Decision Time On Options for CJ, Meyers and T-Rob

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Sorry, I didn't want to be mean. I just can't stand this decision. It made me lose my confidence in the GM, the team and most of the posters in this thread.
 
so, instead of calling some players gay, tell us why.

why?
 
Think about how KS would feel if he saw that

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I'm a little homophobic also. Not as politically correct as you are. But I honestly feel like I'm the only one here not being terribly wrong. I can't understand the logic, I can't understand how suddenly T-Rob is on the way out. I just don't get it.
 
Bro, just because we didn't pick up his option doesn't mean he won't stay a blazer. But the real question is "why you think he's worth 6 mil on our cap?"
 
Thomas Robinson has basically zero basketball skill, so this isn't that surprising

As I've said for over a year now, his CEILING is JJ Hickson. He's just not that good.

Meyers sucks but at least brings a little shooting to the team and can stretch the defense. He's basically a 0 in all other situations, but he still has that.

Thomas Robinson is a dime a dozen.
 
Blazer4ever said:
I'm a little homophobic also. Not as politically correct as you are. But I honestly feel like I'm the only one here not being terribly wrong. I can't understand the logic, I can't understand how suddenly T-Rob is on the way out. I just don't get it.
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You'll understand one day. So how's high school going? Are u finding it harder to fit in than middle school?
 
BrianFromWA said:
BNM, Bird Rights follow in trades. He'll have been in 3 seasons without a loss of Bird Rights (for instance, if he'd been waived). We'll have Bird RIghts. They won't help us, though, b/c his cap hold number (as I read it) is the 0-6yr max of ~15M.
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I understand about Bird rights and trades, but I thought by declining his option we forfeited his Bird Rights. Perhaps not, but technically, they are meaningless in this case as we can't just match any offer and retain him.

From an earlier post by Schilly:

"I think you guys clamoring to not pick up the options are misinformed. If we decline their options we do not have bird rights. We can resign them and go over the cap but the salary cannot exceed what the option would have been.

From Larry Coon...

However, if the team declines either option and the player becomes a free agent, the team cannot re-sign him to a salary greater than he would have received had the team exercised its option. In other words, teams can't decline an option year in order to get around the rookie salary scale and give the player more money. This applies to all types of signing, including the Bird exception, the Mid-Level exception, and cap room."

In any case the MOST we can offer him next summer is the amount of the option we declined. This just gives us more flexibility. We can offer him less, we can offer him the full option amount (with additional years), or we can let him walk and use the roster spot to go n a different direction.

BNM
 
I think KS would actually agree with me on T-Rob. Wouldn't want to hurt his feelings, though.
 
Blazer4ever said:
I'm a little homophobic also. Not as politically correct as you are. But I honestly feel like I'm the only one here not being terribly wrong. I can't understand the logic, I can't understand how suddenly T-Rob is on the way out. I just don't get it.
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I think we want to understand why you feel this decision is so crucial? Maybe it is bad but you are coming across like it is crucial and not a decision that make sense for the team for the plans that they have.
 
Blazer4ever said:
I honestly feel like I'm the only one here not being terribly wrong. I can't understand the logic, I can't understand how suddenly T-Rob is on the way out. I just don't get it.
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what do you not get? i would be happy to explain it to you.

MM seems confused as well.
 
I think Robinson does have value. I think he'll have to re-earn the playing time to show it. I think it'll be tough with quality bigs in our frontcourt (man, it feels weird saying that).

I don't think he's worth 5M on the open market, and if he wants to be here, he can prove it this year and get a <4.66M contract this summer.
 
Now that the decision is made, I hope there's a TRob TRade in the works. Telling him "no thanks" while picking up Leonard and McCollum has to sting, especially after his trades from Sac and Houston. Moving him for a third PG would make a lot of sense, IMHO.
 
http://forwardcenter.net/wojnarowski-blazers-will-not-pick-up-robinsons-option/

As many are going to point out, this move could have just as much to do with salary cap flexibility as it does Robinson’s performance. The team can still offer Robinson the same amount of money in a new contract as he would have received through a fourth-year extension if they choose to. Now they just have another year to decide if they want to extend the same amount or less in the offseason or if said cap room would be better spent on another player. Of course, one assumes a player in Robinson’s shoes would prefer the extension to free agency, but there’s always the potential that he earns himself a bump in salary depending on his performance this season, though another team would have to do the offering.
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Boise Blazer said:
I think we want to understand why you feel this decision is so crucial? Maybe it is bad but you are coming across like it is crucial and not a decision that make sense for the team for the plans that they have.
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I can understand, though. I felt that way after Faried and the 2009 draft debacle.
 
Thomas robinson is an undersized hustle player who doesn't always hustle, above average rebounder, average defender with no offensive skills to speak of who also has a tendency to play out of the flow of the offense. Now tell me how that is worth 5 mil? Yes he has talent, but I really question his ceiling. He's got A LOT of work to do.
 
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I just hope we find a way to keep him. I may have stepped out of line here a bit but all i really wanted to say is that I have no doubt T-Rob is worth keeping.
 
I for one would like to have TRob long term just not if it hinders bigger pieces. Hopefully it works all out.
 
Scalma said:
Thomas robinson is an undersized hustle player who doesn't always hustle, above average rebounder, average defender with no offensive skills to speak of who has a tendency to play out of the flow of the offense. Now tell me how that is worth 5 mil?
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So he's J.J. Hickson?
 
Blazer4ever said:
Sorry, I didn't want to be mean. I just can't stand this decision. It made me lose my confidence in the GM, the team and most of the posters in this thread.
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Dude, he's not that good. He's athletic and has potential, but not worth committing the money and locking up a roster spot - until/unless he's worth it. It would totally kill our flexibility next summer. He's still under contract for the entire 2014-15 season. He still has time to find his role on this team and prove his worth - or not. It's totally on him.

BNM
 
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