Breaking News: Blazers will not use Amnesty Clause on Brandon Roy

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BBert said:
I put this in another thread, but I guess I'll post this where it belongs, LOL:

If Brandon wanted to bail on the Blazers and go ring shopping, this was his perfect opportunity. He could have 'not' sold himself to Larry, Curly and Mo, they could have chosen amnesty, he still would get paid and could sign for the minimum someplace else. The bazillion dollar man seems to want to play in Portland, and he wants to play to best of his ability. I've been pretty rough on Roy for certain aspects of his attitude (deservedly so in my opinion) over the last two years, but the guy did not just mail it in once he got his contract, even though the injuries gave him the perfect 'out'. I'll give him credit for that.
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Probably the best post I'll read all day!
 
Old Man Joel's injury history scares me more than young man Greg's. Just retire, big fella! Go fishin' and spend time with the family on the riches you've earned.
 
I think Pryzbilla can back up Aldridge; especially if we have Wallace on the floor. But, Pryz could come with just vet min and we can still get Chuck Hayes for Min MLE
 
BBert said:
Old Man Joel's injury history scares me more than young man Greg's. Just retire, big fella! Go fishin' and spend time with the family on the riches you've earned.
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and drinkin' Coors Light.
 
Carlito said:
Can pryzbilla backup Aldridge?
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No. But Wallace can. Wallace may not like it, but for Batum to get minutes at the 3, then Wallace has to get minutes at the 4. (And no Batum is not a SG-on offense)
 
so now we are getting hayes? wow i need what magnifier is drinking.
 
Magnifier if I told you today that the Blazers had signed Sabonis to play backup center Im pretty confident you would include words like championship and undefeated in your response.
 
Brock said:
so now we are getting hayes? wow i need what magnifier is drinking.
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Why not? It's expected that Hayes would probably get the 3.3 mil per season. That's what would be left for Blazers to offer. If Pryz signs for vet min, then we can do it.
 
Brock said:
Magnifier if I told you today that the Blazers had signed Sabonis to play backup center Im pretty confident you would include words like championship and undefeated in your response.
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If they signed Sabas as the big man assistant coach, I may agree with you. Stop being a dick with your "GREEN" style of response. I'm not talking about Drexler coming out of retirement to play for us.
 
im all about getting hayes, however 2 things...

first I read he is close to signing with kings or returning to hosuton. no mention of blazers.

second, I think the blazers have already targeted pryz for ticket sales and the fan base.
 
The Joel debate needs its own thread.
Camby is only good for about 25 min/game IMO. I'm not so sure Joel and his knee's can handle more than 10 min/game.
 
Brock said:
This is gonna be a rough season. Makes it worse now that landry and hayes are out of picture.... and Joel is in.
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I didn't realize we had the inside track on either of those players.
 
Its the Blazers loss not getting them, not the other way around. As a fan I wanna upgrade not get worse.


And if you are happy with Joel over the two of those guys, well then I get why people make fun of portland and their fans.
 
So if I understand this right, what the Blazer lose by deciding to keep Roy is a chance to sign Landry to a long term MLE contract. I can live with that.

In fact I hope the Blazers don't tie up a lot of money this year so they have some flexibility for next summer . . . no new long term contracts this year.
 
Brock said:
Its the Blazers loss not getting them, not the other way around. As a fan I wanna upgrade not get worse.


And if you are happy with Joel over the two of those guys, well then I get why people make fun of portland and their fans.
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Chuck Hayes and Carl Landry are not players you want at center on your team.
 
Brock said:
Its the Blazers loss not getting them, not the other way around. As a fan I wanna upgrade not get worse.


And if you are happy with Joel over the two of those guys, well then I get why people make fun of portland and their fans.
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"Portland and THEIR fans" Are you not one of us? Blazer fans are some of those most passionate around, I know I'm proud to he one.
 
I guess we will see what Hayes and Landry will get before the season starts. If they get anything close to max MLE, then we might of had a chance with them. But to be perfectly honest. I wasn't too happy with having a 6'6" center.
 
HCP said:
"Portland and THEIR fans" Are you not one of us? Blazer fans are some of those most passionate around, I know I'm proud to he one.
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Well it's pretty obvious we got mixum back. Just a change of moniker. Can't wait for the doom and gloom posting after each loss and how we could have played better with each win.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I know you are smart enough to know we are not going to get a Howard or Paul to come here. (and stay) So if you are the GM, who do you go after that will get us to the WCF?

I agree LA, Dallas, and OKC are better. But cutting Roy just so we can "make trades" is inaccurate IMO. We can make trades regardless. Who do you want to trade or develop. (ROY is not an option to trade because of his contract)

Wallace, Oden, Felton, Wes and Batum are all on the table. Who does GM MM go after?
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With a small market team that FA's don't want to come to you have to build through the draft and trades. You have to use the money ball approach. KP did this, and with a different coach and no injuries this team would have been awesome. It is time to start over, only this time you have a much better foundation with Aldridge, Batum and maybe Felton.

There are absolutely no quick answers, but Roy on this team, with all the gazelles is DEFINITELY not the answer
 
no i want them to backup aldridge! we need that toughness off bench. guys who play excellent defense, not to mention landry could score.

you do realize with all the back to backs, the chances aldridge wont get hurt and the chances of camby staying healthy are zero with all those games. enter landry or hayes. not pryzbilla.
 
magnifier661 said:
I guess we will see what Hayes and Landry will get before the season starts. If they get anything close to max MLE, then we might of had a chance with them. But to be perfectly honest. I wasn't too happy with having a 6'6" center.
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Need to look at not just how much but for how many years. Doesn't make much sense for the Blazers to tie up a lot money in the future for a hayes or Landry. Not with so much uncertainty about next year.

I just look at it as Roy was the Blazers signing this year . . . a one year deal to see what he can do. I like it!
 
craigehlo said:
Yea, I'd much rather have Chris Johnson. Ugh.
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I think he's just saying you don't want a 6'7" center. I would love having either of those guys as our backup PF though!
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
In fact I hope the Blazers don't tie up a lot of money this year so they have some flexibility for next summer . . . no new long term contracts this year.
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Lots of cap room isn't going to help much next summer if we don't have a shot at CP3, Howard or DWill. The rest of the unrestricted free agent crop are awful. We need to acquire players by trading expiring deals like Camby if we want a legit impact player.

Holding onto Roy is just going to mess with the rotation since he will likely need to take games off. He'll also hold back the progression of Matthews and Batum by taking away touches for them on offense. Let's also not forget all the players blowing by Roy on defense and getting our bigs in foul trouble. Keeping in Roy is gonna be ugly.
 
craigehlo said:
Lots of cap room isn't going to help much next summer if we don't have a shot at CP3, Howard or DWill. The rest of the unrestricted free agent crop are awful. We need to acquire players by trading expiring deals like Camby if we want a legit impact player.

Holding onto Roy is just going to mess with the rotation since he will likely need to take games off. He'll also hold back the progression of Matthews and Batum by taking away touches for them on offense. Let's also not forget all the player blowing by Roy on defense and getting our bigs in foul trouble. Keeping in Roy is gonna be ugly.
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Love the avatar, Craig
 
Yes great avatar. And yes HCP thats what Im saying. We need a quality backup PF more then anything on this team. How many years have we seen this glaring hole in post season play? Would be nice to address it just once.

But as far as Portland fans go, they are the best home crowd in the league but also in love with anyone who ever wears the jersey. Pryz is done.
 
Was it Tracy Murrey who tried to check into a game and noticed he had nothing on under his sweat jacket? Turned around and went straight back to the locker room?
 
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