Well you would think mo would just take whatever we give him. You really think he can go further with Dallas? Not me. Dirk is old. Calderon is gone. Chandler has problems staying on the court. Dirk is at the end of his career. This is all about money
Of course it is all about money. Even Mo basically said that. Doubt a team is going to pay him much more then us though.
He said it's about years and job security, not necessarily money per year. I don't think we are offering him the three years he wants, Dallas probably will.
Olshey might have a deal with Mo just like last summer; see if another team is willing to give him $5 million or a starting job, if not resign here as a backup. Free agency falls into place like dominos and backup PG's are the pieces at the end of the line.
again just listen to Mo's exit interview. He clearly said this is his last shot at a long term contract and after 3 years he'll accept being that chump change vet that's lost a step. Everything Mo said was clear and on the table. There were no secrets in his desires offseason and he also states he love Portland and this team and if they can work it out he wants to stay. Stotts and Olshey can figure out what's best but Mo has choices.
The problem isn't availability, because I think there's still a few good players available, but it's the price that is the problem. There are some stupid contracts being thrown around this summer.
Mo is gonna be offered a stupid contract that we can't match. Dallas won't get melo. They need a point guard. He's apparently meeting with Dallas tomorrow. It's a done deal. He's not returning. I don't care what he said in his exit interview, if he really loved it here and cared about winning, he would take what we give him.of course though, as we have seen in free agency, these players don't care about winning. Channing frye to the magic? Good luck. So it's gonna have to be a Blake or Heinrich as backup. Mo can get boo'd every time he enters the moda center and that's that
From your tone it seems like your taking this really personal? Would you stay at your job if another company was offering you a raise and possibility of promotion? Dallas has a less entrenched starter. It's debatable which team is best set to win next season. I don't blame Mo for exploring his options at all. If the Blazers really wanted Mo they could've given him the full MLE, instead they chose a player who couldn't get off the bench for a garbage team last season. I'm fine with Olshey's move's but from Mo's point of view I'm fine with him exploring his options. Hell for all we know the Blazers haven't even offered him a contract.
Theres actually a ton of good backup PG's still available. There's a lot more of them than open backup PG jobs. Besides Mo there is: Grevis Vasquez Mario Chalmers Isaih Thomas Kirk Hinrich Jameer Nelson Beno Udrih Steve Blake Ramon Sessions Luke Ridnour Aaron Brooks Jerryd Bayless DJ Augustine Kendall Marshall Brian Roberts Shelvin Mack
From that list, I think we can eliminate Vasquez and Thomas right off the bat. They are well outside our price range. I think Chalmers and Sessions are probably too expensive as well, even if we do still have the MLE. Realistically, from the rest of that list, I would talk to Blake, Ridnour, Nelson, Marshall, and maybe Hinrich. The only way we're getting someone like Vasquez or Chalmers is probably through sign and trade.
A Summer League guard like Bobby Brown may make the regular season team. Presto. My favorite player next season. My dream, though, is to bring over Sergio and Petteri.
A lot of people on this board talk a lot of shit about basketball players. But I seriously doubt there is a single poster here who would pass up millions of dollars for the privilege of working in Portland instead of some other major US city. "Yeah, you can keep your extra $8million dollars...I only care about winning." Uh-huh.
Only guys like LeBron can say something like that. The dude makes so much money, he can choose to pass up some cash to play where he wants.
