Free Agent Gerald Henderson

[Denny Crane]

It seems to me we still have the ability to re-sign Hendo.

Based upon the cap and salary figures I've seen, we had $5,617,720 in cap space before FA period began. We need $16,393,443 to sign Turner.

$16,393,443 - $5,617,720 = $10,775,723 that we need to clear.

Kaman gets you $6,520,800
Roberts gets you $3,711,422
Add those up and you get $10,232,222, or ~$500K short.

We can cut either or both of MOntero and Alexander to come up with that money.

What this does is allow us to keep Hendo's bird rights (no need to renounce him). In turn those allow us to sign him up to his MAX, going over the cap to do so.

And we'd still be able to do likewise with Leonard, Harkless, and Crabbe.

Here's my estimates for this summer (2016):

Guaranteed:
- Lillard, $24.2M
- Aminu, $7.7M
- Davis, 6.7M
- McCollum $3.2M
- Vonleh, $2.7M
- Plumlee, $2.3M
- Connaughton, $874,636

Non-Guaranteed:
- Montero, $874,636
- Alexander, $874,636

Stretched/Waived:
- Varejao, $2.0M

CAP Holds:
- Henderson, $9.0M
- Leonard, $7.7M (restricted)
- Harkless, $7.2M (restricted)
- Kaman, $6.5M
- Roberts, $3.7M
- Crabbe, $2.7M (restricted)

Total Salaries: $88,382,281

CAP Space: $5,617,720

Max Space: $44,249,064 (renouncing rights to all free-agents/CAP Holds and Non-Guarantees.)


Estimated max salaries:
0-6 yr vet: $22.0M
7-9 yr vet: $26.4M
10+ yr vet: $30.8M

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[B-Roy]

Why....? We just signed his replacement. If we bring back all our RFAs, we are already pressed for playing time.

Dame
CJ/Crabbe
Hark/Turner
Aminu/Leonard
Plum/Davis

 

[Denny Crane]

Why....? We just signed his replacement. If we bring back all our RFAs, we are already pressed for playing time.

Dame
CJ/Crabbe
Hark/Turner
Aminu/Leonard
Plum/Davis

Because he's a good player. He played both SG and SF for us. If Stotts wants to run with 4 guards on the floor at once, he's in the rotation. If any of our guards is injured or misses games, he's the guy who'd fill in.

 

[TBpup]

If Portland brings back Crabbe and Harkless, I just don't see where Henderson fits. There just aren't the minutes.

Dame - 36 / CJ - 12
CJ - 22 / Crabbe - 26
Turner - 32 / Harkless - 16
Aminu - 32 / Vonleh - 10 / Harkless - 6
Plumlee / Leonard / Davis

Harkless is only getting 22 minutes in that example as it is. It just doesn't seem like it would be a good use of money to sign Gerald.

 

[Denny Crane]

If Portland brings back Crabbe and Harkless, I just don't see where Henderson fits. There just aren't the minutes.

Dame - 36 / CJ - 12
CJ - 22 / Crabbe - 26
Turner - 32 / Harkless - 16
Aminu - 32 / Vonleh - 10 / Harkless - 6
Plumlee / Leonard / Davis

Harkless is only getting 22 minutes in that example as it is. It just doesn't seem like it would be a good use of money to sign Gerald.

I don't think that's how you should be figuring minutes.

Dame + CJ + Turner + Crabbe + Aminu might be a lineup we see a lot of. And you'd use Harkless and Hendo to rest one of those four guards.

You also have to consider what happens if, CJ, Dame, or Crabbe have to miss a game, get into foul trouble, or miss a stretch of games.

And why wouldn't you play the guys who are playing the best?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Why....? We just signed his replacement. If we bring back all our RFAs, we are already pressed for playing time.

Dame
CJ/Crabbe
Hark/Turner
Aminu/Leonard
Plum/Davis

If this free agent period taught people.....YET AGAIN, is that we don't land big free agents. having as many assets as possible is the best way for us to improve. Having guys like Henderson allows us to maybe move he and others at the deadline for a difference maker.

That's why

 

[Natebishop3]

Denny is still beating that hendo drum.

 

[SwissBlazer]

Now we know. He signed for 2 years 18M with Philly.

 

[B-Roy]

Hendo just signed with Philly for 2/18.

Peace Hendo.

 

[Natebishop3]

Thank god. Now we don't have to see Denny talk about him anymore.

 

[craigehlo]

Good deal for him. He can catch sweet fastbreak passes from Simmons for the next couple years.

 

[illmatic99]

Sergio, Jerryd, and now Gerald?

Good for him. I expected him to get a lot more than that, though.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[TBpup]

Not a surprise he wasn't coming back. Just no slot for him.

 

[BigGameDamian]

LOL

 

[Schilly]

9 mil in space again.

 

[Denny Crane]

Neil still has the ~$10M in cap space to use or lose.

As soon as any combination of our RFAs sign offers that combined are greater than that $10M, he's on the clock.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

So gerald henderson 2 years 18 million, or evan turner 4 years 70 million?

 

[Mediocre Man]

So gerald henderson 2 years 18 million, or evan turner 4 years 70 million?

Turner is a far better OVERALL player than Henderson, and I loved Henderson

 

[Denny Crane]

So gerald henderson 2 years 18 million, or evan turner 4 years 70 million?

Turner.

For those who are happy about losing Hendo, we lost him for nothing in return. And adding Turner to last year's roster is a bigger improvement than adding Turner and losing one or more players from last year's roster.

 

[B-Roy]

Turner.

For those who are happy about losing Hendo, we lost him for nothing in return. And adding Turner to last year's roster is a bigger improvement than adding Turner and losing one or more players from last year's roster.

It's basically trading Hendo at 9M/Year for Turner at 17.5M/Year.

I don't know if I make that deal, but whatever.

 

[SwissBlazer]

It's basically trading Hendo at 9M/Year for Turner at 17.5M/Year.

I don't know if I make that deal, but whatever.

1st year is more 16,3M than 17,5M.

 

[Schilly]

I had in mind all season that Henderson would walk this summer. He was brought in as a stop gap if CJ hadn't blown up. I think we shift focus to a backup PG now.

 

[B-Roy]

1st year is more 16,3M than 17,5M.

You're arguing semantics.

 

[Denny Crane]

It's basically trading Hendo at 9M/Year for Turner at 17.5M/Year.

I don't know if I make that deal, but whatever.

I would.

I figure the Blazers' front court had the biggest glaring weakness and thus need.

I liked Hendo for this team because he's a starting caliber SG/SF (he started most of his career) coming off the bench - better than having some project in his place, IMO. But he wasn't the answer for the front court weaknesses.

I see Turner being our starting SF, and no matter how much I like Aminu and Harkless, I am quite sure Turner is the better player of the three. And I think that Aminu at PF and Turner at SF is a big improvement in the front court, and that Plums' skills at C fit that lineup extremely well.

 

[SwissBlazer]

You're arguing semantics.

Every million is important (or could be).

 

[Denny Crane]

I had in mind all season that Henderson would walk this summer. He was brought in as a stop gap if CJ hadn't blown up. I think we shift focus to a backup PG now.

Actually, me too.

When we traded for Hendo, I wrote that he was a $6M expiring contract and it was a really good deal by Neil for that reason. He did prove valuable on the court, too.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I had in mind all season that Henderson would walk this summer. He was brought in as a stop gap if CJ hadn't blown up. I think we shift focus to a backup PG now.

Do we need a backup point if we have Turner? He played extensive periods with Boston as PG.