Zombie Festus Ezeli becomes a Blazer

[illmatic99]

Prediction: Ezeli is our backup C, to extend his knees.

I'll take it. 24 mins of rim protection and called in for inside scoring presence when needed. He's accustomed to that role as is.

 

[Jesus Christ Son of God]

Jesus what a steal.

You're welcome.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

This is ny thought. Neil doing an agent a solid, and hoping Festus can give us something.

IF he can stay healthy, it's a huge steal

With that contract is low risk high reward.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'll take it. 24 mins of rim protection and called in for inside scoring presence when needed. He's accustomed to that role as is.

Yeah I'm thinking 12-18 minutes a game tops, but at $8mil a year that's fine.

 

[Hobbesarable]

I'll take it. 24 mins of rim protection and called in for inside scoring presence when needed. He's accustomed to that role as is.

I'll take that. He averaged about 17 mpg last season. It'll be awesome if he can give us 24 mpg next season.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@SlyPokerDog So you bet me a drink that it'd be close to $18M than $13M. Since it's $8M/yr how many drinks do you owe me??

I owe you a beer!

And I'm very happy to pay this bet.

 

[HolyBackboard]

So if we bring back everyone our rotation after Meyers comes back:

Dame / Napier
CJ / Crabbe / Patty C
Turner / Harkless / Layman
Aminu / Davis / Noah
Ezeli / Plums / Leonard

Dammmnnnnn that looks deep.

Reminds me of our 98-99 and 99-00 Blazers teams that routinely rolled 11-12 deep. If we win and players buy into the system/their roles, look out.

 

[e_blazer]

Uncle Festus!

MM is going to be pissed. Another American-born white center.

 

[Denny Crane]

I'd play Festus as many minutes as he can handle and as long as the match ups make sense.

 

[Scalma]

It's not the knees. It's the dried up market. No one with cap space needed a center. If his knees were that bad they wouldn't have signed him. 7m is still 7m.

 

[Schilly]

Dame
Cj
Turner
Ed
Plums

Napier
Crabs
Aminu
Hark
Festus

Project Pat
Nova
Lame man
Nards
Cliff bar

Montero the odd man out?

I'm thinking Cliff Bar

 

[BonesJones]

I owe you a beer!

And I'm very happy to pay this bet.

I'll accept this when I'm 21 lol.

 

[ripcityboy]

Next year....

Reporter: "So Neil. Napier turned into a quality backup point guard. Ezil was the pickup of the offseason. Layman looks like a future starter. And Turner became more than we ever thought he could be. You definately are front runner for the Executive of the Year."

Olshey: "You didn't see what happened last year, did you?"

 

[drexlersdad]

I'm thinking Cliff Bar

Yeah, me too kinda. Bummed.

 

[illmatic99]

What else do we need? Shooting from the wing spots?

I hope we can extend Mo and Meyers to longer term deals. Don't want to lose them if they take QOs next season.

 

[riverman]

You're welcome.

Please, just pass your hands over his knees a couple of times!

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Glad I didn't shit my pants like most of you fools.

 

[illmatic99]

It's not the knees. It's the dried up market. No one with cap space needed a center. If his knees were that bad they wouldn't have signed him. 7m is still 7m.

True, but if the knees weren't that bad, they would have done more than a 2 yr deal

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Reminds me of our 98-99 and 99-00 Blazers teams that routinely rolled 11-12 deep. If we win and players buy into the system/their roles, look out.

Between Plumlee, Turner, CJ, and Dame, you've got a lot of passing smarts that can be on the court at once.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

What else do we need? Shooting from the wing spots?

I hope we can extend Mo and Meyers to longer term deals. Don't want to lose them if they take QOs next season.

Need to lock up Moe and Crabbe...and then I'll be very happy

 

[BonesJones]

We already played harder than pretty much anybody, but now that we have as much depth as we do, there's no reason that we can't have guys leave it all out for every minute they play. We should be deadly on the break with the combination of shooting, athleticism, and depth along with the fact that we now have 3 ball handling playmakers at 3 different positions. I think we'd have a solid chance to beat even the Spurs in a playoff series just because we should be able to outrun them and outwork them.

 

[Cippy91]

This is a really dope signing but makes me wonder about a tweet I saw earlier...

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

What else do we need? Shooting from the wing spots?

I hope we can extend Mo and Meyers to longer term deals. Don't want to lose them if they take QOs next season.

We still need an inside scoring punch, I think we are good on shooters.

 

[Scalma]

I'm thinking Cliff Bar

I still think we could see a trade. We've got a logjam

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Next year....

Reporter: "So Neil. Napier turned into a quality backup point guard. Ezil was the pickup of the offseason. Layman looks like a future starter. And Turner became more than we ever thought he could be. You definately are front runner for the Executive of the Year."

Olshey: "You didn't see what happened last year, did you?"

"Golden State signed Durant, so they win!"

 

[Natebishop3]

This is a damn good deal. Nice one Neil!

 

[Mediocre Man]

So if we bring back everyone our rotation after Meyers comes back:

Dame / Napier
CJ / Crabbe / Patty C
Turner / Harkless / Layman
Aminu / Davis / Noah
Ezeli / Plums / Leonard

Dammmnnnnn that looks deep.

It's deep with role players. Still need one more star. LOVE the assets he's putting together to get one

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

My thoughts: Yippee! Great signing, great patience and good execution! I wasn't this hopeful over the first 2 days!!

Roster: I think depth chart actually looks like this.....
Damian / Turner
CJ / Crabbe
Turner / Harkless
Aminu / Davis / Vonleh
Plumlee / Ezeli / Leonard
Connaughton, Layman, Montero, Alexander and Napier won't see much PT
*Edit: Added Leonard

Its a good lineup. Stronger than last season. Better balance.

Also, we're starting to stock up on assets to be able to make trades from!! Boogie?

 

[riverman]

Glad I didn't shit my pants like most of you fools.

everyone has their own method I guess

 

[masieo]

I posted this in the other thread, should have put it here.