Blazers delay decision on Project Pat

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Considering keeping Pat reportedly costs the team a total of $4.7 mil (his contract is only $1.4 mil of that total).....
 
Wizard Mentor said:
You delay it because a non-guaranteed contract gives you flexibility in trades.
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Exactly. I posted an example of a trade a day or two ago that didn't work without Pat, but worked by including him. The team receiving him then has the option of cutting him to save money, or retaining him on his current min contract for another year a a cheap end of bench guy.

Plus POR might be working on a trade that would open up a role for Pat - maybe trading Layman for a future 2nd round pick or maybe trading Crabbe to get under the tax threshold.

They can keep extending this deadline, as long as both parties agree, right up until the day before the regular season starts (or whenever the date for opening day rosters is this year). Why limit your flexibility, if you don't have to?

BNM
 
Worst case scenario they don't pick up his option and go with 14. Can't see him back in any scenario, unless they made some sort of crazy lopsided trade and needed him to fill a spot.
 
If this trade going down with Melo this week and if we are 3 team then I expect Pat will be a filler and properly to Houston.
 
Trackjack said:
If this trade going down with Melo this week and if we are 3 team then I expect Pat will be a filler and properly to Houston.
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HOU has already been accumulating non-guaranteed min contracts to send out to facilitate a trade like this. At last count, I believe they have six of them. They don't need another.

If Patty Baseball is part of a trade, he is more likely to go to NYK or CLE.

BNM
 
Patty will be playing Baseball sooner then later
 
Chris Craig said:
Patty will be playing Baseball sooner then later
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The Blazers are going to have their own two-sport star? Like Deion Sanders playing for the Braves and then joining the Falcons late.
 
Without Crabbe, this is a guy we might need to rely to fill Crabbe's minutes in the rotation.

If so, we'll get to see if he can truly play as good as Crabbe as some have claimed here.

Time for a guy who played in less than half the games and only 8 minutes in those, to prove his .500+ shooting is no fluke when it's not garbage time.
 
Denny Crane said:
Without Crabbe, this is a guy we might need to rely to fill Crabbe's minutes in the rotation.

If so, we'll get to see if he can truly play as good as Crabbe as some have claimed here.

Time for a guy who played in less than half the games and only 8 minutes in those, to prove his .500+ shooting is no fluke when it's not garbage time.
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He's a borderline NBA player. The only reason he's still on the roster is as a potential salary filler in trades.
 
If Pat does stay on the squad and does these three things, I say it's worth it.
  1. Averages 15 minutes per game
  2. hits 38% of his 3's
  3. plays decent TEAM defense (compared to Crabbe's lackluster efforts)
If not, he can join my beer league softball team next summer.
 
Minstrel said:
The Blazers are going to have their own two-sport star? Like Deion Sanders playing for the Braves and then joining the Falcons late.
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No, the Blazers are going to trade him and he will be waived and decide to go play baseball.
 
Shaboid said:
If Pat does stay on the squad and does these three things, I say it's worth it.
  1. Averages 15 minutes per game
  2. hits 38% of his 3's
  3. plays decent TEAM defense (compared to Crabbe's lackluster efforts)
If not, he can join my beer league softball team next summer.
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Well, #3 certainly aint' getting done. And I hate to break it to you but, he can only join your softball team if you move it to Baltimore.
 
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