Blazers making offer to Kanter

[oldmangrouch]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-strange-case-of-enes-kanter-thinking-utah-is-a-trash-mountain/

So, he "comes by his over-inflated ego organically."

Dear Lord! Just what we need in a locker-room full of new, young faces!

 

[barfo]

It does sound like either he's got a little growing up to do, or he's just an asshole.

But, he's our asshole - at least for the next 21 hours or so.

barfo

 

[riverman]

So Utah has effectively turned him into a Bond villain

 

[oldmangrouch]

So Utah has effectively turned him into a Bond villain

I've been to SLC. I wasn't that impressed - but I never got the urge to stick lasers on sharks' heads!

 

[magnifier661]

So we get him yet?

 

[dviss1]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-strange-case-of-enes-kanter-thinking-utah-is-a-trash-mountain/

So, he "comes by his over-inflated ego organically."

Dear Lord! Just what we need in a locker-room full of new, young faces!

Do you think for one nanosecond that Dame won't have this muthafucka in check?

 

[PDXFonz]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-strange-case-of-enes-kanter-thinking-utah-is-a-trash-mountain/

So, he "comes by his over-inflated ego organically."

Dear Lord! Just what we need in a locker-room full of new, young faces!

Wow, what a horrible article. Not once does he imply any such thing. Sounds like Mr. Concepcion should have worn a condom instead of giving birth to this, the real piece of trash.

 

[riverman]

Maybe Kanter had another dream and woke up and Portland was the perfect place..then disses OKC for the manure, lack of nightlife etc...

 

[Blazer509]

According to the tweet when Woj said the Thunder had received the offer sheet, the Thunder has until tommorow at 2PM pacific.

 

[Mediocre Man]

According to the tweet when Woj said the Thunder had received the offer sheet, the Thunder has until tommorow at 2PM pacific.

I would be willing to switch brains wit anyone who thinks they won't match. Still sharp as a tack, but without that pesky long and short term memory

 

[ripcityboy]

Do you think for one nanosecond that Dame won't have this muthafucka in check?

Yeah. My guess after Aldridge, Dame ain't going to let anything go sour in the locker room EVER AGAIN.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I would be willing to switch brains wit anyone who thinks they won't match. Still sharp as a tack, but without that pesky long and short term memory

No way they don't match. I feel like teams that won't match come out maybe a day or two early to say so. Regardless, I've been staunch in my opinion that they match. So, I won't take your deal, MM.

 

[Blazer509]

After the 2017 off-season, 4 players may account for about $90 million in cap space and thats being conservative.

EDIT: In OKC's case

 

[Mediocre Man]

No way they don't match. I feel like teams that won't match come out maybe a day or two early to say so. Regardless, I've been staunch in my opinion that they match. So, I won't take your deal, MM.

your loss

 

[BlazerCaravan]

No way they don't match. I feel like teams that won't match come out maybe a day or two early to say so. Regardless, I've been staunch in my opinion that they match. So, I won't take your deal, MM.

I see why teams wait the full three days regardless of their decision; we can't offer a sheet to another RFA until they match or not, no matter how much caps space we have. It's in OKC's best interest to fuck us a bit even if they don't match.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Yeah. My guess after Aldridge, Dame ain't going to let anything go sour in the locker room EVER AGAIN.

Yeah, Dame is friendly, team-oriented, sociable, but he ain't gonna take shit. My fave is still the dude on Twitter that knocked the Special Olympics kid. The next was the one when he was like, "when your hair line show up."

Kid is smart, but he doesn't take shit. As far as attitude, I see shades of Payton without all the bullshit talk. Oakland representin'.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I see why teams wait the full three days regardless of their decision; we can't offer a sheet to another RFA until they match or not, no matter how much caps space we have. It's in OKC's best interest to fuck us a bit even if they don't match.

Of course. I mean, we've fucked with them on some level (though on some levels I still maintain we did them a favor).

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Of course. I mean, we've fucked with them on some level (though on some levels I still maintain we did them a favor).

The favor is similar to the favor Tex did us: "at least we have to make the decision now and get it over with."

 

[Mediocre Man]

Of course. I mean, we've fucked with them on some level (though on some levels I still maintain we did them a favor).

I'm not sure max contract and 15% trade kicker is a favor

 

[Blazer509]

I'm not sure max contract and 15% trade kicker is a favor

It isn't. I legitimately believe they're contemplating not keeping him because it could potentially screw them in the ass in the comic years.

 

[barfo]

It isn't. I legitimately believe they're contemplating not keeping him because it could potentially screw them in the ass in the comic years.

Which ones are the comic years?

barfo

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Which ones are the comic years?

barfo

12-17, so we're almost out of them.

 

[Mediocre Man]

It isn't. I legitimately believe they're contemplating not keeping him because it could potentially screw them in the ass in the comic years.

Nah. The cap is expected to go way up in the next two years. His contract won't seem so horrible next season

 

[Mediocre Man]

Which ones are the comic years?

barfo

When were the Stooges in their heyday? The three, not Iggy &

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

The favor is similar to the favor Tex did us: "at least we have to make the decision now and get it over with."

He'd have made more if OKC had signed him directly to a max deal.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

When were the Stooges in their heyday? The three, not Iggy &

About 80 years ago... dang.

 

[Blazer509]

Nah. The cap is expected to go way up in the next two years. His contract won't seem so horrible next season

But if they match it will screw with them.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He'd have made more if OKC had signed him directly to a max deal.

Yeah but they didn't want to sign him to a max deal, even one with lower raises and a trade kicker.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'm not sure max contract and 15% trade kicker is a favor

According to some tweets I saw, he was already offered as much as $15.5mil per season by OKC. What's $2mil more. And the kicker isn't that big of a deal. Guys can waive it. They are more than willing when the situation they're already in isn't ideal (see Roy Hibbert). Let's not make it bigger than it really is.

And again, when OKC finally buckled and gave him the max, it'd be more than what PDX could give him.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Yeah but they didn't want to sign him to a max deal, even one with lower raises and a trade kicker.

We didn't want to sign dame for max. Nobody wants to pay max. They want the best deals that offer the most flexibility. But some things are inevitable.

In 3 years, Kanter will be in a position he can choose to be a FA. He'll only be 26. If his career follows a similar trajectory to LA, he's going to be maxed again.