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AmirIcon said:
If the Jazz match, they should go and offer all of their remaining cap space and front load the contract for Sessions. He would make our starting 5 so much better. I just really want a point guard who can get into the lane and drop off to Oden and Aldridge. He would make this team so much better.
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Unfortunately, Sessions' contract can't be front loaded due to the Gilbert Arenas provision. Without renouncing Koponen or Freeland, the Blazers have $7.7m in cap space. $7.7m * 5 years = the maximum contract the Blazers can offer Sessions is 5 year $38.5m. That contract would have to start out at $5.5m, so the Bucks are likely to match.
 
Perhaps we can start a thread about how much a failure this off-season is?
 
number 10 said:
Unfortunately, Sessions' contract can't be front loaded due to the Gilbert Arenas provision. Without renouncing Koponen or Freeland, the Blazers have $7.7m in cap space. $7.7m * 5 years = the maximum contract the Blazers can offer Sessions is 5 year $38.5m. That contract would have to start out at $5.5m, so the Bucks are likely to match.
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In that case.. I think we can let the idea of Sessions go, unless they S&T with us, and give we give them something they want. I don't think they want to go into the season with Ridnour and Jennings at PG, unless we gave them Bayless or something which I doubt.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Minstrel! We do not say that name here! He Who Shall Not Be Named will never be mentioned again!
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Who's name shall never mentioned again? Derek Anderson's? Why shouldn't Derek Anderon's name ever be mentioned again? Is there something amiss with Derek Anderson or Derek Anderson's name?

RickyRubio said:
Ahh. So he is saying "it aint over until Derek Anderson fat lady sings."

Makes sense now!
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Glad to help out.
 
Minstrel said:
Considering Sessions is an above average point guard with plenty of upside left, due to his age, I don't think Portland can overpay him (considering they're restricted to around $8 million starting salary). He's already a better player than Turkoglu, is on the way up and he plays a position of need.

One reason that I don't think the Blazers have made him an offer is because Milwaukee is almost certain to match. With Utah, it may not have been an entirely hopeless situation, with Milwaukee it does seem to be. I would, however, talk to Milwaukee about a sign & trade.
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I saw Sessions play a handful of games last year. He was only good in one of them, but his stats show I probably saw games where he didn't play well. Don't you think his stats might be inflated because Milwaukee is terrible? I worry about picking up players from bad teams who haven't been great for three years.
 
Peaceman said:
I saw Sessions play a handful of games last year. He was only good in one of them, but his stats show I probably saw games where he didn't play well. Don't you think his stats might be inflated because Milwaukee is terrible? I worry about picking up players from bad teams who haven't been great for three years.
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Doesn't that cut both ways? Who's he assisting? If he can generate so many assists with bad teammates, shouldn't he get 'bout a hundred assists per game with Roy, Aldridge and Oden to pass to? ;)
 
Peaceman said:
Don't you think his stats might be inflated because Milwaukee is terrible? I worry about picking up players from bad teams who haven't been great for three years.
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I don't think so. The guy got limited minutes on a very lackluster Bucks team, and yet he dished out assists at an excellent rate. It's not like he's a big time scorer in the mod of Damon Stoudamire to which I would be worried. Although, he did get 44 points in a game. He gets to the free throw line at an excellent rate and knows how to get the ball in the right places. I don't worry about his crappy team, in fact I think it made it a lot harder on him. I'd love to see what he can do with 2 big men in Oden and Aldridge. I hope he's our next target.
 
Minstrel said:
Doesn't that cut both ways? Who's he assisting? If he can generate so many assists with bad teammates, shouldn't he get 'bout a hundred assists per game with Roy, Aldridge and Oden to pass to? ;)
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That would be ludicrous! Our offensive efficiency would be sky-high!
 
Minstrel said:
According to which stats? Last season, Basketball Prospectus found three-point shooting to be one of the most correlated stats to winning.
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Not among the teams competing for a ring though. Didn't they all have suprisingly low 3pt %?

P.S. Longtime Sessions luster-after.
 
number 10 said:
Unfortunately, Sessions' contract can't be front loaded due to the Gilbert Arenas provision. Without renouncing Koponen or Freeland, the Blazers have $7.7m in cap space. $7.7m * 5 years = the maximum contract the Blazers can offer Sessions is 5 year $38.5m. That contract would have to start out at $5.5m, so the Bucks are likely to match.
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So we can't put in a huge signing bonus ala' Millsap?
 
Idog1976 said:
Not among the teams competing for a ring though. Didn't they all have suprisingly low 3pt %?
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Nope. Orlando and Boston, at least, were very good three-point shooting teams. I'm not sure about Cleveland and LA, off-hand.
 
Minstrel said:
Nope. Orlando and Boston, at least, were very good three-point shooting teams. I'm not sure about Cleveland and LA, off-hand.
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Boston? Do you mean Denver?


Portland was 4th

Orlando 6th, Denver 13th, LA 19th


Pace on the other hand

Portland was 30th

Denver was 5th, LA was 6th, Orlando was 12th




If you look at a bunch of stats, it looks like Portland really needs help defensively and FTA's more than anything else. We were slightly above average in most categories except FTA's where we finished below average in FT/FG attempted and average in FTA overall.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Boston? Do you mean Denver?
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Hmm, possibly.

But as far as the importance of three-point shooting, I was thinking of these two articles:

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=487

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=418

It seems like three point shooting is fairly correlated with offense efficiency...moreso than pace or offensive rebounding. Of course, correlation doesn't always imply causation, but it is interesting.
 
Minstrel said:
Hmm, possibly.

But as far as the importance of three-point shooting, I was thinking of these two articles:

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=487

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=418

It seems like three point shooting is fairly correlated with offense efficiency...moreso than pace or offensive rebounding. Of course, correlation doesn't always imply causation, but it is interesting.
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Oh, it's important, but looking at the stats it doesn't appear that it is that important. Clicking through stats on basketball reference it's funny to see the Blazers. They are in the top 1/3 in most all categories expcept pace and FTA. Also not in anything defensively excpet rebounding.

It seems like the things we need the most improvement at are all Blake related things?

I think on 82games.com I saw that Portland's PG possition was their worst as well.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Oh, it's important, but looking at the stats it doesn't appear that it is that important. Clicking through stats on basketball reference it's funny to see the Blazers. They are in the top 1/3 in most all categories expcept pace and FTA. Also not in anything defensively excpet rebounding.

It seems like the things we need the most improvement at are all Blake related things?

I think on 82games.com I saw that Portland's PG possition was their worst as well.
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That and Outlaw related hence why Blake and Outlaw are in every trade rumor :)
 
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