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Boise Blazer said:
If we could land Whiteside/Howard does it make any sense to trade for Kanter if the Thunder are clearing space to get Horford? Does that pair work?
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I dont think so. Id rather resign meyers for spacing and probably salary reasons if we wanted a big that cant guard a 4.
 
Although I would be happy if we got Whiteside or Howard as plan A, I can't say that it is that much better than a lot of other scenarios. I still get this nagging feeling that wiping out our cap space for a center is a bad idea. I realize they would both be upgrades, but I would prefer to have multiple centers on the team who bust their ass every night.

We can use some size for sure, but 20-24 minutes a game is sufficient. Plumlee, Davis, and Leonard can fill in the other 24 minutes. Offense is not needed if we can get it from the 4 spot. And we might need the cap space to get that.

Again.....getting Whiteside or Howard is not a bad thing, but a trade for a Milsap and a center like Mozgov might be just as good when you break down the minutes.
 
TBpup said:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-make-a-lot-of-sense-as-nba-free-agency-nears

David Aldridge 10 Moves that Make Sense. #3 hits very close to home.
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TBpup said:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-make-a-lot-of-sense-as-nba-free-agency-nears

David Aldridge 10 Moves that Make Sense. #3 hits very close to home.
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My take from reading that is that if we get Whiteside, we better try to get Juwan Howard to come with him as a mentor, or somebody similar. I don't think Chris Kaman would be the right guy.
 


I like Crabbe, but I have to think Portland would hesitate at 17 or 18 mil a year for him.
 
42N8Bounce said:
What jumped out to me was that all of the highlights for Whiteside included assists from Dragic. The Blazers should be selling him on the idea that we have two guards that will draw extra attention on the offense that can provide easy lobs.
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Just don't let him know that Dame and CJ are awful at throwing them lol.
 
Many of those aren't even that good of a lob. Sometimes Dragic would just throw it up in somewhat general vicinity and Whiteside would just go get it. Imagine the lanes to the bucket that would create for Dame and CJ if the defense had to respect that type of presence at the hoop?
 
JDC said:


I like Crabbe, but I have to think Portland would hesitate at 17 or 18 mil a year for him.
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Most teams with highly coveted RFA's put out comments like that to try to dissuade other teams from making offers, suggesting that those teams would be tying up their cap space fruitlessly.

I hope it works.
 
TBpup said:
Many of those aren't even that good of a lob. Sometimes Dragic would just throw it up in somewhat general vicinity and Whiteside would just go get it. Imagine the lanes to the bucket that would create for Dame and CJ if the defense had to respect that type of presence at the hoop?
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Besides age, this is the main reason I put Whiteside above Howard. The latter was allergic to the pnr last year and the former was maybe the best pnr finisher in the league. I also like Whiteside's mid range potential and ft% advantage.
 
42N8Bounce said:
If the Blazers strike-out on landing a big time free agent, my guess is we'll see Olshey press the trade front and be a facilitator to pick up a player that a team is trying to dump to clear CAP space. Not a bad plan B.
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if we are striking out on the Top centers like Whiteside and Howard perhaps Neil helps OKC clear capspace for Horford (rumor) and picks up Kanter and Sabonis for capspace and Plumlee? Then we go after a cheaper defensive C like Aldrich or Mahinmi
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Although I would be happy if we got Whiteside or Howard as plan A, I can't say that it is that much better than a lot of other scenarios. I still get this nagging feeling that wiping out our cap space for a center is a bad idea. I realize they would both be upgrades, but I would prefer to have multiple centers on the team who bust their ass every night.

We can use some size for sure, but 20-24 minutes a game is sufficient. Plumlee, Davis, and Leonard can fill in the other 24 minutes. Offense is not needed if we can get it from the 4 spot. And we might need the cap space to get that.

Again.....getting Whiteside or Howard is not a bad thing, but a trade for a Milsap and a center like Mozgov might be just as good when you break down the minutes.
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This sounds great in theory, but you look through the box scores in the playoffs, how many teams actually have a 10+ player rotation?

It's hard for a team to find its groove and maximize its skills by playing their best guys for 20 mins each instead of 30+.
 
yuyuza1 said:
This sounds great in theory, but you look through the box scores in the playoffs, how many teams actually have a 10+ player rotation?

It's hard for a team to find it's groove and maximize its skills by playing their best guys for 20 mins each instead of 30+.
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The team that beat us. Goldenstate used Bogut, Ezele, and Speights against us in the playoffs. (and for most of the season when healthy) Plus they often went small with Green.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
He thinks the Clippers are proposing to trade either Blake or DeAndre for basically cap space if Durant wanted to play with CP3.
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I keep forgetting about Blake! I definitely think LAC will be trading him, and - despite the hate he gets - he'd be a pretty good target for us. I'm not sure what we'd have to send out in order to get him, but I'd certainly be more interested in Blake than Monroe or Rubio/Pek. Even though he keeps slipping my mind I think he's my #2 trade target behind DMC.

If we sign Whiteside or Howard I'll be a bit surprised, but will also be fairly content. But I still think our best bet for improving the roster is through trades:

DMC
Blake
Monroe
Rubio/Pek

I'd take all of these over signing Biyombo or Barnes.
 
Blazinaway said:
I mentioned that if we struck out on other centers perhaps a Kanter/Sabonis trade for Capspace/Plumlee
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Hoowee! That'd be awesome! Somehow I doubt that OKC will give away Sabonis...
 
Here's why it's a fools errand for OKC to chase Horford - why would Horford commit to OKC without KD? If Durant signs a one year deal (as many expect him to do), why would Horford want to hitch his wagon to that possible scenario? I don't see it happening.
 
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