Free Agents, Portland and Olshey

Did you and HCP agree to trade avatars?

Reminds me of when Bill Laimbeer got his first big contract and was asked how it felt to earn more than his dad. "I don't," he replied.

 

This sentence IMO is by far the most interesting - looks like he's goin hard for a capspace and maybe pick for a C IMO


"Because if Olshey has his way, the majority of his roster will be complete by June 27, the night of the draft"

 

Shooting 3's and not attacking the rim?

 

Dude is the best defensive SG in the game. I doubt he signs for MLE anywhere.

 

Detroit is a "black city"? Kind of makes you wonder about the popularity of the Detroit Red Wings. Who knew Hockey was a "black thing"?

(And, as HCP pointed out, you might want to check the demographics of Auburn Hills. Or basically any affluent suburb of any city in the country, except possibly some in Atlanta.)

 

One person Quick didn't interview, I notice, is Eric Gordon.

 

He'll be 32 next season and the most he's made in a year is $3.1 million. I just don't see a team spending more than the MLE for him. Sure he's a great defensive SG, but that doesn't warrant a huge contract.

 

Yes, poor Eric Gordon, with his bad knees, 15.4 PER on 29.1 USG, and somehow a max contract. That guy should be so bitter...

 

Phoenix should be thanking their lucky stars.

 

There are two things I think our team needs to address.

1.) a sg that can attack the rim and create his own shot

2.) a defensive center that blocks shots, rebounds and sets great picks.

The rest is gravy

 

Two words:

Bench. Scoring.

 

Those can be obtained with the youngsters improving with age. It's more important to find the starting core to win games; then you address the other needs with MLE and vet mins.

 

ONE WORD = CENTER, one who can defend and rebound, then work on filling the other holes!

 

That should be priority #1. He needs to set good picks too!

 

Completely agree. But I think he'd potentially be a great 6th man. I would hate him as a starter though.

 

I did not realize he was that old. I was thinking 29 or 30. I love his game too. I would offer him the MLE. But he has a good gig in Memphis. The Grizzlies will offer their starting SG that amount as well. I doubt he leaves.

 

Key word, bolded. Talk about growth stunting. Tyreke brings everything that Mathews doesn't, instant offense and quality slashing skills.

 

We need a veteran scorer on the bench. So quickly we forget that our starters had us in games and our complete lack of bench scoring shot us out of many games. It would also be nice if our starters weren't averaging 38+ minutes per game. Yes, we need a center, but right now we desperately need a damn bench.

 

I don't think the lack of slashing is Wes, or any particular player's fault - it's the game plan that limits the slashing. We've seen both Wes and Nic make good cuts for easy baskets on occasion - they're perfectly capable of slashing. But the offense just isn't designed to hit moving players with passes. Players only move in order to draw their defenders away from the ball.

 

You can't always get what you want. You have to address the major needs and that's the defensive center. Then the slashing, getting to the line and creating his own shot sg is next in line. Matthews should be 6th man.