Blazer Free Agent options

[crandc]

FWIW, SportsNation has the Blazers looking at Horford, Biyombo, and Joachim Noah.

But at this point in time it's all rumors.

 

[Cippy91]

FWIW, SportsNation has the Blazers looking at Horford, Biyombo, and Joachim Noah.

But at this point in time it's all rumors.

I don't believe it. I see whiteside as main target with biyombo being the fall back option. Horford sa possibility of interest though. You never know what plans olshey is going for. The joakim Noah rumor makes no sense. Doesn't fit at all.

 

[Sarni]

FWIW, SportsNation has the Blazers looking at Horford, Biyombo, and Joachim Noah.

But at this point in time it's all rumors.

I doubt it we'd compile a list of top priorities with Noah but not Whiteside. FWIW I will be very disappointed if we get Noah. I'd literally rather see us burn money than sign him to any sort of a deal.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I see Noah signing here in a panic move

 

[santeesioux]

It seems like Noah has been washed up for years.

 

[illmatic99]

It seems like Noah has been washed up for years.

It's the same thing they said about Iggy in Denver. He was declining and people called him washed up at age 30. Noah is 31, coming off injuries. But he did finish all NBA first team, DPOY, and 4th in MVP just 2 seasons ago.

There are better options out there for us, but ending up with Noah is not necessarily a death sentence.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Sorry,

I am seriously leaning Biyombo if we decide to throw all our money at one big.

Oh god, please no. If anyone will end up more overpaid than Harrison Barnes, it will be Bismack Biyombo. He's not even a quality starter. His supposed breakout post season averages were 6.2 ppg, 9.4 rpg and 1.4 bpg - and he did most of his damage against a depleted MIA squad whose tallest starter was Luol Deng, a career small forward.

I'd rather just move Ed Davis into the starting lineup then blow our cap space on Bismack Biyombo. Ed's a better player period and will cost 1/2 - 1/3 what Biyombo will get.

BNM

 

[illmatic99]

Depends on other moves made. Bismack for 14M and Horford for 26M works by renouncing everybody outside Crabbe.

Dame - CJ - Aminu - Horford - Bismack / XXX - Crabbe - MLE Guy - Davis - Plumlee

How did you renounce everybody and get an MLE? When you renounce your players to max your capspace, you also have to renounce your exceptions.

 

[Boob-No-More]

It was reported he asked Lillard

Where was this reported? Link please.

I think you're misremembering. I do remember Lillard saying something like Meyers is his man, in an interview at Las Vegas during their first summer league, but that was a couple weeks after the draft and Lillard was being his usual diplomatic self.

Unless you can provide a link that specifically says Olshey, an experienced GM, consulted with Lillard, who he had just drafted literally minutes prior, on the Leonard pick, I find it impossible to believe it happened the way you claim. I have never heard this from anyone else, nor seen it mentioned anywhere in the press. If it did happen the way you claim, surely you will be able to find a relevant link.

BNM

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Maturity, better teammate, hasn't had two separate knee injuries with one requiring surgery. He's shorter, so for me that means less chance of knee and foot injuries going forward (literally no science behind that for me)

He should be. He's supposedly older than he says he is. He just hasn't been outed like Thon Maker has.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Where was this reported? Link please.

I think you're misremembering. I do remember Lillard saying something like Meyers is his man, in an interview at Las Vegas during their first summer league, but that was a couple weeks after the draft and Lillard was being his usual diplomatic self.

Unless you can provide a link that specifically says Olshey, an experienced GM, consulted with Lillard, who he had just drafted literally minutes prior, on the Leonard pick, I find it impossible to believe it happened the way you claim. I have never heard this from anyone else, nor seen it mentioned anywhere in the press. If it did happen the way you claim, surely you will be able to find a relevant link.

BNM

I'll have to find. Easily could be misremembering. Pretty sure though

 

[Boob-No-More]

CHO knows Biyombo better than anyone, They had him for four years and let him walk for nothing last year. TOR finally signed him on July 18, 2015 for a two year contract at $3 million per year with the second year a player option. I know the cap has gone up since last summer, but not be 5x - 7x and it's not like Biyombo had a break out season in TOR. He was his usual self, a back-up big man averaging 5.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 1.6 bpg.

Our own Ed Davis put up 6.5 ppg, 7.4 bpg and 0,9 bpg, and he did it in fewer MPG and more efficiently (.611 FG% vs. .542 FG%, PER = 18.7 vs, PER = 14.9).

Why would we pay Bismack Biyombo $15 - $20 million per year when we already have Ed Davis, a better player who plays the same role, locked up for two more years at $7 million per season?

Forget a home run, signing Biyombo wouldn't even be a single. It would be like an attempted sacrifice bunt where the lead runner is thrown out on a fielder's choice.

BNM

 

[Sarni]

It's the same thing they said about Iggy in Denver. He was declining and people called him washed up at age 30. Noah is 31, coming off injuries. But he did finish all NBA first team, DPOY, and 4th in MVP just 2 seasons ago.

There are better options out there for us, but ending up with Noah is not necessarily a death sentence.

He won't be an improvement over Plumlee and Davis and he will not be a tradeable asset in the future. Do not want.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

How did you renounce everybody and get an MLE? When you renounce your players to max your capspace, you also have to renounce your exceptions.

There is the room exception, which is technically a form of the MLE, that is available to cap-space teams.