Official: Free Agency and MLE options thread

[tester551]

I don’t see any downside to holding onto Jake until end of July, except that we’re depending on Olshey to actually get a fucking god damn trade done meaning layman will probably end up staying on our god damn boring as shit roster.

Jakes contract is guaranteed after tomorrow.

He either needs to be cut tomorrow or agree to move his guarantee date

 

[illmatic99]

Did they forget about Pat?

lol seriously

 

[Scalma]

Jakes contract is guaranteed after tomorrow.

He either needs to be cut tomorrow or agree to move his guarantee date

I know. But they had a similar situation with pat last year and moved his date to end of July or something.

 

[Gronk Brady]

How is there still no word on Pat??

 

[Scalma]

How is there still no word on Pat??

There probably is but since Woj and Shams don’t care enough about it, we won’t hear anything.

Funny how Freeman is always able to confirm news after the fact, but never before.

 

[Gronk Brady]

The Portland Trail Blazers will not tender Pat Connaughton a qualifying offer, a league source told The Athletic. He will become an unrestricted free agent as a result.

 

[Scalma]

The Portland Trail Blazers will not tender Pat Connaughton a qualifying offer, a league source told The Athletic. He will become an unrestricted free agent as a result.

God bless

 

[Gronk Brady]

God bless

2 down, 1 to go... just waiting to hear Laymen is gone too!

 

[illmatic99]

Marc Stein says Warriors are gonna go after DeAndre with their tax payer MLE. He was a former client of Bob Meyers when he was an agent and is close buddies with Durant.

Well, i give up. Fuck this shit.

 

[Scalma]

Marc Stein says Warriors are gonna go after DeAndre with their tax payer MLE. He was a former client of Bob Meyers when he was an agent and is close buddies with Durant.

Well, i give up. Fuck this shit.

Oh we’re playing that game. Ok let’s get Cousins. He’s friends with Dame!

 

[Scalma]

Gimme Courtney Lee and Michael Beasley baby

 

[Gronk Brady]

Gimme Courtney Lee and Michael Beasley baby

Yuck!! Talk about going deeper into purgatory

 

[calvin natt]

Courtney Lee alert

 

[LeeRC]

I think Beasley would be fine for the vet minimum. He has scoring talent that this team desperately needs. But anymore and it's not worth signing a dope like him.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[Cippy91]

There probably is but since Woj and Shams don’t care enough about it, we won’t hear anything.

Funny how Freeman is always able to confirm news after the fact, but never before.

Because our local sports media sucks. They don’t know anything and national people know more about the team than them. It’s quite sad really

 

[Scalma]

Yeah that move wouldn’t make any sense.

Buttttttt

What’s the risk factor in signing a one year deal and hitting the market next summer? Feel like a big offer would still be there, even if he got hurt. Playing for the Warriors will just up his stock.

But the more realistic guy for this would be Cousins. He may not get the offers he expects. Then what? Cousins is pretty much the only available big I’d dump Nurk for.

 

[Blazinaway]

Yeah that move wouldn’t make any sense.

Buttttttt

What’s the risk factor in signing a one year deal and hitting the market next summer? Feel like a big offer would still be there, even if he got hurt. Playing for the Warriors will just up his stock.

But the more realistic guy for this would be Cousins. He may not get the offers he expects. Then what? Cousins is pretty much the only available big I’d dump Nurk for.

how many big man have come back successfully from an Achilles full rupture?

 

[Scalma]

how many big man have come back successfully from an Achilles full rupture?

Idk, who was the last big man in his prime to rupture his Achilles?

 

[Sarni]

Yeah that move wouldn’t make any sense.

Buttttttt

What’s the risk factor in signing a one year deal and hitting the market next summer? Feel like a big offer would still be there, even if he got hurt. Playing for the Warriors will just up his stock.

But the more realistic guy for this would be Cousins. He may not get the offers he expects. Then what? Cousins is pretty much the only available big I’d dump Nurk for.

You basically give up on $19M to play with Warriors. It makes sense to decline final year at Clippers to seek out a longer deal (like $70M for 4 years). It makes zero sense, especially when you are a 30-year old big man and the market might not even be there for you next year.

 

[dviss1]

Idk, who was the last big man in his prime to rupture his Achilles?

Arvydas Sabonis

 

[Scalma]

 

[SwissBlazer]

I am blocked by him. So Thank you

 

[Gronk Brady]

None of those 3 players is worth paying 3x their salary in luxury tax... Blazers do not win a playoff series keeping same roster + one of those 3 guys... also, Courtney Lee will be 33 next season, so his game will start to decline... and Chandler will be 32

 

[Scalma]

I think another consideration for letting Pat and Napier go is that those two combined would’ve made about the same as the tax MLE. I’d much rather pay a Beasley than Pat and Bazz. If we’re going to be in the tax it makes much more sense to fill out the back of the roster with rookie scale guys like Simons and Trent Jr.

 

[oldfisherman]

Finally found a rumor I believe.

Due to the shortage of teams with cap space for so many free agents available.

Many agents will be fired this summer.

 

[Gronk Brady]

If Nurk signs QO, and we let Ed Davis walk, does that open up the bigger MLE for Blazers? If so that would gives us the chance to sign a wing we desperately need such as Hezonja...

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

If the Raptors have no untouchables I want CJ Miles.

 

[Scalma]

If Nurk signs QO, and we let Ed Davis walk, does that open up the bigger MLE for Blazers? If so that would gives us the chance to sign a wing we desperately need such as Hezonja...

Who replaces Davis?

Can’t see Hezonja getting more than tax MLE.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Who replaces Davis?

Can’t see Hezonja getting more than tax MLE.

Not saying to do this, but we would still have Georgios Papagiannis.