Jason Quick: Believes Oden will bolt

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Quick/Canzano are tools and will jump on anything that will make drama just to get there name floated around. No one knows what Oden will do. He could leave he could stay. He could leave, since there is a lot of basketball to be played before next summer i'm personally just going to ignore the situation unless some relevant information from Oden, not clown #1 or clown #2, comes out. If he is healthy and we give him a huge extension at all star break cool, if he isn't healthy or is and he walks then at the end of next year Oden/Wallace/Camby/Amnesty Roy and that what 45 Mill off our books, sounds good to me.

Well said!

 

[Blaze01]

Is that 8-9 a year or 8-9 total? I am guessing you mean 8-9 million a year for 3-4 years. And you accuse the Blazer management of being stupid? You want them to blindly extend his contract 4 more years when he has already missed most of his first 4 years?

I don't think that would be stupid at all, if healthy he would easily get that or more as an UFA...Heck he is GETTING $8.9 as a qulifying offer RIGHT NOW...

So what is POR REALLY on the hook with here? ONE extra year at $9-$1o million and another that they would have an OPTION on? For a guy who, even with all his injuries, which are a legit concern no doubt, is STILL only 23 years old. You only offer the player option so that Oden has the option to opt out (because under such a scenario he has been healthy and playng well and would likely warrant more on the free agent market). Not much for POR to lose under such a deal...one extra year to lock Oden up, especially that it is very likely he will only play about 1/2 the season this year anyway...

So yeah, I think you are wrong...In fact chances are Oden would turn it down, That is why I'd even be willing to go 4 years (year 4 team & player option) to entice him further...