(tl;dr material) Team Situations Entering Draft/FA

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  1. KeepOnRollin

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    Don't go MM. I am enjoying your posts even if I disagree with some.
     
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    Wouldn't it be just a year from the trade? So if some were traded by this year's trade deadline, they expire next year's trade deadline. If some were traded last summer, then this summer they would expire. This is what I believe, I really don't know for sure.
     
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    Seriously you need to get back to taking meds. Why does that bother you so much? I've heard worse directed towards you and it didn't phase you, yet this little disagreement gets you "fed up"?
     
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    This is true and a little ironic when you consider the recent article in the Oregonian about one of the reasons why Portland is not a top destination for NBA players.

    Here you have Atlanta, one of the top destinations for young black college students, as well as young black professionals from across the country, yet they are not a top destination for FA's in the NBA. Players love to live there and they like to spend their summers their working out, but none-the-less because of the lack of fan support in the arena, it remains an average-poor destination.

    Players like to play in front of packed arenas, regardless of the fan's skin color.
     
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    ???
     
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    That is not really a fair comparison. You compared Denver's city population to Portland's metro population.

    If you did that backward the city of Portland has a population of 583k and Denver metro has a population of 2.88 million.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon
    http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-economy/forecasts
     
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  8. BrianFromWA

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    I'd look TOR, BOS, GSW and CHI, but for slightly different reasons. CHI's owners aren't known for being profligate spenders (Denny can correct me if I'm way off-base), and I think that they'd make a deal in order to stay below the apron and maintain flexibility while staying in the first tier (0-5M above the line) of tax increments. The flexibility aspect is similar for GSW and BOS, while TOR would be a great place to try to pluck a 2015 or 2017 first to give them some cap savings if our big FA plans didn't pan out.
     
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    BrainFromWa, just curious now that you have done all this great work for us (thanks again) what would be your ideal offseason pick ups for the Blazers. Im sure you have posted it elsewhere but given all this great info I would like to see it in this thread.
     
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    Honestly, that stuff comes at the end. I have some ideas that I've tossed around, but I'll have a thread at some point that summarizes what I think are the best options and what I'd take.

    Quick take (and I reserve my right to change this stuff ;) ): moving up in draft if required for a stud SG (probably Oladipo, but still looking) or Noel if you can pull it off keeping LMA and Lillard, bringing over Papanikolou, trying to get Maynor with the room exception, and either getting a needle-moving big or looking at what LMA would bring back in trade. It's not time to panic and give him away, but we are only 20 months away from the last time we can trade him for something without him walking away for nothing. I think it's worth exploring. But I haven't done the analysis to see what's even do-able, much less realistic or probable.
     
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    I think they accidentally paid the tax this season. They had deals to dump Rip Hamilton's contract to get under the LT threshold but teams were asking for a draft pick and the Bulls decided to pay the tax instead.

    Lots of talk about amnesty on Boozer. Fans don't like his defense much. He's been remarkably healthy, though, and I think he's a very good player if used right. I also think if they do use amnesty on him, they'll save money but have only the $5M trade exception to replace him, which I don't think can be done that easily. And if they use the TE, they'll pay the tax :)
     
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    Thanks, look forward to those
     
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    I agree both are small markets. I don't understand how they can afford to have the Nuggets, Broncos, Rockies, and Avalanche. Meanwhile, the one team in Portland is barely profitable.
     
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    THESE are the kinda threads that piss me off! They bring NOTHING to this forum! Nice try Brian!
     
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    If could be the surrounding states that maybe cheer Denver on?
     
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    You are fired.
     
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