Unfortunately for Bayless I don't think it will be ... unless of course they are using J-Bay as trade bait.
http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60762/20090724/blazers_to_make_offer_to_miller/, here it is...
If the Blazers were interested in Miller, the timing here would be interesting. Rumor has it that the Knicks (the other team reportedly interested in Miller) are about to make an offer to Sessions. If the Blazers make an offer to Miller at the same time and give him 48 hours to decide . . . Miller can't wait to see if the Bucks match and if the only other team interested in him is still intersted in him. If Miller turns down the reported offer to be by the Blazers . . , there may not be another team interested in Miller for anythig more than the MLE.
What a miserable move, at least at anything more than the vet minimum on a FA signing. I could handle an equal value trade that sent out Blake. Keep the frigging cap space for the season.
Vet minimum for a FA signing, a Blake trade means he gets ~$5 million/per for 2 years. I'd like that deal.
So no Kirk. POR prefers Miller to Sessions. We sign him, we still have Blake, Bayless, and Outlaw to offer in a secondary deal.
Dude, you're delusional. He's not signing for the vet minimum. He's likely to get something around the MLE. The point guards I would go after would be in this order. 1. Sessions 2. Miller 3. Hinrich
I read somewhere that Miller can easily get the MLE. Miller wants 10 mil/yr, which nobody is willing to pay. So my guess is somewhere between the the MLE and 10 mil. If the Blazers offer 7 mil/yr . . . the only way Miller gets more is through a sign and trade (assuming OKC isn't interested) and no other team seems interested in a sign and trade besides the Knicks. The Blazers may be the only shot Miller has of getting more than the MLE.
Who has offered him the MLE? If the Blazers want him, offer Blake in a sign and trade that keeps the cap space. How am I "delusional"? It's almost August, and as far as I can tell, Miller hasn't even been able to reject an offer as a UFA.
I'm much less excited about Miller in a Blazer uni than I was for Millsap. Miller seems terribly streaky. The guys is old, but logged a lot of minutes last season. What concerns me the most is his all too frequent games of 8+ turnovers or 2 our 11 shooting. I don't recall him leading his team past the first round of playoffs (at least in the past 10 years)?? Way to shoot for the stars, KP...............jack off.
By your logic, David Lee should be had for the minimum too? How many offers you've seen him get is irrelevant. His agent is in talks with plenty of teams around the league. Nobody's made an offer because there hasn't been an agreement that Miller would sign the offer sheet. There's a disconnect between what teams want to sign him at and what his agent wants. Just because there is that disconnect, doesn't mean nobody wants him.
At least. Even with a down economy, a contracting luxury tax line and his age Miller has still only logged 29,000 minutes (28K regular season 1k playoffs) which paies in comparison to say Kobe who's played 42,000 minutes (35K regular season, 7K playoffs). Assuming he stays healthy (the dude has missed five fucking games in his whole career) I think it's entirely possible for Miller to continue to be an efficient productive player for at least 2 more years and a third year probably isn't out of the question. If Mike Bibby can get 6 million per year for 3 years then Miller is probably worth about the same. I wouldn't balk if KP offered him a 3 year 18 million dollar deal. That still leaves us with a couple of million in cap room which can help facilitate a trade in the regular season if need be.
David Lee isn't 33 years old, and David Lee put up a double/double for most of last season. How does Lee enter my "logic". I didn't even mention Lee. Also, why would Miller need to sign an "offer sheet"? He is an unrestricted free agent. The Sixers can't match any offer extended to him, and they won't even give him the MLE.
