Woj: Kanter signing an offer sheet w/Portland

[CnG]

After Harden how can they let another player leave because of the tax?

OKC are damned if they do and damned if they don't regarding fans reactions.

They match and everyone says 'wow you match for Kanter but not for Harden', they don't match 'wow again cheap ownership again clearly don't put winning first'.

People need to get over the Harden thing though, it's done.

[Upperclass]

well um.. why in the holy hell did they resign singler to 25mil, before securing kanter.. dumb.

[BasketballFan7]

Fits nicely for portland. Desparately need the scoring. I like their signings, but davis/aminu/plumlee will not be replacing the scoring they lost.

Lillard
McCullum / Henderson
Aminu
Davis / Vonleh
Kanter / Plumlee / Leonard

A lot of solid future pieces. Ideally need a scoring SG and move CJ to the 6th man

How bout ross for vohleh?

Im no portland fan i would say no. Vonleh is much more of an unknown, and only 19.

[NBAfan3024]

You know what's coming if OKC match. ..if you match that why not match harden blah blah

[hyper316]

OKC offered him 15.5 million and said they would match any offer sheet. OKC will trade PJIII (which kinda sucks) and Novak to get back under the tax.

So basically Portland is forcing OKC to trade PJIII and Novak by tying up their money for three days.

Good call, very likely scenario.

Would it bepossible to trade novak back to Raps with the TPE create in Novak trade expiring tmr?

[Chuck Everett]

well um.. why in the holy hell did they resign singler to 25mil, before securing kanter.. dumb.

Yup. Makes no sense.

[Rafael122]

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[NBAfan3024]

Kanter offer sheet is expected to include a trade kicker too, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

[NBAfan3024]

4 years 70 million

[Effigy]

OKC offered him 15.5 million and said they would match any offer sheet. OKC will trade PJIII (which kinda sucks) and Novak to get back under the tax.

So basically Portland is forcing OKC to trade PJIII and Novak by tying up their money for three days.

Portland isn't going to do anything with that money, so they may as we'll tie it up. To just dump salary may wind up costing you some draft picks as well. Time to call Hinkie!

[OldeBoy]

You know what's coming if OKC match. ..if you match that why not match harden blah blah

Well Kanter is the first low post scorer the Thunder have had since moving to okc. Harden was the #3 ball dominant perimeter player in OKC, albeit a great one.

[RIPskaterdude]

Wow 4/70...and Kings got Koufos for half that.

[fallacy]

OKC offered him 15.5 million, he got 17.5 million from Portland. 8 million extra over 4 years isn't bad for OKC. OKC just has to get rid of PJ3 and Novak to make up that 2 million

[Kurosawa0]

Are we sure Kanter is even that good? Utah got better when he left.

[bondom34]

After Harden how can they let another player leave because of the tax?

OKC are damned if they do and damned if they don't regarding fans reactions.

They match and everyone says 'wow you match for Kanter but not for Harden', they don't match 'wow again cheap ownership again clearly don't put winning first'.

People need to get over the Harden thing though, it's done.

This.

And either way, I'm not thrilled w/ Kanter at that price.

[fallacy]

OKC offered him 15.5 million and said they would match any offer sheet. OKC will trade PJIII (which kinda sucks) and Novak to get back under the tax.

So basically Portland is forcing OKC to trade PJIII and Novak by tying up their money for three days.

Portland isn't going to do anything with that money, so they may as we'll tie it up. To just dump salary may wind up costing you some draft picks as well. Time to call Hinkie!

Yeah, this is totally expected from both sides. No one in OKC is freaking out and no one in Portland is expecting to get Kanter

[fallacy]

OKC offered him 15.5 million and said they would match any offer sheet. OKC will trade PJIII (which kinda sucks) and Novak to get back under the tax.

So basically Portland is forcing OKC to trade PJIII and Novak by tying up their money for three days.

Good call, very likely scenario.

Would it bepossible to trade novak back to Raps with the TPE create in Novak trade expiring tmr?

I doubt it but i'm not a GM

[Balkman32]

OKC restricted free agent Enes Kanter signing a four-year, $70M maximum contract offer sheet with Blazers, league sources tell Yahoo.

[Atmanne]

Are we sure Kanter is even that good? Utah got better when he left.

I'm damn sure not. He's young enough to get better, but he's one of the worst defending big men in the league.

[Upperclass]

Not a bad offer, but noway OKC matches