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$6.295M in cap space to use, plus the Room Exception. He also has flexibility to find more cap space if he renounces or doesn't match Leonard and/or Harkless.

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There are still a lot of FAs out there. If $21.2M gets us upgrades over Harkless and Leonard or a bigger FA than $6.3M buys, it could be an even better offseason for us and Neil.
 
Of course he's not done.....shopping off the rack. The problem is, how much he's now paying for bench players.
 
The LT is $116M.

The Blazers can use the $6.3M in cap space and sign their FAs for ~$22M before hitting the LT.

Of concern is the down the road problem of CJ's raise. He might get $22M all by himself :)
 
For Godsakes, man. We need a rim protector in the worst way. Use your brain, Neil. That was the #1 priority coming into the offseason, and you spent the bulk of our capspace on a Gerald Henderson replacement. This is stupidity
 
We spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make Parsons/Howard work. Well, Turner is making about 5 million less than Parsons. Maybe Howard is still the target?
 
He may not be done, but I'm gonna criticize the moves until he makes them make sense. At this point he's not going to sign better free agents. And if he renounces our RFAs he'll just be compounding the mistake(s) he's already made.

But if he's able to make it all come together by training camp I'll change my tune.
 
Natebishop3 said:
We spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make Parsons/Howard work. Well, Turner is making about 5 million less than Parsons. Maybe Howard is still the target?
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Sounds good to me. But the thinking was Parsons was the lure to get Howard, and Howard hasn't exactly shown interest.

That said, we can still trade for a Parsons caliber player.
 
It's interesting that we signed Turner for just about the amount it took to only renounce the rights to Kaman and Roberts. We still have a ton of flexibility and options.

We still have the CAP hold for Henderson at $9.0M to either entice him to come back or bring someone else in at that price range.

We could bring all of our restricted free agents back (Crabbe, Harkless, and Leonard). Or we could renounce all of their rights, and have about $26.1M still to spend.

I like the player Evan Turner, but I'm not excited about the price. Although his price hasn't limited the Blazers ability to make some additional significant moves.

Come on Olshey!
 
We need a 3rd scorer and a defensive anchor. We just spent most of our $$ on someone who fits neither of these. We will likely not get what we need in free agency, so yes, let's hope Neil has a trade up his sleeve.
 
Of course not. He's got a roster to make marginally average after losing more players.
 
Gronk Brady said:
Neil is a used car salesman... Period. We all keep falling for his hype. It's nice to have a competitive team but if you have no chance at title what is the point.
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Bollocks. We were a ballhandler and a rim protector away from giving Golden State all they could handle in the playoffs. We might not have much of a chance, but we're better now than we were before landing Turner, and that's a good thing.
 
BlazerWookee said:
Bollocks. We were a ballhandler and a rim protector away from giving Golden State all they could handle in the playoffs. We might not have much of a chance, but we're better now than we were before landing Turner, and that's a good thing.
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You are assuming that landing Turner will have no repercussions on the guys who got you to face Golden State in the first place.
 
We've known for a long long time that the only way to improve a team is via trades or the draft. We missed out on the draft this year and didn't have enough assets to really negotiati a trade. Adding assets is huge for the Blazers then we can start making moves. Maybe not this summer but as the year progresses. Too many teams mortgage everything and come up short that's kinda where Houston is right now.
 
I am getting the feeling we renounce Leonard and land Biyombo, then match Crabbe and Harkless.

Lillard
McCollum / Crabbe
Turner / Harkless
Aminu / Davis
Biyombo / Plumlee

That's not a bad rotation. Defensively we get a lot better and we match up with GS and SA nicely.
 
Maybe he'll trade Aminu for cap space?
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
I am getting the feeling we renounce Leonard and land Biyombo, then match Crabbe and Harkless.

Lillard
McCollum / Crabbe
Turner / Harkless
Aminu / Davis
Biyombo / Plumlee

That's not a bad rotation. Defensively we get a lot better and we match up with GS and SA nicely.
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Things also look less weird on the bench than they did last year.
 
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