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Rumor is thats his price. Portland, Sac, and Tor are the suitors. I ll post link in a sec.
 
$8m
$9m
$10m
$11m
$12m

That's five years, $50m.

What do people think about a deal starting at $8m a year?

Ed O.
 
If the Magic manage to land Sheed, you can crown them before the season even starts.
 
A 35-year-old Turkoglu making $10-12 mil? Yikes.. I guess if Paul Allen is willing to pay it and if the team thinks he's the piece, I'm on board.

The article also mentions Bass, I wonder how much he would command.
 
Ed O said:
$8m
$9m
$10m
$11m
$12m

That's five years, $50m.

What do people think about a deal starting at $8m a year?
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Yuck. Unless there is a team option after the 3rd year. Ugly deal for a guy with questionable defense and not the greatest offensive production when he was handling the rock an awful lot. He would look a lot less proficient in Portland where we have Roy, a PG and him handle it.
 
I'm fine with the first two years, even if Hedo isn't my ideal acquisition.

The last three years, though? Screams albatross. Paying a guy $10, $11 and $12 million for his ages 33, 34 and 35 seasons seems like a really bad idea. He's not elite now, he's damn sure not going to be anything close to elite then.
 
Ed O said:
$8m
$9m
$10m
$11m
$12m

That's five years, $50m.

What do people think about a deal starting at $8m a year?

Ed O.
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Invert that and I would do that. Start out at $12m to lure him and as he gets older his pay decreases.
 
really hes loosing money due to inflation over time and the deal is essentially 10 mil a year so you cant like the first half of the deal and then dislike the 2nd. As a whole i think its fair, I'd do that deal if there was a team option for the 5th year basically making it a 4 year deal. I think Andre Miller can be had for a better price and he'd fit the team better. But what do i or you know.... In KP I trust
 
He's an upgrade obviously but something about acquiring him just doesn't feel right. I just don't feel like he is the right piece, but that's just my opinion. I can't argue he wouldn't upgrade the team but something just seems....off.
 
BlazerFanForLife said:
really hes loosing money due to inflation over time and the deal is essentially 10 mil a year so you cant like the first half of the deal and then dislike the 2nd.
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You can if you think he's about $7-8 million / year player. I like the first couple of years and not the final three, so I wouldn't extend such a deal to Turk. Someone's going to overpay him a lot for his playoff performance, I just don't think it should be Portland. Unless there's absolutely no other way to use the money. I guess I'd rather the Blazers took on a bad contract for a useful player (assuming Allen was still no less willing to extend the other Blazers in the future) rather than let the cap space disappear unused.
 
After seeing how much Hedo wants, and knowing that 07-08 was his peak, I dont want him for that much scrilla. I'd rather let Det. sign him then trade for Prince, or sign Ron Ron, or make a lopsided trade netting us a vet 1 or 3.
 
RoyToy said:
He's an upgrade obviously but something about acquiring him just doesn't feel right. I just don't feel like he is the right piece, but that's just my opinion. I can't argue he wouldn't upgrade the team but something just seems....off.
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I get that same feeling and that was before I saw the contact he wants. I think the Blazers should look for someone else for our SF. I been wanting Gerald Wallace for the longest time now and see him as a better fit.

But the PG spot better get a upgrade first before our SF. I am fine with Butum and Webster as our SF as long as we get a good PG.
 
Yikes. That is a bit much. I agree with everyone saying that 11-12 mil for a 34-35 year old Turk does not sound good to me.

I would rather have an old Artest then an old Turk.
 
Two problems with that deal: in light of the $50 mil price tag...

1.) Hedo is only a career 43% shooter, even if his 3-point percentage is quite good. Still - 12 ppg career? Seems hardly worth $10 mil per year.

2.) Hedo is only two years younger than Peja Stojajovic, and the two of them have similar games when comparing the two of them at 30. I wouldn't want to be paying $10 mil three years from now, when Hedo is where Peja is now.
 
a five year fifty million dollar deal is awfully steep in my opinion, I'd rather try to swing a trade for Gerald Wallace or sign Artest than spend that kind of scratch for a player that doesn't play great defense and isn't exactly a high percentage shooter. If his asking price was closer to 40 million over five years or maybe even 45 million (which would be my absolute limit) I'd probably give it some serious consideration.

I guess if you're going to overpay for a guy I'd rather it be somebody on the right side of thirty and less likely to become an albatross in year's 3, 4 and 5.
 
I'm on the artest bandwagon cheaper,better defense and probably bout the same shooting only thing your missing is clutchness which we have Roy for.
 
I guess if he's the best option available I'd rather see us overpay then do nothing. This cap space is a one time opportunity.

But if we can get a player like Gerald Wallace or Luol Deng in a salary dump that might look better 3 years from now.

edit: I don't see us going after Artest, I can't see KP or Allen accepting the risk to our "culture". Maybe if our core was around 30 and more established but they are still quite young and the team hasn't been full of good characters for a long enough period.
 
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Ed O said:
$8m
$9m
$10m
$11m
$12m
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eww.

like someone said, that's gonna be one hell of an
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Draco's Evil Sidekick said:
I guess if he's the best option available I'd rather see us overpay then do nothing. This cap space is a one time opportunity.

But if we can get a player like Gerald Wallace or Luol Deng in a salary dump that might look better 3 years from now.
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yep, better to take on Deng's contract then give something like that to Hedo.
 
I wonder if Sheed wouldn't mind backing up Aldridge and Oden for a few years...?

If we could get a good point guard, I don't think we'd need Hedo, especially for that much money.
 
I'd rather have Josh Childress or Marvin Williams. I don't think either of them are in a position to ask for 10 mil a season and they won't be declining at the end of their deals.
 
RoyToy said:
He's an upgrade obviously but something about acquiring him just doesn't feel right. I just don't feel like he is the right piece, but that's just my opinion. I can't argue he wouldn't upgrade the team but something just seems....off.
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Totally agree...He only done this this well in ORL. On top of that all his stats have considerably dropped from the year before. Then you factor in his age for a 5 year contract.

...I just think WHOEVER gets him will be disappointed sooner than later.
 
malarky said:
I'd rather have Josh Childress or Marvin Williams. I don't think either of them are in a position to ask for 10 mil a season and they won't be declining at the end of their deals.
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Yeah, I could get on board with that. I doubt Chill is coming back from Greece though to take less money (currently the eqv. of about 10 million dollars tax free) Marvin Williams is kind of a tweener 3/4, but I think he's more consistent and talented than our own 3/4 Travis.

I think KP has bigger plans than that.
 
You sometimes have to over-pay to get the FA you want. The catch is, our first priority needs to be PG. If we are forced to over-pay, let's do it at the right position!


I really wish we knew what was *really* going on in Hedo's head. Is he thinking "this is my last chance for a big contract, and I have to milk it for all I can!".....or is he thinking "I am worth $10 Million!"
The former I understand - the latter scares me. We don't need a third or fourth banana who thinks he is Larry Bird.
 
Let someone else sign him for that. I'd give him 4 years 34 million.

But we may be better off just getting a group of short term vets while our young talent develops. Miller, Hill, McDyess.
 
FUCK

NO


I'll agree with the other poster who said, "He just doesn't feel like the right guy"

Maybe if it's him and then another bigger piece it would feel better.

Baby steps I guess. :grin:
 
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