Or @KingSpeed and @BonesJones. Tonight would be the perfect time to sign them both to 10-day contracts. They have combined to hit 8 straight swish3s on the Moda Center court. BNM
Well, if Collins fouled at the same rate he has this year, he would get 3.8 fouls in 28 minutes per game. However, he's gotten better about it since the all-star break, and with using that foul rate he'd get 3.2 fouls in 28 minutes per game (for comparison, Nurkic gets 3.1 fouls per 26 minutes). So I think he'd be fine. If not, then you resort to the last options in Meyers/Swanigan.
Trading Batum for him, or trading him for space? We'll be fine. We just need to play Collins. If we had Moe we'd be fine because Moe could eat up some PF minutes.
It is not obvious to me that Vonleh will be picked up by another team this offseason. Vet min to the Blazers?
It might be as few as 4 games. Trading Vonleh was about getting under the luxury tax which will pay dividends when trying to manage the roster.
Vonleh has looked worse even though he's gotten more minutes and freedom in Chicago. Of course he's adjusting to a new team, but hes been pretty underwhelming. I'm rooting for him, but I don't think we're going to miss him. The guy Vonleh should be compared to is Swanigan, because Olshey pretty much made the decision on his future in Portland on draft night.
I really feel for Vonleh. He was our PFOTF last year and once we got Collins it became obvious that Collins was really the PFOTF for Portland. So he got traded to a team with more playing time available but without the same coaches from the past two years so he's essentially starting all over again.
Yeah, I’d still like to have him. I’d rather have Vonleh than Biggie, just for defense alone. I’m sure this post will age well.
The big difference is not just what I mentioned above about getting under the luxury tax, but Vonleh was also due for a new contract at the end of the year. If it wasn't done before the trade deadline then that opportunity to get under the luxury tax was gone and we would likely lose Vonleh for nothing and pay the luxury tax.
