd like to think Lacob and Myers make a push to keep West.
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