So I'm pretty sure we're at the "bid against ourselves" point

[barfo]

He shot under 40% in almost all the games and my grandmother can drive past him.

If she's downtown tonight in her Caddy she probably can. Tell her not to shoot.

barfo

 

[andalusian]

He shot under 40% in almost all the games and my grandmother can drive past him.

Will your Granny play for the MLE?

 

[LameR]

He shot under 40% in almost all the games and my grandmother can drive past him. Yeah, that sure makes him a $10,000,000 per year goto guy.

Letting Kobe drive by him worked out pretty well. BLOCK FROM BEHIND!

 

[LittleAlex]

It is not your money. It is not my money. It is Paul Allens. Five years from now Portland will still be over the cap even with Hedo coming off of the books. Even if we give Hedo $6 mil per, we still have rookies to sign this year, the next, the next, the next, etc... Add to that we are giving Roy a max deal, Aldridge probably 90% of max, what ever Oden deserves when he is up for extension, Rudy, Bayless, Batum. This team will not see cap space unless they let everyone expire like SA did while keeping their big three. It is not out money, it is Paul Allens money and the cap space and flexibility are gone as soon as we offer to Roy/Aldridge for a long, long time. It is just the way it is.

It isn't that I feel like they are spending my money.

It is that I feel that signing Hedo doesn't really get them all that much closer to winning a title then signing other guys for half as much. A lower salary is easier to move if that is needed. Giving Hedo 10 million a year means he will be in Portland that whole time no matter how the move works out.

I don't care about the team's financial responsibility. I do care about their ability to win a title. I don't think the Hedo move is the one that puts us in contention.

 

[azsun67]

It isn't that I feel like they are spending my money.

It is that I feel that signing Hedo doesn't really get them all that much closer to winning a title then signing other guys for half as much. A lower salary is easier to move if that is needed. Giving Hedo 10 million a year means he will be in Portland that whole time no matter how the move works out.

I don't care about the team's financial responsibility. I do care about their ability to win a title. I don't think the Hedo move is the one that puts us in contention.

I think KP and the crew know what they are doing, I will leave it up to them to decide.