Robin Lopez and His Future Here

[Pinwheel1]

Kaman is under contract for next season at like 4.5m, but only 1 million or so is guaranteed, so it's kind of like a team option in a way, but not really.

Not sure why I trust Hoopshype.com. My bad.

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[stampedehero]

You'd think the Blazers sould have some of Bill Walton's DNA laying around. Shouldn't be that hard to clone him.

"Horrible just Horrible". He was a great player but all full of himself and as opinionated as a fat ass mother in law. Once he became an announcer he killed us. IMO

 

[stampedehero]

On second thought, just use one of these

to transfer Walton's skills into Beibs' brain.

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[stampedehero]

Until I see a championship caliber team in the Blazer gear, we don't have any keepers except Lamarcus.
This may be the best team we have had in 14 years but upgrade is needed in all but the PF spot. I was beginning to think we were also good at SG but that is
probably not now true either. PG would probably be ok as is if he would stow that three ball desire and turn some of those misses into assists.
Rolo is a fair half of a tandem pair of centers on a championship team, probably not first chair though. The current version of Batum is an adequate SF for
a championship team but the adequate version isn't there every night.

Upgrades needed.

Lets see. Send out Blake, Crabbe to start.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Here is a name most people will scream no to at first glance, but that could be a good fit. Tyson Chandler. If we aren't able to swing deandre Jordan, or Roy hibbert, I'd look long and hard at Chandler and what it might take. He is currently 32, plays better d and rebounds better than Lopez. Also shoots a high fg% because he dunks quite a bit. Can you imagine lillard driving to the hoop, chandlers man sagging off the help close off lillard, and lillard throwing it up for a jam toChandler? Deandre Jordan would do the same for this team and is younger. But Chandler shot 72% from ft land too, so not really hack a shaq going on there.

I'd imagine Chandler wouldn't cost that much. Fair market value would probably be7-8 million per year.

Also, Chandler seems to not back down fromanyone. It appears he is ready to throwdown and fight if needed at any second. Could give us some toughness

 

[santeesioux]

Well, I did hear DeAndre had interest in playing for Dallas. If that happened, Chandler would need a new home.

 

[magnifier661]

I like Rolo, but if he starts getting offers around 14-15 million, I would seriously have to consider letting him walk. He's a solid center, no doubt about that, but he's not even close to being a star player, and he's really just a role player. He's not worth that kind of money.

There is no fucking way Lopez will get 14-15 mil per. That is absolutely ridiculous!

 

[magnifier661]

Here is a name most people will scream no to at first glance, but that could be a good fit. Tyson Chandler. If we aren't able to swing deandre Jordan, or Roy hibbert, I'd look long and hard at Chandler and what it might take. He is currently 32, plays better d and rebounds better than Lopez. Also shoots a high fg% because he dunks quite a bit. Can you imagine lillard driving to the hoop, chandlers man sagging off the help close off lillard, and lillard throwing it up for a jam toChandler? Deandre Jordan would do the same for this team and is younger. But Chandler shot 72% from ft land too, so not really hack a shaq going on there.

I'd imagine Chandler wouldn't cost that much. Fair market value would probably be7-8 million per year.

Also, Chandler seems to not back down fromanyone. It appears he is ready to throwdown and fight if needed at any second. Could give us some toughness

I love Tyson Chandler. Is he too old now though?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I love Tyson Chandler. Is he too old now though?

He played well this year, and will be turning 33 in October. but if you signed him for two years, I think he can still play at a high starter level for those two years.

Another under the radar thing with this, is that Chandler and Leonard have somewhat similar body styles. Perhaps Chandler could mentor him a little more on playing defense and positioning.

By the time Chandler would be done playing at a starter level, keep him as a backup and let Leonard take over

 

[Blazer Freak]

I honestly believe DeAndre could be in play this summer. Before DJ took off this season Olshey was shopping Batum and trying to get Jordan. Neil was a big believer in him when he was with LAC and has wanted him for a while. If LAC loses in the first round, are they really going to spend 5 years/$120-30M to lock him up as part of the core for a team with an aging CP3 and a group that gotten to the WCF yet in CP3's 4 years there?

 

[santeesioux]

I really think we have a small chance at DeAndre too since he's one of Neil's guys.

 

[Blazer Freak]

I really think we have a small chance at DeAndre too since he's one of Neil's guys.

I think a S&T involving Batum/players is a real possibility. The SF position is a weakness and they lack any depth beyond their starting five. Would you do Batum/Meyers/filler for DeAndre?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Jordan is a moron. I don't like his atrocious ft % because that takes him off the court in the fourth quarter.

The fact that he says he would love to play for Dallas when his team is one game away from elimination is all I need to know.

Is he a good player? Sure, he fits the team well with his defense and ability to jam, but I'm a little iffy because of his comments ans ft%

 

[santeesioux]

I think a S&T involving Batum/players is a real possibility. The SF position is a weakness and they lack any depth beyond their starting five. Would you do Batum/Meyers/filler for DeAndre?

Giving up Meyers before we know what is going to happen with LMA would be tough (who would have thought that would be the case a few months back). But if we were able to get DeAndre, you would have to think LMA would come back. The problem is we would have a hole as SF after that and would have to fill it with the MLE, right? I would do that on the condition we knew LMA would stay.

 

[santeesioux]

Maybe we could draft Rondae Hollis-Jefferson to come in day one and start to lock down the other team's best player.

