Talkhard

The plot thickens . . .

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HOWIE

Duh duh duuuuuuuh!!!!

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tlong

If Bucher is right I doubt that it has any relevance to Miles' situation. I believe Miles will be signed and I would be ecstatic to see a SAR-Zach-Miles rotation in the frontcourt. I think we would be damn good.

jackiejackal

To lose Miles hustle for Rahim's softness is a disaster for
Portland.
I would be sick about this..

Ukrainefan

Is it possible Ric Bucher just said this in a sarcastic way; maybe like wouldn't it be a shock if a player reacted to this situation by working his butt off and losing 25 pounds?

MAS RipCity

Me too .....I won't be as exicted for the season if he is not there.

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Nash: "Just tell the media that you're working out and getting ready for a positive upbeat season at the small forward, and when the teams bite, we'll do the rest."

Reef: "Ohhh, that's the way you do it. Whoops."

Assuming the comment made by Ric Bucher was serious, and acurately reported as it was reported to ESPN, this is the situation that I see in the locker rooms.

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tlong

Exactly "who" heard Ric Bucher make these comments? I think he either said it in jest or this is just a fabrication. SAR isn't going to lose 20 lbs. That's ridiculous.

ABM

Whatayamean? He's already lost 10....sweatin' where he's gonna play.

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ProudBFan

I already answered that question in another thread.

PBF

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http://www.basketballboards.net/foru...5&pagenumber=1

PBF

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tlong

So PBF, did you actually hear Bucher make those statements? Or was information passed to you by a "friend of a friend?" I don't believe it's accurate.

ProudBFan

No, I did not personally hear it. But at least three (apparently) different people on two different forums heard it at the same time and the details they reported were fairly specific (AND the story was the same from all of them). Check the links I provided earlier.

Now I'll admit that there IS a chance Bucher's comments were taken out of context OR that he was being sarcastic when he said them, but I'm inclined to believe that those were his words - due to the number of people who reported hearing them and the similarities in their descriptions of what he said.

PBF

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mediocre man

I was actually watching ESPN news when he came on. It was at the end of his segment when he said it. He really did say those words, and he wasn't being sarcastic.

I am hoping this is the real story.

Nash or someone in the organization calls Bucher and floats this to him with the mutual understanding that if he says it on ESPN then Nash will give him a breaking story when it happens. Maybe the Blazers are hoping this raises his value.

tlong

I just find it hard to believe. The following article was posted on espn.com yesterday.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1847658

There has been no followup to this posted and you would think something would have been since Bucher writes for them.