Notice 2023 Blazers Free Agency

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There is talk of the Mavericks wanting Matisse Thybulle. Personally I would keep him if I was POR Brass but who knows if they will. Dallas would have to make him a huge offer that we don't want to match because he is a RFA. Or the Trail Blazers could sign and trade him. I wouldn't but they might.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
There is talk of the Mavericks wanting Matisse Thybulle. Personally I would keep him if I was POR Brass but who knows if they will. Dallas would have to make him a huge offer that we don't want to match because he is a RFA. Or the Trail Blazers could sign and trade him. I wouldn't but they might.
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They can send us Lively.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Correct. I kinda wonder if we are saving our MLE until we know who is on our team. That’s why I started to get suspicious that we weren’t linked to any free agents on Friday. We can also use the MLE as a trade exception.
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I suspect it's primarily for Jody to save $. Blazers want to see how far under the luxury tax the team is after a Dame trade and potential Thybulle deal. If there is no room they dont use MLE.

I thought the MLE flexibility to use as a TPE starts next summer in 2024.
 
AmirIcon said:
Good value but redundant with who we expect to acquire by sending out Dame and who all we got in the draft.
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But they could be flipped. That’s the name of the game right now. Maximizing every drop of value. This is why Neil fucked us so badly in 2016. He got zero value for LMA. He traded Batum for garbage. He let Wes walk. Instead of getting value to help rebuild around Dame, the mother fucker basically turned us into a fucking expansion team.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
There is talk of the Mavericks wanting Matisse Thybulle. Personally I would keep him if I was POR Brass but who knows if they will. Dallas would have to make him a huge offer that we don't want to match because he is a RFA. Or the Trail Blazers could sign and trade him. I wouldn't but they might.
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This will be sad
 
Thybulle may get more than what Portland will want to offer.
 
If he wants to join the Kyrie shit show let him. Worst teammate in the league .
 

  1. From an article on worst free agent signings.
    Contract: 5 years, $160 million

    It says a lot about Jerami Grant's contract that the most impassioned defenses of the Portland Trail Blazers' logic read something like, "it's not actually that bad."

    There is value in weighing this money against a rising salary cap. The final year of the 29-year-old's deal will pay him $36.4 million. That's about 22.1 percent of the projected 2026-27 salary cap, which could feasibly—if unlikely—come in noticeably higher once the league brokers its next TV deal.

    Paying 20-ish percent of the cap for a non-star is fine if you're a contender, or if you're on the verge of becoming one. The Blazers are neither, and that was true before the Damian Lillard trade request.

    Maybe suitors treat this as a net-positive deal around the 2024 trade deadline. Grant just averaged over 20 points while downing 40-plus percent of his threes, and he continues to play rock-solid defense. But the back end of this contract figures to be scary.

    The Syracuse product will turn 33 in its final season, and his effectiveness remains someone reliant on athleticism. And for all the (deserved) acclaim he's received for expanding his offensive agency, Grant is still best suited as a third or fourth option.
 
Here are the top remaining free agents

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Here are the centers

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Here are the forwards

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maxiep said:
To be frank, it's awfully difficult to figure out who you want to sign when you don't know what's coming back for Dame.
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Yup. I'm under the assumption that you're getting Caleb Martin back. If no veteran SF is coming back, we should try to keep Matisse.

We'll more than likely have to waive some players since we won't have enough roster spots in a big deal.
 
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TBpup said:
What is that odor that smells like rotten eggs? Is there anyone in there you would offer a full MLE to? Pretty picked over.
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fans can blame Lillard for making Cronin have to wait to sign FA's.

more ammo for Joe's security detail
 
Natebishop3 said:
Who was out there that you wanted?
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Exactly!! what would you do?? Hmmm? It's not easy being a GM. What would you do?? You armchair GM's all think you're better then Cronin? What would you do ??

that excuse is being spilled daily by the Blazers media representatives.

Portland had opportunities to get good players last trade deadline, and into this summer. They did nothing except snagging Thybulle and re-signing a Grant max contract.

Hachimura, Saddiq Bey, Naz Reid, etc.
The list of ballers Portland passes up grows bigger as we all "wait" for a Lillard trade. Therefore, blame Dame for everything. Cronin can only trade/sign good players if opponents hand them over with a bow attached? That's called getting punked in the GM world.
 
We can't do anything until we figure out what we're getting for Lillard. I'm fine with just signing vet min guys or 10 day contracts to fill out our roster until he's moved, even if it goes to the trade deadline next January. We're not winning anything, so why make commitments to players who may not fit?
 
maxiep said:
We can't do anything until we figure out what we're getting for Lillard. I'm fine with just signing vet min guys or 10 day contracts to fill out our roster until he's moved, even if it goes to the trade deadline next January. We're not winning anything, so why make commitments to players who may not fit?
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Good post. My only thought on the waiting is Dame not getting younger. But hey, if he's not playing, he ain't getting hurt either.
 
maxiep said:
We can't do anything until we figure out what we're getting for Lillard. I'm fine with just signing vet min guys or 10 day contracts to fill out our roster until he's moved, even if it goes to the trade deadline next January. We're not winning anything, so why make commitments to players who may not fit?
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exactly !!
It's Lillard's fault Grant Williams just signed with Dallas and Reggie Bullock is a Spur.

Blame Dame !! It's so easy, everyone can do it.
 
Whyachi said:
exactly !!
It's Lillard's fault Grant Williams just signed with Dallas and Reggie Bullock is a Spur.

Blame Dame !! It's so easy, everyone can do it.
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Who said it was Lillard's fault? What an asinine take. I merely said that we are unable to make long-term decisions until we know what we're getting in return.

Maybe it's time to step away from the keyboard for a while. You're not thinking clearly.
 
maxiep said:
Who said it was Lillard's fault? What an asinine take. I merely said that we are unable to make long-term decisions until we know what we're getting in return.

Maybe it's time to step away from the keyboard for a while. You're not thinking clearly.
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He's part of "team Dame", another class act
 
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