Blazers Offer Roy Hibbert Max Contract

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I hope they wouldn't resign Batum at 12 million a year.
 
craigehlo said:
Where did you see a "toxic offer" in any of the news reports?
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I didn't, just guessing.

Indy has said they will match any offer. Ptd sounds like they are being aggressive and if they want to make it a tougher decision for Indy, they put terms in the contract that Indy might not want to do (like front load or pay first year within 10 days or whatever else they can think of that would suck for Indy)

KP used this tatic and now I wonder if it will be used against him
 
Chuck Taylor said:
I think that would only work if no one offered Gordon a contract for the first 3 days. We can't have two max-ish offers out at once if we don't have the cap room.
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It's not offered, it's signed. Like Batum. It doesn't matter when he is offered, it's when he signs the offer
 
Mediocre Man said:
It's not offered, it's signed. Like Batum. It doesn't matter when he is offered, it's when he signs the offer
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Right. That's what I meant to say. In other words, I don't see Gordon not signing someone's offer sheet in 3 days. No way he's waiting in case Indiana doesn't match Hibbert because he wants to sign with us so badly lol. So we've likely got one shot at a premium FA, and Hibbert looks like he's it. Too bad Indiana is very likely to match.

Sam Amico's twitter, 10 mins ago:
Source familiar with Pacers' thinking says team likely to match any offer for C
 
Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS
RFA Roy Hibbert's four-year, max offer sheet from Portland is worth $58.4M. Pacers center leaning that way. Indy has three days to match.
 
I guess I'm puzzled. I like Hibbert but I like Lopez more. I realize he had an injury but I would still offer him a max contract before Hibbert. Maybe they don't think there's any chance of Brooklyn not matching?

I also would not match that offer to Batum and I probably would have drafted Lamb at 11. I guess I'll find out what a piss poor GM I am in a few years. Gotta love the internet. Saves everything you say. :-)
 
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For Three said:
I guess I'm puzzled. I like Hibbert but I like Lopez more. I realize he had an injury but I would still offer him a max contract before Hibbert. Maybe they don't think there's any chance of Brooklyn not matching?
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How about this thinking? Hibbert played for Shaw. Shaw is from Oakland like Lillard.


Also, Aldridge isn't an elite rebounder, and neither is Lopez. Hibbert would be a better fit with LA
 
Hibbert at a "cheap" max (i.e. coming off a rookie contract, rather than a veteran's max deal) is not a bad deal. He's young-prime, a good defender and rebounder and has some potential on offense. Big men with that profile are pretty valuable. I expect Indiana to match, and they should. But I'd be pretty happy if they didn't and Portland got him.
 
Well with this Dwight Howard fiasco I'm sure some kind of sign and trade will happen for the nets involving lopez
 
Nate Jones ‏@JonesOnTheNBA
For people wondering why Hibbert isn't immediately jumping to Portland's Max offer sheet, I can think of 2 possible reasons...

Nate Jones ‏@JonesOnTheNBA
1) Portland isn't the team he for sure wants to play for if Indiana doesn't match. 2) He could still get a bigger offer from Indiana.
 
Blazer Freak said:
Nate Jones ‏@JonesOnTheNBA
For people wondering why Hibbert isn't immediately jumping to Portland's Max offer sheet, I can think of 2 possible reasons...

Nate Jones ‏@JonesOnTheNBA
1) Portland isn't the team he for sure wants to play for if Indiana doesn't match. 2) He could still get a bigger offer from Indiana.
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Or that he understands he can't "jump" on the offer sheet until the 11th.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Oh, please don't think I was trying to be a shit or anything. Just pointing it out
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No worries, figured as much.

On another note, I love how the biggest mention POR gets of its offer to Hibbert is a "Just In" update on ESPN...god forbid they give it a segment like every other FA rumor...
 
Joe Freeman ‏@BlazerFreeman
#Blazers GM Neil Olshey says team "engaged in negotiations with Roy Hibbert" & will "enter into an offer sheet when moratorium period ends."
 
19 PER/21 USG

Go big or go home.

I love it!
 
Blazer Freak said:
Joe Freeman ‏@BlazerFreeman
#Blazers GM Neil Olshey says team "engaged in negotiations with Roy Hibbert" & will "enter into an offer sheet when moratorium period ends."
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Does that mean Hibbert has agreed he will sign our offer sheet?
 
The Clips had a very tough choice in matching DeAndre Jordan's contract. Many people still think it was the wrong choice, they could've paired CP3 and Griffin with another superstar like Howard. I wonder if Neil knows the Clippers were much closer to not matching then people realize, and he wants to put the Pacers in a similar corner.
 
Draco said:
Does that mean Hibbert has agreed he will sign our offer sheet?
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Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
Translation of that Blazers tweet: Portland signing Hibbert to max offer sheet July 11 that Pacers must match to keep All-Star center
 
jlprk said:
Brilliant diversionary tactic. Offer the max to a player on each team which wants Gordon. While they scramble, we take Gordon.
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You can't offer a player on every team,, can you? Once you make an offer, that cap space is tied up in the offer until the player accepts/signs, and with a RFA, until the player's current team decides on whether to match or not.
 
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PapaG said:
You can't offer a player on every team,, can you? Once you make an offer, that cap space is tied up in the offer until the player accepts/signs, and with a RFA, until the player's current team decides on whether to match or not.
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I'm fairly sure that that's the case.
 
Minstrel said:
Hibbert at a "cheap" max (i.e. coming off a rookie contract, rather than a veteran's max deal) is not a bad deal. He's young-prime, a good defender and rebounder and has some potential on offense. Big men with that profile are pretty valuable. I expect Indiana to match, and they should. But I'd be pretty happy if they didn't and Portland got him.
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This. People keep saying we're giving him "the max" like we'll be paying him 20+ million. 4 years 58 million is not that bad.
 
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