Babbitt With Another Strong Effort Off the Bench

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  1. PapaG

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    He did foul out, but that was more about him being a bench scrub than it was anything else. I liked his effort on defense.

    Will the Blazers regret not picking up his option next year? He's looking like a decent stretch 4 with a small bench unit, and with Hickson's UFA status, the Blazers could have two holes to fill in the rotation that didn't really need to be a concern if they had made different decisions on those two players.

    Could have picked up Luke's option
    Could have offered Hickson at least two years, or even three with a player/team option.
     
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    We must retain Babbitt. Do we have his Bird rights?
     
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    Yep, but by not picking up his option, he's free after this season to go where he pleases.
     
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    Fuck. I'm not asking if he's FA. I'm asking if we can go over cap to sign him.
     
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    Which is why I posted "yep". Bird rights are retained, but I already answered that question.
     
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    Oh. I'm stupid. Thanks. Phew
     
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    No problem. I could see how you thought I was answering "yep" to you thinking that Babbit should be retained, which I agree with as well!
     
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    I wonder if not picking up his option is affecting his play at all this season? He's out to prove he belongs in the league.
     
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    I thought he proved he was an NBA player last season. But he started this season playing and shooting very poorly and got buried on the bench. Glad he's getting a chance to play himself now.

    As for whether we should have picked up his option or not. I think management is still infatuated with the idea of signing a big free agent, so we'll see how that turns out.
     
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    Slightly OT, but Babbitt and Leonard have virtually identical rebound rates (11.7 vs 11.8) Don't know if that is a good or bad thing, lol.

    But yeah, Luke is looking like decent cheap option for a back-up sf/ stretch pf depending on the matchup. Nice to see him playing well.
     
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    He's just now showing that he is a semi-serviceable 8th man. We have bigger things to worry about than regretting not picking up his option.
     
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    He has that rare combination of top shooting and top rebounding. How much should we offer him? It will take somewhere between $8 and $9 million per year.
     
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    Small sample size.

    That being said, I like what I've seen the last several games. I haven't been high on him the last year, but he seems to be improving. Not yet sold, but I hope he proves me wrong. Deep threats are important on top teams. He's rebounding, too. His D is still weak. He has shown he can move with the ball some. And I thought he showed some smarts on Dame's game-winner.
     
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    Id love to bring him back cheaply at like 3 a year for 3 years. I think he can be a solid bench player. Id love to spend big bucks on a top FA then go over the cap for hickson and babbit.

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    Cap holds. So our cap space is limited unless we renounce them.
     
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    Ah shit I forgot about that. Babbits is 4 mill and hicksons is 7m I believe. So we might keep babbit with the minny mle but no way we can keep hickson and still offer a big contract to someone.

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    The problem with keeping Aldridge and Hickson is that for each, his style of play is incompatible with Babbitt.
     
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    I forgot earlier, too.

    Let's screw Minnecrappolis. Let's go after Pek. He's worth solid skrill.
     
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    Id offer him 4 year 40m. If they dont match we get a nice C on a tradeable contract if leonard develops faster then expected.
    If they do match luxery tax for them.

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