This reminds me a bit of the team Whitsitt built leading up to the trade to get Pippen (minus the head cases) really deep with young guys and room to develop. That team had to play a season before Bob was able to turn them into Pippen.
I don't understand why some of you are so keen on saving Paul Allen money. This is strictly a financial hit.
Hopefully Crabbe lives up to the contract. Easy to cheer for on a rookie deal but when you are the 2nd highest paid player on the team, there are a lot more expectations. To be honest, there almost has to be a trade at some point...especially if they sign Harkless. With Aminu starting at the '4', there are just too many guys at the center spot and with Dame/CJ/Crabbe/Turner/Harkless (if they sign him), someone is getting left out at the 1-3 spots. Festsus/Plums/Davis - Very few minutes for Davis if any Aminu/Leonard/Vonleh - Vonleh won't see the court Turner/Harkless/Montero/Layman - Not many minutes for Harkless if they keep him CJ/Crabbe/Connaugton - Not many minutes for Crabbe at $18M/year Dame/CJ/Turner/Napier - Napier is just the double emergency backup. You are a legit 2-deep at every spot with some big time rotation players just not getting many minutes....especially if they keep Harkless. There almost has to be a consolidation trade at some point just to keep them out of the Lux Tax next year. Right now, without Harkless the Blazers are just over the salary cap. They could likely still sign Harkless and stay under the Lux Tax for this year but come next year with CJ and Plumlee....look out.
He's still so young. I like this move. He's expensive as hell, but I think there will be a consolidation move in the future. Also.... Kent fucking Bazemore is getting 70 million.
As I opined in another thread, I believe Crabbe is an inconsistent one trick pony who's ceiling is as a journeyman. I honest to God hope I'm wrong and that you true believers will rub my nose in this opinion next season (Be sure to bookmark this Bones). But I'm not holding my breath. And I can't help but feel his contract is going to hamstring us down the road. In Neil I trust but that doesn't mean he's immune to bad decisions......
Lol....what's with the Bazemore 'love'? Per 36: Crabbe:........14.2 points, 3.7 rebs, 1.7 assists, 1.1 steals on .459 FG shooting and .393 from the arc. Bazermore: 15.1 points, 6.6 rebs, 3.0 assists, 1.7 steals on .441 FG shooting and .357 from the arc. Bazemore has better production in every category, some significantly so except for shooting percentage. Almost double the rebounds and assists and much more able to set up teammates...actually has a little bit of a handle. I'm not a huge Bazemore fan but did he steal your lunch money or something?
The economical side of my brain is screaming, "NOOOOOO!!!!" The basketball junkie side is screaming "HELL YEAH!!!! HOW LONG UNTIL CAMP?"
Bazemore is three years older. He's smaller, and he's a worse shooter. It's not like we need our backup shooting guard to grab boards.
Yes....we are all aware of his age. He is a slightly worse shooter and much more productive in other parts of his game. Just wondered how he earned a 'f***ing' nickname every time.
Then Nets fans are idiots. Unlike Crabbe, who has not yet lived up to this contract, C.J. has already proven he's worth the max and will get the max whether BRK makes an offer, or not. We can, and will, offer C.J. more than BRK can. There is no such thing as a revenge offer, in this case. BNM
When was the last time a RFA actually moved teams? When was the last time PA gave up talent without compensation? If you answered both these questions, you knew that there was no way this wasn't going to be matched.
