I would cut Crabbe

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    He's the odd man out. It's already going to be tough to find minutes next season for guys like Freeland, Will, Claver, and Leonard. At least they can play multiple positions, so if there's an injury they can help out.

    Will - SG/SF/PG (in a pinch)
    Joel - PF/C
    Claver - SF/PF

    Leonard is a project, so I don't expect we'll cut him loose anytime soon. It sucks because he won't find many minutes behind Rolo and Kaman, but at some point he might take over for Kaman.

    There's no time for Crabbe, and he hasn't really done anything to earn a shot. He has been horrible in summer league, and even his stint in the D League was underwhelming.

    CJ and Will have a much better chance of getting the minutes at backup shooting guard, and we need a backup point guard. I would cut Crabbe and see if we could sign a third point guard that we could use in emergencies.
     
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    he is the 15th guy on the roster, pure fodder

    just give him a towel to wave
     
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    I agree, but the problem is that he's the 15th man on a roster that doesn't have a third point guard. Do you remember what it was like last year when we had to either play Will and CJ together or play Earl? It was fugly.
     
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    is there someone better than earl that wants to sign on with a vet min deal to play 0 mpg?

    because that would be the ticket.
     
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    Chauncey Billups? :lol:
     
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    You say that if you were Olshey, and had gone out on a limb, trading 2 #2s for him, you would saw off the branch with you on it.

    I guarantee that Olshey won't, so forget it. There are ways to preserve Olshey's dignity. In a year or so, he'll include Crabbe in a trade.

    New nickname: "Softshell" floats around too much.
     
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    I doubt he has any value in trade. It would be interesting to add him as filler in a trade for someone like Aminu.
     
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    isnt aminu gonna get matched at a few million a year?
     
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    According to NBA.com, he's a UFA. So if that's true, there won't be any matching.
     
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    I would cut Crabbe but I would cut him like a teenage girl cuts herself. Little nicks on his arm for every shot he misses or time he just floats around the court and looks disinterested.

    Pain is a powerful motivator.
     
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    well shit
     
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    I'd cut Meyers. He would have a $3 million contract in 2015-16 whereas Crabbe deal would be for less than $1 million. Both have a lot to learn to be a rotational player. Crabbe has an NBA skill right now in shooting the ball. I don't know what Meyers has.
     
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    Supposedly he has a skill in shooting the ball, but we've yet to really see it. I would rather trade Meyers. Someone would take a gamble on him.

    Meyers/Wright/Crabbe for a signed Aminu. That's around 5.5 million per year for Aminu.
     
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    he has very large ears
     
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    Stotts should make them bigger the way Montgomery did. Cuff them.
     
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    Aminu can't shoot. He'd be buried in the bench next to Claver.
     
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    We really need slashers though. I hate that everyone has to be a shooter on our team. Will is one of the only guys who attacks the rim.
     
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    Can't happen; Aminu was renounced to make cap room for the Asik trade. We can only offer him the vet minimum.

    But if we can get anything of use for Meyers I'd make the trade. Hell if someone would just take his contract I might trade him. I'd rather have Hashem Thabeet as the 15th man next year.

    Crabbe lead the Blazers in 3 point shooting last year at 43%.
     

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