Blazers have expressed interest in free agent center Festus Ezeli.

[Vraiders]

 

[santeesioux]

Isn't he always injured?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Vraiders]

beat u to it sly

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[santeesioux]

Are we still waiting around on Pau or something?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

beat u to it sly

You did, that's why I merged the threads.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I say fuck GState and San Antonio: sign Ezeli AND Boban - defense AND offense!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Give me Ezili over Pau's old ass any day

 

[Pinwheel1]

Interesting measurements for Ezeli. Huge wings span at 7'6"
But not that long of a standing reach at 9' (Aminu has a 9'.5"
How is his D?

 

[Minstrel]

Interesting measurements for Ezeli. Huge wings span at 7'6"
But not that long of a standing reach at 9' (Aminu has a 9'.5"
How is his D?

His defense is very good, especially around the basket. He has some ability to jump out on the pick-and-roll, too, as he's pretty athletic. His offensive game is the issue--he was showing signs of developing some ability to finish around the hoop, but that offensive game deserted him in the playoffs.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

How is his D?

Elite.
(When he's healthy.)

I'd actually be interested in another, ex-Golden-State, oft-injured, African-Named player: Ekpe Udoh. He'd be a lot cheaper and he just broke the record for blocks in a Euroleague season.

 

[Schilly]

WTF is quick trying to even say?

 

[Chris Craig]

His defense is very good, especially around the basket. He has some ability to jump out on the pick-and-roll, too, as he's pretty athletic. His offensive game is the issue--he was showing signs of developing some ability to finish around the hoop, but that offensive game deserted him in the playoffs.

Ezeli helped them beat us in at least two games, if it weren't for his defense, and surprisingly some needed points for GS, Portland may have stretched that series

 

[Minstrel]

Ezeli helped them beat us in at least two games, if it weren't for his defense, and surprisingly some needed points for GS, Portland may have stretched that series

Exactly, and his big impact was the ability to "show" on Portland's pick-and-rolls and actually pressure the ball a bit. It slowed what was a clicking Portland offense.

He has tremendous defensive ability, the question is health and whether he can be incorporated into the Portland offense. If he can finish on pick-and-rolls consistently and stay healthy, he'd be a great addition.

 

[santeesioux]

Holy shit, he's actually interested in coming here!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Holy shit, he's actually interested in coming here!

It's close enough to San Fran to fly down and party at places with good night life.

 

[Chris Craig]

Neil, tell Gasol to go fuck himself and sign Ezeli, enough messing around

 

[Natebishop3]

Just sign him. Stop fucking around with Gasol.

 

[Scalma]

Ezeli is more realistic than gasol so unless there's a better trade option, Neil should get on it asap

 

[Vraiders]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Gasol to Spurs.

 

[EGame]

You mean someone wants to come to Portland! I don't care if they are the worst player in the league whenever someone says they have interest you sign that man!

 

[Pinwheel1]

Gasol to Spurs.

Yep per Woj. Good

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Mods, change thread title to
Blazers do NOT have interest in Ezeli,
or
Ezeli has interest in Blazers.

 

[EGame]

Or Blazers only have interest in free agents with zero interest in Portland.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I think I still would have rather signed Cole Aldrich, not that much of a downgrade and healthier and no need to renounce any of our RFA's.

 

[LuckyShot]

Ick.

 

[Sinobas]

He's a solid player, but we already have Ed Davis. Festus is more of a legit center in terms of size and strength, but Davis is a good small ball center. It's just kind of funny how Olshey seems to be going after guys that don't shoot well, which is what Stotts offense wants.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

anyone know why he has only played 46 games each of the last 2 seasons -- i know he is kind of injury prone but that's not good