Blazers Current Roster and Rotation - 2021/2022

[Rastapopoulos]

Ya, the Spurs have been a horrible franchise…LOL

...since they signed Aldridge. And now they signed Zach!

 

[illmatic99]

We don't KNOW we've lost any of the players except Zach.

it does irrationally worry me that the so called forgone conclusion of a Melo-to-LA deal has not been reported yet.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

To summarize our offseason (SO FAR)

Out:
-Stotts
-Melo
-Kanter
-Giles
-Hollis-Jefferson
-Collins
-Blevins

In:
-Billups
-McLemore
-Zeller
-Brown


oof

Love what we've done so far, but....
if our starters are the same as last year's, it's going to feel a lot like "running it back." I'm not completely opposed to that, but not my first choice.

 

[BlayZa]

if we really try go with small ball for 60% of our starting lineup again...... ugh

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Snell added to original post.

 

[Duckhook]

If Zeller truly is for the minimum, I imagine it has to come with some guarantee of playing time. And Nance plays mostly center. I don't expect Olshey to then trade for another big when he thinks he already has the position filled.

With that said, I was patient zero on the Nance thing, so I'd be happy with that. I just don't think it's happening.

I watched Nance play in college (when he would play Nevada in the Mountain West) and followed his career ever since. I see him more as an athletic PF than a 5. He's only 6'7" but plays much bigger and ABOVE the rim! He got alot of his dad's height... but not all of it unfortunately since he was 6'10".

 

[PCmor7]

We know for sure that Blevins is out? That would be a win!

I think he's signing with the Lakers.

 

[Scalma]

Ask in a week or two.

 

[damianlillard]

All right, but he has to LIVE in the fucking weight room then.

I actually see playing smallball 4 as his best route to relevance, because he just doesn't have the skills of a wing.

A Jae Crowder type role for Nas would be a great floor for him. His ceiling is still a Gerald Wallace type player

 

[KSF-ERIC]

our GM decided to use Enes Kanter as his only big man for more than half the season last year. He doesn't believe in getting tall dudes. Melo played center minutes.

We started the season with 4 centers. Don’t forget Giles. Is it NO’s fault Stotts didn’t play him.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

We started the season with 4 centers. Don’t forget Giles. Is it NO’s fault Stotts didn’t play him.

No, it's Giles'.

 

[julius]

you know, a backup PG and PF would be nice. It would be nice if there was a player who could do both of those roles, and was on the trade block.

Oh well, I hear there's some undersized mediocre SGs still available.

 

[Mediocre Man]

you know, a backup PG and PF would be nice. It would be nice if there was a player who could do both of those roles, and was on the trade block.

Oh well, I hear there's some undersized mediocre SGs still available.

You mean to tell me we don’t have them all yet?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

You mean to tell me we don’t have them all yet?

I'm still unsigned.

 

[Mr. Robot]

at least olshey didnt bring carmelo & kanter back

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

at least olshey didnt bring carmelo & kanter back

Too bad - look what we get to look forward to next year! Yikes

 

[Buffalo Custard]

It seems like most everyone sees Zeller as an upgrade over Kanter. I'm not convinced. It appears to me that folks are so focused on his poor play-off performance they are missing the big contribution he made in the regular season. I can't see Zeller making a significant contribution in either the regular season or the play-offs.

Given that Nurk is not the most durable guy in the league, having no one but Zeller behind him is a head shaker.

 

[julius]

You mean to tell me we don’t have them all yet?

Nope, they haven't re-signed Blevins yet.

 

[wizenheimer]

It seems like most everyone sees Zeller as an upgrade over Kanter. I'm not convinced. It appears to me that folks are so focused on his poor play-off performance they are missing the big contribution he made in the regular season. I can't see Zeller making a significant contribution in either the regular season or the play-offs.

Given that Nurk is not the most durable guy in the league, having no one but Zeller behind him is a head shaker.

I agree. Kanter is being underrated because of the Denver series and Zeller is being overrated because we haven't seen all his warts yet. Grass is greener

 

[Mediocre Man]

I agree. Kanter is being underrated because of the Denver series and Zeller is being overrated because we haven't seen all his warts yet. Grass is greener

Kanter is great at what he does, and shitty at what he doesn’t do

 

[Natebishop3]

great at what he does, and shitty at what he doesn’t do

I feel personally attacked....

 

[Mediocre Man]

I feel personally attacked....

You shouldn’t. You don’t do anything great

 

[Natebishop3]

You shouldn’t. You don’t do anything great

 

[wizenheimer]

Kanter is great at what he does, and shitty at what he doesn’t do

how many players does that statement NOT fit?

 

[andalusian]

Kanter is great at what he does, and shitty at what he doesn’t do

Shitty at things he doesn't do is fine, shitty at things has has to do is bad...

 

[Mediocre Man]

Shitty at things he doesn't do is fine, shitty at things has has to do is bad...

You said it much better

 

[42N8Bounce]

Here's the Blazers' numbers per Spotac:

Lillard $39,344,900
McCollum $30,864,198
Powell $15,517,241
Covington $12,975,471
Nurkic $12,000,000
Jones Jr $9,731,707
Simons $3,938,818
Little $2,316,240
Zeller $1,669,178
Snell $1,669,178
McLemore $1,669,178
Elleby $1,517,981

Brown III $898,313 (assume he will sign for rookie minimum)

TOTAL: $136,956,830

Apron: $143,000,000

The Blazers are $6,043,170 under the apron.

The tax-MLE is $5,890,000

Any trade the Blazers do must not add salary, or that will eat into what the Blazers can offer towards the tax-MLE.

 

[B-Roy]

Here's the Blazers' numbers per Spotac:

Lillard $39,344,900
McCollum $30,864,198
Powell $15,517,241
Covington $12,975,471
Nurkic $12,000,000
Jones Jr $9,731,707
Simons $3,938,818
Little $2,316,240
Zeller $1,669,178
Snell $1,669,178
McLemore $1,669,178
Elleby $1,517,981

Brown III $898,313 (assume he will sign for rookie minimum)

TOTAL: $136,956,830

Apron: $143,000,000

The Blazers are $6,043,170 under the apron.

The tax-MLE is $5,890,000

Any trade the Blazers do must not add salary, or that will eat into what the Blazers can offer towards the tax-MLE.

Not true. We can go over the apron as long as we don't dip into the full-MLE, ie. use more than 5.89M of our MLE.

 

[Scalma]

Forget how realistic the possibility is or isn’t, how do we make Kawhi work financially?

the roster is so not balanced right now I will refuse to believe it’s a finished product until training camp starts. And that’s when I’ll lose my shit.

 

[wizenheimer]

Not true. We can go over the apron as long as we don't dip into the full-MLE, ie. use more than 5.89M of our MLE.

yeah...seems like some don't understand the gard cap, what triggers it, and the difference between being hard-capped and over the tax-line/apron.