JQuick one on one interview with Nicolas Batum (2 Viewers)

[Mediocre Man]

Think they'd give us Plumlee?

They don't have Plumlee

 

[Rain Man]

Why do you think you're going to get fair value for Batum? Do you not understand he is a free agent, and by simply trading Luke Ridnour we could offer him more money than you can match?

 

[RR7]

Why do you think you're going to get fair value for Batum? Do you not understand he is a free agent, and by simply trading Luke Ridnour we could offer him more money than you can match?

why don't you understand restricted free agency, and that there is not a dollar amount you can offer we can not match.

 

[Rain Man]

 

[Natebishop3]

Why do you think you're going to get fair value for Batum? Do you not understand he is a free agent, and by simply trading Luke Ridnour we could offer him more money than you can match?

..... DERP! He's an RFA HERP DERP!

There isn't a number that you can offer him that we can't match. We could offer him 14 million per year if we felt like it. Go to the web and look up "bird rights" and "restricted free agent".

Reading is fundamental!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Why do you think you're going to get fair value for Batum? Do you not understand he is a free agent, and by simply trading Luke Ridnour we could offer him more money than you can match?

We can match whatever we want to. Our owners net worth is ten times your owners

 

[Natebishop3]

Bye

 

[ironcrotch]

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[RR7]

Bye

 

[Mediocre Man]

Dwight Jaynes ‏@dwightjaynes
Keep in mind, there is no need for Minny to rush the offer sheet. As soon as Batum signs it, that's the end of the sign-and-trade.

 

[Mediocre Man]

 

[ironcrotch]

Dwight Jaynes ‏@dwightjaynes
Keep in mind, there is no need for Minny to rush the offer sheet. As soon as Batum signs it, that's the end of the sign-and-trade.

That makes no sense, they can't even AFFORD an offer sheet. That seems like what they should rush towards first.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Darren Wolfson ‏@DarrenWolfson
Kahn doesn't want to. Adelman will if need be. 1st choice is to find a deal w/o him though. RT @BennyBeThis @DarrenWolfson Give up D-Will?

 

[Natebishop3]

I would deal Batum for Williams in a heartbeat. Let Minny take the albatross.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Dwight Jaynes ‏@dwightjaynes
Keep in mind, there is no need for Minny to rush the offer sheet. As soon as Batum signs it, that's the end of the sign-and-trade.

If Allen has his heels dug in then we can probably just resign ourselves that Nic is either going to be an overpaid Blazer or accept his QO and bolt as a UFA next summer

*sigh*

 

[ironcrotch]

I would deal Batum for Williams in a heartbeat. Let Minny take the albatross.

Yup. 11.5 is bloated. Especially when guys like Ilyasova and Anderson got 9.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Darren Wolfson ‏@DarrenWolfson
Kahn doesn't want to. Adelman will if need be. 1st choice is to find a deal w/o him though. RT @BennyBeThis @DarrenWolfson Give up D-Will?

If this is true, they are not very good at poker.......

 

[Mediocre Man]

Jason Quick ‏@jwquick
@daldridgetnt interview with @nicolas88batum is consistent with my OTR interview, except Nic saying he wants to "move on" That surprised me

 

[Mediocre Man]

Dwight Jaynes ‏@dwightjaynes
Keep in mind, there is no need for Minny to rush the offer sheet. As soon as Batum signs it, that's the end of the sign-and-trade.

Dwight Jaynes ‏@dwightjaynes
Great point .. probably correct RT @CHold: Nic might want to rush it so he can start contact/games with French national team

 

[e_blazer]

Any truth to the rumor that Paul Allen plans to take revenge for the Batum fiasco by buying Minnesota and renaming the twin cities Minneapolis-St. Paul Allen?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Any truth to the rumor that Paul Allen plans to take revenge for the Batum fiasco by buying Minnesota and renaming the twin cities Minneapolis-St. Paul Allen?

Awesome

 

[Natebishop3]

Yup. 11.5 is bloated. Especially when guys like Ilyasova and Anderson got 9.

If it's any indication of how I feel, I would trade Batum for Anderson in a second.

 

[Mediocre Man]

If it's any indication of how I feel, I would trade Batum for Anderson in a second.

Or Ilyasova

 

[Natebishop3]

Or Ilyasova

I honestly don't know much about Ilyasova... but probably.

 

[BBert]

Chris Haynes ‏@ChrisBHaynes
With all the different Nicolas Batum trade scenarios, I'm hearing Derrick Williams is "untouchable." #Blazers

If true, then Nico should also be "untouchable". No way Portland takes on their refuse. Sign him and either he buys-in once he meets our new coach/players, or we trade him later.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The 'Xenu' of this KFAN group:

 

[DaLincolnJones]

awwww guys...you banned Rain Man, damn it all to hell! I was just warming up to the little troll.

 

[Natebishop3]

awwww guys...you banned Rain Man, damn it all to hell! I was just warming up to the little troll.

It's bad enough that we have to live with the memory of Greg Oden, we don't need a bunch of scrub Minny fans reminding us we passed on Durant.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Minny trolls are so trivial. I kind of like them, when feeling bad about the Blazers they remind me at least I haven't been a Wolves fan for the past decade . . . yuck!

 

[Natebishop3]

Minny trolls are so trivial. I kind of like them, when feeling bad about the Blazers they remind me at least I haven't been a Wolves fan for the past decade . . . yuck!

I really wouldn't care if they weren't posting porn. I'm at work, I can't have that shit on my screen.