What happens after the moratorium in Blazers free agency?

[noknobs]

1. We officially sign Aminu and Davis
2. We possibly tender an offer sheet to a RFA such as McDaniels, or another player we are after that happens to be a RFA. (We won't go after Kanter...when we lost Aldridge that went out the door. We are gonna look to sign young athletic players with potential and a high ceiling, Kanter doesn't fit the picture.)
3. We round out the roster with players from the summer league.
4. We don't bring over Diez this year.

Olshey said this would be a "retooling", not a rebuild. However, so far this retooling is eerily similar in appearance to a rebuild.

Unless we're planning on giving 25m or more to McDaniels and summer league players we'll have to do something more substantial to reach the minimum team salary of 63m.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Neil Olshey.....

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

sigh, i guess nothing... 10am tomorrow should be interesting

 

[Scalma]

sigh, i guess nothing... 10am tomorrow should be interesting

Like Olshey is gonna say anything noteworthy.

 

[Chris Craig]

Like Olshey is gonna say anything noteworthy.

No spin needed. "He's a fucking dick pickle" will suffice

 

[BrianFromWA]

Maxing out an offer sheet to Tristan Thompson will mean CLE is paying Prokhorov-level lux tax. And I know Quicken is a fine company, but Gilbert (to my knowledge) doesn't have hordes of mafia-run mining operations to fall back on when his first couple billion gets blown...

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Maxing out an offer sheet to Tristan Thompson will mean CLE is paying Prokhorov-level lux tax. And I know Quicken is a fine company, but Gilbert (to my knowledge) doesn't have hordes of mafia-run mining operations to fall back on when his first couple billion gets blown...

Not worth it in my opinion, even if he was available...

Gosh, what happened to all the wings in the league?

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Tristan is great at D (and rebounding) but man he is horrible at O. Is he worth MAX? Ok, I know the answer to this. Most who get MAX aren't so forget that question. I would be leery though. Remember that he switched shooting hands for a season or two?

 

[Scalma]

Ed davis is Tristan thompson without the hype.

 

[Aussie Blazer!]

I have one word for you guys "NATEROBINSON"

 

[Aussie Blazer!]

Also i'm confused, does our team still only value guys that shoot threes? If so, last I heard Gilbert Arenas called and he needed more shoes

 

[Draco]

Well Thompson was previously close to an agreement with Cleveland that was near the max; no chance they don't match IMO. I like the idea of being the annoying team screwing with other franchises restricted free agents.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Only team I can see rumored with interest in KJ McDaniels is New Orleans.

 

[Draco]

Only team I can see rumored with interest in KJ McDaniels is New Orleans.

Maybe he's too young for the quick rebuild we are trying. Dame is 25 so he has basically two years until he hits his prime then it'll be downhill. Hopefully a slow decline but its not like we have 5 years to sit around and collect lottery picks.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I think the quick rebuild will only come in a trade. None of these FAs will "move the needle".

 

[Sinobas]

I changed my mind on Kanter. I don't think he's really that much more talented offensively than Kaman, and Kaman is a better defender/rebounder. I know he's young, but it seems like we'd be signing a Kaman-level player to the max.

 

[Sinobas]

We're not rebuilding, we're just replacing everyone on the team except for 3 guys.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Maybe he's too young for the quick rebuild we are trying. Dame is 25 so he has basically two years until he hits his prime then it'll be downhill. Hopefully a slow decline but its not like we have 5 years to sit around and collect lottery picks.

My guess is he is too similar to Aminu. We need a wing who can score.

 

[KingSpeed]

We're not rebuilding, we're just replacing everyone on the team except for 3 guys.

You must be thrilled Batum and LA are gone, yes?

 

[Aussie Blazer!]

It got to be Gerald Green then. You would think with all that vertical he could block a few shoots with his shins...

 

[Draco]

Maybe this is it and we're just going to wait until the season starts to do trades.

I know most Blazer fans including me are hoping there is a better move coming. But if not I'd rather see the team do nothing than make a bad move. We have until next years draft to use the cap space.

 

[Draco]

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Maybe this is it and we're just going to wait until the season starts to do trades.

That would be sad

 

[Aussie Blazer!]

Michael Beasley is only 26. We could get him purely from recreational purposes

 

[Draco]

That would be sad

Maybe the Mavs will rebuild and we'll absorb all of the contracts of Dirk/Chandler Parsons/Wes Matthews.

 

[Darkwebs]

I guess we're gonna tank and tank hard!

 

[ripcityboy]

I have to say. I kind of expected this. Neil isn't going to make a move unless it makes absolutely sense for the bottom line. We have to suck to get better and we might as well accept it.

 

[Scalma]

My guess is he is too similar to Aminu. We need a wing who can score.

No, what we need is talent. It's not about filling roles. It's about gaining assets.

 

[riverman]

I have one word for you guys "NATEROBINSON"

Ben Gordon is still out there too

 

[BrianFromWA]

Swaggy P is available for cheap as a 3-and-not-really-much-D guy. Then again, I'm not sure my rooting for laundry extends to someone who lets Iggy Azalea sit courtside.