Dame all but demanding vet roster

Do you think that makes the picks many years out more or less valuable?

Prokorov tried a similar strategy ultimately giving the Celtics both Tatum and Brown.

 

He cleared it up in a video today. He wants to be in Portland. He wants Portland to try to win a championship while he's here.

 

That's great....but this year's FA class is not very good.

 

Not sure what this clears up. He wants the Blazers to make moves not at the expense of the future, and for that he will stay? I'm pretty sure that's what he's been saying all along.

 

and it's unclear if the Blazers will have a full-MLE or a tax-MLE to use. There are some interesting players though that might sign for either exception, or even less:

Will Barton
Christian Wood
Kelly Oubre Jr.
Josh Richardson
Dillon Brooks
Dwight Powell
Jae Crowder
Mason Plumlee
Lonnie Walker IV
Cory Joseph
Georges Niang
Bismack Biyombo
Markieff Morris
Thomas Bryant
Yuta Watanabe
Josh Okogie
Moritz Wagner
Gabe Vincent
Jalen McDaniels
Naz Reid

I know it's not a really appealing list but we're talking about 7th-11th players in a rotation

 

So it’s pretty much the exact same situation it’s been for like 10 years.
Why does this keep becoming a story?

 

I know the haters are gonna say no way but if you get Dillon Brooks for a MLE you probably should do that.

 

Yep, I think so. I think it's a story because it gets clicks...

 

If Dillon Brooks is our 7th player I think we're back in contention.

 

Certainly in the mix. Keep a leash on him and let him run for 20 mins a game? Depth.

 

Isn't it public knowledge Portland is over the cap? Can't sign free agents?

 

he's a bad shooter but he doesn't seem to have the discipline to stop jacking up shots. A bad shooter who has averaged 15FGA/game over the last 4 seasons. That's disturbing volume

Career marks:

FG%: Brooks .416....Thybulle .447
2ptFG%: Brooks .459....Thybulle .588
3ptFG%: Brooks .342....Thybulle .334
TS%: Brooks .512....Thybulle .551

FGA/100 possessions: Brooks 22.0....Thybulle 9.5

Thybulle is a better defender than Brooks and he's disciplined enough not to chuck you out of games

 

I would be surprised if they didn't.

 

they'll have an MLE...unclear at this point if it will be a Full-MLE or a Tax-MLE. The full-MLE would be around 11.2M. The tax-MLE would be around 7M

 

You did catch the part where we said MLE and 7-11 spot on the roster right?
The dude works hard and does dirty work things out there. He would not be taking 15 shots a game on the Blazers. At least I would hope not?

 

you did catch the part where I compared him to Thybulle right? If it's 7th-11th in the rotation I'd be inclined to go with the player who plays better defense and doesn't have a history of shooting a higher rate of shots than Ant. And using Thybulle in the role preserves the MLE for another player. I think it would be a problem having both Thybulle and Brooks coming off the bench

 

I hate summer-bored cryptic Dame.