Zombie Festus Ezeli becomes a Blazer

[ripcityboy]

 

[illmatic99]

No way that's a team option for second year. No fucking way.

 

[BonesJones]

@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??

 

[0-Our!]

He might need to fire his agent

No way! WE need him or I mean Ezeli needs him! Yeah, yeah... that's it! Ezeili needs him...

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

No way that's a team option for second year. No fucking way.

Olshey does make great third tier signings and trades.

 

[BonesJones]

We have so much depth that we could hypothetically package 3 role players for an all-star and still be 9/10-deep

 

[RoyToy]

Feel like this deal sets the market for Meyers

Pretty similar averages last year and both missed significant time

 

[illmatic99]

So if we're looking at this correctly.... it would have been either Parsons alone or Ezeli + Turner?

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Wow what a steal!

 

[riverman]

@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??

one Dairy Mart Big Gulp

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

So if we're looking at this correctly.... it would have been either Parsons alone or Ezeli + Turner?

Yup. I'll take that trade (and i loved Parsons here - the idea)

 

[RoyToy]

So if we're looking at this correctly.... it would have been either Parsons alone or Ezeli + Turner?

Thank god it happened the way it did. Olshey dodges another bullet

Plan A was Parsons

PLAN A WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA!

 

[santeesioux]

Yeah, Neil is going to have a lot of assets to throw at a disgruntled star by the trade deadline with the rfas being able to come back.

 

[Denny Crane]

@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??

Do NOT bet with @HCP. Because, you know.

 

[ripcityboy]

Oh baby! Anybody just get a stiffy when you say 16 million!

 

[HailBlazers]

Not on this one. Sorry you feel that way.

True sarcasm doesn't need green font??

 

[0-Our!]

I almost feel bad - like we cheated him or something...

Yeah I feel bad too... ok, NOW I'm over it! FUCK YEAH!!!

 

[Scalma]

Neil should make his Plan Bs his Plan As

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

We have so much depth that we could hypothetically package 3 role players for an all-star and still be 9/10-deep

We could probably get Love for a package of Leonard/Aminu/Rookie deal player if the Cavs defense is struggling still by February.

 

[BonesJones]

How do the minutes look?

Lillard (36) / CJ (12)
CJ (24) / Crabbe (24)
Turner (26) / Harkless (16) / Aminu (6)
Aminu (20) / Davis (20) / Vonleh (8)
Ezeli (20) / Plumlee (16) / Leonard (12)

That's 11 players that should see minutes. We have 5 others in Connaughton, Alexander, Montero, Napier, and Layman. We'll have to cut one.

Finding enough minutes for that frontcourt is gonna be a real challenge.

I still think we trade Plumlee for a 1st round pick. We wouldn't miss anything and would simply give Aminu/Davis/Vonleh/Ezeli/Leonard 3 more minutes a game. We'll have to pay Plumlee a lot next year to keep him and we'd still have 6 players that could play productive PF/C minutes, (Festus/Aminu/Davis/Leonard/Harkless/Vonleh) which is enough insurance to still make Festus a no risk scenario. I think that a first round pick would be more beneficial, and we could easily get one from a team like Chicago, who has no space and needs a center to pair with RoLo.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Oh look, Olshey is great again. How surprising....

 

[illmatic99]

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.

 

[noknobs]

Lakers fans are REALLY pissed at Mozgov's contract now.

That moves my needle.



Seems like a great deal by Olshey, who I owe an apology. I can't believe the knees would be that bad or we would steer clear altogether. At least I hope we would. But team option, little to no risk. Fantastic.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

True sarcasm doesn't need green font??

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Knees must be shot.

It's ok, we still have pieces of Oden's knees laying around that could be used for repairs.

 

[drexlersdad]

Dame
Cj
Turner
Ed
Plums

Napier
Crabs
Aminu
Hark
Festus

Project Pat
Nova
Lame man
Nards
Cliff bar

Montero the odd man out?

 

[Hobbesarable]

Neil should make his Plan Bs his Plan As

He just wants to see how many Blazer fans he can get worked up into a frenzy. It's been a comical free agency so far.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

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.

I think Plumlee will start at first, just from a familiarity with the majority of the starters. Plus he is a fantastic passer and we'd have 4 ball movers in the lineup.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

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.

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

 

[Mediocre Man]

Knees must be shot.

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