Will Blazers try to get Bosh?

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They'd probably like to get out of Calderon's contract as well.
 
e_blazer said:
Bear in mind that Aldridge will be a BYC player. If you're going to include him in a deal, the Blazers would only get to count 1/2 of his salary. Toronto would be under the cap so that wouldn't be a problem on their end, but the Blazers would have to include more than Rudy's contract to make it work. LA, Rudy & Joel?
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would webster work?
 
BasX said:
LA probably, rudy probably not, and depends on range for the two firsts.
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My guess is after NY (or Miami) makes their pitch to Bosh, you will take anything you can get in terms of compensation. And it won't be fair trade value.
 
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I'd actually be pretty curious to see a team led by Aldridge/Calderon/Fernandez. That could be a pretty fun team to watch. Probably very fast-paced, which would play to Aldridge's (and Rudy's) strengths.
 
I would give Rudy and Bayless to them, if they wanted. With LMA for Bosh and whatever filler works. Bosh over LMA on this team would be freaking amazing.
 
BasX said:
i might be in the minority, but I'm ready to move on without CB. I kinda want us to miss the playoffs so we get our pick.
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I wish someone backed me on the thread saying the raps should gun for John Wall.
 
"THE" said:
I realize that, I'm just saying, that Arnold is a cool guy, but just does generic fluff pieces. He has no "inside" info. Which made me think about how anybody can claim they are a team expert and get quoted in storiees on the other side of the country. Then board geeks take it as gospel.
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Arnold is a fucking joke. The guy doesn't know shit about the NBA. There have been multiple times where fans have corrected his articles.
 
I guess you can all dream. Why not deam about James too. Your odds are about the same.

I repeat, Bosh is a free agent. He can go to teams like Miami and New York without worrying about a trade, or depleteing the rest of the team to get him.

KP can throw in anything he wants to entice toronto and Toronto can ask for anything they want in return. It is all meaningless.

Bosh is going to go where he wants to go except maybe the Lakers. Then your trade scenarios would be valid. Bosh to me is a bit of a prima donna. I can see him in NY, Chicago , Miami, or Dallas.

Not Portland.
 
It's obvious what the price Colangelo will demand for getting Bosh: Taking Turkoglu.:ghoti:
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I guess you can all dream. Why not deam about James too. Your odds are about the same.

I repeat, Bosh is a free agent. He can go to teams like Miami and New York without worrying about a trade, or depleteing the rest of the team to get him.

KP can throw in anything he wants to entice toronto and Toronto can ask for anything they want in return. It is all meaningless.

Bosh is going to go where he wants to go except maybe the Lakers. Then your trade scenarios would be valid. Bosh to me is a bit of a prima donna. I can see him in NY, Chicago , Miami, or Dallas.

Not Portland.
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Bosh can make more money in a sign and trade. It's in his interest to work with Toronto.
 
maxiep said:
Bosh can make more money in a sign and trade. It's in his interest to work with Toronto.
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An extra year (which he will make up at the end ) and what 5% after taxes? vs going to a team that does not have to trade important parts to get him. We better hope that is not the case or we will see him in LA.
 
I'd love to get Bosh but in all honesty i'm just hoping he doesn't go to OKC somehow.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
An extra year (which he will make up at the end ) and what 5% after taxes? vs going to a team that does not have to trade important parts to get him. We better hope that is not the case or we will see him in LA.
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It's all about escalation. 5 yrs @ 8% increases vs. 6 years and 10.5%. That's a huge difference, roughly 33.2%.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
An extra year (which he will make up at the end ) and what 5% after taxes? vs going to a team that does not have to trade important parts to get him. We better hope that is not the case or we will see him in LA.
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A team with max space does not have to give up parts to get him, but is likely to be severely depleted already. If you had a choice to team up with e.g. Joe Johnson and not much else in NY, or with Roy, Oden, Miller and Batum, which one would you do?
 
axs88 said:
A team with max space does not have to give up parts to get him, but is likely to be severely depleted already. If you had a choice to team up with e.g. Joe Johnson and not much else in NY, or with Roy, Oden, Miller and Batum, which one would you do?
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What if his wife preferred the Turkish community in New York?
 
