Trade Blazers trade away Noah Vonleh

[DreamKillah]

I really liked Noah, but probably better to lose him than Ed Davis . . .

 

[BonesJones]

Got under the cap...Noah gets to play in Chicago and the Batum trade is history now...we got rights to a Euro stash player and a trade exception while avoiding the repeater tax....I'm sure other guys were offered up but no takers...it was probably Olshey's last option on the table.

It was the right move...

As the first move of a set of two-three follow up moves.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Von is 22, David West began to be good when he was around 24-25.


(I don't know why i'm always measuring these two against each other lol)

 

[Chris Craig]

By Noah, enjoy being an all star in Chicago

 

[Chris Craig]

Fire Neil in 3...2...1

Have him pack his shit and be out by the end of the day

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Buy Noah, enjoy being an all star in Chicago

They didn't buy him. We paid them didn't we?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Buy Noah, enjoy being an all star in Chicago

JermaiNoah VO'Nealeh?

 

[blue9]

"Hey Vonleh, you did well for us, especially next to nurk. But lets bench you for 3 months then trade you for nothing"

Fuckin a.

Right? Maybe if we actually played the guy we could have gotten an asset for him, rather than having to PAY to get rid of him.
Fucking Terry. Fucking Neil.

 

[Chris Craig]

The Blazers got worse today

 

[rotary111]

I've been on the Vonleh train for a long time now. Don't be surprised if he becomes productive.

 

[Chris Craig]

I've been on the Vonleh train for a long time now. Don't be surprised if he becomes productive.

He will. He will torch us next game against chicago.

 

[Paine Tablet]

I was high on Vonleh. I still am. I can't remember being more disappointed by a trade. I remember being sad to see Alvin Williams go. This one is just a player getting dicked over. Everyone loves Ed here, but I think Vonleh will be a better player and if this team wasn't so delusional about its chances it would've kept a guy like Vonleh around to help with a rebuild. Now I expect continued mediocrity. Not that I didn't before, but this one just feels like giving up.

 

[illmatic99]

Can we change the title in this thread to "Blazers pay Chicago to take Vonleh?"

It's more apt.

 

[Pinwheel1]

The Blazers got worse today

Well they were not playing him so I don't see how they got worse. This move was for this summer not today IMO. They have several young PF's and they can't keep them all. Maybe they like Collins and Swanigan better for the future.....

 

[blue9]

He will. He will torch us next game against chicago.

We've already played them twice this year. I doubt we ever face off against Vonleh as a Bull.

 

[PDXFonz]

Vonleh sucks. It sucks we couldn't extract any value out of him, but let's be real, Noah was useless.

Go back to your home on whore island.

 

[Chris Craig]

Well they were not playing him so I don't see how they got worse. This move was for this summer not today IMO. They have several young PF's and they can't keep them all. Maybe they like Collins and Swanigan better for the future.....

Yeah, and a fart stinks

 

[Scalma]

Can we change the title in this thread to "Blazers pay Chicago to take Vonleh?"

It's more apt.

More like Paul pays, since it won't show up on the cap sheet.

 

[riverman]

I liked Vonleh a lot but am really glad it was him and not Ed Davis or Bazz that got moved for cap relief...fact is nobody wanted the guys I wanted to trade...Vonleh seems like a kid that'll take some maturing to click...Swanigan is the opposite on the maturity scale....I'm glad Biggie is back on the roster

 

[Minstrel]

Vonleh probably wasn't getting another contract from the Blazers anyway, as he hadn't shown anything beyond career journeyman talent. I'm fine with starting the Rakovic era.

 

[Driew]

I was high on Vonleh. I still am. I can't remember being more disappointed by a trade. I remember being sad to see Alvin Williams go. This one is just a player getting dicked over. Everyone loves Ed here, but I think Vonleh will be a better player and if this team wasn't so delusional about its chances it would've kept a guy like Vonleh around to help with a rebuild. Now I expect continued mediocrity. Not that I didn't before, but this one just feels like giving up.

Maybe NO got a good offer for Ed Davis but had to pass it up because Dame has made it clear about Ed. So NO decided well if Ed is not an option the next valuable asset for a team is Vonleh

 

[Chris Craig]

I am going to miss, "Yes Noah!"

 

[KeepOnRollin]

HIGHLY unlikely but I wouldn't say it is impossible that we don't show interest in Noah in the future.

Ok, maybe too many double-negatives there. If Noah came cheap, we may consider him again someday.

 

[BBert]

Is he the Serbian Bear? We already have the Bosnian Beast!

At 32 years old he'd better be the Serbian Cyborg

 

[andalusian]

HIGHLY unlikely but I wouldn't say it is impossible that we don't show interest in Noah in the future.

Ok, maybe too many double-negatives there. If Noah came cheap, we may consider him again someday.

So you are saying he is our PF Steve Blake.

 

[Minstrel]

So you are saying he is our PF Steve Blake.

Noah Vonlaker.

 

[BBert]

I get the people who are upset that the Blazers didn't find a way to make a meaningful trade to improve the team. That's always disappointing.

However, on it's face the Vonleh trade seems to me to be a good trade. The Blazers didn't trade Noah (and cash) for nothing. They got a trade exception, which may or may not end up having future value. Most importantly, the trade keeps the team under the tax which will make it more economically feasible to go over the cap this summer to keep Nurk, Ed, and possibly Napier, and to potentially use the trade exceptions to sign or trade for another player.

I get being upset that Olshey got us into contract hell in the first place. I get being hugely disappointed in not making a trade that improved the team immediately. But this specific trade to me looks like a no brainer. Plus, it opens up minutes for fan favorite Biggie

 

[cmeese47]

I get the people who are upset that the Blazers didn't find a way to make a meaningful trade to improve the team. That's always disappointing.

However, on it's face the Vonleh trade seems to me to be a good trade. The Blazers didn't trade Noah (and cash) for nothing. They got a trade exception, which may or may not end up having future value. Most importantly, the trade keeps the team under the tax which will make it more economically feasible to go over the cap this summer to keep Nurk, Ed, and possibly Napier, and to potentially use the trade exceptions to sign or trade for another player.

I get being upset that Olshey got us into contract hell in the first place. I get being hugely disappointed in not making a trade that improved the team immediately. But this specific trade to me looks like a no brainer. Plus, it opens up minutes for fan favorite Biggie

Hey remember that 12 million dollar exception we have and wont use consider vonlehs and even more useless asset than that.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Hey remember that 12 million dollar exception we have and wont use consider vonlehs and even more useless asset than that.

I bet we use one of the two at some point. They last 12 months. We have until late July on one and next Feb on another.

 

[tester551]

I bet we use one of the two at some point. They last 12 months. We have until late July on one and next Feb on another.

I'd take that bet.
I highly doubt either one gets used. 75%-90% of the TPE's league wide never get used.