Blazers making offer to Kanter

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Schilly said:
I'm kinda thinking that after the success Thibs had and the fact that he still got fired for off the court relationship issues... and he's still unemployed tells me he might not be the right guy to hire.
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Thibs gets to pick and choose his next job. Why should he rush to take one he doesn't want? There were 3 or 4 open, most filled by the time Chicago dragged out firing him.

Thibs isn't the only coach that their management had relationship issues with.

How do you let a coach with 6 rings go anywhere else? Paxson physically attacked Del Negro, Thibs' predecessor. They sacked Skiles on Christmas Eve. Paxson fired his former teammate Bill Cartwright after three straight years of improving records; he had surgery on his throat and couldn't scream at the players from the sideline like management wanted.

My guess is Thibs will get the Knicks or Lakers job next season. He's going to coach USA Basketball, too.
 
I now have put all the pieces together. Cheese is a Zach homer. Explains why he was hard on Aldridge, why he wants Memphis players and why he will complain about any big that will challenge his wet dream StatBo
 
I don't know if Kanter will bring much more offensively than Kaman. They are very similar offensively, but Kaman isn't a terrible defender.
 
Schilly said:
I'm kinda thinking that after the success Thibs had and the fact that he still got fired for off the court relationship issues... and he's still unemployed tells me he might not be the right guy to hire.
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I'd love PA to open his checkbook and give Thibs as much money as it takes to become an assistant coach. Let him drill into Kanter and work hard with Dame. Let him handle all the defensive schemes and let him tap into the defensive potential of Leonard, Plumlee and Vonleh. He shouldn't care if it costs $10M a year.. we're staying under the cap anyways, so if we can develop each player that's on a bargain contract to the fullest by spending an extra few million, then I say do it. Have Stotts and another shooting coach work hard with Aminu and get him over 33% from 3pt, if he does, he'll be better than Batum ever was, and he'll only be making $8M.. with the cap bump
 
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Sinobas said:
I don't know if Kanter will bring much more offensively than Kaman. They are very similar offensively, but Kaman isn't a terrible defender.
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You hit it on the head. Kanter is bare minimum Kaman at his prime. Which isn't the worst thing in the world. Kaman was an all star too so it's not that bad if they don't match.. Which they will match btw
 
BonesJones said:
I'd live PA to open his checkbook and give Thibs as much money as it takes to become an assistant coach. Let him drill into Kanter and work hard with Dame. Let him handle all the defensive schemes and let him tap into the defensive potential of Leonard, Plumlee and Vonleh. He shouldn't care if it costs $10M a year.. we're staying under the cap anyways, so if we can develop each player that's on a bargain contract to the fullest by spending an extra few million, then I say do it. Have Stotts and another shooting coach work hard with Aminu and get him over 33% from 3pt, if he does, he'll be better than Batum ever was, and he'll only be making $8M.. with the cap bump
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You'd live PA to open his checkbook?
 
Tunchi said:
You hit it on the head. Kanter is bare minimum Kaman at his prime. Which isn't the worst thing in the world. Kaman was an all star too so it's not that bad if they don't match.. Which they will match btw
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Yes, offensively. Maybe he'll become a decent defender. I wouldn't mind if we got him, if he really sucks at D, we're really stuck with him. I wouldn't be disappointed with Kaman getting his minutes either.
 
So uhh can they match already, I'd like to move on and start thinking about trades lol.
 
Do they have to trade guys and make space before they can match or can they just say thry are going to match it and then make space
 
They can just match. They have time later to dump contracts.
 
Then match you asswholes
 
38 pages now for a signing that won't happen? Good grief. You people realize Presti was quoted that they will match just yesterday don't you?
 
tlongII said:
38 pages now for a signing that won't happen? Good grief. You people realize Presti was quoted that they will match just yesterday don't you?
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Well, the signing did happen, technically.

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tlongII said:
38 pages now for a signing that won't happen? Good grief. You people realize Presti was quoted that they will match just yesterday don't you?
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That's what they all say
 
tlongII said:
38 pages now for a signing that won't happen? Good grief. You people realize Presti was quoted that they will match just yesterday don't you?
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The only winner is Denny. This board is like Monte Carlo.
 
Yeah, not sure what they think they're accomplishing by waiting till the last minute. It's not like they are holding us back from making another offer.
 
tlongII said:
38 pages now for a signing that won't happen? Good grief. You people realize Presti was quoted that they will match just yesterday don't you?
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as has been stated before, this is the same club that let floppy beard get away because of cap issues...they will have to resign KD next year etc etc..I give it a 50/50 chance that they dont match.
 
Sinobas said:
Yeah, not sure what they think they're accomplishing by waiting till the last minute. It's not like they are holding us back from making another offer.
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They have to receive the offer sheet first.
 
DaLincolnJones said:
as has been stated before, this is the same club that let floppy beard get away because of cap issues...they will have to resign KD next year etc etc..I give it a 50/50 chance that they dont match.
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They never said they would match an offer sheet for Harden.
 
jlprk said:
The only winner is Denny. This board is like Monte Carlo.
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The only winner is OKC who rid themselves of Kanter by not matching
 
It's a little deeper than just Durant too. In the next 2 seasons they have Durant, Waiters, Ibaka, Westbrook and Adams all expiring. On top of that with Kanter being so one dimensional offensively, how much are you really getting out if him for your investment playing with Durant,Westbrook and Ibaka. There is also some question wether he actually is best suited as their starter or coming off the bench. Max guy off the bench? Ohh yeah and a guy you end up paying $23mil in luxury tax to keep. Or you give up your backup PG and 2 others to retain.

Keep in mind that Presti hasn't commented since he actually received the offer sheet. All of his comments are before it was officially submitted.
 
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