OT Minnesota progressing on contract buyout with former No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett.

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Natebishop3 said:
The only reason why I would consider signing him at this point is that he could be a trade chip. Or maybe he makes someone else expendable. We just suffered a complete teardown for the most part, and this team needs assets.

With that said, I really like our young bigs. I'm a fan of Vonleh, and I think Plumlee is extremely underrated. Meyers showed a lot of promise as well. Davis is a bit of an unknown for me. I hardly watched any Laker games last year. If Bennett could play small forward I would be a much bigger fan of this move.
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This sums up my feelings exactly. I like all of our other bigs more than Bennett, but if (BIG IF) Bennett gives us the ability to trade, say Davis, for a wing then picking him up might be a good thing. Or if Bennett himself becomes a good trade chip that would be nice. OR if Bennett could play SF that would be terrific. But I'd give all our other bigs minutes ahead of Bennett at the PF spot.
 
LaMonster All-Star said:
Body types/metrics are meaningless here; Draymond is unique, u can't compare the 2; far different players in many aspects. W/ the proper training... I definitely see how he can't, he hasn't shown any exceptional intelligence @ the 3 let alone his current position (if he hasn't been able to show proficiency here... what makes him capable/able/worthy to move onto a position that requires much more speed/endurance?). His "handles" r so-so, potentially (his mid-range was poor last yr. in the NBA; his 3's were pretty good for the national team bc of the competition & the 3pt. line is a bit closer) a good shooter (IF he could become decent here, THIS is how he could revamp his career but he's still not going to be awesome), & he's decently strong. Bennett's not very quick; IF the highlights in this thread & for his national team were the best he could do... not impressive to me @ all & not good enough (he seems to be "quick" to some bc of timing & sometimes being crafty & his competition). A player like Bennett must become exceptional mentally @ this game in order to have success.

Also, "Defensive Rating = (Opponent's Points Allowed/ Opponent's Possessions) x 100. The result is the expected amount of points that an individual player will allow on defense over 100 possessions. This stat can be significantly influenced by the defense of a player's teammates." Post the link where you pulled those #'s from & I'll bet it will be easy to prove these #'s don't mean much.
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I think you missed my point.

I don't particularly want Bennett for many reasons. But, if Triano has seen something we have not, and Bennett is really motivated to work hard on both ends of the court, I think he has a body type and some fundamental skills that could allow him to see minutes at the SF position. I have no interest in him as a pure PF and do not personally believe that he is especially motivated at this time.
 
Philly could submit a bid to claim him at 4:59EST and he would be theirs. So Waivers related stuff is typically very mum.
 
Reep said:
I think you missed my point.

I don't particularly want Bennett for many reasons. But, if Triano has seen something we have not, and Bennett is really motivated to work hard on both ends of the court, I think he has a body type and some fundamental skills that could allow him to see minutes at the SF position. I have no interest in him as a pure PF and do not personally believe that he is especially motivated at this time.
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I think I did partially missed the point.

I believe he possess nothing to make him a 3 other than that, I think we mostly agree though:wink:
 
How do his tools to play the 3 compare to Aminu's?
 
Not that it really means anything, but ESPN does have Bennett ranked ahead of several current Blazers (Harkless and Kaman) - http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13725236/nba-nbarank-players-ranked-nos-251-300

What that being said, we know Miller will be let go, either Pressey or Frazier will be gone, so that leaves them with 1 to cut. I say it's between Alexander and Montero. When it's all said and done, Bennett will be a better NBA player than both those guys. I think it will end up being Montero.

The real question is - who will be better in 5 years - Vonleh, Bennett or Harkless - if all are given a chance to play? I think Bennett can be the best of those three.
 
Schilly said:
How do his tools to play the 3 compare to Aminu's?
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Not well. Bennett is hefty, slow, & lazy.
In no way shape or form is he a 3.... although he does have the right height for a 3 (which makes him undersized at the 4).
 
I might be more interested in Bennett if if he were a former #1 at a position of need.
 
