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The Professional Fan said:
Quick said Kanter was first priority and Kanter has known exactly what Portland could offer. So did hood. Hood wanted to stay and made up his mind first. Kanter did not. Blazers gave him 45 minutes. Quick called Kanter a drama queen
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Actions. Speak. Louder. Than. Words.

Good luck with the Celtics. Guess who the great people of Boston are going to scapegoat first?
 
Scalma said:
Actions. Speak. Louder. Than. Words.

Good luck with the Celtics. Guess who the great people of Boston are going to scapegoat first?
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He's stepping into Horford gozillion dollar shoes, and doing it for $5 mil/year/
 
The Celtics team defense is gonna be pretty bad.
 
Kanter had a chance to take an offer from the Blazers but passed it up for the Celtics. Hope he is happy with his new team. Wonder if he will be available on the waiver wire again?
 
The only part I'm not sure about is whether Hood would've stayed if we could only pay him $4.16 million. I think for the rest this is how it likely went down:

Olshey offered Kanter the same deal he signed Hood with. Kanter said he wanted to see what other offers are out there first. Olshey told him that he will give him 45 minutes to decide but if he doesn't accept by then we can't risk losing out on someone else during that time. Up until this point Olshey didn't think Hood was coming back. To his surprise Hood's agent said he really wanted to stay and would take less to do so but didn't want to pass up other offers if we were using the MLE on Kanter.

Kanter still wanted to wait and see if any teams that missed out would offer more. Olshey told him he was running out of time and needed a decision in a few minutes. Kanter tried to stall him as long as possible but Olshey was like sorry we are going to re-sign Hood. He told Kanter he'd still like him back at the minimum and that offended Kanter so Olshey said he's gotta move on to trade possibilities and took advantage of Miami needing to clear salary.
 
kjironman1 said:
Kanter had a chance to take an offer from the Blazers but passed it up for the Celtics. Hope he is happy with his new team. Wonder if he will be available on the waiver wire again?
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Not exactly, we couldn't offer him that deal anymore so if money was equal I think he would've chose Portland but we had already moved on.
 
Serbian said:
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Guys, this statement is so fuckin obvious joke and how you don't get it is out of this world. Seems like 'Mericans got completely different sense of humor. Enes is a fun guy. It's so embarrassing when you have to explain you joking to adults. Of course 5mil is dif than 1.7 and Dame ("I was there" with 50mil/y) probably knows it:) Kanter went with funy storry as he always does.
I like him, he really got serious things to think about outside of NBA. Good luck to him. Great dude.
 
hoopsjock said:
The only part I'm not sure about is whether Hood would've stayed if we could only pay him $4.16 million. I think for the rest this is how it likely went down:

Olshey offered Kanter the same deal he signed Hood with. Kanter said he wanted to see what other offers are out there first. Olshey told him that he will give him 45 minutes to decide but if he doesn't accept by then we can't risk losing out on someone else during that time. Up until this point Olshey didn't think Hood was coming back. To his surprise Hood's agent said he really wanted to stay and would take less to do so but didn't want to pass up other offers if we were using the MLE on Kanter.

Kanter still wanted to wait and see if any teams that missed out would offer more. Olshey told him he was running out of time and needed a decision in a few minutes. Kanter tried to stall him as long as possible but Olshey was like sorry we are going to re-sign Hood. He told Kanter he'd still like him back at the minimum and that offended Kanter so Olshey said he's gotta move on to trade possibilities and took advantage of Miami needing to clear salary.
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How about this for another idea that would work along the same lines?
Maybe this is a way Kanter can get paid and then be traded for later? Maybe even deadline?
 
Next time, when someone tells you: "I couldn't stop them, there was millions of them" you speak tru and say "I was there, ain't tru, it was 147"
He basically said time given was to short for him.
 
royo said:
Guys, this statement is so fuckin obvious joke and how you don't get it is out of this world. Seems like 'Mericans got completely different sense of humor. Enes is a fun guy. It's so embarrassing when you have to explain you joking to adults. Of course 5mil is dif than 1.7 and Dame ("I was there" with 50mil/y) probably knows it:) Kanter went with funy storry as he always does.
I like him, he really got serious things to think about outside of NBA. Good luck to him. Great dude.
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Dame wouldn't have replied if it was a joke.
 
kjironman1 said:
How about this for another idea that would work along the same lines?
Maybe this is a way Kanter can get paid and then be traded for later? Maybe even deadline?
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I thought about that before free agency but why would Boston be interested in that and we don't need Kanter anymore.

