Batum will sign first lucrative offer sheet

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  1. Blaze01

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    True, but this makes getting a high profile free agent or a restricted free agent MUCH trickier...as High profile free agents are likely going to take some time before they decided and you a team with a restricted free agent is going to take the alloted 3 days....

    meaning that some team interested in Batum is probably going to put the screws to POR...front load a contract give it to Batum on the 1st day (smart for them as well, in case POR does match)....

    That means you have to have all of your moves locked up by the end of those 3 days...

    Batum and his agent working with POR would be much better for POR but it appears they are not going to do that....You have to ask, does he really want to stay here?
     
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    We could very well lose our only decent young player.

    Is Dragic/Collison (fucking meh) worth losing Batum over? No!
     
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  3. The_Lillard_King

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    Fair enough (not really), the first lucrative offer sheet Batum gets will be from the Blazers . . . it will just be be post dated to August.
     
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    I agree, it would be much better for us if he would work with us. But, obviously, it's not in his best interest to do so. I would say it's also not in his best interest to just take the first offer. Sounds like an idiot. I would guess within the 10 days, or however long it is, we will know whether someone will be taking our deal or not. For a lot of those guys, they decide early on. I know Amare agreed in principle before the moratorium was over. Bosh I believe did as well. Boozer and Wade decided before the official deadline. I think it was mainly Lebron dragging things out. I think it is pretty reasonable to assume we could have agrrements in principle with people like Dragic or whoever, not saying I want him, but I think he will know where he is going and sign close to beginning.
     
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    Why would we lose Batum for one of them?
     
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    Yeah it does not sound like he will work with them but that does not mean he will work against them. I am guessing that most agents would not want other teams to think he is working with Portland, because that may reduce his offers. Batum probably wants to stay, but he wants to make sure he gets as much as possible too. It's not like he has already made a lot of cash. This could be his biggest contract. So the agent has to make it pretty clear, Batum will go anywhere for the right price. I would do the same even if I wanted to stay.
     
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  7. Mediocre Man

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    According to the numbers, Dragic is, but not Collison
     
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    This was expected.
     
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    To be fair, he said, "The first good offer we get, we're going with that. We're not waiting for anything."

    That might not work out for the Blazers, but I don't really blame the agent. If he tells the NBA he's going to wait for the Blazers to do some business, then that would probably make other teams less likely to make Batum their top priority.

    Hopefully Portland can get others lined up to sign and then match Batum after they close business with the new acquisitions.

    In terms of how much is too much for Batum: I don't know. Nic plays a pretty easy position to fill, but while he might not seem to have taken a big step up, he HAS improved, and he's still young. It'd be a shame to lose him, but if some team is going to start him at $10m/year, that's too much IMO. The team would not be able to rebuild while paying a player for potential, rather than potential.

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    Cynical and irrelevant huh? There are well run teams and there are poorly run, fly-by-night teams in the league ... I'm sure it's all going to work out jut fine ...
     
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    If it's just getting a body to play there, then ALL the positions are easy to fill.
     
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  12. Mediocre Man

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    Nic is a 14/5/1 guy. He plays good defense and has a solid PER. It's not that tough to find other guys that have similar skill sets.
     
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    That are 24 years old, healthy and still improving?
     
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    Nic had the 8th highest PER at SF. Would be 8th at SG. Would be 23rd at PG. 29th at PF, and 19th at C. If it's just looking to find a guy with an average PER like his, I'd say the positions outside the wing positions would be much easier to fill.
     
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    Certainly not exact, but replacing him with a slightly worse version, while improving a much more important position like PG is a no brainer
     
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    If you feel like his potential is maxed out, sure.

    But, his potential hasn't maxed and he was put into a system with a coach that relegated him to catching and shooting.
     
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    Snapper Jones laughed at the idea of Batum getting more than $6m/per.

    He could very well get nearly twice that.
     
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  18. MickZagger

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    Snapper's a little out of tune with todays NBA then.
     
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    You mean the coach played him to his strengths?

    Unheard of.
     
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