Remaining Free Agents

[BonesJones]

GUYS!!!!!! I HAVE JUST REALIZED THAT JABARI PARKER'S AGENT IS Mark Bartelstein, THE SAME AGENT AS LAYMAN WHO OWN US A FAVOR AFTER THE SIGN&TRADE!!!

c'mon Olsheyyyy

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[BonesJones]

What about Ryan Anderson for vet min?

Ewww haha

 

[BonesJones]

Kenneth Faried.

 

[wizenheimer]

what I worry about is if Whiteside or Zach get injured. The Blazers would only have 2 players over 6'8 and one of them is Skal

that's just too thin of ice

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Ewww haha

I dont know in theory he’s a 3 point shooter and a 4 he might give a team 2-3 good games. Oh and, thats basically my reaction to Faried at this point lol.

 

[Portland2014]

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[Rastapopoulos]

Didn't Darren Collison retire?

[Checks - yes he did.]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I dont know in theory he’s a 3 point shooter and a 4 he might give a team 2-3 good games. Oh and, thats basically my reaction to Faried at this point lol.

I agree with both of y'alls opinions of the other's choice.

 

[craigehlo]

Faried over Ryan Anderson for sure. He looked revitalized in the regular season but was a liability once they reached the 2nd round of the playoffs.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Faried over Ryan Anderson for sure. He looked revitalized in the regular season but was a liability once they reached the 2nd round of the playoffs.

We need rebounding.... badly. I definitely agree with Faried.

 

[DDolla]

We need rebounding.... badly. I definitely agree with Faried.

Faried hates Portland, we Draft Nolan “Freakn” Smith Over him

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Faried hates Portland, we Draft Nolan “Freakn” Smith Over him

???
If we draft Nolan "injured" Smith over him, then most all of the teams bypassed him, too.

 

[BBert]

???
If we draft Nolan "injured" Smith over him, then most all of the teams bypassed him, too.

Besides, I continue to believe there was an agreement to let Faried slide to Denver. Everyone on this board thought we were going to take Faried when our pick came up. Then it was WTF time.

 

[crandc]

Kenneth Faried.

I like him

 

[BigGameDamian]

Ryan Anderson would actually fit Stotts system really well.

 

[Scalma]

Ryan Anderson would actually fit Stotts system really well.

I guess that depends on whether you believe this past season was a one off or the beginning of the end. He’s only 31 but he’s had a lot of injuries.

 

[Scalma]

Come on Neil go get Jerian and Joakim while theyre still available.

 

[illmatic99]

Come on Neil go get Jerian and Joakim while theyre still available.

Why Joakim?

 

[Labinot41]

Why Joakim?

Good Defender, Passer, Veteran, brings energy

 

[blazedanugz]

Well now I have no idea what to expect..Jabari and jamychal both gone. Both Morris brothers gone..
expect one of those random Olshey moves soon

 

[illmatic99]

Good Defender, Passer, Veteran, brings energy

Isn't he washed? Had a bump last year, but he's only 2 yrs removed from averaging less than 2ppg while getting paid 20 mil/yr

 

[illmatic99]

FWIW, if the numbers on shamsports are correct, the our luxury tax payment now is about 15.5 mil. With another minimum signing, it would climb to about 19 mil. So a minimum signing is essentially about 6 mil in cold hard cash for Jody.

 

[B-Roy]

Isn't he washed? Had a bump last year, but he's only 2 yrs removed from averaging less than 2ppg while getting paid 20 mil/yr

Veteran leadership, plays in a pinch. I don't think vet min contracts figure to be regular rotation guys.

 

[illmatic99]

Veteran leadership, plays in a pinch. I don't think vet min contracts figure to be regular rotation guys.

Is he better than waiting out buyout guys in Feb/March? We got 2 spots open.

 

[Scalma]

Isn't he washed? Had a bump last year, but he's only 2 yrs removed from averaging less than 2ppg while getting paid 20 mil/yr

You mean the 7 game season he had? Noah can still play, he was just overpaid, on a shit rebuilding franchise, and in a big market, so everything was magnified. Getting him for the minimum to be your second string center would be a great deal imo.

 

[Scalma]

Is he better than waiting out buyout guys in Feb/March? We got 2 spots open.

His rebounding, assists, blocks, and defensive metrics in Memphis all fell in line with his prime days in Chicago. Of course he wasn’t playing 35 minutes a night, but we wouldn’t be asking him to play that much either.

As for the buyout market, that comes after the deadline. Who knows who’ll be on the roster then. We went into last season with a full roster.

 

[B-Roy]

Is he better than waiting out buyout guys in Feb/March? We got 2 spots open.

Exactly, we have two spots. So using one now is okay. Also vet min contracts are easy to trade.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I like Joakim Noah, Jeremy Lin and Trey Lyles.

 

[wizenheimer]

FWIW, if the numbers on shamsports are correct, the our luxury tax payment now is about 15.5 mil. With another minimum signing, it would climb to about 19 mil. So a minimum signing is essentially about 6 mil in cold hard cash for Jody.

Portland is about 13M over the tax line right now. That puts them in the $2.50/1 tax bracket with a 2M margin till it bumps to $3.25/1.

right now that's about 23-24M in tax. A vet minimum adds a shade over 1.6M and would cost a shade over 4M in tax. A second minimum would add about 4.5M in tax plus salary

 

[Scalma]

If Portland still hasnt added at least one guy by August I’ll start to wonder if they’re just waiting on Gasol to get cleared.