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Earliest pick we can trade is 2019. We could do pick swaps other years. We might have a shot at #1 this year with Simmons out there.

Adams and Barnes very likely will be paid max contracts next summer.
I don't know if it. was a formal change or not to the CBA (underreported if it was), but we can actually trade the 2018 pick as part of a "first allowable draft" pick language that teams have been using. So for instance, we could trade for someone this summer in return for our "first allowable draft pick", and the other teams knows it's 2018 at the earliest. But you can only have the dual protections combined for 7 years. So we couldn't do a 5 year-lotto protection on our 2016 pick, and then a 4-year lotto protection on (what could be) the 2022 pick
 
I think we can only offer KJ a max of the MLE since he's only been in the league 1 year. So if Houston still has their MLE they can match.
 
I think we can only offer KJ a max of the MLE since he's only been in the league 1 year. So if Houston still has their MLE they can match.

Yes and no. The Gilbert Arenas provision limits the first two years of the offer, but a large raise can be included for the third year of the offer. Then, the team matching actually has to have enough cap space to cover the average of all three years.

You may recall three years ago that Houston did this with their offers to Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik--contracts of $5M each of the first two years, but $15M for the third year. NY and CHI would each have had to use $8.3M of cap space to match those offers, and they chose not to.

Basically, we could offer KJ $20M/3y, but structure it as 5.46M/5.69M/8.85M, and then Houston wouldn't be able to use their MLE, but would have to have 6.7M of cap space to match.
 
I look at the roster we have and think..somewhere we may have the next Whiteside or Draymond Green or Demarre Carroll...guys we didn't even really think of as great players not so long ago

I wish/hope that ur right but... I'm not feelin' that; 2 out of 3 guys that u listed r very exceptional (Carroll's a very good player, I like him a lot; it would b much more feasible for 1 of our guys to duplicate the success in ratio w/ respects to his growth) & the odds of any player getting to their level is astronomically nuts :wink:

We shoulda listened to 'tone pre-draft, he was really high on Green & wanted to draft him!

Don't get me wrong though, I like all of our guys/new guys & we're gonna love 'em & they'll all b good, some will become very good, & I think we've got @ least 1 fringe future All-Star(s)!:smiley-yup:
 
SIGN KJ MCDANIEL'S NOW!!!!!!

Should have jumped at Corey Joseph with a big offer too. Maybe we did. Raptor's beat us out.
We can't make an offer to him until July 9th because he's restricted. He must sign the offer sheet first so Houston has a chance to match. If they don't, then he's ours.
 
If this is true it could explain the recent inactivity.
Yeah. I think he's our target because he's exactly the baseline singles Olshey is known to hit. I don't know though because this summer has been freaky
 
We can't make an offer to him until July 9th because he's restricted. He must sign the offer sheet first so Houston has a chance to match. If they don't, then he's ours.

Which is why we likely don't hear anything for several days. I think Neil is done acquire straight FA's and now has to wait for RFA offers or unbalanced trade opportunities.
 
Which is why we likely don't hear anything for several days. I think Neil is done acquire straight FA's and now has to wait for RFA offers or unbalanced trade opportunities.
Which actually are great moves if you ask me. Don't blow your load on bid wars on available FA. Swing for the fences. We can offer a Max to Kanter and 6 mil to Daniels because of our space right out the gate.
 
Forcing okc to match on kanter and getting mcdaniels would be a nice finish to the offseason.
 
I think Neil sat around with LMA's cap hold with the hope he might sign. In the meantime, a lot of the FAs signed. He had his hands tied.
 
How bout Sergio? he's older but a few vets is fine, especially one whose passing skills can help develop the bigs and who can give Dame a nice rest
 
I think Neil sat around with LMA's cap hold with the hope he might sign. In the meantime, a lot of the FAs signed. He had his hands tied.
It's not necessarily tied really. Maybe his plan b was offering restricted players money. If Aldridge didnt sign, he knew he would have the most money come July 9th
 
How bout Sergio? he's older but a few vets is fine, especially one whose passing skills can help develop the bigs and who can give Dame a nice rest

Sergio would be ok but we could sign a younger, cheaperplayer with similar skills in Marshall.
 
Sergio would be ok but we could sign a younger, cheaperplayer with similar skills in Marshall.
I do believe we have enough to get Daniels, Sergio and Kanter this summer. It could be interesting really.
 
Blazers cleared a lot of cap space - for? Not Aldridge, they had his Bird rights. I can't help thinking something is afoot that we don't know about, maybe a push for Durant next year? Don't know. But while there are teams that cut costs for the sake of cutting costs, Portland has not been one of them. Right now I'm at wait and see mode.
 
