Drew Eubanks is Unbelievable

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Pinwheel1 said:
In the few games I have seen of Eubanks, he looked decent. Not sure how much bigger he is than Watford though. He is about 7 lbs heavier but Watford is much longer. Either way, this gives the Blazers the option of sitting/resting Nurk for various games. No reason to run Nurk into the ground for the rest of the season.
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Watford's wingspan 3" more than Eubanks.
 
wizenheimer said:
looks like a lot of moving parts there.

Eubanks signed a 3 year deal less than 2 years ago so he wouldn't have been eligible for an extension yet. But, Toronto waived him so that contract doesn't matter.

Blazers have no Bird rights on him so they'd have to use part of their MLE if they signed him this year...unless they sign him to a minimum contract. But the max length on a minimum is 2 years. A longer deal would require that MLE. Now, he's a 4 year vet so his minimum, this year, is around 1.8M. A 4 year deal like Watford's, with raises, would probably be around 8M
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Blazers used most of their MLE to sign Watford

Yes, they could sign Eubanks for the remainder of the season on a prorated minimum.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Watford's wingspan 3" more than Eubanks.
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Whatever their measurements are, Eubanks plays above the rim whereas Watford doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised to see Winslow throw a lob up to Eubanks (not that he's a high flyer, but he is capable of catching and dunking at the hoop).
 
Some things I noticed on videos of Eubanks:
-He throws hard, accurate passes.
- He's definitely better that Watford at grabbing rebounds. And, good news for our team, he can combine that with his hard, accurate passing to immediately get the ball down the court after a rebound, sometimes even before he's landed with both feet.
- He dunks a lot. Can catch a lob and dunk.
- Good scorer around the hoop.
- Can get down the court quickly for some cherry picking.
 
One thing he was awful at in college was handling the ball down low. He would turn it over or get swiped a lot. Hope he has improved there.
 
SlyPokerCat said:
One thing he was awful at in college was handling the ball down low. He would turn it over or get swiped a lot. Hope he has improved there.
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In the NBA he barely touches the ball at all on offense. When he does, he's not dribbling. His scoring is almost all layups and dunks.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Why are we saying we used "most" of our MLE? If it's a 4 year, 5.8M deal, isn't the first year only like 1.3M? Shouldn't we still have like 5M left?
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maybe he's saying that the total contract has to fit within the MLE?

not only that, Portland is now 15M under the tax line. Couldn't they use a full-MLE of 9.7M right now? less Watford's salary. They would still be well under the tax if they maxed the MLE
 
B-Roy said:
Good chance we waive McLemore before March 1st so he can sign with a contender, and then we sign Eubanks to a real NBA contract.
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Is he with Klutch? Woudn't be surprised.
 
There really isn’t any reason for McLemore to be here anymore, even if they wanted him back next season. So unless they want him back and he has requested to stay (unlikely) just let him go
 


Would like to see Eubanks back next season as second or third string center. Ideally we’d draft Duren and Eubanks can just be deep insurance. He’s got limitations but I don’t think we’d find much better on a minimum contract.
 
Scalma said:


Would like to see Eubanks back next season as second or third string center. Ideally we’d draft Duren and Eubanks can just be deep insurance. He’s got limitations but I don’t think we’d find much better on a minimum contract.
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maybe. C's on veteran minimum deals this season:

Dwight Howard
Enes Freedom
LaMarcus Aldridge
Hassan Whiteside
Andre Drummond
Dewayne Dedmon
Frank Kaminsky
Nemanja Bjelica

big men's value has tanked in the last few seasons. I don't know
 
It’s a great story. I love that the kid gets to play for his hometown team, but he’s not good
 
Keep him around, worst case Nurk learns how to finish at the rim from watching this guy. Seems like a high effort team guy that wants to be here. If Blevins can be on this roster for 2 seasons so can this kid.
 
He is just no big enough to guard players like Ayton and KAT. However, he battles like crazy, knows his role, and is shooting a ridiculous .773% in his last 3 games with 8.7 rebounds in 25 mpg. If he was going up against a smaller, backup center, he might be doing even better and wouldn't be getting housed on defense.
 
Mediocre Man said:
It’s a great story. I love that the kid gets to play for his hometown team, but he’s not good
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I’m dating myself but I see him as this century’s Dale Schluter. Not seriously talented but useful as all hell. One of those guys you only miss when they’re not around…..
 
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