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Meyers is a NO pick. I would guess it unlikely the he will give up on him easily. I don't think it will be that close. I expect we will end up signing him to $10-12M or he will get an offer of $16+ and we will let him go.
 
I think Meyers turned down the 10mil already...he'll get paid to start somewhere and I doubt we'll match what some teams will offer. Sign and trade would be ideal.
 
I think Milwaukee will sign him. They need shooters more than any team in the league. I think they ship out Monroe for a pick or guard and try for a Meyers/Henson frontline.
 
You should be able to trade upcoming RFAs during the draft. The team acquiring a RFA would (technically) still have their rights.
 
I feel like Meyers can really be a fantastic piece, I just wish he was more confident/loose on the floor. His biggest enemy is himself, he thinks too much and ends up making mental errors. If he would just approach the game with a "nothing to lose" attitude like he did against Memphis we'd have a PF that puts up 15/10. However, I can't justify giving him some bloated contract to find out if he will figure it all out.
 
BonesJones said:
That's why I said you should be able too
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I think I agree with you. The ability to match contracts is a valuable asset. It's un-American to not let a business entity be able to capitalize on it.
 
BonesJones said:
I think Milwaukee will sign him. They need shooters more than any team in the league. I think they ship out Monroe for a pick or guard and try for a Meyers/Henson frontline.
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Think Milwaukee would do a sign & trade -> Meyers for Monroe?
 
tester551 said:
Think Milwaukee would do a sign & trade -> Meyers for Monroe?
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We'd probably have to give up more to be honest. At least a future 1st unless they're really trying hard to get rid of him
 
BonesJones said:
We'd probably have to give up more to be honest. At least a future 1st unless they're really trying hard to get rid of him
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Monroe can opt out next summer in 2017. I disagree he's worth a first; firsts are often the second most valuable asset in this league after superstars. Monroe has many questions if his contributions actually help any of his teams win. Then he could walk for nothing in a year. I could see us having to give up a second. Milwuakee could possibly sign Dwight Howard, with some of the savings of swapping Monroe->Meyers.
 
I have no interest in Monroe though; we already have a great offense with DameCJ. We need good to elite defense from our front court to be a balanced team. Think I'd rather just sign Bismack Biyombo. Neil has chased Monroe for years so who knows what he thinks.
 
tester551 said:
Think Milwaukee would do a sign & trade -> Meyers for Monroe?
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I'd much rather try to trade for Henson. They really aren't playing him much; I have to wonder how highly they view him.
 
Well, at least we won't be seeing Vonleh next year (hopefully)
 
In this market, this isn't a bad price. I'm not a fan of Meyers, but I think this is a reasonable price to make sure he never explodes somewhere else.
 
dviss1 said:
Really? This is a weird stance.
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People in this forum tend to get WAY too invested in their opinions, both positive and negative, about certain players. The thing that cracks me up is they actually think they know more about a player's worth than the GM and coach that are paid millions of dollars to make these decisions.

Meyers got $41 million over 4 years, which is reasonable in today's market for an 8th or 9th man. It sounds ridiculous to say that, but it's the state of the current market. He's not a star, but then he's not paid like one either. He's now locked in as part of our team for four more years.

Like the poster you quoted, I'd love to see him prove the detractors wrong. Not so I can thumb my nose and say, "See, I told you so", but because any player that improves helps the team on the court and any player that outperforms their contract also helps the team improve the roster. Aminu, Davis and Ezeli are all on great value contracts. Neil knows a bargain when he sees it.

As I stated, Meyers contract seems to be perfectly in line with his current role and performance as an 8th or 9th man. If he improves and outperforms that contract, the team will benefit. If he doesn't, you can bet (just not with HCP) the Meyers haters will be sure to let us know. So yeah, I kind of get where the poster you quoted was coming from. The Meyers bashing around here gets tedious. He's a Portland Trail Blazer, can't we all root for him to succeed? If not, why not? What do we gain from him failing?

BNM
 
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I think this signing/contract is FANTASTIC. One of two things will happen. Meyers will become the true unicorn we hoped he would be by hitting threes and defending at the rim. OR, he will show some flashes, but not consistently, and will be a very tradeable asset to someone else who still thinks he can be their unicorn. Best of all we have four years to work this out.
 
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