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With the Wade Baldwin experiment looking promising, I was wondering who might be good targets for a two-way contract this season.

I thought the Blazers approached it right last year in picking up a guy who was a mid-first-round pick and giving him new life with a change of scenery. I think that might be the way to go again. Are there any recent first-round picks that anyone can think of who might be worth rolling the dice on this year?
 
Looking at the last two drafts, one name I saw was a 1st round pick in 2016 that is a free agent:
Brice Johnson
He might be worth a look if he would accept a 2-way and is a position of need for possible depth throughout the season.

Just looking at some other free agents that are eligible:
Kadeem Allen
Joel Bolomboy
Chris Boucher
Alec Peters
Marshall Plumlee
Gary Payton II
Paul Zipser

There are lots more those are just some of the names that jumped out. I'm not sure if any of them would accept a 2-way contract though.
 
PCmor7 said:
With the Wade Baldwin experiment looking promising, I was wondering who might be good targets for a two-way contract this season.

I thought the Blazers approached it right last year in picking up a guy who was a mid-first-round pick and giving him new life with a change of scenery. I think that might be the way to go again. Are there any recent first-round picks that anyone can think of who might be worth rolling the dice on this year?
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Most likely will wait until after rosters are paired down. I would think players will also wait a bit to see if they can make a roster somewhere as once they are signed to a two way contract they are somewhat locked in.
 
spurs game was on before blazers in summer league, bolomboy looked very solid if undersized as a stretch 4. confident out to the 3pt line and aggressive on the boards and defensive end. didn't he go to dame's alma marta too?
 
hoopsjock said:
Looking at the last two drafts, one name I saw was a 1st round pick in 2016 that is a free agent:
Brice Johnson
He might be worth a look if he would accept a 2-way and is a position of need for possible depth throughout the season.

Just looking at some other free agents that are eligible:
Kadeem Allen
Joel Bolomboy
Chris Boucher
Alec Peters
Marshall Plumlee
Gary Payton II
Paul Zipser
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Bolomboy is a fellow Dame alumni so there's that. Brice Johnson was so far away from what he did in college when he would explode on some nights.
 
If Portland is keeping the 15 as is, the shoukd target bigs with their 2 way contracts
 
My #1 target would be Stanton Kidd.

I think Utah will smartly lock him up though.
 
Tomorrow is the last day to sign someone on a 2-Way Contract this season. I wonder if we will or not?
 
Chris Craig said:
Probably not.
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Well the NBA is trying to turn the G-League into more of a minor league system and is also going to start to pay players who aren't eligible for the NBA but don't want to go to college. Portland not only is the only team without at least 1 two-way contract but is one of only a few teams that doesn't have their own G-League team. The NBA is probably not happy about that.
 
hoopsjock said:
Well the NBA is trying to turn the G-League into more of a minor league system and is also going to start to pay players who aren't eligible for the NBA but don't want to go to college. Portland not only is the only team without at least 1 two-way contract but is one of only a few teams that doesn't have their own G-League team. The NBA is probably not happy about that.
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No they are probably not. But, what would they do about it? If they felt that serious about it, they could mandate it, that all teams have to sign a 2 way contract or reward those who do. Otherwise, there is nothing they can do.

Its not like they can instruct the officials to give us a hard time every game or anything like that.
 
Chris Craig said:
No they are probably not. But, what would they do about it? If they felt that serious about it, they could mandate it, that all teams have to sign a 2 way contract or reward those who do. Otherwise, there is nothing they can do.

Its not like they can instruct the officials to give us a hard time every game or anything like that.
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Maybe THAT is the real reason they sent Swanigan and Baldwin down? The NBA was like c'mon guys, you have no team, no two-ways, and aren't using the G-League at all! Give us something please.
 
hoopsjock said:
Maybe THAT is the real reason they sent Swanigan and Baldwin down? The NBA was like c'mon guys, you have no team, no two-ways, and aren't using the G-League at all! Give us something please.
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Silver only uses the word please when he is speaking to mother
 
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