Trade Analysis: "Blazers got nice piece for nothing"

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http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/2/21/4014914/eric-maynor-trade-grades-blazers-thunder
 
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Nice work. Free bench upgrade. Not a big move by any stretch, but given the trade deadline moves as a whole, this looks pretty nifty.
 
Nice article. I dunno if Neil is ready to spend that $3.4 mil yet though.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Nice article. I dunno if Neil is ready to spend that $3.4 mil yet though.
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Fortunately, he doesn't have to spend it yet. He gets a free look for the rest of this season before deciding if Maynor fits long term. If he does, then $3.4M for a solid backup PG is a good deal.
 
So the cap hold if we make the offer is $5mil? That's going to cut into our free agency stash if we exercise it.
 
BBert said:
So the cap hold if we make the offer is $5mil? That's going to cut into our free agency stash if we exercise it.
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If he's the guy Olshey wants at the backup PG spot, I'd think that the Blazers would make a move to resign him ASAP so that the cap hold isn't an issue.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Let Maynor prove it to Neil in the "Tank By Resting Lillard" phase of the operation.
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Yep. May as well reduce Lillard's PT to 34 mpg or so, yet not make it obvious that you're tanking by bringing in Maynor, who actually had a good playoff run for OKC in 2010-11. Westbrook was even benched at the end of a few games in those playoffs because Maynor was playing so well.
 
e_blazer said:
If he's the guy Olshey wants at the backup PG spot, I'd think that the Blazers would make a move to resign him ASAP so that the cap hold isn't an issue.
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Aha!
 
The Blazers got a nice piece OF nothing. Maynor isn't that good.
 
Looking at stats, Maynor is a better 3-point shooter than Price. That's about it. He'll have his moments, but can he win any games with clutch shooting? Now, that would be a difference-maker.
 
BrianFromWA said:
He's 13 months into a recovery for his ACL. His coach said this last month:

Brooks said that only last month was he positive that Maynor was back to his old self, but since then, he’s been just as confident in the savvy point guard as he was in the past,
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Brooks certainly hasn't shown any confidence in him this past month, as he still hasn't played more than 9 minutes in a game since before Christmas.
 
jlprk said:
Looking at stats, Maynor is a better 3-point shooter than Price. That's about it. He'll have his moments, but can he win any games with clutch shooting? Now, that would be a difference-maker.
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I really would rather not looks at his stats. They mean very little right now. It all comes down to health. He was a
very good (Maybe even excellent) back up point guard before his injury, so the only thing I am concerned with his he 100 % healthy or not and will he ever be? (In terms of quickness) If he is or will be next year then it was a great trade. One less piece of the puzzle we need to worry about this summer.

I think/hope OKC was being very cautious with him and rightfully so since they had another decent back up. I assume he will fully recover, but you never know. He used his quickness to be successful. If he has lost it then all bets are off.
 
jlprk said:
Looking at stats, Maynor is a better 3-point shooter than Price. That's about it. He'll have his moments, but can he win any games with clutch shooting? Now, that would be a difference-maker.
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You think that Maynor will be in he game during the final minutes? I think that's a pretty unfair way to measure the effectiveness of a back-up PG.
 
Apropos of nothing, but didn't we have Shaun Livingston for a little bit?

EDIT: basketball-reference.com says no, but I could have sworn on a stack of bibles we had him but never played him or had him during pre-season or summer league or something. Maybe I'm living in an alternate universe now...
 
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We worked him out when KP was here. We passed, for I think, Shav Randolph?
 
No. (Edit: I think m_m is correct, as usual. :) )

But we talked about it. :)
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Did Olshey get us this trade exception? Or was it Chad Buchanon?
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July 16, 2012 was when the trade was done, so it must have been Olshey, since he was around when Lillard was drafted on June 28, 2012.
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Did Olshey get us this trade exception? Or was it Chad Buchanon?
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In the post trade interview Olshey credited his cap guy -- good old what's-his-name. If I weren't so lazy I'd look it up. It was NOT Buchanon, LOL.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I really would rather not looks at his stats. They mean very little right now. It all comes down to health. He was a
very good (Maybe even excellent) back up point guard before his injury, so the only thing I am concerned with his he 100 % healthy or not and will he ever be? (In terms of quickness) If he is or will be next year then it was a great trade. One less piece of the puzzle we need to worry about this summer.

I think/hope OKC was being very cautious with him and rightfully so since they had another decent back up. I assume he will fully recover, but you never know. He used his quickness to be successful. If he has lost it then all bets are off.
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His stats from before his injury mean more than a little, and they're extremely far off from being "excellent" back-up PG numbers.
 
crowTrobot said:
as long as matthews is banged up yes he probably will
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I don't think so, and if he does, hopefully not for long. Maynor's a better shooter than Price and Smith, but he's absolutely terrible on defense. That's a huge liability at the end of games. Smith and Price can at least bother whoever they're guarding. Maynor's never been accused of good defense in his life.
 
The real question is did the Blazers trade for Eric Maynor with the intentions of making a playoff push or was this more fore the future?
 
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