Blazers would have landed Kanter

[Mediocre Man]

Had KD signed back with OKC, the Thunder had a verbal from Horford saying he would sign there. Birdies are singing that Neil had something in place to land Kanter.

Moral of the story, he's still working

 

[B-Roy]

Second moral: FUCK GSW

 

[SwissBlazer]

Had KD signed back with OKC, the Thunder had a verbal from Horford saying he would sign there. Birdies are singing that Neil had something in place to land Kanter.

Moral of the story, he's still working

Never doubt he is still trying to improve the team. Don't know why he would just sit on his hands and wait to be fired. But apparently some are thinking that's what he does.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Monroe next?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Monroe next?

No idea

 

[craigehlo]

Scrambling from one longshot to the next. Neil Olshay!

 

[illmatic99]

Monroe next?

No. Please no. We will lose him for nothing next year without early bird rights and 0 capspace in the summer.

This Monroe idea needs to die. People are not thinking this idea through. We're not giving up our RFAs for a yr rental of Monroe.

 

[SwissBlazer]

Scrambling from one longshot to the next. Neil Olshay!

Ho come on... Saying that KD to sign a new contract with a contending team of OKC was a longshot is a bit unfair... In french we say "if you want to kill your dog, accuse him of having rabies". Don't know how well it translates in english

 

[TBpup]

No. Please no. We will lose him for nothing next year without early bird rights and 0 capspace in the summer.

This Monroe idea needs to die. People are not thinking this idea through. We're not giving up our RFAs for a yr rental of Monroe.

With the cap space they still have, a Monroe for Davis trade would come pretty close to doing it while still being able to retain your own free-agents. That would replace Portland's best defensive big with an offensive big but that would seem to be something Stotts would like.

 

[illmatic99]

With the cap space they still have, a Monroe for Davis trade would come pretty close to doing it while still being able to retain your own free-agents. That would replace Portland's best defensive big with an offensive big but that would seem to be something Stotts would like.

So what do we do next summer when Monroe leaves us high to dry as he gets his multiple 20+ mil offers? I don't want to lose Davis for nothing.

 

[craigehlo]

Ho come on... Saying that KD to sign a new contract with a contending team of OKC was a longshot is a bit unfair... In french we say "if you want to kill your dog, accuse him of having rabies". Don't know how well it translates in english

Neil is the "coulda shoulda woulda" GM. There's another saying which is "make your own luck." I wish Neil would think that way.

 

[Blazinaway]

Monroe next?

rather put in an offer on Sullinger (RFA) as he can play some C and he plays pretty good D and has a decent mid range game

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

No. Please no. We will lose him for nothing next year without early bird rights and 0 capspace in the summer.

This Monroe idea needs to die. People are not thinking this idea through. We're not giving up our RFAs for a yr rental of Monroe.

Wut?

It would be two years on a deal. Why wouldnt we have his early bird rights?

 

[Blazer4ever]

He's probably looking to unload Aminu on someone and use the cap room to sign our own free agents plus another player (Ezeli for example) problem is, no one would apparently take Aminu for absorbing his salary or would ask us for a sweetener we aren't willing to give.
So he's probably taking the wait and see approach which is usualy his style but a bit problematic as our own FAs at some point can choose to sign elsewhere, especially if they're not guaranteed a contact with us.
A tricky situation

 

[Tunchi]

Sorry don't believe it

 

[illmatic99]

Wut?

It would be two years on a deal. Why wouldnt we have his early bird rights?

He can opt out next summer. He has a 2017 player option.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

He can opt out next summer. He has a 2017 player option.

True but his early bird rights transfer to us from MIL if we trade for him. Not that I am saying we should. 2 year deal essentially before he opts out. That is what gets you early-bird.

 

[illmatic99]

True but his early bird rights transfer to us from MIL if we trade for him. Not that I am saying we should. 2 year deal essentially before he opts out. That is what gets you early-bird.

Doesn't this depend on when he picks up his option? If I misunderstood this, my bad. But the fact that he'll still opt out next summer remains. He can get 25-30 mil easily in the summer.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Ho come on... Saying that KD to sign a new contract with a contending team of OKC was a longshot is a bit unfair... In french we say "if you want to kill your dog, accuse him of having rabies". Don't know how well it translates in english

Never heard that, but apparently it's legit, I googled it.