What about if Kanter sucks in Boston. If Nurk is back by the deadline and Boston needs a legit defensive center we trade Whiteside for Gordon Hayward.
 
Scalma said:
That’s because the guy that tweeted hashtagged NHL on accident. He re worked it. Could be a shot at Kanter.

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God I wish people on Twitter weren't so fucking cryptic.
 
Scalma said:
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Thanks for posting that. What I love about it is confirmation Dame is actively involved in these personnel decisions. Most the time I believe it's just lip service from management/ownership/star players alike, but it sounds very much like Dame was truly in the circle with his tie half un-done pacing back and forth and deliberating the pros and cons of such and such. I can see the argument where players have no business being involved, but I think with basketball it's a little different where half the battle is getting your star players to buy in and give a fuck. Actually, giving them a voice or just being present in the room seems a pretty good tactic for raising a player's interest or even devotion in the team.
 
hoopsjock said:
I thought about that before free agency but why would Boston be interested in that and we don't need Kanter anymore.

What about if Kanter sucks in Boston. If Nurk is back by the deadline and Boston needs a legit defensive center we trade Whiteside for Gordon Hayward.
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This place would explode (Not in a good way) if the Blazers went after Gordon Hayward. Not sure why all the hate but for some reason just the mention of it seems to draw negative comments? But i wouldn't mind seeing him here?
 
Red Rooster said:
He had a choice, and he chose. If he loved Portland, the success of last season, knew how much the fans liked him, and seen the direction of the club, then it should've been a no brainer. It's a business; he was exercising his business side in considering Boston, and Portland was exercising their business in wanting a decision so they could pull the trigger on Whiteside. GL in Boston.
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snooze you lose
 
Red Rooster said:
He had a choice, and he chose. If he loved Portland, the success of last season, knew how much the fans liked him, and seen the direction of the club, then it should've been a no brainer. It's a business; he was exercising his business side in considering Boston, and Portland was exercising their business in wanting a decision so they could pull the trigger on Whiteside. GL in Boston.
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Yeah, you go ahead and give up millions of dollars. Unfortunately, in our capitalistic nation those millions may never be able to be garnered. Can't fault a guy for getting the best deal he could get. 6 mins isn't a lot of time to make that decision.
 
As much as I wanted Enes to stay ... and it looks like we could have retained him ... I'm not unhappy with how it worked out. Whiteside's a top-notch rebounder and defender. He sets great screens from the little I've seen. He finishes with authority. And it's a one-year deal. But his track record is he is going to make more of an impact over the course of the season than Meyers and Mo would have combined.

And then we have another open roster spot, so you factor that into this deal. If Olshey can do what he did around the trade deadline last year with this opening, it might not be hitting it out of the park, but it's at least an extra-base hit.
 
Red Rooster said:
I'm saying that the money shouldn't have even mattered if he was serious about his feelings about Portland
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Really? Like... really?

2-3 million is always 2-3 million. I'd move to Boston for a year for 3 million more than another team can offer.
 
dviss1 said:
Really? Like... really?

2-3 million is always 2-3 million. I'd move to Boston for a year for 3 million more than another team can offer.
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Yeah, but you grew up in a culture that puts a lot of value to that. And $3 million to your or me is a lot more than $3 million is to a guy who already has made $100 million and still is going to be making several million this year regardless of where he signs.

It's all relative.
 
PCmor7 said:
Yeah, but you grew up in a culture that puts a lot of value to that.
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No... No I didn't.

I was raised and it is ingrained in me that piece of mind is much more valuable than money.
That you work to live not vice versa.

Looking at a bigger picture (it's only really a 1 year deal) and understanding that you can get a much bigger payday for doing the same work gives piece of mind.

3 million is always 3 million and some of these guys bills are that much a year.
 
dviss1 said:
No... No I didn't.

I was raised and it is ingrained in me that piece of mind is much more valuable than money.
That you work to live not vice versa.

Looking at a bigger picture (it's only really a 1 year deal) and understanding that you can get a much bigger payday for doing the same work gives piece of mind.

3 million is always 3 million and some of these guys bills are that much a year.
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My mistake for making the assumption that you were raised in the United States.

I agree with you that peace of mind is more valuable than money. However, you conflate the two because you are saying money is what gives you peace of mind.

That's typical American philosophy of life right there. That money is the key to everything. So you rationalize that money is important to everyone by rationalizing that money is important to you.
 
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