Zombie Joel Freeland misses tournament to take physical and sign with Blazers

[Mediocre Man]

Pryz is a FA. Has there been any talk of him re-signing?

I haven't heard anything in the media about it? One of us here needs to find out the exact salary figure we need to be at this year

 

[3RA1N1AC]

nice! the real cooney!

 

[BrianFromWA]

what do you mean? The minimum is 49.337M. Roy by himself is being paid $16,460,538, so we're well on our way.

 

[Natebishop3]

Good news. I've been excited to see how Freeland does over here. Good signing.

 

[Mediocre Man]

what do you mean? The minimum is 49.337M. Roy by himself is being paid $16,460,538, so we're well on our way.

How does Roy count?

 

[BrianFromWA]

answered in other thread. We're playing tag here.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think Joel is a nice cheap pick up. Ideally he and Meyers would have been the back ups this year at the C/PF spots. As of right now one needs to start. But it's still early.

 

[Nikolokolus]

If you consider Claver "white" (not sure if we do), and they sign him and resign Joel, the team would be 1/3 white. (Joel, Joel, Claver, Babbitt and Leonard)

They'd be the Boston Celtics of the 80's, minus the nice talent at the top.

Have you seen Claver? ... If he's not a whitey then we've set the cutoff at luminous.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

but claver is hispanic

 

[Blazinaway]

still gonna need another backup big, I say give Anthony Randolph a shot, sign him to a 1 yr deal with a team option for the second

 

[mook]

Great to hear. Very reasonable contract for a guy his age and size. He'll be a decent trade chip over the next 3 years even if he doesn't fit in well next to LMA.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

How much was Freeland being paid in Europe?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

900k euro NET income i believe

 

[3RA1N1AC]

he was coming off the 3rd year of a 5 year 4.5 million eu contract

 

[Pinwheel1]

still gonna need another backup big, I say give Anthony Randolph a shot, sign him to a 1 yr deal with a team option for the second

He wouldn't be bad but that would not solve the problem. He is listed as a 210 lb SF. We would still need some bulk in the middle.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS Joel Freeland's three-year, $9M agreement with the Blazers is contingent on resolving a buyout with his Spanish League team, source says.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

his buyout is 1.5 million eu

 

[Natebishop3]

his buyout is 1.5 million eu

That shouldn't be a problem, right?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

That shouldn't be a problem, right?

if he is signing here than no, i would assume not

blazers can contribute 550k us$$ no problem, any amount over that goes towards the teams salary

 

[3RA1N1AC]

so in other words, yeah, no problem

 

[Natebishop3]

so in other words, yeah, no problem

Sweet.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

If you consider Claver "white" (not sure if we do), and they sign him and resign Joel, the team would be 1/3 white. (Joel, Joel, Claver, Babbitt and Leonard)

They'd be the Boston Celtics of the 80's, minus the nice talent at the top.

It's OK, we can re-sign Joel and acquiring more white guys which will allow us to go over the "white cap".

 

[santeesioux]

So are we going to start getting some fans from England on here now? They would be preferable to our friends from the Midwest. The Hcp would probably love them.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

think of the merchandise possibilities for austin powers teeth alone

 

[Mediocre Man]

Joe Freeman ‏@BlazerFreeman
#Blazers GM Olshey confirmed team is working on buyout with Malaga to bring Joel Freeland over. My guess is something finalized by Friday.

 

[MickZagger]

Fuck yeah. Lets see what this Freeland cat is all about!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen
@pdxtrailblazers euro paper work final PF/C Joel Freeland expect signed in PDX Tom...Also welcome back JJ Hickson! good work by BB staff.

 

[Mediocre Man]

#19

Love his voice

Stretch 4

Can play the 5 a little bit as well

Likes the pick and roll

Very well spoken

25 years old now

Blazers hounded him everyday to sign, which meant a lot to him

Tried to follow team as much as possible in Europe

Faster paced game in NBA

Much greater athletes from top to bottom in NBA

LOL brought up Nic's contract issue as for reason he didn't play against GB

Excited about Olympics

Hasn't spoken about role yet. Knows he needs to fight for position

He will come over early to prepare for season

Loves the game of basketball

Been here in 2007 for summer league practice

GF will come with him

Used to the rain from England

If he is going to play the 5 he will need to put weight on

 

[BlazerBeav]

Great interview - very well spoken.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Listening to him reminded me that I need to get caught up on all my MI5 TV shows I taped this summer. Awesome show BTW if you have never seen it.