Trail Blazers waive guard Armon Johnson

[Boob-No-More]

Armon Johnson > Nolan Smith

Ooh, can I play?

Shavlik Randolph > Luke Babbitt

Who has next?

BNM

 

[Sedatedfork]

Nakita Morgunov > Luke Babbit

 

[blue32]

Armon waiving is fine, considering this org once had Viktor Khryapa and Sergei Monia

 

[THE HCP]

Remember Armon getting a lot of minutes for the first 2 weeks of the season last year........ all of a sudden...... NOTHING!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Armon waiving is fine, considering this org once had Viktor Khryapa and Sergei Monia

Actually, both of them are good players. Khryapa is earning millions as one of the stars of CSKA Moscow, which could beat a couple of NBA teams no problem, and Monia has gotten better to the extent that he's a lock down wing defender and great three point shooter. Both are better than Armon. But I guess they're furrin and have furrin names, so they're good for comic relief.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Remember Armon getting a lot of minutes for the first 2 weeks of the season last year........ all of a sudden...... NOTHING!

He's like the Bizarro world Jeremy Lin!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Height?

I forgot that! He has TWO NBA skills.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Honestly, I wish they would waive a couple more guys. Bring in somebody like Mills who will play balls-to-the-wall just to earn an invite to training camp next season. Replace the guys like Babbitt who show no urgency or drive to improve.

 

[MickZagger]

Actually, both of them are good players. Khryapa is earning millions as one of the stars of CSKA Moscow, which could beat a couple of NBA teams no problem, and Monia has gotten better to the extent that he's a lock down wing defender and great three point shooter. Both are better than Armon. But I guess they're furrin and have furrin names, so they're good for comic relief.

NBA benchwarmers?

 

[jlprk]

Babbitt has one NBA skill. That's one more than Armon.

HCP found a blond hair in his bed after his last trip.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

So Blazers pick up a big man and drop a 3rd string PG . . . GM's are overrated.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

NBA benchwarmers?

So, at least twice as good as Adam Morrison, then.

 

[MickZagger]

So, at least twice as good as Adam Morrison, then.

Benchwarmers on Championship teams?

 

[B-Roy]

Why release Armon instead of Greg?

"It was a combination of a lot factors. Part of it was that Armon was on our inactive list for much of the year and wasn't getting a great opportunity with us. He's stuck behind Raymond [Felton], Jamal [Crawford] and Nolan [Smith] right now. This is a chance to give him an opportunity. He's going to be a free agent this summer. Courtesy to him a little bit.

"But there's obviously some cap-related reasons as well. I don't want to get too specific but there were some financial implications to the move. As far as Greg, there are some advantages to retaining Greg for us too... Come the trade deadline, if there's something out there and you need the money to match, the more money you have on a contract the more flexibility you're going to have.

"It was a combination of both basketball and financial reasons."

Sure seems like they've given up on Greg, but I didn't expect them to admit it like this.