Blazers threaten the rest of the NBA [merged]

We are now probably the most hated team in the NBA right now. Smooth move, Larry.

 

When the Rockets found out Portland was trading for Roy and not Gay, they tried to make a deal with Atlanta (sorry not Chicago) that would send Luther Head and Sheldon Williams to the Hawks for Brandon Roy (the #5 pick). Portland said they would draft Williams if Roy wasn't available, so Atlanta backed out of the deal.

Then Portland bids the max for Fernandez. Joint venture my ass. They screwed Houston out of two shooting guards. Morey tried his best to screw the Blazers. I'm pretty sure you guys are safe because no one wants to fuck with Paul Allen's pockets.

 

It's not common knowledge. And I still haven't seen a link that proves that. Until then, I doubt it's true.

 

Best case scenario: It works. No GM's sign Miles. Miles Files a lawsuit that fails, and the Blazers walk away with salary space.

Worst case scenario: It doesn't work, Miles signs, plays 2 games, and the Blazers have to pay his salary. Paul Allen sues somebody and loses. Miles sues the Blazers anyhow and wins. Paul loses some cash.

I can live with either one. All you can do is wait and see.

 

It's funny you mention Livingston, because the Grizz are so strapped for cash they traded away a pick for some cash and the right to waive Livingston. Now, they are at the center of a controversy that will net them around $300k, but means over $8 million in tax overall out of the Blazer organization.

That's completely unethical, and I hope that Chris Wallace gets fired and is out of the NBA after this season for this BS.

 

So for the sake of argument, why are you so convinced they weren't trying out Miles? They signed Francis who seems as big of a risk as Miles . . . and they aren't screwing over any team by signing Francis. maybe they are just desperate.

 

Geezus... for a non-game day, what is going on with our team? Quite eventful

- This Darius mess.
- Questions about RLEC, and whether the insurance can be included in the trade
- Roy's injury, and whether he'll make it back
- LMA's ear drum has a freakin' hole in it
- The team wears headbands to show unity
- KP looks like he got Pritch-slapped and Larry Miller is nowhere to be found

Anything else?

 

Houston.. could have bid the max for Fernandez too? The only reason Portland got Fernandez is because they traded Randolph to New York with Freddy Jones and Dan Dickau for Channing Frye and Steve Francis. This created a trade exception which they then traded with three million cash to Phoenix for James Jones (so they could have extra cash to sign Grant Hill without being over the luxury threshhold) and the rights to Rudy Fernandez.

If Houston could have found a way to take James Jones' contract I'm sure they would have done the deal with Houston.

Portland got creative and won. Don't hate us for having Tom Penn.

 

Let me speak veeeerrrryyyy sllllooowwwwlllyyy.

Darius gets his entire contract, but the Blazers as of right now are only paying 20% of the contract. Insurance is paying the other 80%. Why is this so hard to understand?

 

Sabatoged.

 

Damn. Thanks for the update . . . didn't know all that was going on. Is LA going to miss PT?

You know what will make all this go away (from a fan's perspective) . . . a win tomorrow.

 

Because they barely played him, yet they let him serve his suspension on their roster. 2 games after he sits for ten, plus they cut him before the had to if they were really "trying him out".

It smells really bad from here.

 

LMA will play tomorrow, but will wear a headband to protect his ear Derek-Fisher style probably, looking ridiculous.

 

I could argue this based on the francis signing . . . but I agree with you.

 

Didn't they have to sign Miles to the rest of the season if they didn't cut him? Perhaps they just didn't feel like making that financial commitment.

 

Before I felt like I had to defend our position, but now I can just /gloat you and smile. Go cry about how about the Blazers ruined your team on another forum. We have Brandon Roy and Rudy Fernandez. Deal with it.

 

Larry Miller was on The Game (Canzano's show) and The Fan an hour or so ago.

Love your avatar! Any way you can post a bigger version of it?

 

He had 2 blocks in one of the games. Clearly he can still play a bit. If the Bulls signed him for instance, he'd probably be a bit of an upgrade over a guy like Joakim Noah.