Notice Trail Blazers and guard Anthony Morrow agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal

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I like this move a lot.

The guy has size and can really shoot the 3.

He is 31. He got Crabbe minutes twice in his career, but that was years ago.

He shot .308 from 3pt last season, but I assume that's an anomaly. He played 49 games, so he must have been hurt (I didn't follow what happened with him last year).
 
tester551 said:
What's wrong with this move?
He's a shooter, & not much else.


Exactly, a shooter & not much else.
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I mean.... it's just....eh. I would have been more interested if we had gotten him when he signed with Minnesota several years ago.

Edit: It was the Thunder not the Wolves. My mistake.
 
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I thought of BGD when I saw this move; he will be so happy that we finally got a veteran! And Boris Diaw is still available!
 
His shooting was trash last year but that was quite the anomaly given his career. Wonder what the $ amt was
 
Schilly said:
A shooter who shot 30% from 3
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Career 40% shooter. And he did finish last season shooting over 40% after he moved to Chicago. I've always thought he'd be a fit for Stotts but didn't think we'd actually sign him just because he's a little older.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
I mean.... it's just....eh. I would have been more interested if we had gotten him when he signed with Minnesota several years ago.

Edit: It was the Thunder not the Wolves. My mistake.
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Yes, it is a meh move. But at this point we're scraping the bottom of the barrel.

It's a good move with the options available
 
Scalma said:
Career 40% shooter. And he did finish last season shooting over 40% after he moved to Chicago. I've always thought he'd be a fit for Stotts but didn't think we'd actually sign him just because he's a little older.
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He also shot 92 FT% last year, so he can still shoot.
 
.417 career 3FG%. Last season appears to have been a relatively small sample size anomaly.

If not, no big deal. His contract is non-guaranteed. We can see if his 3-point shooting returns to form in Stotts' system. I suspect it will as multiple other role players (Aminu and Harkless) have had career years shooting the 3 in this system.

I suspect it's a min contract, but again, non-guaranteed. Pretty low risk for a potential Crabbe replacement at >10% the cost.

BNM
 
With Wilcox signed to a two way deal I wonder if that could also be an option for one of Goodwin/briscoe if they impress.
 
Damn, this dude's gonna be 32 when the season starts, ancient for this team, lol.
 
santeesioux said:
Damn, this dude's gonna be 32 when the season starts, ancient for this team, lol.
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But not all that old for a 3-point specialist whose game doesn't depend on great athleticism.

Kyle Korver just led the league in 3FG% at the age of 35 (and 33 and 32).

Other than last season, which was a relatively small sample size, Morrow has always been one of the most accurate 3-point shooters in the league. Even after a down year, his career 3FG% of .417 ranks 5th among active players and 13th all time.

Hopefully, his poor shooting in OKC last season was a one-time aberration and he returns to something closer to his career average. If not, he can be waived and his non-guaranteed contract comes off the books. This is essentially a zero risk signing.

BNM
 
Scalma said:
Saw this on Reddit:

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Imagine if we replaced Crabbe with a guy making the minimum hope some of you talk about that as much as you did about Crabbes contract.

Nevermind, I know what it'll be. Olshey lucked into Morrow. Lol
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You won't hear that from me. I've been hoping for an affordable Crabbe replacement and would have been happy with someone that gives us comparable production at half the cost. If Morrow can return to his career norm, he will give us comparable production at 1/10th the cost and will be a huge steal. If not, waive him and look for someone else.

I wonder when his contract will become fully guaranteed. The later, the better. Hopefully not until at least sometime in January. It would be nice to see if Morrow can return to past form, and how well he fits with the team, before making that decision.

If he doesn't work out, as long as his contract comes off the books by the last day of the regular season, it won't impact our luxury tax situation.

Even if this doesn't work out, it's still a great move by Neil. High upside with zero risk.

BNM
 
Outside of Nurkic, Morrow's defense fits right in with where Portland was last season.
 
-Always liked his shooting stroke, this is way better than the nothing we had going into this season.
- The guy's a pro and he played for a team that played ugly for Westbrook. This signing sounds like a bargain.

btw, anyone remembers this?
 
BBert said:
In Stott's offense Morrow should catch the ball in better rhythm than he did watching and waiting and not knowing WTF was going to happen in the Westbrick ball hog offense.

Just speculation, but I know it would be true for me.

:cheers:
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Yep, Stotts' flow offense creates a lot of open catch and shoot opportunities for guys like Crabbe, Harkless and Aminu. Should be a much better fit for Morrow than last year's Westbrook dominant show in OKC.

BNM
 
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