Man, I wish I had enough time to read up on this. I don't even have the time (or patience) to read what I have to for work. But we seriously need to keep this amnesty option open. I see a few candidates that we could really use. Just a few off the top of my mind: Deng/Boozer/Gasol/Gooden/Bargnani Really hoping some of these guys are amnestied. We'd get some much needed depth if we win a bid.
I would prefer Brook Lopez - I can see him as a Blazer. Three-way trade with Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
Why wouldn't LA want Lopez? The three way trade that makes the most sense is Love to LA, Lopez to Minnesota, Dwight to Brooklyn
Those were the perfect teammates for him. They made HIM look good. This year's Lakers, not so much. I would love Pau on the Blazers by the way.
You know the dumb thing about Howard is that PDX would be right thing and smart move money aside. But this is NBA and this is the real world and C.R.E.A.M. I cant say that I wouldnt want the most money I could get but at the same time how many NBA players if you offered an NBA championship to them right now for say $1-$5 million depending on their contract wouldnt do it?
I don't see the Lakers using their amnesty on Gasol. He is about their only player that has some trade value.
Agreed. I guess my point was that if he wanted to also repair his reputation but still be a major factor in the process of being a title contender then a place like PDX could be a good fit. Never gonna happen it just one of those things that looks good on paper and makes too much sense to make sense
He is a definite top 5 center in the league and still a superstar. He was misused in Los Angeles. If they had Phil Jackson, many would change their tune. I would most definitely give him max if he was interested in coming to Portland.
In accounting circles, the term "cash is king" is used liberally. I'm now going to lobby for C.R.E.A.M. to become equally common.
You know for as much crap as people gave LBJ about "The Decision" did he not take less money for the opportunity for the 3 players to all sign together or was it just the other two? I just dont see Howard making this kind of sacrifice.
