The Blazers will match Batum

He talks about us signing Batum for $12 mil while we rebuild? Uh, but you want him on your team, and want to pa him, and uh... Not sure if you saw the standings, but we finished ahead of you.

 

They have to pay people more to come to Minnesota.

 

And exactly how many players do the Wolves have to give up before they've got enough room to pay Roy + Batum what they've been promised and sign Stiemsma and Shved?

I say we offer Stiemsma and Shved twice what they've been offered by Kahn if they sign right now. I actually like those players.

 

I say we offer the Minnesota Timberwolves cash as part of the trade if he agrees to fire Kahn.

 

Hey, if Kahn can get us Deng in the S&T then I'm on board. Did you know he's just a month older than Aldridge? And his game might not be as flashy as Batum's but he's a hell of a lot more consistent.

 

I would be very happy with that even without picks, but what does Chicago need to make that happen?

 

You guys aren't seeing the VERY GOOD News here. This mess has added to our S2 lexicon:

"Deal Coming Soon" (MM)
"HCPs Wife" (HCP)
"TimberTrolls" (Minny Fans)

Actually, TimberTrolls is an affectionate term used by some of the Minny fans to describe themselves. Indeed most of the idiots spamming here weren't actually TimberTrolls. But, to heck with it, I'll use TimberTrolls as a derogatory term to describe them all. Stupid TimberTrolls

 

We were on a playoff spot all year. Then Ricky, Love, Pek, and Ridnour got hurt. You should have paid closer attention last year, the Wolves were fun to watch with everyone healthy. You really think you would have had a better record than us if all our best players didn't get hurt? Playing without the two players your entire team is based around is tough. You finished 2 games ahead of us.

Yeah, we understand we're overpaying but that's a risk we're willing to take. We think he'd fit in really well with our team, he could make us much better, and he wants to be here. We're improving. You're just paying more for the same team. Not sure how that's leverage. You can pay him that much if you want, but I don't think you want to.

And for the questions about how the Wolves could waive players- it's really not difficult

Darko- Amnesty clause
Martell Webster- non-guanteed contract (>$1mil buyout)
Brad Miller- announced retirement

 

We traded away Wallace, Camby, lost Aldridge to the same amount of games as Love missed, AND....we had Felton running the point for us.

Lawyered.

 

And still, all of this is still a moot point.

Come correct, or don't come at all, Farmer Chris.

 

John Canzano ‏@JohnCanzanoBFT
Blazers appear set to go to the mattresses to sign Nic Batum.

 

Thanks for the info on how you are going to shed salary.

Well I don't know if you noticed but the Blazers came out last season like gangbusters and then the wheels fell off, our entire team was traded away and LMA had season ending surgery.

I feel like a S&T will probably be worked out so you will probably add Batum, but I could see the wolves still totally sucking ass. Roy could cause locker room problems and be essentially done by 2013. Batum could totally wilt under the pressure of his big contract. And the team could go back to its lottery ways and... Then what?? You have a KLove probably looking to go else where. The funny thing is that Minnesota could feel like it gets everything that it wants and it could still blow up in their face.

I hope there is a S&T and the Blazers get some pieces back. That would be ideal in my opinion. I have never wanted Batum at that price. However, frankly I hope that it works out for Batum and Roy. But, I could see how it easily could become a bad bad situation.

 

Just trying to interject a little sanity into this dream world where you think teams are going to hand over their whole to team to pay a contract you don't really want anyway.

You guys and Olshey are going to figure out how it works on NBA2k12 and how it works in real life are very different. Teams aren't going to give you all their assets for nothing, and Batum isn't going to sign some crap $6 million dollar deal like you offered him before.

If you get Batum for $12 mil, congratulations. You won. Throw a big party.

 

I think you're the one in the NBA2K dream world, thinking adding up 3 65s is going to get you to a 75. Good luck.

 

Chris-Chris-Chris,

If you sign him we will match. It's as simple as that. Now go ahead and sign him.

 

And you are?

 

GRRRHH!!

 

why don't you just go away, you say nothing different post after post, what a fukkin bore

 

That's sorta the point.

 

Hey redneck, do yourself a favor: when dropping "knowledge" on injuries, go look and see what teams have lost more games played to injuries. Portland's right at, or in the top few, for the last 3-4 years. And I'm not just talking scrubs. I'm talking starters.