Free Agent Gary Payton II to the Blazers

[Blazer509]

 

[B-Roy]

There it is. Not sure how I feel about this. Cautiously optimistic, since I was pretty worried about Ant/Dame guarding other guards.

 

[illmatic99]

hoping there's a team option somewhere there for yr 3.

more to come in the form of a hart trade i'm guessing

 

[Blazer509]

**** I spelled his name wrong. Lol

 

[Ripcity4life77]

There has to be a trade incoming cause on it's own this signing makes NO sense outside the fact Payton can play Defense but he is a guard --

How many guards / players under 6'4 does this team need ???

 

[B-Roy]

Still have room under the apron to operate. But barely.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Go Beavs!

 

[MickZagger]

There has to be a trade incoming cause on it's own this signing makes NO sense outside the fact Payton can play Defense but he is a guard --

How many guards / players under 6'4 does this team need ???

Exactly. So stupid unless there’s a trade in the works.

 

[B-Roy]

hoping there's a team option somewhere there for yr 3.

more to come in the form of a hart trade i'm guessing

Doubt it actually.

 

[MickZagger]

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Still have room under the apron to operate. But barely.

Unless we can get rid of Bledsoe.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

I’ll say there’s a 3-team deal (maybe a 4-team) involving Hart, Nas, KJ and Nurkic out..

Ayton & Simmons in…

kD goes to PHX

 

[Scalma]

There has to be a trade incoming cause on it's own this signing makes NO sense outside the fact Payton can play Defense but he is a guard --

How many guards / players under 6'4 does this team need ???

Dame, Ant, and Hart were the only locks for playing time. Also remember that Billups considers the two and the three as the same in his system. Hart being a plus rebounder and generally playing bigger allows him to play more minutes at the three.

 

[illmatic99]

Doubt it actually.

then color me surprised. all that talk about adding size was just talk then.

i'm so tired of playing undersized every freaking night.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Exactly. So stupid unless there’s a trade in the works.

this

 

[B-Roy]

Unless we can get rid of Bledsoe.

Even if we do.....we can only bring in a player around 9.6M.

We also left some room under our full TPE. This gives us the ability to sign Jabari Walker to a standard 3 year contract.

Then we will waive Bledsoe and use the BAE on a big man. And our entire roster will be filled out.

 

[speeds]

NGL love seeing undrafted guys get the bag.

 

[MickZagger]

Even if we do.....we can only bring in a player around 9.6M.

We also left some room under our full TPE. This gives us the ability to sign Jabari Walker to a standard 3 year contract.

Then we will waive Bledsoe and use the BAE on a big man. And our entire roster will be filled out.

And not much better than last year. Ugh

 

[Propagandist]

Why is this happening?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

There it is. Not sure how I feel about this. Cautiously optimistic, since I was pretty worried about Ant/Dame guarding other guards.

So are we doing the 3 guard lineup again? Or you optimistic when Dame or Ant is in the bench?

 

[Scalma]

 

[B-Roy]

I did the math and we left just enough of our MLE to sign Jabari Walker to a standard 3 year deal. After we use our BAE we will be just barely under the apron. Talk about cutting it close....

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

can a mod please correct the spelling on the OP?

Yes. Please remove the “99” so we’re at “illmatic”. #nasapproved

 

[illmatic99]

Yes. Please remove the “99” so we’re at “illmatic”. #nasapproved

the 99 is of great significance. how dare you.

 

[Scalma]

 

[B-Roy]

So are we doing the 3 guard lineup again? Or you optimistic when Dame or Ant is in the bench?

Have to imagine most of his time is with one of Ant/Dame, with Hart at the SF. Or matchup dependent since a lot of teams DO go small. And you can just stick GP2 on their best player and stick Ant/Dame on opposing stationary shooters.

It's not ideal though. Definitely not what I wanted to see but it is what it is....

 

[illmatic99]

btw he turns 30 this yr

 

[Nhawz]

Exactly. So stupid unless there’s a trade in the works.

Their has to be a trade T. I feel like Josh Hart is GP2’s ceiling. They might have a Nurk/hart package in the works.

 

[andalusian]

Maybe this and confirming eb's salary and the blazers go with a 5 guards lineup

 

[B-Roy]

Also, the dude is basically a center on offense. 70% TS???? No way he matches that level of efficiency here.

 

[B-Roy]

Their has to be a trade T. I feel like Josh Hart is GP2’s ceiling. They might have a Nurk/hart package in the works.

Here's a fun fact: GP2 is almost 3 years older than Hart.