SOURCES: Portland a landing spot for Hassan Whiteside?

Yoshun · Post #21 » by **Yoshun** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:52 pm

He would be great in Portland. Their team is actually pretty fun, kind of hope he goes there. No disrespect to Miami fans.

Disabled Sports · Post #22 » by **Disabled Sports** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:54 pm

Kurtz wrote:He excelled in a slow system. Can he do as well in an extremely fast-paced system?

he runs a little better than your average big but not fast enough for up tempo

Post #23 » by **-Sammy-** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:00 pm

FINALLY, the Western Conference is getting a little stronger.

Post #24 » by **Capn'O** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:06 pm

I've been figuring all year they'll make a push for him. They need a primary big.

DusterBuster · Post #25 » by **DusterBuster** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:08 pm

CJ McCollumn started recruiting Whiteside almost immediately after the season ended for them, so definitely no surprise the Blazers are probably making him their primary FA target.

Clipsz 4 Life · Post #26 » by **Tim Lehrbach** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:14 pm

Highly doubt the Blazers beat out other suitors for the top free agents, but I'd be ecstatic if they could sign Whiteside.

Takingbaconback · Post #27 » by **Takingbaconback** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:22 pm

I thought Howard would be in play for Portland but this makes even more sense. That is a very good fit for both sides.

Downtown · Post #28 » by **Downtown** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:33 pm

As mentioned he's going to have a long line of suitors wanting him at the max amount. Portland will just be one of them in line. It will take quite the sales job to sway him to whichever team he decides on.

BballMania47 · Post #29 » by **BballMania47** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:33 pm

Portland is my favorite team out West, next to the T-wolves. I'm surprised KD hasn't considered them more. Hassan would be great though. Hope he goes there.

Tim_Hardawayy · Post #30 » by **Tim_Hardawayy** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:37 pm

The title is a bit misleading, there's nothing suggesting he's heading to Portland, simply that they are interested, like almost every team with max space this summer, considering he's basically 2nd on every team's wish list after Durant.

Skyhawk1 · Post #31 » by **Skyhawk1** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:38 pm

Whiteside is the type of player I'd stay far away from. Low basketball IQ, poor foot speed, not a great p&r defender, lazy at times. Just because you can dunk and block shots doesn't make you a great player. Hear me Josh Smith?

Waynearchetype · Post #32 » by **Waynearchetype** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:39 pm

BballMania47 wrote:Portland is my favorite team out West, next to the T-wolves. I'm surprised KD hasn't considered them more. Hassan would be great though. Hope he goes there.

Will never happen, but Blazers could fit both KD and Whiteside this year with a single trade (Davis or Aminu for capspace, probably not hard given their contracts).

Blazers could run Lillard/McCollum/Durant/ANYONE/Whiteside with one of Davis/Aminu on the bench + Plumlee and Crabbe (resigned after other deals).

Again, never will happen, but that is a good superteam.

CrossOver · Post #33 » by **CrossOver** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:40 pm

Cavaliers2 wrote:What exactly is the Heat's plan to offer him the max? Don't they need to clear cap space to do it?

Well the Heat only have 5 players (Dragic, Winslow, Richardson, Bosh, McRoberts) under contract so that's not a problem. The tricky part is trying to do more than just re-signing the whole team they had from last season.

Post #34 » by **INKtastic** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:44 pm

CrossOver wrote:
Cavaliers2 wrote:What exactly is the Heat's plan to offer him the max? Don't they need to clear cap space to do it?

Well the Heat only have 5 players (Dragic, Winslow, Richardson, Bosh, McRoberts) under contract so that's not a problem. The tricky part is trying to do more than just re-signing the whole team they had from last season.

There are cap holds on other players (like Wade). Can they sign whiteside to a max with those cap holds in place?

CrossOver · Post #35 » by **CrossOver** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:58 pm

INKtastic wrote:
CrossOver wrote:
Cavaliers2 wrote:What exactly is the Heat's plan to offer him the max? Don't they need to clear cap space to do it?

Well the Heat only have 5 players (Dragic, Winslow, Richardson, Bosh, McRoberts) under contract so that's not a problem. The tricky part is trying to do more than just re-signing the whole team they had from last season.

There are cap holds on other players (like Wade). Can they sign whiteside to a max with those cap holds in place?

They indeed can but they wouldn't have enough room for another significant piece, which is something Riley wants. So unless Wade takes a big pay cut or they move Dragic, there won't be any other major moves if they were to max out Whiteside.

Smitson · Post #36 » by **Smitson** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:50 am

CrossOver wrote:
INKtastic wrote:
CrossOver wrote:
Well the Heat only have 5 players (Dragic, Winslow, Richardson, Bosh, McRoberts) under contract so that's not a problem. The tricky part is trying to do more than just re-signing the whole team they had from last season.

There are cap holds on other players (like Wade). Can they sign whiteside to a max with those cap holds in place?

They indeed can but they wouldn't have enough room for another significant piece, which is something Riley wants. So unless Wade takes a big pay cut or they move Dragic, there won't be any other major moves if they were to max out Whiteside.

They can? I thought they had to renounce Wade to give whiteside the max.

DusterBuster · Post #37 » by **DusterBuster** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:20 am

BballMania47 wrote:Portland is my favorite team out West, next to the T-wolves. I'm surprised KD hasn't considered them more. Hassan would be great though. Hope he goes there.

KD is one of those chip on his shoulder kinda guys, I don't think he'd ever forgive Portland for picking Oden over him.

DusterBuster · Post #38 » by **DusterBuster** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 2:22 am

Smitson wrote:
CrossOver wrote:
INKtastic wrote:
There are cap holds on other players (like Wade). Can they sign whiteside to a max with those cap holds in place?

They indeed can but they wouldn't have enough room for another significant piece, which is something Riley wants. So unless Wade takes a big pay cut or they move Dragic, there won't be any other major moves if they were to max out Whiteside.

They can? I thought they had to renounce Wade to give whiteside the max.

Yeah, they had to do something funky before they could offer him a full max I thought. But that was before the cap came in a bit higher than people were expecting, so I'm not sure if that helped them at all or not.

tundraknight · Post #39 » by **tundraknight** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:02 am

The Portland Trail Blazers definitely need an upgrade from Plumlee because he sucks.

And Whiteside would be perfect for them.

Heat3 · Post #40 » by **Heat3** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:45 am

Miami has plenty of cap space. They have been planning to have space this year for many years. They weren't planning on having to max a d-leaguer to keep him though :lol:

so maxing Whiteside is not a problem. paying Wade a lot in addition isn't a problem. Getting someone else after that will be difficult.