Ifeaanyi Festus Ezeli is in town and preparing to interview w Blazers

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  1. KeepOnRollin

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    Give me Ekpe Udoh instead.
     
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    I don't want to give up Harkless. I would dump Leonard in a second.

    Dame
    CJ
    Turner
    Aminu
    Ezeli

    With Crabbe, Harkless, Vonleh, Davis off the bench. That's still a VERY solid rotation. Extremely versatile. I left Plumlee off the list because I think we need to trade him. If Ezeli can get an offer like this, Plumlee is going to get some kind of stupid offer next summer.
     
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    Here's what I'd do. Sign Ezeli for 15 million per year. Renounce Meyers and let him walk. Resign Harkless and Crabbe. Trade Aminu for a 1st round pick.
     
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    Gotta hold onto Aminu unless we can swing a trade for someone like Millsap.
     
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    What I'm hoping for is Leonard to take the QO like he's rumored to. That would clear about $3M in cap leaving us with $11Mish. Then trading Plumlee for a future 1st which would leave us with $13M. That means we could give Ezeli apx. 4/60. We would then Sign Layman, Trade for Napier, take care of Crabbe and Moe and then sign a very for the Room MLE

    Lillard / _____ / Napier
    CJ / Crabbe / Connaughton
    Turner / Moe / Luis / Layman
    Aminu / Davis / Vonleh
    Ezeli / Meyers / Cliff
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Yup. Gotta move Plums. I like the dude, but he's going to get stupidly overpaid next summer with the cap going up again.
     
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    I like the presence he brings defensively. I don't know how many times I watched Portland going well offensively when the two teams faced only to have him come in and alter the game with his presence. He makes a difference defensively when he is on the court. And if he could stay healthy, he would be defensive difference maker. I don't think he's worth 70 mil nor am I sure I would rescind anyone for the ability to sign him...Maybe Meyers.
     
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    Here's my question. Who we bidding against?
     
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    You ready....no one
     
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    No it was an honest mistake. Ezeli called and said he was taking the MAX, and the Blazers thought he meant...... from the airport.
     
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    I still think I'd be calling Whiteside right about now.
     
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    I just went through every team and the only teams that may need a starting center are the Pelicans and Rockets. Cavs too but they don't have any money. Maybe the hornets. That's it.
     
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    They've said they'll start Nutcracker at center.
     
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    That guy only cares about money lol the wade decision won't affect him.
     
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    Now that we've flown to meet with free agents and been turned down..one flies to meet us and we turn them down?
     
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    If he asks for stupid amounts of money just to be 6'11" and 265 lbs and block a couple of shots per game, and he won't budge from his silly salary number, yeah.
     
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    I would open by telling him that he will be the one and only focus of the defense next season in Miami. His numbers will falter and he'll look like a horrible contract. He would stand to make more money long term if he went to a better situation.
     
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    I can't wait til pat Riley trades whiteside at the deadline.
     
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    By renouncing Mo and not picking up the guarantees for Cliff and Montero, (and including the salaries for Turner at 16.4M and Napier's 1.35M), you can sign Ezeli for 16.1M (4/68.7M) and then sign Layman, Montero and Cliff to minimum contract exceptions (EDIT: Or, if you really wanted to, carve up the Room Exception) without regard to Cap Space. This maintains the cap holds/RFA matching ability of Leonard and Crabbe.

    (Edit #2): By renouncing Meyers and not picking up the guarantees for Cliff and Montero, (and including the salaries for Turner at 16.4M and Napier's 1.35M), you can sign Ezeli for 16.7M (4/71.3M) and then sign Layman, Montero and Cliff to minimum contract exceptions without regard to Cap Space. This maintains the cap holds/RFA matching ability of Harkless and Crabbe.

    If Leonard accepts the QO (unlikely, but for hypothetical purposes), we can keep all of our RFAs on holds (again, not picking up the guarantees on Montero and Alexander) and offer 12.7M to start (4/54.7M), then sign 2 of Montero, Cliff and Layman with vet min contracts after (because we'll be at 13 players and can only have 15 going into the season).

    If Leonard accepts the QO, he loses Bird rights if he's traded, so he has a no-trade clause that only he can waive. And he becomes a UFA next summer (probably a great time for a mobile, decent-shooting big to be a UFA). He gone.
     
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    God... fuck that.... Keep Mo.
     
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