Blazers sign Chris Kaman

The Blazers have 6 days to come to terms with the Lakers on a sign and trade; that would allow them to sign another player with the full MLE.

 

That's a good idea. Not sure if LA would want to help us out though. Do they really want any of our scrubs?

 

Who was the last Laker to become a Blazer?


I can't thing of any unless I go all the way back to Leroy Ellis.

 

I would have preferred Hawes for 4yr/23M. Hope we did not sign Kaman because he required fewer years.

 

He got even less than what I thought he'd get. This makes the Kaman signing that much worse. Four years is nothing for a 26 year-old, who will be just entering his prime at the tail end of his contract.

 

Hawes got incentives in a major market I'm thinking. They offered something Portland couldn't match. I have no doubt the Blazers knew this before offering a deal to Kaman

 

Agreed. We keep our 2015 flexibility with the Kaman signing but nothing is promised tomorrow. Everyone out West is getting better and we're kind of standing pat. Also, next year's FA crop just isn't that strong.

 

I don't buy that. He's a Seattle guy, even said he'd love to play in Portland because it's in the NW. He wanted the security of a four-year deal and we probably didn't want to offer that long of a deal? Either way, the Clippers just got a whole lot better.

 

that seems to me like a very cheap/reasonable contract for the Clips getting Hawes, especially given what we have seen this FA so far, I would much rather have Hawes on this deal then Kaman by a fukkin mile

 

You'll probably understand if we go after Marc Gasol next summer.

 

sorry, but that's crap from Blazer mgmt if that was the reason, Hawes at less that 6 mil per is a great and very attractive/tradeable contract if they really wanted Gasol or whoever nest yr, it's about gathering assets at hawes at 4 yrs/23 mil is a very nice asset

 

RoLo + Hawes for the foreseeable future >>>> a chance at getting Marc Gasol + having no real backup center

 

I would think Freeland and Wright have at least neutral value if we sent over a pick or something. Either one would get us up to the amount needed to take back Kaman.

 

So how many post dissing other posters for not being realistic about not liking the Kaman signing because that is all the Blazers could afford. People on this board act they know so much and judge others based on what they think are facts. We are all just trying to figure this shit out, but just because some don't like the Kaman signing doesn't mean they don't see reality. Bad signings happen all the time with every organization.

the Kaman signing very well may be a bad signing or I could be flat out wrong, but I and others can analyze a Blazer move and "see reality" just as much as the homers who justify each and every move by the Blazers

 

Pelicans added Asik, could easily be players for a playoff berth
Clippers for one got better today
Rockets could land Melo/Bosh which would make them better
Livingston is just what the Warriors needed, they struggled mightily without a true backup for Curry once Jack left in 2013
Memphis won't be that injury prone this season as they were in 2014
Both OKC and SA haven't used their MLE yet and they were each considerably better than us last year

Point being: The West is fucking loaded and if you're not adding assets some other team will pass you by.

 

Well I appreciate your contribution on this board, but you can not be any more insulting telling people who don't like the Kaman trade they don't see reality.

So many times I want to tell homers to stop being homers and buying into every move the Blazers make, but I stop because I really don't know for sure what is a good move.

Fact you think you know it all is really a joke and shows an immaturity to
Your thought process.

 

No, free agency isn't over. The Blazers just have almost no money left to spend. Same difference.