2022 Free Agency Thread

[Ripcity4life77]

I would also love if some learned to read --

I said feel free to debate moves but if all you want to come and make a post like this

EXAMPLE POST

Blazers suck now and fire cronin


This is a post that does not give any reasons or a thought just Hate

This is the type of stuff i mean for the people who refuse to read

 

[illmatic99]

Only point would be to get the 3.9M guarantee off our books, possibly allowing us to take on a little more salary in a future deadline deal.

not worth the pick or whatever we'll have to send them back in addition. i don't trust Cronin for deals to give us "flexibility. "

 

[B-Roy]

 

[Labinot41]

 

[PtldPlatypus]

not worth the pick or whatever we'll have to send them back in addition.

Exactly.

 

[Predator]

You need a nice big pick-up truck for work. Used car prices are crazy. Do just buy an older smaller one and say the newer one "wasn't worth it?"

No, I buy a younger, more customizable one for half the price.

 

[MickZagger]

Oh wow. Helluva pickup by Boston.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I gotta think we’re probably done

If we are this off-season is a big joke.

 

[craigehlo]

Oh wow. Helluva pickup by Boston.

If Brogdon can stay healthy, yep.

 

[Blazer Freak]

not worth the pick or whatever we'll have to send them back in addition. i don't trust Cronin for deals to give us "flexibility. "

You won't have to give up a pick to get rid of Bledsoes contract...the difficulty is making math work in a trade. Beyond that the team receiving him can cut him and only have to pay guaranteed $$.

 

[Labinot41]

Celtics are freakin good

 

[theprunetang]

Oh wow. Helluva pickup by Boston.

This almost single-handedly fixes their roster. Like I said yesterday, they aren't breaking up the duo

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

Get Pritchard! He’s a guard and under 6’3.

 

[hoopsjock]

Sorry if this was already posted

 

[B-Roy]

A 6 for 1. LOL

 

[Freshtown]

Especially if the Celtics pick up Gallo too, that’s damn good. I hate them.

 

[Natebishop3]

The moves that the Celtics are making are because they have a solid foundation. Tatum/Brown/Smart is very solid. When you have a team that's good enough to get to the Finals, you can go out and snag veterans and tweak your roster. We have never had that foundation since LMA left.

 

[HailBlazers]

No, I buy a younger, more customizable one for half the price.

Right, super realistic.

 

[Freshtown]

So do we still have our 4.1 BAE?

 

[illmatic99]

So do we still have our 4.1 BAE?

yes, but unless we stretch Bledsoe, we can only effectively use about 2 mil of it, so might as well just use the vet min. we also have no empty roster spots.

 

[Chris Craig]

What do you mean there's no reasons.......

We have (COUNT EM) 1..2....3....4....5....6...7 guards on this team?

Dame
Ant
Hart
Sharpe
GP2
Keon
Brandon Williams?

We blew up the team midseason last year because we were failing with a three guard lineup. What exactly are we planning on doing going into the 2022-2023 season?

And they're not just guards...... they're short guards.

Dame - 6'3
Simons - 6'3
Sharpe - 6'5
Keon - 6'4
Brandon Williams - 6'2
Gary Payton II - 6'2
Hart - 6'5

In a league where length and switchability is king, we're fucking short.

Two of them aren't going to play. Sharpe and Hart will see time at the SF.

 

[Chris Craig]

yes, but unless we stretch Bledsoe, we can only effectively use about 2 mil of it, so might as well just use the vet min. we also have no empty roster spots.

We are going to have to. No one wants his ass. We are going to have to waive him.

 

[Natebishop3]

Two of them aren't going to play. Sharpe and Hart will see time at the SF.

That's kinda irrelevant if they're going to play or not. They're taking up roster spots and salary cap.

 

[TBpup]

Whats funny is, Rubio left Cleveland on good terms and now he's going back. When our players leave, they never come back

What do you mean there's no reasons.......

We have (COUNT EM) 1..2....3....4....5....6...7 guards on this team?

Dame
Ant
Hart
Sharpe
GP2
Keon
Didi
Brandon Williams?

We blew up the team midseason last year because we were failing with a three guard lineup. What exactly are we planning on doing going into the 2022-2023 season?

And they're not just guards...... they're short guards.

Dame - 6'3
Simons - 6'3
Sharpe - 6'5
Keon - 6'4
Brandon Williams - 6'2
Gary Payton II - 6'2
Didi Louzada - 6'5"
Hart - 6'5

In a league where length and switchability is king, we're fucking short.

It gets even better.....Didi (6'5") makes 8 guards.

 

[wizenheimer]

We blew up the team midseason last year because we were failing with a three guard lineup. What exactly are we planning on doing going into the 2022-2023 season?

I think the 3-guard lineup was a minor consideration compared to three bad-defense starting guards under 6'3

the team was blown up because olshey-vision + Stotts was a 7 year failure of imbalanced rosters added to bloated payrolls with little flexibility

so the goal was to alter the balance and add flexibility for a new coaching system with the explicitly stated goal of getting bigger and longer....oh; wait a minute...something seems amiss!

 

[Chris Craig]

That's kinda irrelevant if they're going to play or not. They're taking up roster spots and salary cap.

Well, Billups likes guards.

 

[Natebishop3]

Well, Billups likes guards.

That's because Chauncey was a guard

 

[Chris Craig]

That's because Chauncey was a guard

Yep.

Hire a guard as coach. Get a team full of guards.

 

[Scalma]

PG- Dame, Keon, Williams (for all intents and purposes Ant is the backup)
SG- Ant, Hart, Payton, Sharpe, Didi
SF- Little, Brown (Hart will see a lot of minutes here, maybe even start)
PF- Grant, Winslow, Watford, Walker
C- Nurk, Eubanks (Watford in small ball lineups)

I still think Walker will be a two way, which opens up a roster spot and gets his money off the cap.

 

[wizenheimer]

about trading Bledsoe to Detroit: I suppose it's possible there was already an agreement in place that could happen. Detroit has the Grant TPE for 21M (unless they used it already?)

Blazers could also add a 2nd and ship Bledsoe elsewhere...they have 10 days to make that deal