Bosh isn't a huge upgrade over Aldridge in our offense.


Aldridge can stand around and watch Brandon go 1 on 5 just as easily as Bosh can.
 
axs88 said:
A team with max space does not have to give up parts to get him, but is likely to be severely depleted already. If you had a choice to team up with e.g. Joe Johnson and not much else in NY, or with Roy, Oden, Miller and Batum, which one would you do?[/QUOTE]

I would go to Miami:


• Dwyane Wade said Monday he plans to talk to several free-agent friends after the season about their plans (LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire) and encourage them to sign with Miami if he stays. Miami has room for two maximum contracts -- including Wade -- with another $5 million or so left. Wade has expressed a preference to stay, and owner Micky Arison put the odds at 95 percent, but he won't handicap it: ``I'm not a percentage guy. I have a lot of things to think about.''

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532982/dolphins-need-a-nose-tackle-but.html#ixzz0iRXwhLh0
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Pinwheel1 said:
I would go to Miami:


• Dwyane Wade said Monday he plans to talk to several free-agent friends after the season about their plans (LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire) and encourage them to sign with Miami if he stays. Miami has room for two maximum contracts -- including Wade -- with another $5 million or so left. Wade has expressed a preference to stay, and owner Micky Arison put the odds at 95 percent, but he won't handicap it: ``I'm not a percentage guy. I have a lot of things to think about.''

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532982/dolphins-need-a-nose-tackle-but.html#ixzz0iRXwhLh0
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Sure, if he can team up with LBJ or Wade, that's his best bet, no question (assuming he wants to play second fiddle). This off-season can go so many different ways. What if LBJ stays in Cleveland and Wade bolts to Chicago though? I believe then Portland/Dallas/Houston would present a better option with a sign and trade than say signing in Miami or NY along with a lower-tier wing player like JJ.
 
maxiep said:
It's all about escalation. 5 yrs @ 8% increases vs. 6 years and 10.5%. That's a huge difference, roughly 33.2%.
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Exactly. And the Blazers are one of the few teams that could make it well worth it to the Raptors to work a sign and trade if they're convinced that Bosh won't resign with them. I'm thinking that the Blazers may well have a move for Bosh in mind for this summer after watching Aldridge fail to develop any more interior game this year.

Yesterday I pointed out that LA will be a base year compensation player next season, meaning that the Blazers only get to count 1/2 of his salary in any trade they make involving him. I said that Toronto would be below the cap, but I don't think that's correct since Bosh wouldn't have formally opted out yet. That means both sides would have to make a deal that would match within 25% plus $100K. A package of LA, Joel, and Rudy would work for both parties, assuming that Bosh would sign a contract that starts at somewhere around the $17 mil he'd be giving up in his option year.

To me, that seems the weakest part of this scenario. Would the Blazers really want to sign a guy to a longterm deal that would start at $17 mil given the prospects of a new tighter CBA? Assuming they would, all parties involved would benefit from the proposed deal. The Raptors get a PF who has near Bosh's skills and who's cheaper, plus they get Rudy and either a decent center in Joel or an expiring contract if he's not able to recover. Bosh gets way more money than he can get on the open market. The Blazers get an All Staf PF to team with Roy and Oden as their championship window core. They give up Joel, who may or may not ever regain what he was before the injury, but they have the ability to replace him with Camby. They lose Rudy, but he's likely to leave at the end of his contract anyway.

Who knows if this has any legs, but trade rumors are part of message board fun. :clap:
 
Mediocre Man said:
Bosh isn't a huge upgrade over Aldridge in our offense.


Aldridge can stand around and watch Brandon go 1 on 5 just as easily as Bosh can.
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Not at all. The problem with Aldridge is that he isn't aggressive on offense, he either needs to be set up or he takes jumpers/fade-aways. He's a force if those shots are falling and invisible/worse than invisible on offense if they're not.

Bosh is excellent at facing up and getting to the hoop himself. Even if your complaint is that McMillan is too ISO heavy, then what you're saying is that Bosh fits in much better. Aldridge is much more dependent on a motion offense. Bosh is great at scoring off ISOs. You can put the ball in his hands and let him create for himself.
 
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