 

[magnifier661]

I honestly believe DeAndre could be in play this summer. Before DJ took off this season Olshey was shopping Batum and trying to get Jordan. Neil was a big believer in him when he was with LAC and has wanted him for a while. If LAC loses in the first round, are they really going to spend 5 years/$120-30M to lock him up as part of the core for a team with an aging CP3 and a group that gotten to the WCF yet in CP3's 4 years there?

Any team giving Jordan max will later regret it. He is too "one dimensional" and he gives Hack-A-Shaq an entirely new meaning. The dude hit free throws at an alarming %. 39.7% in the regular season and 36.7% in the post season!

 

[BigGameDamian]

I think a S&T involving Batum/players is a real possibility. The SF position is a weakness and they lack any depth beyond their starting five. Would you do Batum/Meyers/filler for DeAndre?

Now your not talking like a fan but a GM!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

You could start afflalo at sf and go smaller I guess. But I don't want to give up meyers for a big that can't play in the fourth quarter.

Id rather try to make a deal for hibbert, or go the Tyson Chandler route if available.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Meyers could be a solid passer... for a 7-footer. Sabonis was an amazing passer, period.

Even in college, Meyers was a decent passer. Where he's best is pinpoint outlets from defensive rebounds. I've only seen him do it a few times, but he's thrown perfect passes every time doing that, to the point where I'd want him inbounding the ball at the end of a tight game.

 

[magnifier661]

You could start afflalo at sf and go smaller I guess. But I don't want to give up meyers for a big that can't play in the fourth quarter.

Id rather try to make a deal for hibbert, or go the Tyson Chandler route if available.

I honestly think we would get the most "bang for our buck" with Hibbert, and quite possibly have enough to still keep Lopez. Hubert could be a real "game changer" for this team, especially with Aldridge and Leonard being the PF combo. If we cannot keep Lopez, then Hibbert, Aldridge, Leonard and Freeland is pretty formidable. Maybe draft another 7' this summer to develop behind them.

 

[MarAzul]

Giving up Meyers before we know what is going to happen with LMA would be tough (who would have thought that would be the case a few months back). But if we were able to get DeAndre, you would have to think LMA would come back. The problem is we would have a hole as SF after that and would have to fill it with the MLE, right? I would do that on the condition we knew LMA would stay.

Hell no.

 

[Blazer Freak]

I think people seriously overreact to the Hack-A-DeAndre strategy. If Doc wasn't such a horrible GM, he would have signed a solid backup center option. The strategy is only effective from the 4-5 minute mark to the two minute mark. The Clipper's stupidly leave him in since they have no good backup option to bring in for that time period without a horrid dip in production/defense.

If we got DeAndre and still had Freeland/Kaman or even RoLo as the first big off the bench than that strategy is completely moot.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I think people seriously overreact to the Hack-A-DeAndre strategy. If Doc wasn't such a horrible GM, he would have signed a solid backup center option. The strategy is only effective from the 4-5 minute mark to the two minute mark. The Clipper's stupidly leave him in since they have no good backup option to bring in for that time period without a horrid dip in production/defense.

If we got DeAndre and still had Freeland/Kaman or even RoLo as the first big off the bench than that strategy is completely moot.

I would agree that it would be great for the coach to give him his scheduled break between the 5 minute mark and 2 min mark of the 4th quarter. That would be too smart for Rivers though apparently. To be fair it would take some changing of his other shifts possibly as starters usually get their break with 3 minutes left in the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th.

Maybe a better idea though, how about the guy learns how to actually shoot free throws? It isn't like it is hard. They are called free for a reason.

 

[MarAzul]

I think people seriously overreact to the Hack-A-DeAndre strategy. If Doc wasn't such a horrible GM, he would have signed a solid backup center option. The strategy is only effective from the 4-5 minute mark to the two minute mark. The Clipper's stupidly leave him in since they have no good backup option to bring in for that time period without a horrid dip in production/defense.

If we got DeAndre and still had Freeland/Kaman or even RoLo as the first big off the bench than that strategy is completely moot.

Didn't we beat the Clippers one game this year because they had Jordan and we didn't?

 

[BBert]

I love Tyson Chandler. Is he too old now though?

Chandler is the type of player you hate on other teams, but love on yours. He is getting long in the tooth though.

 

[BBert]

I think a S&T involving Batum/players is a real possibility. The SF position is a weakness and they lack any depth beyond their starting five. Would you do Batum/Meyers/filler for DeAndre?

Fuck no. Who's our SF? I'd rather have Meyers.

 

[BBert]

Now your not talking like a fan but a GM!

An unemployed GM.

 

[Draco]

The hack a Jordan strategy hurts at other times of the game. The Clippers couldn't have him in to defensive rebound a FT because it was a close game and then the Spurs got the offensive rebound. Having a starting center that you are scared as hell of touching the ball at the end of games is a real problem.

Also DeAndre makes a lot of bonehead plays. Last night he goaltended Griffins game tying bucket that appeared to be going in. Against us he stood holding the ball with a chance to win while the final seconds ticked off because he didn't understand a shot clock. He is a great physical talent but I'd be very hesitant about giving him a max salary and we'd have to trade away or cut a valuable piece as well.

 

[Draco]

I like the idea of getting Hibbert as a center tandem along with Lopez. Chandler is an intriguing option too. If we keep LaMarcus, Wes, Rolo we won't have the cap space though so either it's a fallback option in we can't keep those guys or we have to put together a sign and trade. Sounds like Indy would be open to trades. Maybe some type of package with Kaman, Afflalo and/or our draft pick would get it done.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Hack a Anyone may be eliminated via rule change. If so, Jordan would be at the top of my list.

I like Chandler but he is gonna be 33 and has shown in the past his body is not the best.