Trail Blazers waive guard Armon Johnson

So many people want to see Greg done. Yea he probably isn't going to play another game as a Blazer but you keep him tell his contract runs out over someone who isn't as good as the DLeague PG you could call up to a 10 day contract if the need arose.

 

along the same line, Greg is no better at C for us this year than Armon would be at C, since he can not play. Yeah, maybe you get a D-League call up better than Armon, but a Dleague call up is guaranteed to be able to play better than Greg this season, as wella s next season probably.

 

You keep the 7 footer who was the #1 pick for the year just because something could happen with him. MGM could decide to give him a 1 mill contract for next year once we use all our capspace up just to keep his bird rights and monitor his healthy. I don't really care but if you have a choice you don't waive you #1 pick from a few years ago when you don't have to.

 

Those rare times when he played, Oden showed he COULD play and be an impact. Not so with Armon. I wish him well where ever he ends up.

Gramps...

 

Best of the Year, right here. I am SHOCKED....SHOCKED, I say.... You not only made a funny, you referenced a classic book. I had no idea that you.....

Ah wait.... You saw the movie, didn't you?

 

At the very least he has trade value.

 

we could offer him 1 million for next season, to I guess rehab on our dime, even if we cut him and used all of our cap space. Can sign him to a vet min. contract with no space just fine.

Seriously, what difference does it make if he was the #1 pick 5 years ago?

 

LOL at Paul Allen and the Blazers for paying $2 million bucks to move up to number 34 to draft him.

 

he has very little trade value,a nd also has a no trade clause.

 

I'd say the idea of signing him to a $1 mil contract for next season while he rehabs is a reasonable way of kicking the can down the road so the Blazers can make an informed decision the following summer.

 

informed how? are we informed when he'll need his 4th microfracture surgery?

 

Man the Oden saga continues.... Even if he doesn't have a single setback, after this microfracture, he wouldn't be able to contribute for about a year and a half, so he's out this season, out all next season, and ready to start training camp for some lucky team in the 2013-2014 season. I've lost track -- how old will he be by then?

 

Cut Babbitt and bring back Taurean Green ! (just kidding!)

 

Informed as to how he recovers, deals with rehab and whether his knees might possibly indicate he can play again or whether they continue to fall apart. Depending upon what the medical reports from Greg's surgery says, it might be worth $1 million to keep the Blazers' options open.

 

I'd spend another $1.5 mil of Paul Allen's money to rehab Oden next season. Then we'll finally know if he can come back healthy or not. Really. We'll really know this time.

 

what could any medical report possibly show to give you confidence in signing him to a long deal? And his medical reports would be available to us as well as any team looking to sign him, regardless of sitting on his bird rights.

 

In other words, this move has absolutely no negative impact. We "lose" Armon, Babbitt continues to suck, and we add a hopefully serviceable back-up center.

BNM