[ official ] 2016 summer moves

[42N8Bounce]

In response to that Whiteside tweet.

"Last I checked he [Whiteside] was an unrestricted free agent." - CJ

One nice part of going after Whiteside is that his max is less than guys like Durant, Horford or Howard since he's only a 4 year vet. With a cap of around $92M, for a 0-6 yr vet the max will be approx $21.5M. We'd only have to renounce the rights to Henderson and Kaman, and we'd have space to sign him - plus bring back the rest of our restricted free agents if we chose to.

 

[B-Roy]

Don't show your cards too early CJ.

I'm not the biggest fan of Whiteside but I am of the opinion that the Blazers need to get someone, anyone that is an upgrade at one of the front court positions this off-season. If Neil can secure a commitment from Whiteside I will support it. We can't afford to waste this off-season.

 

[dviss1]

In response to that Whiteside tweet.

Check out @nowhitechalk's Tweet:

 

[tester551]

In response to that Whiteside tweet.

This caused me to go down the twitter universe rabbit hole.... It's a bit interesting.

It appears that Whiteside/CJ both recently started following each other. Whiteside/Dame have been hooked up for a while (earlier this year?). Whiteside/Chief have been following each other for quite a while.
Whiteside follows <400 people/organizations. When scrolling through who he follows, there aren't a whole lot of active NBA players - maybe around 15ish. He's connected to 4-5 Heat players, 3 Blazers, and 1 player here or there on lots of other teams.

This doesn't mean jack squat... but it's interesting to say the least.

 

[BonesJones]

This caused me to go down the twitter universe rabbit hole.... It's a bit interesting.

It appears that Whiteside/CJ both recently started following each other. Whiteside/Dame have been hooked up for a while (earlier this year?). Whiteside/Chief have been following each other for quite a while.
Whiteside follows <400 people/organizations. When scrolling through who he follows, there aren't a whole lot of active NBA players - maybe around 15ish. He's connected to 4-5 Heat players, 3 Blazers, and 1 player here or there on lots of other teams.

This doesn't mean jack squat... but it's interesting to say the least.

Illuminati confirmed. Whiteside to Portland.

 

[ripcityboy]

If Whiteside signs with Portland I'll dress up like Robert Preston and sing this song. And I hate musicals.....

 

[Eastoff]

Don't show your cards too early CJ.

I'm not the biggest fan of Whiteside but I am of the opinion that the Blazers need to get someone, anyone that is an upgrade at one of the front court positions this off-season. If Neil can secure a commitment from Whiteside I will support it. We can't afford to waste this off-season.

Players can talk to each other before fa day, GM's cannot. Right?

 

[Scalma]

This caused me to go down the twitter universe rabbit hole.... It's a bit interesting.

It appears that Whiteside/CJ both recently started following each other. Whiteside/Dame have been hooked up for a while (earlier this year?). Whiteside/Chief have been following each other for quite a while.
Whiteside follows <400 people/organizations. When scrolling through who he follows, there aren't a whole lot of active NBA players - maybe around 15ish. He's connected to 4-5 Heat players, 3 Blazers, and 1 player here or there on lots of other teams.

This doesn't mean jack squat... but it's interesting to say the least.

It's definitely worth noting.

Players can talk to each other before fa day, GM's cannot. Right?

Sure they can, it's not nazi Germany lol.

Whiteside would be perfect. He would even challenge those midrange shots we freely give up.

 

[B-Roy]

It's definitely worth noting.



Sure they can, it's not nazi Germany lol.

Whiteside would be perfect. He would even challenge those midrange shots we freely give up.

No he wouldn't. Whiteside biggest problem is that he's bad guarding the pick and roll.

 

[Scalma]

No he wouldn't. Whiteside biggest problem is that he's bad guarding the pick and roll.

Who said anything about pick and roll? His wingspan allows him to sit back and challenge those shots. He's perfect because the blazers don't ask their center to guard the p&r

 

[B-Roy]

Who said anything about pick and roll? His wingspan allows him to sit back and challenge those shots. He's perfect because the blazers don't ask their center to guard the p&r

Just from reading this it's clear you haven't watched him play. Whiteside drops deep into the paint on every pick and roll. He gives up the exact midrange jumpers the Blazers love to give up because he can't come out and guard the shooter.

 

[Scalma]

Yeah I haven't seen him play..

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

If we land Whiteside...

I'm going after Sabonis using a combination of: Plumlee or Vonleh/CLE pick

 

[BonesJones]

Just from reading this it's clear you haven't watched him play. Whiteside drops deep into the paint on every pick and roll. He gives up the exact midrange jumpers the Blazers love to give up because he can't come out and guard the shooter.

I've seen him block many of those shots, or at least bother the shooter into missing.

 

[Scalma]

If we land Whiteside...

I'm going after Sabonis using a combination of: Plumlee or Vonleh/CLE pick

Wonder what kind of pick we can get for plumlee/Cleveland pick. My guess is mid 1st. I'm keeping Vonleh and developing him.

