http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wi...azers_gave_david_lee_one_night_to_take_offer/ Apparently he had an offer for 4 years/28 million.
Sounds like we have a very high quality backup PF - just not sure who is the starter and who is the backup. Does LaMarcus start and Aldridge backup or is it vice-versa? Gramps...
Hmmm. And he turned it down because of PT. Most people on the board were saying the same thing. Where would he fit? 10-12 minutes at backup PF and then maybe another 12-15 at C. Sounds like Lee wants 30+ minutes a game.
In all fairness, I think Lee knows his playing time would be minimum. Seriously, Lee is a great muscle down low, but would you rather have Lee or Aldridge playing the majority of minutes?
I think Lee did what was in his best interest and so did the Blazers. All in all I'm kind of glad things turned out the way they did; this team was hurting in the worst way when it came to another facilitator and was exposed badly as a very one-dimensional team in the playoffs.
bright boy! To be sure Lee's minutes in Portland would have been limited in 2009-10, but given age and circumstances I expect this to be Joel's last year in Portland. Since LA has the ability to guard most 4's and 5's and Greg seems strictly a 5, it probably makes more sense to have the 3rd Big be a pure PF then C so that any combination of the three can work. I'd rather have more of a defender then Lee as that backup Big, but I think that down the line he would have been able to get the minutes he wanted. Here's to Freeland being worthy of those minutes STOMP
You're right. Our #1 need is having another facilitator other than Roy on this team. Although I think Fernandez is and can be a great facilitator, I think we need him to be the #1 scoring option off the bench. Our second need is muscle at the PF spot, but honestly, I think it's not even as important as having a solid PG coming off the bench.
David Lee doesn't play a lick of defense. It's exactly the opposite of what we need from a backup four. Not only that, but he can't play the five effectively in this league. Lee would have caused chemistry problems because of his time demands. LMA and Joel are both playing for contracts, and the more minutes we can give both of them, the happier they'll be. Lee sounds like a Whitsitt acquisition, not a Pritchard one. I'm happy we went with Miller.
Do you really think this will be Pryzbilla's last season in Portland? I just don't know about that... But in all fairness, I think having role playing muscle coming off the bench is a lot easier to find, than a nice PG.
You call it a Whitsitt acquisition, Pritchard was ready to commit to Lee at an apparent number of 4 years 28 mil. What if Lee would have bited? Would that transaction looked poorly on KP in your eyes?
I'm guessing New York would have matched that number, and that's probably the reason Lee rejected it. He's getting $7 million next year, and he'll try the market in 2010 as an unrestricted free agent.
Andre was a stray dawg desperately looking for a taker and home. It took some of his own elbow grease, salesman ship to get the blazers to commit their money to him. And it worked!
At least 4th, but in my mind, he's the player who fills the biggest need from last year's roster. It's odd that KP would go after both Millsap and Lee; then again, LMA still isn't signed, so maybe KP was looking for a PF replacement after next year?
I disagree because Lee wasn't a "low post" scorer. Our biggest need was having someone coming off the bench able to post you up down low. Milsap filled that need.
