Portland - 2016 Offseason

[Wizenheimer]

Courtney Lee to Knicks...4-years/48 million

[Case2012]

Yeah, I wish Portland would have kept Rolo. He could have been a part of the retool at his age. I don't particularly find RHJ that impressive, so that's inconsequential, but locking up Rolo would have been nice instead of just letting him walk.

Sam Presti is the best at getting value for his good players before they dip. I would take him over Olshey any day. We probably would have so many draft picks and role players from a LMA trade.

Ok.

Sorry, i drank a lot after we signed Turner. My point was we let 3 starters go for nothing, including Rolo.

[Andre 2999]

Boban Marjanovic (if you like doofus, you'll like Boban)

[Khazim]

I still like the idea (fantasy) of Sanders, and Powell could be a good bargain addition.

[Blazinaway]

wow! Austin Rivers to Clips for 3/35!!! Holy crap, thats a dad taking care of his son !

[GreenRiddler]

I think we are going for Hibbert if Gasol goes to the spurs, hope he can get back to his elite rim protection days with Indy. Would be like having Rolo all over again, but I doubt Hibbert gets the 14 per year Rolo got.

I would take Hibbert at 11 per year for 3 years over Manhimi and his contract that's for sure.

[Blazinaway]

I still like the idea (fantasy) of Sanders, and Powell could be a good bargain addition.

yeah, gotta wonder if Sanders is looking at these huge paydays and sayin holy ****, I need to get some of that while I can!

[GreenRiddler]

I wonder if Gasol would choose less money with the Spurs w/o Duncan and a washed up Parker/Ginobli, or go to a up and coming young team for 2-3 years that finished in the same position as the Spurs for the past 2 seasons and a boatload more money before you end your career.

[Butter]

I still like the idea (fantasy) of Sanders, and Powell could be a good bargain addition.

yeah, gotta wonder if Sanders is looking at these huge paydays and sayin holy ****, I need to get some of that while I can!

Do you have any idea how much pot that would buy?

[Blazinaway]

I wonder if Gasol would choose less money with the Spurs w/o Duncan and a washed up Parker/Ginobli, or go to a up and coming young team for 2-3 years that finished in the same position as the Spurs for the past 2 seasons and a boatload more money before you end your career.

so far I'd have to say the answer to that is not in our favor, there is always hope that "might" change

[GreenRiddler]

Oh man the rockets just signed big money contracts to get worse on defense.

[Jsun947]

I think we are going for Hibbert if Gasol goes to the spurs, hope he can get back to his elite rim protection days with Indy. Would be like having Rolo all over again, but I doubt Hibbert gets the 14 per year Rolo got.

I would take Hibbert at 11 per year for 3 years over Manhimi and his contract that's for sure.

You're insane. I wouldn't give Hibbert more than 2 mil for one year at this point.

I just hope we go after Aldrich... 8-10 mil per seems reasonable. If we can't get Gasol or Aldrich I might be more inclined to just say **** it and run it back.

[Downtown]

Hill, Aldrich, Pachulia, with wildcards Nene and Sanders. There's two or three names there I can live with. From what I saw last season Hibbert, like Bogut, has an expired good til date so please no. I'd like Dwight Powell but My guess is that Olshey won't overpay for him and Dallas matches on any decent offers. Christian Wood has more of a chance on a bargain deal since they won't be re-signing Kaman and could always use a third centre that blocks shots( I also would like to see Toronto want Leonard so we could do a sign and trade for Babe Noguira). I hate to say it but with his shoulder injury I can see Meyers Leonard back in the fold with a one year deal so he can "bet on himself" again.

Until they get their centre I'm going to hang onto the kind of unrealistic scenario where Olshey trades for Nikola Vucevic.

[Jsun947]

I'd rather give playing time to Plumlee or Davis than Zaza, Hill, or Nene. I don't think they are better than the bigs on our roster.

[Case2012]

No blazer rumors at ALL.

Oh and as much as I think Sanders would be perfect here, he quit basketball to be a rapper and smoke weed. I don't think signing a guy who is an open marijuana advocate in a city where it's legal is a move Olshey would make. Look what happened to Antonio Harvey.

I work in a dispensary so it's not like weed bothers me, but it really bothers the NBA for some reason.

[Wizenheimer]

I think we are going for Hibbert if Gasol goes to the spurs, hope he can get back to his elite rim protection days with Indy. Would be like having Rolo all over again, but I doubt Hibbert gets the 14 per year Rolo got.

I would take Hibbert at 11 per year for 3 years over Manhimi and his contract that's for sure.

You're insane. I wouldn't give Hibbert more than 2 mil for one year at this point.

I just hope we go after Aldrich... 8-10 mil per seems reasonable. If we can't get Gasol or Aldrich I might be more inclined to just say **** it and run it back.

I don't understand why anybody would want Hibbert on the Blazers...he sucks. He can't outrun a glacier; he's a weak rebounder; and he's zilch on offense. He's 7'3 but has a .511 career TS% which is well below average. On the other hand he has a 21% career usage rate which shows his low BBIQ when it comes to shot selection

it's debatable if guys like Cole Aldrich or Mahinmi are better then Plumlee or Davis. it's not debatable about Hibbert...he's not nearly as good and he isn't worth a contract to Portland

[Dame Lizard]

It was a massive oversight by Neo trading for Plumlee.

If we used last season's success to sign good FAs, then I'd shut-up about it, but to no surprise Portland isn't a hot FA destination.

Huh?

IIRC DL is a big RHJ fan (I am as well). I don't think it was a massive oversight, but I think I would have preferred RHJ long-term.

Whilst I'm a big RHJ fan, it's not necessarily just about RHJ, it'd be the same circumstance for any other high upside prospect.

In my opinion, back then (and still now), we weren't good enough to be trading a high potential prospect for an older decent NBA player who will get paid exactly what he's worth in 2 years time.

It was the time to gamble on trying to 'hit' on something good. Plumlee is decent, but has a very easily defined ceiling. His wingspan (which is extremely short for a player of his height) is one limiting factor, and the fact he can't shoot a jump shot is the other. He is what he is (and what he will always be), an athletic and energetic role player, with two years less on his rookie contract than RHJ or any other prospect with upside from last year's draft.

[Dame Lizard]

wow! Austin Rivers to Clips for 3/35!!! Holy crap, thats a dad taking care of his son !

I actually think that's a pretty good contract for the Clippers , given what everyone is getting paid these days. Rivers was awesome in the playoffs (he surprisingly played lockdown defense), and had apparently been a really good defender all year.

[Downtown]

Has anyone compared overall stats of Harrison Barnes to Evan Turner? I'm wondering how much more Dallas got for the extra $25mil.

[Jsun947]

Dallas won't get anything after GSW matches