Using the cap space as a dumping ground while picking up future picks would have been better while keeping all of our rfas wouod have been better after we struck out on parsons.
We won't get top tier FA's unless we are in the WC finals and that FA knows they are the missing piece. So we need to keep putting the pieces together to improve. What FA was going to make us a contender? I said before yesterday the difference between Plan A and Plan E was minimal. Besides Durant, who would have gotten us there?
I love how today is a success if the Blazers get Parsons Parsons already failed to live up to his last contract. Why the fuck would you give him another one? Outside of efficient scoring he offers you nothing else.
There's a modicum of a chance that Parsons is that guy. There's no chance with Turner. At this point, I'll take modicum.
I think I would have absorbed Greg Monroe, I guess they could still do that if they renounced some guys.
Another thing to note, in Olshey tenure we have NEVER gotten anyone we have been rumored to pursue. Everyone we have gotten has come out of left field AFTER our targets have signed elsewhere. If that isn't an indictment of Portland I don't know what is.
And his trash defense would do absolutely nothing to help the Blazers get better on that side of the floor He's the wrong addition to the roster, period.
NO! Monroe is a dumb move. He can be a FA next year and leave us with nothing. And we wouldn't even have the chance to follow it up because we would have no caproom
The thing which haunts me the most is that Philly didn't want Turner. THE SIXERS THOUGHT THEY COULD DO BETTER THAN TURNER SO THEY DUMPED HIM AND NOW WE'RE ASKING HIM TO MARRY US
I understand that view as well. But it doesn't excuse the panic offer to Turner after losing Parsons. There is just no defense for this awful shit farce of a deal.
Just because he doesn't shoot threes doesn't mean he's not a good shooter. He's got a mid range game. And he knows his limitations. Doesn't even really attempt any threes.
Turner has never played with a player as good offensively as dame or Cj. I think he will be successful here.
No, I was saying one of the reasons Philly didn't go after him was because they don't have enough shooting from others to compensate for his lack of shooting
I doubt it was a panic move Neil and the Blazers rank FA and they go after him. They start at 1 and work their way down the list. Turner just happened to be the next guy. As far as being overpaid...that's just the NBA right now. Conley for $30M per? Are you serious?
Also, the year he attempted the most per game, 2. He shot .365% Is it that crazy to think he could do it again? Especially when he's surrounded by shooters.
