Well price is always part of the availability equation for me. I probably should have clarified that however.
Well, you just never know. I never thought we'd be able to sign Mo last summer. That sort of fell into place at the last minute.
But we also had a little more cap maneuverability last year. With only the BAE to offer and too many teams with money to spend this year, it feels like we're going to be lucky to get table scraps.
Yeah, looking back, my expectations for this summer were completely unrealistic. I should have guessed with so many teams under the cap that it would be a sellers market. Some of the deals being thrown out are just plain stupid.
IMO, the main reason to re-sign Mo is that if he'll take a contract using the Non-Bird extension, it leaves the BAE to pick up another player at the SF spot. If he wants more than that, he's out of our price range anyway, unless the Blazers are able to restructure the Kaman deal as a S&T. If they're able to do that, I'd still rather see the MLE used to upgrade the backup SF spot than give it to Mo. I think Blake or another guard for the BAE would be preferable to burning MLE money on Mo. That said, those of you who are saying Mo is a terrible point guard are delusional. He's got some weaknesses, but so does every backup PG in the league. Basically, this has been said on this board about every PG the Blazers have ever had with the exception of Lillard, and some of you even rag on him. I swear, if we got Chris Paul some of you would bitch about him too.