 

[B-Roy]

He's probably looking to unload Aminu on someone and use the cap room to sign our own free agents plus another player (Ezeli for example) problem is, no one would apparently take Aminu for absorbing his salary or would ask us for a sweetener we aren't willing to give.
So he's probably taking the wait and see approach which is usualy his style but a bit problematic as our own FAs at some point can choose to sign elsewhere, especially if they're not guaranteed a contact with us.
A tricky situation

Aminu is probably one of the most valuable assets PERIOD the Blazers have. Neil is not dumb enough to unload him for capspace.

 

[SwissBlazer]

Never heard that, but apparently it's legit, I googled it.

French is my main language, that's why... But i am sure you still understand the sense

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Doesn't this depend on when he picks up his option? If I misunderstood this, my bad. But the fact that he'll still opt out next summer remains. He can get 25-30 mil easily in the summer.

With early bird we could pretty much go up to 30/yr. 175% of his salary, which is like 17.1 this year i believe.

 

[Blazer4ever]

Aminu is probably one of the most valuable assets PERIOD the Blazers have. Neil is not dumb enough to unload him for capspace.

If he's such an asset why not trade him for his cap hold and use it to sign a bigger free agent. Im thinking this could be one of the better ways to use his trade value

 

[Scalma]

He's probably looking to unload Aminu on someone and use the cap room to sign our own free agents plus another player (Ezeli for example) problem is, no one would apparently take Aminu for absorbing his salary or would ask us for a sweetener we aren't willing to give.
So he's probably taking the wait and see approach which is usualy his style but a bit problematic as our own FAs at some point can choose to sign elsewhere, especially if they're not guaranteed a contact with us.
A tricky situation

Lol what? Amina has one of the best contracts in the nba, is relatively young, and still has an upside. He has value. A lot of it. If they wanted to trade him teams would be lining up for him.

 

[Sarni]

He's probably looking to unload Aminu on someone and use the cap room to sign our own free agents plus another player (Ezeli for example) problem is, no one would apparently take Aminu for absorbing his salary or would ask us for a sweetener we aren't willing to give.
So he's probably taking the wait and see approach which is usualy his style but a bit problematic as our own FAs at some point can choose to sign elsewhere, especially if they're not guaranteed a contact with us.
A tricky situation

What? Aminu on $7M a year is probably one of the best deals in the league right now. We are not going to 'dump his salary on someone'.

 

[B-Roy]

If he's such an asset why not trade him for his cap hold and use it to sign a bigger free agent. Im thinking this could be one of the better ways to use his trade value

Literally every good free agent has already signed somewhere.

Also, Aminu is actually a good player on a bargain of a contract. Please stop.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Had KD signed back with OKC, the Thunder had a verbal from Horford saying he would sign there. Birdies are singing that Neil had something in place to land Kanter.

Moral of the story, he's still working

That doesn't really fit the timeline of how things went down. Durant didn't make his decision known until yesterday, Horford committed to the Celtics on July 2nd.

 

[Mediocre Man]

That doesn't really fit the timeline of how things went down. Durant didn't make his decision known until yesterday, Horford committed to the Celtics on July 2nd.

Same thing I asked. Was told Horford knew

 

[Sarni]

If he's such an asset why not trade him for his cap hold and use it to sign a bigger free agent. Im thinking this could be one of the better ways to use his trade value

Because it's absolutely ridiculous idea. He's a good player on a very small contract, anyone of this quality this year and you are looking at spending at least $14M in the market. Dumping his contract to sign someone worse than him (because we cannot really get anyone better out of all available players in FA) is straight suicide. Giving up on a very good player who will take 6% of your cap space next year, for nothing, is frankly the worst idea I've ever heard.

 

[H.C.]

rather put in an offer on Sullinger (RFA) as he can play some C and he plays pretty good D and has a decent mid range game

I personally like Sullinger... People on this forum would shit themselves if Neil got another poorish 3 point shooter though.