Free Agent Trendon Watford released

[Freshtown]

Something must be cooking. If the Blazers were trading Dame and going completely young, it would have made sense to keep him.

Let Joe cook!

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Something must be cooking. If the Blazers were trading Dame and going completely young, it would have made sense to keep him.

Or if the Blazers are trying to win now it makes sense to keep him as the 12th man in case of injuries. I just don't see a path where cutting him like this makes any sense.

 

[Natebishop3]

We have new end of the bench guys.

He was an end of the bench guy that could play. Right now we don't know when Rupert or Murray will contribute.

 

[Natebishop3]

Or if the Blazers are trying to win now it makes sense to keep him as the 12th man in case of injuries. I just don't see a path where this makes any sense.

Yeah usually you can explain this kind of thing by saying it was about cost cutting.... but that makes no sense.

 

[Chris Craig]

He was an end of the bench guy that could play. Right now we don't know when Rupert or Murray will contribute.

The Blazers must be thinking sooner than later.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If Dame is staying we need to make room for veterans to appease him.

There is plenty of room for a backup veteran and Watford as the 3rd string. Dude was going to make 1 million less than the veteran minimum.

 

[andalusian]

I really liked Trendon. This smells like opening room for a trade / FA signing.

Hope this is the case, otherwise, this is a super bummer.

 

[Hoopguru]

How many young 4's do you want? Walker & Murray backing up Grant can both shoot threes and board.

 

[wizenheimer]

I'll check this thread when it's 9 pages long and I'd bet I will still see no good reason offered for this move

as of right now my thought is 'fucking Vulcans'

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This looks cheap. If I were Dame I'd start to wonder if Joe's inability to get pieces to help him contend is actually to do with money, and he never intended to trade draft picks for players.

 

[Chris Craig]

Maybe we are trading Ant/Nurk/Little and had to clear some space to bring back an extra player in the deal.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

We have new end of the bench guys.

I'm willing to bet none of them is going to be MVP of the coming Summer League

 

[Hoopguru]

Must get older & longer.....

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Maybe we are trading Ant/Nurk/Little and had to clear some space to bring back an extra player in the deal.

His salary is a rounding error - you're reaching!

 

[Hoopguru]

Why would the release trendon instead of walker?

Maybe he's gone too?

 

[BBert]

At least we don't have to read the Blazers social media team call him T-Wat anymore. That is a win.

They called him Twat??? Are they stupid?

 

[Ripcity4life77]

This could be good or bad news now it's in Cronin and Jody's hands

Good news is this is a precursor for a trade and/or signing or bad news is Jody is a cheap skate and that's all I have cause this move just took me by surprise cause it on it's own makes ZERO sense unless the first part is true but this is Cronin and Jody so who the hell knows at this point.

 

[Chris Craig]

His salary is a rounding error - you're reaching!

Just trying to make sense of it.

 

[wizenheimer]

by the way, the "opening room for a trade" is absolute nonsense

Portland only had 8 players under contract, 11 counting the rookies, and teams are allowed 20 in the off-season. There was no crowding issue

 

[Rastapopoulos]

You know, this would make sense if he was a fucking shooting guard, of which we have too many. But he actually plays a position of need. And he's super versatile! WTF

 

[B-Roy]

 

[Chris Craig]

Ghost of Olshey: "Look, Trendon is a stupendous young player. We are grateful for his service, but we got our guys in the draft. We had to make room for them on the roster. We got our guys "

 

[Rastapopoulos]

They called him Twat??? Are they stupid?

Just be glad we don't sign somebody called Chris Unterberg

 

[HailBlazers]

If the Blazers don't get any of those benefits and only did this to save cash its going to be very upsetting. Watford probably could've played 20mpg for teams like Phoenix in the playoffs last year, he's certainly not a scrub.

20mpg in the playoffs? Bit early for bong hits dont ya think.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Trying to wrap my head around this but it just looks like another dumb move that we question immediately and will question often in the months ahead. Only other type of explanation I can think of is

1. Joe asked around the league and couldn't find any team that wanted his contract.
2. Joe has a few veterans identified to sign in free agency
3. Joe has a trade lined up where we are getting more players back than sending out

So the Blazers have a roster crunch issue on the horizon and don't have room on the 15 man roster for Watford.

I fear its much more likely Vulcans/Jody are requiring Joe to stay below the tax and this is another cost cutting move.

 

[riverman]

Says to me they are choosing Drew Eubanks for the 3rd string over TWatt.

 

[Hoopguru]

Donta Hall

 

[Natebishop3]

Maybe we are trading Ant/Nurk/Little and had to clear some space to bring back an extra player in the deal.

Or we're trading Dame and it's a 4-5 player for 1 scenario.

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

Murray vs. Watford? I take Murray but I really liked Watford’s sneaky, effective passing and teardrops. And I do like Walker better long term.

And I do like Eubanks as a 3rd center hustle guy.

 

[TheGoldRanger]

Marc Stein reported we are interested in a Center from overseas named Donta Hall…. I wonder if he’s going to be the replacement. *yawn*

 

[Shaboid]

I don't want it to be true, but perhaps they are clearing roster spots for a Dame trade bring back a bunch of players?