Blazers cleared a lot of cap space - for? Not Aldridge, they had his Bird rights. I can't help thinking something is afoot that we don't know about, maybe a push for Durant next year? Don't know. But while there are teams that cut costs for the sake of cutting costs, Portland has not been one of them. Right now I'm at wait and see mode.

Aldridge was still a cap hold.
 
Blazers cleared a lot of cap space - for? Not Aldridge, they had his Bird rights. I can't help thinking something is afoot that we don't know about, maybe a push for Durant next year? Don't know. But while there are teams that cut costs for the sake of cutting costs, Portland has not been one of them. Right now I'm at wait and see mode.

I believe that Monroe was the target
 
LeBron James

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So we know that long term we need a big time scoring wing. Neil has to keep space available for that opportunity. Whether or not that is this summer, during the season or next summer we have to have room to absorb the contract. It is possible we land a free agent (Not at the level of Durant) but more than likely we will have to get lucky and be ready when an opportunity presents itself. But I think we need to stick with young cheap player until that time comes.

Right now we have:
Dame, Frazier
Henderson, CJ, Pat C.
Aminu, Crabbe
Leonard, Davis , Vonleh
Plumlee, Kaman

Kaman and Henderson both could be used as well as part of any "absorbing deal". But the question remains who are the player on Neil's list in the next 380 days that he is targeting? And in the mean time how much money do we spend on a back up PG and SF this summer knowing we need to keep space available?
What is the cap going up to?
 
Aldridge was still a cap hold.

We have yet to make a move post Aldridge leaving. Before Saturday Olshey and crew were able to work under the guise that Aldridge might be coming back. Even though we questioned Batum being traded for a role player and a project, the trade for Plumlee, and our buying of second round picks to net us the insurance of Connaughton and Diez (not sure how much insurance that really is) and the signing of Ed Davis, etc. we kept up hope that Olshey was engineering some amazing lineup for Aldridge to rise up with. Now that the smoke has cleared and we know Aldridge has gone for sure, everything has gone quiet. Olshey and crew are like a deer caught in the headlights. They're next move is critical, they have to make the right trade, or sign the right guy, come up with the next pitch (checks these young guys out, they can really play; its gonna be interesting seeing them grow) Whatever Olshey is planning next, it better be a wise move, but he'd also like Canzano said, better start taking some hostages, because there are not many left. Most of what was left after the big free agents were all signed is drying up like a lake in the Sahara. So Olshey, whether you are gonna wheel and deal Kaman, trade nothing for a miracle, or sign some new young energetic force, you'd better get to it.
 
We have yet to make a move post Aldridge leaving. Before Saturday Olshey and crew were able to work under the guise that Aldridge might be coming back. Even though we questioned Batum being traded for a role player and a project, the trade for Plumlee, and our buying of second round picks to net us the insurance of Connaughton and Diez (not sure how much insurance that really is) and the signing of Ed Davis, etc. we kept up hope that Olshey was engineering some amazing lineup for Aldridge to rise up with. Now that the smoke has cleared and we know Aldridge has gone for sure, everything has gone quiet. Olshey and crew are like a deer caught in the headlights. They're next move is critical, they have to make the right trade, or sign the right guy, come up with the next pitch (checks these young guys out, they can really play; its gonna be interesting seeing them grow) Whatever Olshey is planning next, it better be a wise move, but he'd also like Canzano said, better start taking some hostages, because there are not many left. Most of what was left after the big free agents were all signed is drying up like a lake in the Sahara. So Olshey, whether you are gonna wheel and deal Kaman, trade nothing for a miracle, or sign some new young energetic force, you'd better get to it.

If Aldridge re-signed, Olshey could have re-signed the remaining 4 starters, too. Or as many as he wanted to, and assuming they would re-sign.
 
If Aldridge re-signed, Olshey could have re-signed the remaining 4 starters, too. Or as many as he wanted to, and assuming they would re-sign.

He knew Aldridge probably wasn't coming back and started a rebuild pretending that Aldridge was still a possibility...now that Aldridge left...we are looking at the man behind the curtain...and he has no where to hide...he is planning his next move accordingly
 
Forcing okc to match on kanter and getting mcdaniels would be a nice finish to the offseason.
I don't want Kanter, he's a plodding C who may be the worst defensive big in the league, does not seem to fit the way this roster is being built IMO
 
I don't foresee Kanter becoming a blazer, but we should snag KJ while the gettings good
 
We need wings. KJ is now my #1 target.

Then Corey Brewer.
 

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