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Hope this is true... I'd be pretty excited!

Ed O.
 
BTW, new to the forum however I am familiar with most of you as I frequented the BBF board back in the day (man has that place changed for the worst) and read most of your posts for info on the Blazers since I am now living in the Bay area. I look forward to contributing and reading everyone posts. Go Blazers.
 
Blazer4life said:
BTW, new to the forum however I am familiar with most of you as I frequented the BBF board back in the day (man has that place changed for the worst) and read most of your posts for info on the Blazers since I am now living in the Bay area. I look forward to contributing and reading everyone posts. Go Blazers.
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Welcome to S2 and you beat me to the Livingston Hoopsworld link.
 
Livingston would only add to the youth and potential of this Blazers club. You guys will be good this year, better next year, and better the year after, and who knows where the ceiling is. Kevin Pritchard is a God.
 
That would be one more former lottery pick to add to the rotation. During Bob Whittsett's era the team was littered with former lottery picks. This team has a different feel, but also has many players who went high in the draft:


Lottery picks denoted with *

PG -- Blake, Sergio, Bayless*, Livingston*
SG -- Roy*, Rudy
SF -- Webster*, Outlaw, Batum
PF -- Aldridge*, Frye*, Diogu*, Lafrentz*
C -- Oden*, Pryzbilla*

Interesting how the entire front line is full of lottery picks.
 
If this is true, I'm very excited. It also means Pritchard and co. generally liked what they saw in Livingston's medical reports. At least enough to make them think this wasn't a no-hope situation.
 
Thanks Tortimer. No worries, usually I am too busy to post when news breaks and I typically find out later. Just so happens I had a gap in my scheduele at work and I came across it. Seriously though, we have an embarrassment of riches. Something will need to be done in the future to thin this roster out.
 
Blazer4life said:
BTW, new to the forum however I am familiar with most of you as I frequented the BBF board back in the day (man has that place changed for the worst) and read most of your posts for info on the Blazers since I am now living in the Bay area. I look forward to contributing and reading everyone posts. Go Blazers.
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Welcome to the board.

Glad to see a fellow Bay Area Blazer Fan!!! :cheers:
 
Blazer4life said:
Thanks Tortimer. No worries, usually I am too busy to post when news breaks and I typically find out later. Just so happens I had a gap in my scheduele at work and I came across it. Seriously though, we have an embarrassment of riches. Something will need to be done in the future to thin this roster out.
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I agree we are loaded and the only thing I would have liked is if we could have keep Hill for Oden's punching bag instead of Joel. I hope he makes it back but we have way to many PG's. If it wasn't for Rudy I could see us getting rid of Sergio soon but I doubt we will until next year or at least later this year.
 
KP probabaly did the analysis and decided to go for it, but I think this credit should go to PA who doesn't mind spending money on a risk.

If it was clear Livingston was going to come back, many teams would have pursued him and in fact the Clippers would not have waived him. He is a gamble, only three teams were interested and I'm guessing we offered Livingston the most lucrative deal.

Guesses on what the contract terms are?
 
I'm gonna laugh if the the Trail Blazers announce they ARE NOT signing Livingston today.
 
it's_GO_time said:
KP probabaly did the analysis and decided to go for it, but I think this credit should go to PA who doesn't mind spending money on a risk.

If it was clear Livingston was going to come back, many teams would have pursued him and in fact the Clippers would not have waived him. He is a gamble, only three teams were interested and I'm guessing we offered Livingston the most lucrative deal.

Guesses on what the contract terms are?
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I would guess a 3 year deal at around 2 million a year with the 3rd year a team option.
 
Blazer4life said:
BTW, new to the forum however I am familiar with most of you as I frequented the BBF board back in the day (man has that place changed for the worst) and read most of your posts for info on the Blazers since I am now living in the Bay area. I look forward to contributing and reading everyone posts. Go Blazers.
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Nice to see you back B4L. I assume you'll be playing the predictions game again this year. You used to be fairly regular.

