Meyers season ending shoulder surgery

[Cippy91]

Well this is interesting

 

[julius]

the tank continues!

 

[riverman]

wow..I wish the kid a speedy recovery!!

 

[illmatic99]

Damn, Meyers. Get well soon

 

[Cippy91]

The question is, does Portland make an offer to him this summer or let him go? I would let him go honestly

 

[Haakzilla]

The question is, does Portland make an offer to him this summer or let him go? I would let him go honestly

...yeah, agreed, unless he is willing to take significantly less money than what a foolish overpaying GM is sure to offer him just to stay with the team that drafted him and continue "baking this cake"!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

LEONARD TO UNDERGO SHOULDER SURGERY
Fourth-year forward has competed in 61 games for Portland this season


PORTLAND, Ore. (March 24, 2016) – Portland Trail Blazers forward Meyers Leonard will undergo surgery to repair his injured left shoulder and will be sidelined for the remainder of the season, the team announced today.


The surgery is scheduled to be performed on Friday, April 8 by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles.


A prognosis on Leonard's return will be made following the procedure.


Through 61 games this season, Leonard is averaging 8.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.

 

[Scalma]

I wouldn't just let an asset go for nothing, unless a team gave him some crazy contract. You could always trade him later (ala Tobias Harris)

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

The Mavs will max him out now.

 

[Natebishop3]

Bet on himself.... busted out.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The Spurs are gonna pick him up and turn him into Hakeem.

 

[B-Roy]

Sucks for him.... Good for resigning him I guess.

 

[Cippy91]

"I would like to bet on myself". Thank god you did Meyers because that contract offer would of probably pissed us all off

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Man he looks heartbroken on TV just now (during the clipper game)

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Man he looks heartbroken on TV just now (during the clipper game)

He's gonna come back for the playoffs and win us a series.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This will give him a chance to work on that 3pt shot in the off season.

 

[Draco]

I wouldn't just let an asset go for nothing, unless a team gave him some crazy contract. You could always trade him later (ala Tobias Harris)

So we can use our cap space to resign him and trade for Ersan Illyasova? What a great idea!

 

[Draco]

Feel bad for him as a person.

A part of me is glad I don't have to watch him play for my favorite basketball team anymore this season. Its a bit evil but the truth.

 

[Draco]

The question is, does Portland make an offer to him this summer or let him go? I would let him go honestly

His qualifying offer is only ~$4 million so I think we give him that. With Plumlee and Davis it basically slots Meyers as our third string center. Maybe he can become a quality backup one day but he isn't there yet and has a lot to prove in order to do so.

He's had major injuries over a couple of seasons now. If we can use free agent money to sign a starter or a quality backup at any position let Meyers walk. If a team overpays him let him walk. If teams have little interest in him and his contract is cheap I guess we could consider bringing him back.

 

[Orion Bailey]

"OB sits in his corner as a single tear drops from his cheek and provides a single future stain mark on Leonard's Jersey....."


I have a Jersey for sale... anyone interested? I will not ask for max, but I will take the league min....

 

[dviss1]

"OB sits in his corner as a single tear drops from his cheek and provides a single future stain mark on Leonard's Jersey....."


I have a Jersey for sale... anyone interested? I will not ask for max, but I will take the league min....

Shoulda bought a #3.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Shoulda bought a #3.

Or a Big Uof"O"

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Shoulda bought a #3.

You want CJ to be injured?!

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

His qualifying offer is only ~$4 million so I think we give him that. With Plumlee and Davis it basically slots Meyers as our third string center. .... If a team overpays him let him walk. If teams have little interest in him and his contract is cheap I guess we could consider bringing him back.

Obviously, we extend QO and retain the opportunity to match....that doesnt cost us anything. Is he a regular rotation player?

I predict he sees offers in the $10-$14M per year range. He's still very young. He has a serious 3PT shot and %. He is a good rebounder.
But he also has limitations that keep him from being a starting level player, let alone a star.

How much $$ would be too much to match?? He's a big and he will get offers for MLE+ type money (whatever that amount is going to be).

 

[BBert]

Meyers: Everyone knows you can hit a three. If you want to be somebody in the league, get that big payday and take care of your beautiful wife, it's time to develop a post game. A couple of go to scoring moves around the basket needs to be your primary focus this summer.

I'd also recommend looking up an ex player named Bill Laimbeer. See if he'll work with you for a couple of weeks. There's a lot you can learn from him.

See you next season.

 

[riverman]

"OB sits in his corner as a single tear drops from his cheek and provides a single future stain mark on Leonard's Jersey....."


I have a Jersey for sale... anyone interested? I will not ask for max, but I will take the league min....

you never know Orion...that Leonard jersey may be the reason we're a playoff team this season...I wouldn't give up on it yet

 

[Natebishop3]

Meyers: Everyone knows you can hit a three. If you want to be somebody in the league, get that big payday and take care of your beautiful wife, it's time to develop a post game. A couple of go to scoring moves around the basket needs to be your primary focus this summer.

I'd also recommend looking up an ex player named Bill Laimbeer. See if he'll work with you for a couple of weeks. There's a lot you can learn from him.

See you next season.

Channing Frye has made a lot of money ignoring this advice... much to my chagrin.

 

[BBert]

Channing Frye has made a lot of money ignoring this advice... much to my chagrin.

True.

OTOH, Channing Frye is a pussy.

Meyers has more physical tools. He should use them.

I'm not suggesting Meyers play exclusively under the basket, just that he needs to work on a back to the basket move, a drop step move, and a half-hook to round out his game.

 

[blue9]

Bodes well for retaining him cheaply. And with the way Crabbe is playing, we shouldn't have to worry about overpaying him either. All in all, despite the disappointing play of Meyers/Crabbe, this may all work out for the best - if we can keep them at half the cost they were projected to get when playing well, that'd be ideal!

At $8M each I wouldn't even hesitate. I can see a few GMs maybe offering each guy up to $10-12M, which is where Olshey will really have to survey the landscape and project into the future to decide whether the risk is worth it. But Meyers' injury, and Crabbe's awful play is currently making them much easier/cheaper to keep. Now if Crabbe breaks out in the POs all of his personal tanking will have been for naught and we'll unfortunately have to pony up...

 

[blue9]

I'm not suggesting Meyers play exclusively under the basket, just that he needs to work on a back to the basket move, a drop step move, and a half-hook to round out his game.

I totally agree with you, but does Stotts? I have to think that if Stotts wanted that option in his offense he'd have had Meyers working on it. Just another detail that dims my opinion of Stotts.