Zombie Festus Ezeli becomes a Blazer

[Mediocre Man]

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

Was he born in America? Is he a center?

 

[Sinobas]

He'd really be a very good center for us if his knees hold up. Rim protector and good finisher inside. But that's a big off. He's played 80 games in the last 3 years, and that's with playing under 20 minutes per game.

So good thing it's only 2 years.

 

[illmatic99]

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

Sucks as a post up, but that rim FG% is far higher than anyone else on our roster.

 

[BonesJones]

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

Or since Ezeli couldn't get more than $8M a year he wanted a shorter deal because he thinks he'll make more money when he's a free agent two years from now.

 

[Turftoejoe]

WOW! I was leary of him if it meant renouncing any of our RFA's but this is a great signing at that price.

 

[illmatic99]

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
Connaughton, Layman, Montero, Alexander and Napier won't see much PT

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?

Forgot Meyers

 

[BonesJones]

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

Yes we do and it's a great problem to have!

 

[Sinobas]

Man, I kinda feel bad for the dude. Hope he balls out like mad for us this season and gets his $ next summer.

You feel bad that he's only making 16 million? Feel free to join us in reality.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

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

Seems like Neil has been doing a lot of solids for a lot of agents the last couple of years. So when are all those solids going to come due?

 

[Mediocre Man]

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

Monroe makes us a tough out

 

[Mediocre Man]

Forgot Meyers

It was pure bliss, wasn't it?

 

[riverman]

Seems like Neil has been doing a lot of solids for a lot of agents the last couple of years. So when are all those solids going to come due?

Probably when you and I are trying to remember what this basketball thingy means

 

[Sinobas]

Sucks as a post up, but that rim FG% is far higher than anyone else on our roster.

68% 0-3. Not sure how the 60% was calculated.

 

[Shaboid]

Dame came in and put a bunch of wood on Ezeli's fire and just walked away. He wants to play here which I think is my favorite thing about him.

 

[ripcityboy]

I'm seeing why getting Turner was so important..... can someone say Splash Bros 2.0?

(Ripcity Boy is NOT liable for any opinions triggered by mentioning Golden State.)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Festus for the rest of us!

Or something like that.

 

[illmatic99]

Dame came in and put a bunch of wood on Ezeli's fire and just walked away. He wants to play here which I think is my favorite thing about him.

3 weeks ago... wonder what this was about?

 

[riverman]

Festosterone

 

[BonesJones]

We could offer Sacremento a HUGE boatload for Cousins and still have good depth. Something like Leonard, Plumlee, Crabbe, Vonleh, our 2017 first round pick and CLE's 2018 1st round pick for Boogie and Temple might get a deal done at the deadline and we'd still have a good rotation:

Lillard / CJ
CJ / Temple (or Connaughton)
Turner / Harkless
Aminu / Davis
Cousins / Ezeli

 

[Chris Craig]

@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 took the bet as well...pay up sly

 

[BonesJones]

3 weeks ago... wonder what this was about?

It was about Damion Jones getting drafted to the Warriors. They went to the same college.

 

[BonesJones]

Remember when some of you heard a random rumor that Ezeli wanted $20M a year and starting freaking out with "Oh no.. Fuck Olshey.. He isn't worth $20M!!!! AGHGHGH"

 

[SlyPokerDog]

First Aminu, now Festus. I take it our Nigerian community must be bigger than our Hedo Turkey Glue Turkish community.

 

[0-Our!]

Another thing I love is that Ezeili was from GS, therefore... he can give us some of the secrets of those douche bags! What better way to defeat our enemy than w/ 1 of theirs (FORMER! HAHAHA!)!

 

[BonesJones]

Dame came in and put a bunch of wood on Ezeli's fire and just walked away. He wants to play here which I think is my favorite thing about him.

What do you mean?

 

[riverman]

Remember when some of you heard a random rumor that Ezeli wanted $20M a year and starting freaking out with "Oh no.. Fuck Olshey.. He isn't worth $20M!!!! AGHGHGH"

I'd rather not...then or now

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I took the bet as well...pay up sly

I never saw that post. Sorry, no bet for you!

But I will happily buy you beer.

 

[drexlersdad]

So I just googled this guy and apparently he is black? Who knew!

 

[riverman]

So I just googled this guy and apparently he is black? Who knew!

Jason Quick will take credit for knowing first

 

[Red Rooster]

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