I look forward to seeing more of your posts.

Gramps...
 
Damn, I just can't believe we got him. Nate is going to love this guy, simply because he cares about defense and distribution.
 
it's_GO_time said:
If it was clear Livingston was going to come back, many teams would have pursued him and in fact the Clippers would not have waived him. He is a gamble, only three teams were interested and I'm guessing we offered Livingston the most lucrative deal.
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I would imagine that KP probably also told him something along the lines of "don't expect to see a lot of time this year. You saw what we did with Greg, we want to make sure our people are fully healthy before we throw them into the fray. I want to have you start to gel with the team and get to know them and continue on improving the health of your leg and in the long-term, we expect you to be part of the 8-10 championships we expect to claim in the next 10-12 years." :clap:

Gramps...
 
This seems to imply a couple of things... one that Sergio's days as 3rd string PG are numbered (how often will we even bother with a 3rd PG?), and two, that KP may see Livingston as the solution for backup PG when Bayless takes over as a starter in a year or two (when we drop Blake). Allen's not in the charity business, so a signing would imply that he can bring us value either now or in the future. Since we can always draft some no-name 3rd stinger PG, KP must see him as more valuable than that.

So, 2008-09:
Blake/Bayless/Livingston (Sergio traded with Rafe?)

09-10:
Bayless/Livingston/Draft Fodder
 
Tortimer said:
I would guess a 3 year deal at around 2 million a year with the 3rd year a team option.
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I wasn't sure they'd want to mess with next year's cap space. I was guessing a 1 year guaranteed, second year is a team option. If there's no progress after 2 years, I didn't think they'd want a third anyway.
 
Thanks GrandpaBlaze and blazerboy30. I'll be predicting this year for sure GrandpaBlaze, no worries. Man what are we going to do with all these point guards. If Rudy wasn't here, it would be easy to see Sergio moved in a trade for a future draft pick to a team like New York immeadiately but now, who knows. Not that I expect Shaun to play much if at all this year, but as for Sergio goes, clearly the writing is on the wall.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
So, 2008-09:
Blake/Bayless/Livingston (Sergio traded with Rafe?)

09-10:
Bayless/Livingston/Draft Fodder
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I don't think Livingston can be penciled into any depth charts, this year or next. This is more like a player stashed overseas. Definitely won't help us this year, might never. You just hold the rights and hope.

Meantime, depth charts go as normal. I think Rodriguez will get one more year to try to make an impression.
 
That's fair... just push my plan out a year (since 09-10 is Blake's third year of his three-year deal):

08-09: Blake/Bayless/Sergio/Livingston (IR)

09-10: Bayless/Blake/Livingston

10-11: Bayless/Livingston
 
Minstrel said:
I don't think Livingston can be penciled into any depth charts, this year or next. This is more like a player stashed overseas. Definitely won't help us this year, might never. You just hold the rights and hope.

Meantime, depth charts go as normal. I think Rodriguez will get one more year to try to make an impression.
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Minstrel I respectfully disagree. With the way Sergio was buried on the bench last year, the strong summer of Bayless and Blakes supposed dedication to his offseason workouts and repeatedly printed on internet blogs that he was the best point guard in the scrimmages Sergio seems already an afterthought not only to the media, but to the team as well. If Pritchard thought so highly of Sergio then getting 2 pointguards this offseason (one not even fully recovered from a devastating injury) would be necessary.
 
Tortimer said:
I would guess a 3 year deal at around 2 million a year with the 3rd year a team option.
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Sounds logical. But taht would mean he would get at least 4 mil and maybe 6 mil.

I say give him a 3 yr deal at 3 mil per year with a two year team option. That means he gets at least 3 and maybe 9 mil. 3 mil a year is a lot at this stage, but PA paid 3 mil for the draft rights of Joe Freeland . . . I don't think 3 mil means that much to him.
 
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