Who are top10 free agents you want my Blazers to pursue?

Just like Loul Deng, How do you pursue Trevor Ariza without doing something with Nic Batum? That is not realistic.

 

Limiting my list to unrestricted free agents, and those who I believe we may be able to get for MLE or BAE:
- Shaun Livingston, PG (8.3 ppg, 3.2 apg, 14.5 PER)
- Ramon Sessions, PG (12.3 ppg, 4.1 apg, 16.0 PER)
- Andray Blatch, C (11.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 18.9 PER)
- Jordan Hill, PF (9.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 19.4 PER)
- Jason Smith, C (9.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 12.5 PER)
- Rodney Stuckey, PG/SG (13.9 ppg, 2.1 apg, 14.0 PER)
- Kris Humphries, PF (8.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 18.3 PER)
- DeJuan Blair, PF (5.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 17.3 PER)
- Jeff Adrien, PF (6.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 17.5 PER)
- Patty Mills, PG (10.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 18.8 PER)

If we could grab one Big and one Small from that list using our MLE and BAE, I would consider that a solid offseason.

 

1. Paul Pierce
2. Pau Gasol
3. Shawn Marion
4. Kirk Hinrich
5. Emeka Okafor
6. Boris Diaw
7. Shaun Livingston
8. PJ Tucker
9. Nazr Mohammed
10. Devin Harris

 

PG
Livingston
Chalmers
Sessions
Vasquez

Wing
Pierce
Ariza
Deng
Marion

Big
Hawes
Gasol

 

I would offer Livingston the MLE.

 

I Also like Avery Bradley, James Johnson, Greivis Vasquez, PJ Tucker.

 

This is not meant in the slightest to be combative, but why? What does he bring to our team that we currently don't have?

 

I like Livingston but he is only gonna get around 18 minutes a game with us. Not worth that kind of money for us.

 

I wouldn't offer him the MLE, but I like him because of all the available point guards, he is probably the most stable. He doesn't have the best asst%, but it's not bad. He doesn't have the best defensive rating, but it's not bad. He shoots well from the floor.

Plus, my favorite part, he's not a fucking midget. I'm not going to worry about putting him next to Dame on the floor.

The reason why I wouldn't give him the full MLE is because there's always that fear that he's going to get hurt again.

 

Our defense is already a sieve. I am really hoping we concentrate on guys that can play good perimeter defense

 

Yeah, that's fine, but part of the reason why our second unit was so fucking horrible is because of the Mo/Dame backcourt.



Bradley isn't a point guard, right?

 

Not really. One of those things where he CAN play it, but he is better at the 2

 

He's big for a PG, smart, runs the offense well, doesn't make mistakes, attacks the basket but can also shoot, opportunistic, will probably be our most "natural" PG.
I would offer the full MLE because that's what it would take to get him, also because we have another exception.

 

ok.

 

But isn't that just Will Barton?

 

Sessions or Livingston would be my top 2 picks to receive the 2 mil exception. We could front load it and maybe give a player option for the 3rd year. That's it though.

Whoever suggested we give Livingston the MLE is smoking some really good shit. He'll be lucky to get half that.

 

I think Sessions is more likely to accept the BAE. He's bounced around a lot.

 

I've always liked him. What about Andre Miller? I thought he was a free agent too or am I wrong? I'd consider him in that short list as well. I think we need a play-making point guard who can make the second unit better. Andre would do that and so would Sessions.

 

Bradley is 1000000000% times better defensively than Will

 

Call me crazy, but I think Will is going to be a decent defender. He has the tools. He has long arms, he's quick, and he has good instincts. I think he'll develop into a very competent wing defender.