Max Extension offered to Aldridge?

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Treaty_of_Batum said:
Agent planting the seed for next year? This does nothing but add value to LA to let the league know his own team offered him an early max extension
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It's just strange timing though. Why release it now right before the draft?
 
Natebishop3 said:
It's just strange timing though. Why release it now right before the draft?
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It doesn't have to do with the draft in the sense that it was released today. They had to meet LAs camp so they knew what direction to go in.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Except the Blazers leaking what LMA's camp felt could horribly backfire, that's exactly the type of thing LMA hates. It sounds to me like the leak came from LMA's side of things, not the Blazers.
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I didnt mean that the Blazers leaked it. I think the leak came from LMAs camp
 
Natebishop3 said:
It's just strange timing though. Why release it now right before the draft?
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You know the business better than I but many basketball fans glued to twitter and internet, reporters looking everywhere for any information they can pass on. I could see agent giving a one liner about LA and a reporter making a whole article from it.

I think it is more reporters looking for info and asking everyone who is anyone to give them something.
 
RR7 said:
Do you really think it's because they're about to trade him for the top pick?
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I don't know what it's about. We can speculate all we want, but I just think it's a strange time to leak it.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
You know the business better than I but many basketball fans glued to twitter and internet, reporters looking everywhere for any information they can pass on. I could see agent giving a one liner about LA and a reporter making a whole article from it.

I think it is more reporters looking for info and asking everyone who is anyone to give them something.
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This is probably the most reasonable explanation. That it was mentioned in passing to Woj and he ran with it because everyone is going nuts for information right now.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I don't know what it's about. We can speculate all we want, but I just think it's a strange time to leak it.
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Could just be when he got the info. Talking to agent about other trades and that came out
 
RR7 said:
Could just be when he got the info. Talking to agent about other trades and that came out
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Probably. Like I said, it's the most realistic explanation. Woj is bugging agents for info and it got passed along.

However, if it was intentionally leaked, it would make for an interesting side story.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I bet you've named your right hand Jabari and your penis Parker.
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You deleted my comment about PapaG jerking it to YouTube clips of Lamarcus Aldridge taking jumpers, yet you post this be consistent.
 
I cracked the secret code for you, Nate!


Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen and general manager Neil Olshey formally presented the representatives of three-time All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge a maximum contract extension in Los Angeles last week, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Allen and Olshey met with Wasserman Media Group agents Thad Foucher and Arn Tellem to lay out the max contract extension scenarios available to Aldridge and reaffirm the franchise's desire to secure him for the long term, league sources said.
With only a remote chance that Aldridge will agree to the three-year, $55.5 million extension afforded him this summer under the collective bargaining agreement, the Blazers are determined to keep Aldridge on a five-year, $108 million extension that he can sign upon reaching free agency next summer.
Aldridge has publicly and privately expressed a strong desire to stay with the Blazers, and there's believed to be significant momentum toward him ultimately recommitting to Portland. The fact that the owner and GM made the trip to present the offer face-to-face wasn't lost on Aldridge's camp, sources said.
In a career-best season, Aldridge averaged 23.2 points and 11.1 rebounds in leading the Blazers to the Western Conference semifinals. Aldridge was selected as a third-team All-NBA player.
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Just for a historical perspective Kevin Garnett and Carmelo Anthony both signed max extensions before being traded not that it is likely here but its possible.
 
cmeese47 said:
You deleted my comment about PapaG jerking it to YouTube clips of Lamarcus Aldridge taking jumpers, yet you post this be consistent.
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1. It's good to be the king.

2. You were meaning it as an insult, I was clearly joking and he took it that way.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
1. It's good to be the king.

2. You were meaning it as an insult, I was clearly joking and he took it that way.
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I just thought that you were really good at guessing names and wanted to showcase it.
 
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Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen and general manager Neil Olshey formally presented the representatives of three-time All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge a maximum contract extension in Los Angeles last week, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Allen and Olshey met with Wasserman Media Group agents Thad Foucher and Arn Tellem to lay out the max contract extension scenarios available to Aldridge and reaffirm the franchise's desire to secure him for the long term, league sources said.
With only a remote chance that Aldridge will agree to the three-year, $55.5 million extension afforded him this summer under the collective bargaining agreement, the Blazers are determined to keep Aldridge on a five-year, $108 million extension that he can sign upon reaching free agency next summer.
Aldridge has publicly and privately expressed a strong desire to stay with the Blazers, and there's believed to be significant momentum toward him ultimately recommitting to Portland. The fact that the owner and GM made the trip to present the offer face-to-face wasn't lost on Aldridge's camp, sources said.
In a career-best season, Aldridge averaged 23.2 points and 11.1 rebounds in leading the Blazers to the Western Conference semifinals. Aldridge was selected as a third-team All-NBA player.
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