Ifeaanyi Festus Ezeli is in town and preparing to interview w Blazers

[Rhal]

His knees must be shot.

Lots of worry about the knees but he positions himself well. In two years the cap jumps 8-10m again and if he can show his knees are't an issue he will get PAID.

 

[riverman]

His knees must be shot.

BUZZKILL!!!!!

 

[RonBrewer]

Hell yes!!!

 

[riverman]

I'm frickin' stoked...we could've been stuck with DHoward and a gutted bench

 

[ripcityboy]

started on a 1964 Kay sunburst acoustic and an Italian Eco Sears and Roebuck Strat copy with a Kalamazoo tube amp and a tremolo function...great for an In a gadda davida jam session when I was 10

Bought my first from the guy who used to run a guitar shop over in Clackamas. Had that band Deadmoon who were big in places like NZ. He moved the shop to PDX years ago. It was a right handed Fender Strat copy that I THOUGHT I could play.
Traded it in for Lefty Mexican Strat that I had Ransom guitars in SF make a special "routed neck" for. I don't like the quality of lefty guitars. They quality is usually shit and so is the availability. So I've heavily moded all my electrics.

 

[riverman]

Bought my first from the guy who used to run a guitar shop over in Clackamas. Had that band Deadmoon who were big in places like NZ. He moved the shop to PDX years ago. It was a right handed Fender Strat that I THOUGHT I could play.
Traded it in for Lefty Mexican Strat that I had Random guitars in SF make a special "routed neck" for. I don't like the quality of lefty Guitar's. They quality is usually shit and so is the availability. So I've heavily moded all my electrics.

Someday I'll take photos and load them of my collection...it's interesting for guitar lovers..been an instrument junkie all my life but always have a guitar that I keep around for a decade at least. When I get a new one, I pass another one onto my son.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

OMG. for only 16 mil total?????

That means we can bring everyone back.

NOW I like this deal!

 

[0-Our!]

This Ezeli deal alone is awesome BUT coupled w/ Turner for the complete expenditure IS also... excellent! How many around here hit the "panic button" w/ Neil? Have some faith in the man, @ least give him some time; the man produces!!!

 

[riverman]

I like that Stotts is vetted in these acquisitions. They have a real sense of direction as to style of play and need. We needed perimeter defenders and another Batum like facilitator on the wing. Stotts nailed it in the Turner introduction

 

[ripcityboy]

Someday I'll take photos and load them of my collection...it's interesting for guitar lovers..been an instrument junkie all my life but always have a guitar that I keep around for a decade at least

Cool. I don't really play much anymore. Broke my finger bad a while back and it never heal right. I loved playing the Clarence White stuff and I can't do it anymore. So I'm still getting my syncopation back. Now I know why Lenny Breau never broke his fall when he got dead drunk.

 

[riverman]

Cool. I don't really play much anymore. Broke my finger bad a while back and it never heal right. I loved playing the Clarence White stuff and I can't do it anymore. So I'm still getting my syncopation back. Now I know why Lenny Breau never broke his fall when he got dead drunk.

open tuning and slide should solve your problem...get a dulcimer and a dobro

 

[0-Our!]

Nice work, detective.

Thank you sir! It's... what I do!

 

[ripcityboy]

open tuning and slide should solve your problem...get a dulcimer and a dobro

I'll think about it. I just can't get all the fingers to move in sequence. It's like keys of a piano and one key is sticking. Took me six months to feel normal on a keyboard again.

 

[chzbrgr]

Yes like the move VERY reasonable contract very shrewd neil very shrewd

 

[Denny Crane]

Two year deal sounds like a solid gamble if we get his bird rights.

I think he would have to be a Blazer for 3 seasons for full Bird rights.

 

[riverman]

This was just a smart, blue collar signing ..free agents do actually fly to Portland and want to play here after all. I like the Layman draft pick as well...going to be an interesting roster as it stands

 

[Schilly]

Because he is courting us not the other way around. Also I suspect Neil would be just fine moving forward with our RFA's. If he holds out maybe Festus settles for a contract that doesn't require anymore renouncing.

Thank you very much!

 

[Minstrel]

His knees must be shot.

If his knees were "shot," the Blazers wouldn't even throw away $16M. This is pretty clearly a "make-good" deal--play for two years and try to build his value if he has no major knee injuries. Low risk for the Blazers, a chance to get back on the market quickly for Ezeli if his knees cooperate. If they don't, $16M is a nice insurance policy.

 

[masieo]

 

[Eastoff]

Holy shit

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Team option? His knees are definitely risky.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I like this contract. Team doesn't have to cut an arm off trying to get this guy, he gets a short-term deal to prove he's worth more and the Blazers can pull the ripcord if his knees explode.

Shame we didn't get to year three and bird rights, but fuck it. Not bad.

 

[BBert]

OMG. for only 16 mil total?????

That means we can bring everyone back.

I am pleased.

 

[BBert]

So who's the dick that reported Ezili for $20mil per when he first got to town?