So in an offseason with max cap space we make a lateral move and replace Henderson with Turner. WE DON'T EVEN GET BETTER! I'm getting more and more pissed about this. So stupid.
Some team could see him as a starter....but it won't be a quality team. Maybe a bad team will overpay for him.
Milwaukee was in a better position last year than Portland. Portland looked to be in a complete rebuild. Memphis has been in 2 western conference semi's and western conference finals 3 out the last 6 years. I don't see why Portland is automatically the better situation. Not saying it isn't, but it's certainly not a given.
Can either keep crying or look at the next step. I'll go with B. I'm all for Gasol. Don't care about his age. He's got at least two productive seasons left in him. If Gasol GOD FORBID goes elsewhere, trade time. Larry Sanders would be cool. Austin Rivers would be cool.
There isn't but I think we are built for more playoff success than they are. We have two all-star/all-NBA level guards who can create for themselves or others and if we retain our assets we have a plethora of shooting and defense. Memphis has some dogs though, but they just don't have any players that can take over a game imo.
Yeah I don't think he will be chucking up threes. Stotts offense also allows for attacking the basket. Neither Aminu nor Harkless are good ball handlers. We need someone bigger than Dame and CJ who actually are. Against some teams you need 3 ball handlers on the court at the same time, and they can't all be 6'2" or 6'3".
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I think the Blazers disagree with you about Turner since it looks like they plan to start him at SF. That said, from an interview I heard where Henderson said he wants to start, my guess is that he told Olshey he's not coming back. Getting a player every bit as good and maybe better, is not worse than just losing Henderson.
I would love to see us get Pau. Any chance of that or has he signed else where? Older but nice fit next to Dame and CJ
If signing Noah to a big contract is the knickiest thing off the offseason, then singing turner and mahinmi is the portlandest thing of the offseason.
I left because I couldn't conform to the positive nature of this forum. Neil runs a tite ship. The culture of this team I give him a ton of credit for. But he sucks in acquiring talent or talent that moves the needle in his own words. He has shown a lack of creativity during the draft. He has struggled to market this situation to any premier player in free agency. And he has done very little to bring that caliber player in via trade. I just think he is overrated and he has hurt the team from a talent standpoint with the way he operates.
How many drinks would this forum have gone through if at 8:55 last night someone had a time machine and went back and told us Evan Turner and Ian Mahinmi (if we're lucky) would be our free agent signings
They would have argued with you and told you that you were an idiot. That stars would take pay cuts to sign with us because portland is a destination for free agents.
Positive nature? Half the board are on suicide watch and the other half are getting drunk. I think you're either looking for a miracle worker or a bad-ass enforcer who can make free agents sign here against their will. Unfortunately, Olshey seems to be merely human.
