CJ McCollum becomes a Blazer until 2021

[PtldPlatypus]

Higher, it's like 320MM for dame crabbe and cj

390 if we add in Turner. And in case anyone's wondering what we'll owe those guys during the years all 4 contracts are in force:

• 2017-18: 85.44M
• 2018-19: 91.07M
• 2019-20: 96.70M (Dame 29.83; CJ 27.62; AC 20.65; ET 18.61)

Those are some pretty hefty bills for just 4 players.

 

[HolyBackboard]

Neil could have just as easily told him to wait to sign a contract next year. Kawhi did that last year, Drummond/Beal this year.

What this tells me is that we're not even going to try to play the FA game for the near future. That's fine I suppose, but it does completely shut the door on a big factor in team development.

We would have had zero cap room next summer, regardless of the CJ deal. This was our year to go free agent shopping, and we did.

Now we have our Top 2 players locked up, a ton of depth, and there's a good chance we could turn that depth into a consolidation trade.

 

[Sarni]

390 if we add in Turner. And in case anyone's wondering what we'll owe those guys during the years all 4 contracts are in force:

• 2017-18: 85.44M
• 2018-19: 91.07M
• 2019-20: 96.70M (Dame 29.83; CJ 27.62; AC 20.65; ET 18.61)

Those are some pretty hefty bills for just 4 players.

I don't think Crabbe is going to be here for more than one extra season. He'll be a trading piece when we're moving for a star caliber player.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

If this is a "max" contract as Woj reports, then the 106 is just an estimate already taking into account the new cap. That % would have assumed next year's cap as is and I don't think they can use this year's cap to calculate that number for a contract starting next year. .

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Another important note: due to the poison pill provision, this extension means we will definitely not be trading CJ this season, if any of you were thinking that he might conceivably be included in a deal for Boogie, or some other star. If we wanted to trade him this season, our outgoing salary for CJ would only be his 2016-17 salary of 3.2M, but his incoming salary for the receiving team would be over $20M.

Basically impossible to match salaries on a trade thanks to the PPP.

 

[B-Roy]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...06m-max-extension-with-blazers-174630994.html

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

All moves pointing toward future trades as the way we will change personnel. Consolidation trade between January and February deadline will be very possible now.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Not sure there should be any other reaction than joy right now. Our best players not only want to be Trail Blazers for life but make Portland their year-round home. Inking your stars before RFA is very important. As others have mentioned there's no waiting game, there's not the possibility of another team determining the details of the contract, and there's security for the player.

This is how rumors get started.

They are signed until 2021. I think that still makes both of them in their 20's

 

[Mediocre Man]

Great news. Locking up your best players is a must. Now if we can add to it, we could actually be contenders.

 

[ripcityboy]

Great move and not at all surprised. Neil is going to try to move the needle as much as possible in the next few months. See a move coming.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Nice, I wanted this to happen this summer.

 

[BBert]

Couple Dame's 5 year extension with CJ's 4 year, and both are leaving Portland in the summer of 2021!! :MARIS61:

Same year the team is moving to Seattle!

 

[BigGameDamian]

I don't think Crabbe is going to be here for more than one extra season. He'll be a trading piece when we're moving for a star caliber player.

I would be interested to see how many teams would be interested in him with the contract he has now.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I would be interested to see how many teams would be interested in him with the contract he has now.

He will get picked by the expansion sonics

 

[BonesJones]

I would be interested to see how many teams would be interested in him with the contract he has now.

The same as before? Its obvious he'd get the max

 

[PtldPlatypus]

The same as before? Its obvious he'd get the max

BGD's post was in response to one about Crabbe, not CJ.

 

[illmatic99]

Does the designated player rule exist here and does it apply? If so, we already gave that to Dame.

CJ was probably limited to 4 years from the beginning.

 

[riverman]

I'm really happy to see this stability..CJ earned it. We are building a core with a 4-5 year window to make some serious noise...I think this is the core group that really puts Portland on the map. There is something to be said for guys who do want to live and be here as a first option. I'm so glad we didn't spend this money on a Greg Monroe, Chandler Parsons or Dwight Howard.

 

[Chris Craig]

Bake that cake!

 

[blue32]

So does CJ start this season? Was it split last year? I don't remember.

 

[TBpup]

Couple Dame's 5 year extension with CJ's 4 year, and both are leaving Portland in the summer of 2021!! :MARIS61:

Probably the same time the team moves to Seattle.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

So does CJ start this season? Was it split last year? I don't remember.

I was about to say, "He just got a max deal, of COURSE he'll start". But then I remembered that Tristan Thompson signed a max deal just last summer and started fewer than half of Cleveland's games, so I figured that was a pretty silly statement.

I presume he'll start, but I guess it's not necessarily set in stone. Crabbe is working on his handles, after all...

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Same year the team is moving to Seattle!

Probably the same time the team moves to Seattle.

BBert beat you to that joke by over an hour.

 

[HailBlazers]

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Bake that cake!

Ooooooo so who will be the frosting?!

I was about to say, "He just got a max deal, of COURSE he'll start". But then I remembered that Tristan Thompson signed a max deal just last summer and started fewer than half of Cleveland's games, so I figured that was a pretty silly statement.

I presume he'll start, but I guess it's not necessarily set in stone. Crabbe is working on his handles, after all...

I would love to have a crazy good second unit like the Spurs have had in the past (with CJ at the helm).

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I would love to have a crazy good second unit like the Spurs have had in the past (with CJ at the helm).

Agreed, but I don't see it happening. I don't see how you can start a guy all season, give him a max extension, and then move him back to a reserve role.

 

[Orion Bailey]

The only thing that would prevent CJ from starting is injuries...

God someone slap me now for even saying that!!!!

 

[Dougnsalem]

Couple Dame's 5 year extension with CJ's 4 year, and both are leaving Portland in the summer of 2021!! :MARIS61:

No they wont! (hopefully....)

 

[PtldPlatypus]

The only thing that would prevent CJ from starting is injuries...

God someone slap me now for even saying that!!!!

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Here is a little of Olshey's thinking and why they did the deal now.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...06m-max-extension-with-blazers-174630994.html

McCollum clearly would’ve been destined for a maximum offer sheet as a restricted free agent in the summer of 2017, and the Blazers eliminated the possibility of a “poison pill” offer sheet that could’ve allowed McCollum into unrestricted free agency with a player option on the third year of his deal.

 

[HailBlazers]

Agreed, but I don't see it happening. I don't see how you can start a guy all season, give him a max extension, and then move him back to a reserve role.

Just because you don't start doesn't make you a "reserve." There are plenty of guys that come off the bench and play starter minutes. Right?