Sheldon and Danforth say 72-73% chance Dwight Howard signs here

[jlprk]

Lobs aren't entirely about accuracy. They're about timing and chemistry. There's a reason why someone like Andre Miller or Chris Paul are SO good at them, and yet Miller was a horrible shooter.

It wasn't a ton, just a couple per game. Also, Andre Miller was not a horrible shooter, just not a proficient outside shooter. His 52 point game says so. He used to make shots, but not shoot many. He picked his spots, the opposite of volume shooting.

 

[jlprk]

59 is 3 every 4 games. 87 is 1 per game. My couple per game estimate was high.

 

[Natebishop3]

59 is 3 every 4 games. 87 is 1 per game. My couple per game estimate was high.

And yet we were leading the league

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

For me today....one week prior to FA-day.......

I want Howard to WANT to come here to play with Dame and CJ. I want to sign him for no more than $24M/yr so that we don't have to decimate our bench.
If he demands $30/M max....then I think that's a sign that he's not perfectly suited for our team / age / injuries / etc. Let him go.

I really think Whiteside is the better choice for us, partly because of his age (26) and max contract size ($22/M) and the fact we WOULD be able to re-sign some of our valuable free agents (Crabbe, Harkless, Leonard).

I kinda hope Howard is first off the board and goes to NYK. I can laugh and move on.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

For me today....one week prior to FA-day.......

I want Howard to WANT to come here to play with Dame and CJ. I want to sign him for no more than $24M/yr so that we don't have to decimate our bench.
If he demands $30/M max....then I think that's a sign that he's not perfectly suited for our team / age / injuries / etc. Let him go.

I really think Whiteside is the better choice for us, partly because of his age (26) and max contract size ($22/M) and the fact we WOULD be able to re-sign some of our valuable free agents (Crabbe, Harkless, Leonard).

I kinda hope Howard is first off the board and goes to NYK. I can laugh and move on.

You can get to around 27 million by renouncing kaman, roberts and henderson. Trading plumlee for a future 1st, and terminating alexanders deal.

Id offer him that and if he balks, move on.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Aran Smith@nbadraftnet
2 minutes ago
Interesting free agent nugget. Hearing from sources close to Hassan Whiteside. Portland will push hard for him, possible landing spot.

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[Mediocre Man]

Aran Smith@nbadraftnet
2 minutes ago
Interesting free agent nugget. Hearing from sources close to Hassan Whiteside. Portland will push hard for him, possible landing spot.

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I'm hearing that also....from here. I probably have as much juice as that guy does. Never heard of him

 

[PDXFonz]

My sources confirm that Neil Olshey will be on the telephone today. No word yet as to whether or not it will be draft related.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

My sources confirm that Neil Olshey will be on the telephone today. No word yet as to whether or not it will be draft related.

He's setting up a riverboat gambling trip with the Mikes, Kevin Calabro, and Ron Artest I bet.

 

[Natebishop3]

My sources confirm that Neil Olshey will be on the telephone today. No word yet as to whether or not it will be draft related.

Like..... a landline or a cell phone?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Like..... a landline or a cell phone?

What's a landline?

 

[Natebishop3]

What's a landline?

If a landline is on land.... do people out in the ocean have sea lines?

 

[Nikolokolus]

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I think now more than ever, we have a legitimate shot at getting Durant to come here.With Dame and CJ's rising stars in the league, exceeding expectations by a large amount last season and the respect Stotts and Olshey has earned across the league.

I am confident that he will sign to be Blazer if we can get him in a room with Dame, CJ, Stotts, Olshey and Paul Allen talking to him about being a contender instantly and what a perfect fit he would be on the team.

How could he say no?

By pressing the tip of his tongue against the front of the roof of his mouth and forming his mouth into an 'O' shape while he forces air from his lungs.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I don't recall a "ton".

I do. He got 'em mostly from Andre, Marcus, and Rudy.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Camby is exactly the kind of target that benefits from a lob.

He was even better at giving than receiving.

 

[riverman]

Camby is exactly the kind of target that benefits from a lob.

Actually Camby threw lob passes more often than he received them. Dre is a lob master, Camby was a really good passer

 

[maxiep]

Again, the question is, can Dame and CJ become good lob passers if Howard comes here? I think they can learn.

 

[PDXFonz]

18m a year for Howard?

I wouldn't want to pay him more than that, doubt we could get him for less. Pipe dream is 15m a year for 2-3 years. Bones was saying he thinks Dallas may be willing to throw more money at him than us, I think he would be more successful here and therefor should consider taking less to play here.

 

[Strenuus]

18m a year for Howard?

I wouldn't want to pay him more than that, doubt we could get him for less. Pipe dream is 15m a year for 2-3 years. Bones was saying he thinks Dallas may be willing to throw more money at him than us, I think he would be more successful here and therefor should consider taking less to play here.

Can we just sign him so Wookee would be forced to cheer for him?

 

[julius]

there are 2 teams I suspect will throw the bank at Howard. Dallas and New York.

If one of them is willing to spend 30 million on him, go ahead. My only concern is that Portland doesn't spend this summers cap space (and thus it basically disappears) or they just continue the trend of picking up scraps. While it worked the last few times, it's not a strong method for getting a team over the top.

 

[Sarni]

Well Howard would be better than no one but in our current position I'd definitely prefer Whiteside and I'd probably even prefer to give good contracts to Biyombo ($14M?) and someone like Bazemore/Turner/whoever's left (there's not THAT much talent in free agency). Another point someone made in the past is that we could get 2-3 free agents at decent prices and build up our assets to trade for a disgruntled superstar in the future. Currently we do not possess these assets, if someone like Cousins or even Noel (not a star but a good match) became available we cannot make a move. If we had a deeper team there would naturally be more dispensable players to be traded. Might be faulted logic, and could obviously land you with a few contracts you can't get rid of.

 

[KingSpeed]

If we can get Dwight I would really go for it and find a way to sign Pau too. We'd go from one of the worst front courts to one of the best.

Dwight/Pau got swept in the first round in 2013.

 

[ebott]

Well Howard would be better than no one

No one is who I think we're going to end up with. I don't remember the last time the Blazers got a top notch free agent. I'm so used to seeing the Blazers swing and miss at free agents that the idea that a good one would want to sign with us seems like crazy talk. I'd be jump for joy happy if we signed Howard.