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Jul 27, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
When talking at Summer League, people around the associated seemed surprised that Mo Williams was still on the board as a free agent. Williams isn’t elite but he is a solid veteran — 12.9 points and 6.2 assists a game last season, plus he shot 38 percent from three.

The most likely landing spot for him appears to be back with the Jazz, kind of a mentor to rookie Troy Burke.

But there are other teams interested, including Miami according to a note from the Miami Herald:

The Heat is among teams that has shown some interest in free agent point guard Mo Williams. And Williams is said to have interest in Miami if he doesn’t get an offer higher than the minimum.

It’s all about the Benjamins. Williams deserves more than the minimum but at this point may not get it (or not much more). If the money is close to equal, why wouldn’t he head to Miami where he would get minutes (in tandem with Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole) at the one?

Just something to watch. Whoever lands Williams at the minimum or near it will have a good value for the price.
 
chris_in_pdx said:
Just stop.
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LMAO!

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If we cut CJ now the Blazers would not be any worse nor better then they are now.
 
magnifier661 said:
Lillard is 14.5%, Mo is 18%
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So stat wise, they're about the same in terms of PG ability. I think Dame is the better decision maker out of the P&R. They'll be interchangeable when they play with each other.

Would get destroyed on D though.
 
Re: Mo Williams!

Way to grab a proven asset that can help thevte for cheap. I never even imagined we would have a shot at williams for that cheap. This new CBA is changing the contracts FA are getting, under the last CBW williams would probably have gotten the full MLE from a contender.

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yuyuza1 said:
So stat wise, they're about the same in terms of PG ability. I think Dame is the better decision maker out of the P&R. They'll be interchangeable when they play with each other.

Would get destroyed on D though.
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I don't think both Mo and Lillard will be on the floor at the same time for long stretches, IMO. Maybe like 5 minutes per game. Just enough to use when we want to dominate with Aldridge on the low block. Give him as many shooters as possible.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
Jul 27, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
When talking at Summer League, people around the associated seemed surprised that Mo Williams was still on the board as a free agent. Williams isn’t elite but he is a solid veteran — 12.9 points and 6.2 assists a game last season, plus he shot 38 percent from three.

The most likely landing spot for him appears to be back with the Jazz, kind of a mentor to rookie Troy Burke.

But there are other teams interested, including Miami according to a note from the Miami Herald:

The Heat is among teams that has shown some interest in free agent point guard Mo Williams. And Williams is said to have interest in Miami if he doesn’t get an offer higher than the minimum.

It’s all about the Benjamins. Williams deserves more than the minimum but at this point may not get it (or not much more). If the money is close to equal, why wouldn’t he head to Miami where he would get minutes (in tandem with Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole) at the one?

Just something to watch. Whoever lands Williams at the minimum or near it will have a good value for the price.
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Well, the Blazers got Williams more than the minimum if the early report is true of 2 year $5.6mil deal.

A minimum contract for Williams if he had signed with Miami (for example) would have been $1.4 mil /year.

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info
 
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Wow. Didn't even think we were looking for more additions. And certainly didn't think we'd land someone like Mo Williams. I think, (un)fortunately, this cements us as a team that should make the Playoffs.
I think Mo will be what we had hoped Crawford was suppose to be.
Neil should certainly be in the running for GM of the Year. He had next to nothing to work with and somehow built not just a viable bench, but what appears to be a pretty good bench...possibly better than some teams starting units.
 
LeBron and Williams are such good friends that LeBron ditched him so he could sign in Miami.
 
blue9 said:
Wow. Didn't even think we were looking for more additions. And certainly didn't think we'd land someone like Mo Williams. I think, (un)fortunately, this cements us as a team that should make the Playoffs.
I think Mo will be what we had hoped Crawford was suppose to be.
Neil should certainly be in the running for GM of the Year. He had next to nothing to work with and somehow built not just a viable bench, but what appears to be a pretty good bench...possibly better than some teams starting units.
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Its like 1998-99 all over again.
 
blue9 said:
Wow. Didn't even think we were looking for more additions. And certainly didn't think we'd land someone like Mo Williams. I think, (un)fortunately, this cements us as a team that should make the Playoffs.
I think Mo will be what we had hoped Crawford was suppose to be.
Neil should certainly be in the running for GM of the Year. He had next to nothing to work with and somehow built not just a viable bench, but what appears to be a pretty good bench...possibly better than some teams starting units.
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Uhhhhh.......No.

Let's not get carried away here.

Our bench is much improved. How could it not be? It might even be average this season. It is not better than starting units. A rookie is the SG. And Robinson and Leonard are coming off of bad season's.
 
Masbee said:
Uhhhhh.......No.

Let's not get carried away here.

Our bench is much improved. How could it not be? It might even be average this season. It is not better than starting units. A rookie is the SG. And Robinson and Leonard are coming off of bad season's.
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Bonzi was a rookie. Our bench is pretty damn good now.
 
Mo Williams is a sixth man of the year contender. I think our bench is at least average. Dorell wright is great off the bench too. The contributions McCollum, Leonard and trob give us are what can push our bench from average to among the league best.
 
yuyuza1 said:
The big man rotation we had with that team was deadly. Is there any other C on the market we can get for the min (by waiving Joel to create room)?
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I still say I'd like to bring in Haddadi, if there were a way to make that happen.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I still say I'd like to bring in Haddadi, if there were a way to make that happen.
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That could work. But I think I like Joel more than Hamed, and there is no way he would take minutes away from Myers unfortunately.

So is this our rotation now?

Dame/ Mo/ Earl
Wes/ CJ/ Crabbe
Nic/ Wright/ Barton
LA/ TRob/ Claver
Lopez/ Leonard/ Freeland

Man, we need TRob to step up to give us a third good decent bigman, cuz that C rotation looks weak in comparison to our wing/guard rotation.
 
Masbee said:
Uhhhhh.......No.

Let's not get carried away here.

Our bench is much improved. How could it not be? It might even be average this season. It is not better than starting units. A rookie is the SG. And Robinson and Leonard are coming off of bad season's.
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Perhaps I have gotten carried away, but only because I'm not up on what other teams have done this summer. However, I have the impression that some teams don't have viable starting units which leads me to think that perhaps Mo, CJ, Wright, Robinson, Weak Link might be better than whatever BOS, SAC, or PHX are going to trot out. But I suppose I should take a look at those rosters before making such a claim.
I will admit that I'm pretty stoked on Robinson - I think he was the steal of the summer. But you're right in that he (along with CJ) hasn't proven anything yet.
 
Barring any further moves or significant injures to our front court, I am now firmly in the "we will make the playoffs" group. Better than that, Olshey has stocked the cupboards with assets without giving much up. Here's to hopin he can perhaps package some players for one player of higher-caliber. He's done what he's done so far with very little, so I'm thinking he eventually will make such a move.
 
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