Seth Sommerfeld @sethsommerfeld I'll be talking Blazers draft possibilities for @NBADraftnet on ESPN @1080TheFAN in Portland (simulcast on Comcast SportsNet NW) at 5:17 PST
except we dont need to renounce freeland and claver its cool man, in order to resign felton, his cap hold is $55, and if your draft pick is considered elite, you get an extra 7 million dollar lump sum cap hold, which you can trade for double the trade exception of your second round early bird
Freeing up max amount of cap room you have to have a plan. Who is the 'plan' -- Brook Lopez, Roy Hibbert, Goran Dragic?
John Hunt @JHuntweet Jared Cunningham makes Chad Ford's "next five in'' for his latest NBA draft mock first round (and Lillard to Blazers at No. 6).
Ben Golliver @blazersedge Ford: Blazers GM Neil Olshey Is A Fan Of Austin Rivers, Dion Waiters http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/6/1...olshey-is-a-fan-of-austin-rivers-dion-waiters
Blair will probably be available this summer. Pop has benched him for two straight playoffs in a row.
3 restricted FAs, with no guarantee of getting any of them unless the Blazers completely overpay for them.
Trail Blazers @pdxtrailblazers BLOG: Why Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) Could Be The Man For Portland At No. 6 | http://bit.ly/OCqhOa #ripcitydraft
I can't. The guys off the top of my head that really elevated their stock after the combine are David Lee, Russell Westbrook and Iman Shumpert. All have been solid picks.
He just asked someone who stood out there and turned out to be a bad pick. Not necessarily someone who came out of nowhere because of it. I took it more to be that the combine "winners" are generally safe picks, and he was wondering if there were ones who were not.
Dude, more is not better. Seriously. As for your Lillard having a low shot, Paul Pierce and Ginobili have made great careers with low releases. I haven't heard that as a complaint in all the analysis of Lillard, except for by you. I percieve it as a non-issue. Uhhhhh.....You know what nevermind. I was thinking about debating you point for point. But, its just not worth it. Because you ignored my previous arguments and are hashing out the same small conference non-sense and how Teague has better athletic numbers, when he doesn't. It's kinda like how you conveniently ignored Lillard's great outing against St. Mary's (arguably the best team on the schedule) when you bring up his opponents. You're hard to read and you don't debate a good point when its brought upon you, instead you ignore it and re-hash it later. Now I remember why I usually just skim past your posts.