Again I say its more of a Alexander VS Bennett thing. We can't be concerned about being overloaded at this point, we aren't good enough to be overloaded, a bad team overloaded with decent prospects is a good problem to have. People gripe about draft position and busts and what not but if you take position taken out of it and look at what the player really is that's a baseline for Bennett IMO.

Kwame Brown 11 years played averaged 22mpg and 6pts and 5rpg not bad for a backup PF/C
Bargnani 9 years in the league 30pmg 15pts 5 rpg, not bad for a rotation guy
Michael Olowakandi 8 years in the league 26mpg 8ppg, 7rpg not bad for a rotational center (similar to Robin Lopez numbers)
Greg Oden doesn't count as a talent bust as his body broke down.

So if we pick Bennett up and plan on 2 years from now Vonleh and Bennett are battling for starter/6th man role and one is giving us 14 and 10 and the other 8 and 6... regardless of which is doing what then we have made a good decision. The plan is one or both of those guys to Surpass Ed Davis IMO.
 
Sinobas said:
I might be more interested in Bennett if if he were a former #1 at a position of need.
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I think we are in need at every position outside of Starting PG. All beyond that are basically unproven.
 
Norman Dale said:
Not that it really means anything, but ESPN does have Bennett ranked ahead of several current Blazers (Harkless and Kaman) - http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13725236/nba-nbarank-players-ranked-nos-251-300

What that being said, we know Miller will be let go, either Pressey or Frazier will be gone, so that leaves them with 1 to cut. I say it's between Alexander and Montero. When it's all said and done, Bennett will be a better NBA player than both those guys. I think it will end up being Montero.

The real question is - who will be better in 5 years - Vonleh, Bennett or Harkless - if all are given a chance to play? I think Bennett can be the best of those three.
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Or, if they like Alexander and Montero, I would not be shocked to see them cut Pressey and Frazier loose. The only way Pressey or Frazier see significant game minutes is if Dame or CJ goes down. If that happens they can pull in some available backup PG and ride the tank all the way home. Neither Frazier nor Pressey is the long term answer as long as they cannot shoot the three. Montero might be.

NBA teams can invite as many as 20 players to training camp, but are allowed just 15 roster spots—only 13 can be active—during the the regular season.
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There is still some time before any decisions have to be made. Alexander and Montero better make the most of it.
 
why is everyone saying it'll be one of the super-cheap, potentially major upside lotto ticket end-of-bench guys who'll be cut if we get Bennett (either on the cheap or claiming him), instead of, I don't know, the 2nd-round pick who's had the opportunity to play the 3 for a couple of years for us and still will likely be buried on the bench?
 
BrianFromWA said:
why is everyone saying it'll be one of the super-cheap, potentially major upside lotto ticket end-of-bench guys who'll be cut if we get Bennett (either on the cheap or claiming him), instead of, I don't know, the 2nd-round pick who's had the opportunity to play the 3 for a couple of years for us and still will likely be buried on the bench?
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It sure seems like the team has plans for Crabbe.
 
Mediocre Man said:
By who?

Name one person outside this forum or a blazer employee that compared him to Larry Fucking Bird.

Dude has a below average PER and offense is his strong point.
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I wouldn't expect you to ever admit to being so heinously wrong about Leonard. Move along, nothing to see here.
 
Natebishop3 said:
It sure seems like the team has plans for Crabbe.
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It does. Although at this point I'm more interested in seeing what Montero can do (he's the SG and Alexander is the PF, right?). I'd certainly keep Montero over Frazier and/or Pressey, since SG is the thinnest position in the NBA.
 
It's an interesting state in the NBA where teams have too many bigs...
 
I do not care one way or another if we grab Bennett.

We are talking about the 15th roster spot. If Olshey and the coaches believe he is the best option for that spot, fine. If not, good luck Bennett, hope you turn your career around and help some team.
 
Remember when we had a major deal cooking with Minnesota this summer? Since they negotiated a buyout that means he wanted out. What if he had asked for a trade to us to play for Triano, and the two sides were at a stalemate. Now he requests a buyout and comes to Portland as a FA?
 
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