Maynor wants to stay in Portland!!!!

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Eric Maynor Hopes To Remain With Blazers

After spending most of his NBA career with the Thunder, Eric Maynor is just seven games into his stint with the Trail Blazers, but is enjoying his time in Portland so far. As he tells Chris Haynes of CSNNW.com, Maynor hopes the team tenders him a qualifying offer, and is very open to the idea of remaining a Blazer beyond this season.

"That would be great for me," Maynor said of potentially receiving a qualifying offer. "There's a bunch of cool dudes that work hard and want to get better. I'm used to that and those are the type of guys I want to be around. This is the type of team that I want to be on."

General manager Neil Olshey is keeping his options open when it comes to filling out the roster this summer, so it's not clear yet whether Maynor will be re-signed. But according to the Blazers GM, the club had the future in mind when it traded for Maynor last month.

"We acquired Eric because we felt he could be a long-term solution at a position of need," Olshey said. "Obviously we are pleased with the impact he has made and how quickly he has fit in. We plan to use the remainder of the season to evaluate how he, and all of our potential free agents, fit into our roster composition."

Wow awesome!!! Great read!

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2013/03/eric-maynor-hopes-to-remain-with-blazers.html

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Stop showcasing him and shut him down for the season.

It's great what he says about the Blazers, but does anyone feel he will pick the Blazers for less money? He will sign with the team that offers him the most, IMO. (and this is not a rip on Maynor, just the reality of the situation . . . it's a business).

I do think the Blazers offer a qualifying offer so they have the option to match.

 

[magnifier661]

Stop showcasing him and shut him down for the season.

It's great what he says about the Blazers, but does anyone feel he will pick the Blazers for less money? He will sign with the team that offers him the most, IMO. (and this is not a rip on Maynor, just the reality of the situation . . . it's a business)

Hopefully oshley will work something out before he hits the market. But if not, maybe we let the market decide and go from there. I know it's a 5 mil cap hold; but you can't find a better back up, IMO.

 

[julius]

I hate how i read his name as "mayor" everytime I see it.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Done. Get it done, Olshey. This kid is worthy of locking up valuable cap space for. I'm sold. This kid could be a huge piece of a talented 3-guard rotation.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I hate how i read his name as "mayor" everytime I see it.

If he keeps playing the way he has been, maybe he can be...

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[ripmycity]

Do it!! Whatever that is. Bench him, now.

 

[jlprk]

I prefer to call him Maynard.

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2013/03/eric-maynor-hopes-to-remain-with-blazers.html

Clicking around there...McMillan will not return to Team USA!

http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2013/03/11/nba-seattle-nate-mcmillian-head-coach-year-off/

The reality is, a new head coach will want to pick new assistants. McMillan's pretending it's his own decision to leave.

 

[ripmycity]

Since Maynor has been here. Our offensive efficiency has been 113.1, 1st in the league. Ahead of 112.9 clippers. Shhhhhhh......

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

We've been given a gift. We need to roll with this and make it happen.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

It's impossible for us to let Maynor go now....

How do we get our center? Seems like Olshey really wants a center and his last option would be to bring Hickson back...

Does Phoenix want our lotto pick for Gortat? Would we have to give them Leonard too? Do we trade our lotto pick for future picks so we maintain a more flexible cap?

Do we try to offer Al Jeff the rest of our cap space (9-10) after we sign Maynor?

Do we go after Dalembert to hold it down until Leonard is ready?

Maynor sure has thrown a wrench into our plans this summer. There is no way we can let him go.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Do whatever, but if we're a year or two away from being really competitive, you don't let Leonard go. You can't afford that. You pick up one of these aging vets in FA and you let it bake. We're not going to be a top team overnight.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Since Maynor has been here. Our offensive efficiency has been 113.1, 1st in the league. Ahead of 112.9 clippers. Shhhhhhh......

Wow... damn...!

I mean, we always knew our starters were mostly fine, but our bench sucked... now that we have a real point guard on the team, we're golden!

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Wow... damn...!

I mean, we always knew our starters were mostly fine, but our bench sucked... now that we have a real point guard on the team, we're golden!

I haven't been this excited for years, as far as our guard situation. There was a time in the mid-90's when we had Rider and Anderson (I believe this was our situation at the time), and the Blazers were pursuing Cassell to form a strong 3-guard rotation. I liked that possibility. I think this could be big for our team. We still need to strengthen the frontcourt, but damn, I'm a fan.

 

[Sinobas]

I'd definitely like to keep him. Damian seems to do really well playing some SG.

Imagine if we'd had Maynor all season, I'm pretty sure we'd be the 8th seed. No way we can go back to horrendous Ronnie Price or Nolan Smith. That would be like smashing your dick with a hammer.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I'd definitely like to keep him. Damian seems to do really well playing some SG.

Imagine if we'd had Maynor all season, I'm pretty sure we'd be the 8th seed. No way we can go back to horrendous Ronnie Price or Nolan Smith. That would be like smashing your dick with a hammer.

I wouldn't know what that's like. Hope you're doing ok.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

He likes us, he really likes us!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Meanwhile, in Portland:

The stripper likes us, she really likes us!

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

Yes, Maynor has been a burst of fresh air and is playing well (much better than his career numbers indicate he can sustain). Yes, he gives a valuable break to Lillard.

But NO, we shouldn't worry about his BEFORE getting our frontcourt solidified. We need to use that cap space wisely. THEN, worry about the bench.
I'd like to keep both Hickson and Maynor long term - but not at the expense of using all our cap space on them both.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

To use all of our cap room, I believe we'd have to renounce Hickson and Maynor.

 

[Rhal]

To use all of our cap room, I believe we'd have to renounce Hickson and Maynor.

If we want to sign a player to a max contract we would have to renounce both, I believe we have around 10m if we extend the QO to Maynor and get our draft pick.

 

[magnifier661]

Yes, Maynor has been a burst of fresh air and is playing well (much better than his career numbers indicate he can sustain). Yes, he gives a valuable break to Lillard.

But NO, we shouldn't worry about his BEFORE getting our frontcourt solidified. We need to use that cap space wisely. THEN, worry about the bench.
I'd like to keep both Hickson and Maynor long term - but not at the expense of using all our cap space on them both.

I disagree. Keeping maynor is very important to the team, IMO. All season it looked like our bench was shit; but just adding a decent pg back up has done wonders for our existing bench.

More importantly, Lillard is performing much better. We need him.

Having 11 mil free is a fine amount for free agency and lopsided deals.

 

[Nikolokolus]

He likes us, he really likes us!

Meanwhile, in Portland:
The stripper likes us, she really likes us.

LOL. That's exactly the vibe I'm getting in this thread.

Maynor likes money and playing time. Cool for us and him that the Blazers have both to offer this summer.

 

[RoyToy]

He's starting to come back to earth a little bit

 

[PapaG]

He's starting to come back to earth a little bit

He's been horrible the last two games. Worst player on the floor for the Blazers. If he does come back, Stotts needs to figure out how playing Maynor and Lillard at the same time is going to work over the course of an entire season. I've seen enough positives to not mind having him back, but defenses seem to be figuring out how to minimize Maynor the last two games, making him a liability.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

He's been horrible the last two games. Worst player on the floor for the Blazers. If he does come back, Stotts needs to figure out how playing Maynor and Lillard at the same time is going to work over the course of an entire season. I've seen enough positives to not mind having him back, but defenses seem to be figuring out how to minimize Maynor the last two games, making him a liability.

The biggest problem I saw tonight is Maynor complaining to the refs, wondering why the heck they don't like him as much now that he's not with OKC.