One step forward, one step back

[ripcityboy]

As long as we are dealing with so many players maxing out there contracts and having a "soft cap" we are going to be seeing "ring chasers" like David West. I've no problem with players making loads of money. But once you become a multi- millionaure priorities change. It's an era of super teams.

We need a hard cap, maybe a franchise tag and allow small market teams to allow a single contract to take up a large part of the pay role. So much so it will that the franchise player will choke on the weekly wage. It's the only way to save any type of parity for the future.

If the NBAPA is unwilling to discuss this there needs to be a lockout. (And I honestly hope there is.) I'm not talking about the any type of a future until there is the possibility there could be one. We are playing checkers nd the Warriors, Spurs and Cavaliers are playing chess.

I've had it.

 

[PDXFonz]

You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out. You fail to get Whiteside and the fans scream and shout. You sign an Evan Turner and act like it was the plan all along. That's what it's all about!

 

[ripcityboy]

You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out. You fail to get Whiteside and the fans scream and shout. You sign an Evan Turner and act like it was the plan all along. That's what it's all about!

Damn. That's pretty creative.

 

[MarAzul]

Warriors got much better.

>> The warrior are likely much worse.

Spurs got better.

Thunder got worse.... but I still think they make the playoffs.

Clippers are basically the same team, but still probably 4th best in the west.

We got better... so far. I guess we will see how things go with our RFA guys.

>>> We got better? Nice thought, but no meat.

Dallas, imo, got worse. Dirk is older, Parsons (when healthy) was better than Barnes. Bogut simply isn't a big enough improvement.

>>> If we had Bogut, we would be better.

Memphis got better.

Houston..... got worse. They suck.

Utah got better.

Minnesota got better.

The west is going to be super interesting next season.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2...where-players-are-going-whos-still-available/

CBS Sports ranks Turner 23rd best FA of who was/is available. Of guys who didn't re-sign with their current teams, Turner is #8. Using that metric, Neil made a big play for the #3.

I think Waiters and Smith might leave their current teams, but both teams have incentives to keep them. All things equal, I'd rather have Turner over Waiters anyhow.

 

[KingSpeed]

This off-season just got even worse with the loss of Gerald Henderson, in my opinion. I agree that Turner is a little better player, but not by a whole lot. So instead of adding Turner to our existing roster, we are using him to replace Henderson, which means we are sort of back to square one.

Lots of teams are making quantum leaps forward right now, while we are just holding our own. Not too thrilling.

. Turner is way better than Henderson.

 

[Binx]

Now Brian Roberts is gone. Isn't Napier a step down from Roberts? I'm so confused. Does Olshey even have a game plan, or is all this just desperation? It sure feels like the latter.

 

[BonesJones]

Now Brian Roberts is gone. Isn't Napier a step down from Roberts? I'm so confused. Does Olshey even have a game plan, or is all this just desperation? It sure feels like the latter.

If you're gonna have a 3rd string PG, you might well take the 24 year old that might have some potential rather than the 28 year old.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[BBert]

Common thought process on here is that the Blazers failed to sign players that they "had a chance" to sign. It's more like they are players that fans WANTED to sign. Whether we had a chance we don't know.

 

[BBert]

Enough of these fucking threads... Henderson was an inefficient midrange shooter that added little else. Evan Turner is a way better than him!

I can't believe some of you guys are crying about losing Henderson. I guess Blazer fans will cry about pretty much anything though.

I agree. Not a Hendo fan. No big loss.