Zombie Derrick Jones to Portland

[Tince]

They have to want to play here. This deal tells me that those guys.....didn't want to play here.

I don't have any info to know which of the available players were willing to consider Portland or who we wanted.

 

[B-Roy]

What's the difference between this guy and Kent Bazemore?

Well hopefully he has a brain.

 

[B-Roy]

If my math is correct we are at 125 million with 3 roster spots left. Lux tax is 132 million, so we can use the full BAE + 2 vet mins and be just right under the lux tax. Talk about cutting it close.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Who is Nate Duncan?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

David Aldridge said second year is a player option... so horrible

 

[B-Roy]

Kind of crazy Miami chose to pay 9 million to Meyers instead of this guy.

 

[riverman]

If my math is correct we are at 125 million with 3 roster spots left. Lux tax is 132 million, so we can use the full BAE + 2 vet mins and be just right under the lux tax. Talk about cutting it close.

Neil likes to leave a roster spot open....the rookie might get a two way contract instead of a guaranteed roster spot as well

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

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not if pops is still there...

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

Can we re-sign Whiteside at this point? Either for the purposes of keeping him or sign & trade purposes?

a bit disappointed by the Jones signing.... thought we might have done better

 

[riverman]

Kind of crazy Miami chose to pay 9 million to Meyers instead of this guy.

They need 3 pt shooting on that team

 

[B-Roy]

David Aldridge said second year is a player option... so horrible

Better this way IMO. He can't deny a trade in this following year.

 

[Tince]

They have to want to play here. This deal tells me that those guys.....didn't want to play here.

Couldn't it tell you that we didn't go after them? We have as much info to confirm that as we do your theory.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Can he guard LeBron or AD?

 

[B-Roy]

Can we re-sign Whiteside at this point? Either for the purposes of keeping him or sign & trade purposes?

Yes we can.

Don't know why in the world we would.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Wtf is with olshey giving guys way more than needed to sign them? Turner 70 million when he was hoping for 30. Jones would've loved this offer on a one year deal then we give him a player option on year 2?

 

[B-Roy]

Couldn't it tell you that we didn't go after them? We have as much info to confirm that as we do your theory.

How long have you been following Portland in free agency?

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Let me see -- Portland in the playoffs could not stop anyone and in the offseason so far NeO brings in Covingston and DJJ both can defend but some like Bone Jones ( ? ) on there stream are having a Cow over this move -- fans have short memories

 

[Further]

I don’t get all the dismay. Young defensive role player to help Dame and CJ be able to concentrate on being offensive beasts.

Just look at the wing defense next year vs last.
Little with 1 more year experience
Hood back healthy
Covington bringing both ends
Jones who is a fantastic athlete and long as shit
Trent Jr if we go small
No Mario

those are all big positives. Only drawback is no Ariza

im loving it, especially adding some bench scoring in Kanter. We just need Collins to be healthy and a back up PG

 

[Tince]

Can we re-sign Whiteside at this point? Either for the purposes of keeping him or sign & trade purposes?

Yes, we can. Almost certainly we won't go into the tax to sign him or sign and trade him.

 

[Tince]

Kind of crazy Miami chose to pay 9 million to Meyers instead of this guy.

That's telling, isn't it.

 

[ehizzy3]

I’m happy with this move. He is a lanky defender with great energy

Do we really need more shooting anyways? Dame, CJ, Gary, Hood, and Simons are gonna be shooting enough threes. Not to mention Covington is going to be hoisting them up frequently.

Defense was much more of a priority IMO.

maybe Olshey can call Stauskas so we can get a shooter.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Greaaat! Jason Quick endorses. But maybe he can still develop a 3 pt shot; his FT% went up 160 points to .772 in one year.

 

[riverman]

When you get a guy who's specialty is defense...you've got something...when he's 23...you've really got something...

 

[Natebishop3]

I’m happy with this move. He is a lanky defender with great energy

Do we really need more shooting anyways? Dame, CJ, Gary, Hood, and Simons are gonna be shooting enough threes. Not to mention Covington is going to be hoisting them up frequently.

Defense was much more of a priority IMO.

maybe Olshey can call Stauskas so we can get a shooter.

our teams inability to spread the floor and beat the trap in the playoffs would tend to indicate that yes we do need more shooting.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I like it! This team is being built to beat on motherfuckers!

We don't need 3pt shooters at every position. We need toughness, defense, and attitude.

We're getting that!

But will Stotts play guys who can't shoot threes?

 

[riverman]

our teams inability to spread the floor and beat the trap in the playoffs would tend to indicate that yes we do need more shooting.

when you add 3 offensive rebounders....it stands to reason there will be more shooting

 

[calvin natt]

Then he isn't very good at his job. Salesman is part of it.

Lol so now Neil isn’t ENOUGH of a salesman.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Maybe Olshey found a hidden gem. Let's hope. I like him but not at this money. Hoping to be proven wrong.

I'm wondering what's the deal with Nassir's PT and Wenyen Gabriel/Carmelo/Hassan.

 

[calvin natt]

jones jr is not signed to shoot 3 pointers, but to defend and hes good at that

blazers needed wings that can defend and olshey signed covington and jones jr, whats not to like

Thank you. It’s like every player better shoot 40% from three.

 

[B-Roy]

our teams inability to spread the floor and beat the trap in the playoffs would tend to indicate that yes we do need more shooting.

Well. We had Trent and Melo last year, both 40% shooters, and we couldn't beat the trap. I think playmaking more than shooting is what we need.