 

[trailblazer18]

Players can talk to each other before fa day, GM's cannot. Right?

Even now, teams are making offers to player agents. It's not supposed to happen yet, but it does and is happening now with the upcoming free agent players.

 

[BonesJones]

Wonder what kind of pick we can get for plumlee/Cleveland pick. My guess is mid 1st. I'm keeping Vonleh and developing him.

Plumlees expendable because we'll more than likely add a FA center and we already have Davis, Vonleh, and Meyers with Hark and Aminu being smallball 4s.

Toronto's 9th pick is a possibility. Thru likely don't want to overpay for Biyombo and Plumlee would replace him.

New Orleans at 6 is a possibility but we'd have to add another asset to the deal. Anthony Davis and Plumlee would fit each other extremely well.

 

[rotary111]

Just watched A Kris Dunn interview, roughly 2 minutes long. He said "Ya know" about 20 times..... remind you of anyone???

Other than that I really like his game.

 

[TBpup]

Who said anything about pick and roll? His wingspan allows him to sit back and challenge those shots. He's perfect because the blazers don't ask their center to guard the p&r

He's perfect for Portland because he doesn't hedge out and recover well but Stotts has his C hang back at the rim where Whiteside is lethal. Seems like a very good fit for Portland's defensive scheme.

 

[B-Roy]

He's perfect for Portland because he doesn't hedge out and recover well but Stotts has his C hang back at the rim where Whiteside is lethal. Seems like a very good fit for Portland's defensive scheme.

Until you play Golden State

 

[PDXFonz]

Really just depends on if this is the kind of culture Whiteside want's to be a part of. If he's on the same page as the rest of the guys then I'm all for it. Same goes for anyone really. The most important part is definitely whether or not they have the same goals as the rest of the guys. I think that's why our season was so successful, everyone was on the same page about where they wanted to get and how they were gonna get there.

 

[PDXFonz]

I know this is from his Sacramento days but he seems like a good kid. I'm all in for Whiteside:

That shirt

 

[PDXFonz]

Seems like Whiteside will be a top priority target.

 

[Sarni]

Been reading the Sixers forum lately and they seem really high on Embiid's potential, most of them willing to part with Okafor or Noel and stake on Embiid for future. Now I'm not sure how exactly we could tempt them into giving us either of them and which of them we should go with as they are completely different players (Okafor's offense or Noel's defense) but Olshey should be contacting them immediately when they make one of them available. They'd likely ask for CJ which is unfortunate but maybe we could sell them a package of Crabbe and Vonleh plus a pick or send Plumlee or Davis to another team for an asset that would suit Philly's needs better than another center?

I really reckon Okafor would be a true gem if only he improved his defense or you could play him next to a defensively solid PF and still beneit from his immense offense.

 

[Sarni]

Oh and BTW Whiteside would be perfect for us in free agency. Defensively very good, also a threat at the post. Motivated Whiteside would be immense.

 

[dviss1]

Is this a completely silly idea?

I think so. We'd have to use all of our cap for that experiment. We need to use that on an inside defender/scorer in FA. If we strike out in the FA period we look to do a lopsided trade with one of these teams that probably should blow it up (ATL, MEM, SAC, MIA).

 

[dviss1]

Oh and BTW Whiteside would be perfect for us in free agency. Defensively very good, also a threat at the post. Motivated Whiteside would be immense.

@Boob-No-More is right for wishing for an ATL front line in Portland. We'd be good. No great. We'd be GREAT with that front line.

I say we swing for the fences. Look to land Whiteside in FA. Then, look to trade for Milsap as I believe Atlanta will surely blow that team up.

 

[Sarni]

@Boob-No-More is right for wishing for an ATL front line in Portland. We'd be good. No great. We'd be GREAT with that front line.

I say we swing for the fences. Look to land Whiteside in FA. Then, look to trade for Milsap as I believe Atlanta will surely blow that team up.

I have said for a while too that having Horford and Millsap here would be absolute perfection. Horford we'd have to get through FA and hope that Atlanta blow it up and allow us to have Millsap for a decent price. I would assume he would need to ask for a move specifically to Portland because other teams would also want him and could put together great packages. Then again if we sent them Plumlee, Crabbe and a pick they should at least consider this.

 

[dviss1]

I have said for a while too that having Horford and Millsap here would be absolute perfection. Horford we'd have to get through FA and hope that Atlanta blow it up and allow us to have Millsap for a decent price. I would assume he would need to ask for a move specifically to Portland because other teams would also want him and could put together great packages. Then again if we sent them Plumlee, Crabbe and a pick they should at least consider this.

How about this?

It would be contingent upon signing our FA Center.

Is that type of deal even possible with Crabbe being UFA?

 

[craigehlo]

How about this?

It would be contingent upon signing our FA Center.

Is that type of deal even possible with Crabbe being UFA?

Crabbe is an RFA. You can't trade him if resigned for months.