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That's okay, he passes that on and blames Bush.
 
What are Neil and Paul doing right now? Are we just not looking to sign anybody else in hopes Lamarcus goes with us or what? Because that ain't happening. Just wasting time while more free agents get ate up which doesn't make sense because there are still holes in this roster
 
Cippy91 said:
What are Neil and Paul doing right now? Are we just not looking to sign anybody else in hopes Lamarcus goes with us or what? Because that ain't happening. Just wasting time while more free agents get ate up which doesn't make sense because there are still holes in this roster
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We haven't signed anyone in 24 hours what a bunch of slackers.

My guess is Olshey has his eyes on a RFA. Might wait til after the 9th to pursue them.
 
I don"t know what else Neil could have done besides deciding right off the bat Aldridge would not sign. that seems
irresponsible too.
 
I don't think Aldridge is gone for sure. I'm sure he's built up some relationships on the team and he has familiarity with the system; if Olshey can sell him on the Blazers being competitive over the next few years, I think he'll seriously consider staying. The Spurs offer him a top-tier team for a year or two, the Suns offer him, apparently, a very firm basketball vision that he likes and the Blazers offer him continuity. If it's just continuity, he'll leave, but if the Blazers also offer him a basketball vision that he likes, that could be pretty persuasive.
 
Cippy91 said:
What are Neil and Paul doing right now? Are we just not looking to sign anybody else in hopes Lamarcus goes with us or what? Because that ain't happening. Just wasting time while more free agents get ate up which doesn't make sense because there are still holes in this roster
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Let me tell you about Joe Dumars, a Pistons great who like Lillard and CJ went to a small school. After a hall of fame career, he became the GM of the Pistons. He made a few good moves and was highly lauded. Then came a summer when he had cap space, and lots of it. Free agency had gone on for a bit and he didn't want to lose out. So, he gave huge $$ to undersized superscorer Ben Gordon and to Big man Charlie Villanueva. It took the Pistons YEARS to recover from those bad contracts. Ben played poorly and Charlie wasn't that good.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/4/14/5593442/joe-dumars-detroit-pistons-review

Just because you have $$, doesn't mean you should spend it. It's not obvious whether we should or not.
/lesson

We can
1) keep our $$ for next year, there's a lot of good FAs next year. Lillard's contract will kick in and eat a bunch of it, so I'd have to look more deeply into the numbers to check this out.
2) keep our $$ for an unbalanced trade. For example, Team Texas wants to clear cap space because it has dreams of Kevin Durant. Sure, we'll take on your large stupid contract for our delicious cap space, but you have to also give us a 1st rounder and your best young prospect! Philly just made one of the best trades ever because they had cap space - previous years lotto pick Nik Stauskas, other dudes, + 1st rounder for cap space. These are the types of trades we'd be looking for.
3) spend our cap space on a player.

Conclusion:
If you can get a cornerstone with 3), do it. If not check out 2). Paul Allen ain't waiting for 1), regardless of what posters on these boards hope - it would just get Neil fired.
 
I'm just saying there are holes in the roster, I am not in favor in using up all out cap space but that backup sf,pg, and sg looks suspect.
 
Damn, you guys are so hopeless. The final 3 were obviously those 3 mentioned. Anyone could have guessed it. I think the longer this drags on the more Portland has a chance. So just be patient and relax, nothing is a done deal yet.

To the contrary of some of you, I think Olshey is a very intelligent GM and is doing a great job of getting depth and dumping the old team that is not good enough to win an NBA Championship. I think we're half rebuilding and half loading up. It's not a bad situation to come into for Aldridge, we have the extra $27 million, the young talented guys that were brought in, plus his legacy here in Portland.

Realistically, it's going to come down to what he values. I really don't think he's going to Phoenix. So I believe it's between the Blazers and Spurs, so Woj was right from the start. He's also 30, so the extra money and the 5th year might have more weight. Don't lose hope yet faithful.
 
Would it be bad taste to photoshop Aldridge and Paul Allen into an ISIS hostage picture?
 
The rationale maybe isolated to me.

But there is a human aspect to this which makes me think Portland are stronger contenders than we might think. It's a kick in the balls enough that he's leaving a fan base that dearly loves him and I believe he knows. It's another thing to string this base along. I personally don't think LA would do that. He would have made it clear at some point Portland is OUT. The fact this hasn't happened makes me think the Blazers are right there.
 
regardless of if he's stays or goes I'll always be pissed at him for not pulling a mentor Timmy D. and staying while trying to help us get better. At this point who really cares, all the big fish are gone. I fully expect him to be a spur next year but I will eat crow if I'm wrong. But Tim was at his recruitment meeting per sources right? was LMA at ours?
 
OneLifeToLive said:
The rationale maybe isolated to me.

But there is a human aspect to this which makes me think Portland are stronger contenders than we might think. It's a kick in the balls enough that he's leaving a fan base that dearly loves him and I believe he knows. It's another thing to string this base along. I personally don't think LA would do that. He would have made it clear at some point Portland is OUT. The fact this hasn't happened makes me think the Blazers are right there.
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yeah, like LeBron did with Cleveland.... oh wait.
 
If LMA was 39 and ready to pass the torch to the hottest free agent of the moment to his team of 20 years, he probably would be at that meeting.
 
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