Sources: Aldridge has told Blazers he will not return

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  1. magnifier661

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    Yep, but the rumor is Aldridge told the Blazers.
     
    magnifier661, Jun 25, 2015
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    FUCK. Quick says no one has heard anything? He's as good as gone......
     
    HomerLovesKoolAid, Jun 25, 2015
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    LMA actually isn't a free agent (at least from us) yet. Or to put it another way, he could talk to us as he is still under our control. Not saying he did talk to us though....
     
    KeepOnRollin, Jun 25, 2015
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    Except that one time every game where he breezes to the rim like Clyde meets Jordan and we SCREAM because he only tries it once.
     
    BlazerCaravan, Jun 25, 2015
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    So then Nico wouldn't rent him a house after all...he's gotta live somewhere..blame Batum for this in 1..2..3..
     
    riverman, Jun 25, 2015
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    But he can say that he's not coming back as a Blazer. He doesn't have to have any contact with any team to say that.
     
    blue9, Jun 25, 2015
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    or the medical staff has determined his thumb won't hold up for another season
     
    riverman, Jun 25, 2015
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    Bullshit. Nic was a soft Bitch who consistently avoided contact. At 6'9 he should weigh at least 220-230. The lack of muscle is why he rarely attacked the rim at all..
     
    dviss1, Jun 25, 2015
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    Love and Lebron
     
    crowTrobot, Jun 25, 2015
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Two starters? Well, two are free agents and one is gone. So I have no idea what this means.
     
    B-Roy, Jun 25, 2015
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  11. magnifier661

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    I would like a link explaining this. I seem to remember that players immediately become free agents once the season is over
     
    magnifier661, Jun 25, 2015
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    LMA was never going to be free. He wants a lot of money. He's an expensive agent.
     
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    Some items from the Larry Coon CBA FAQ:

    Veteran extensions:
    Extensions to contracts that are not rookie scale contracts (i.e., veteran extensions) may be signed up to June 30, the day before the player would have become a free agent.

    For contracts with options or ETOs, the end date of the contract is interpreted as the June 30 before an option year, and the June 30 after an ETO year.

    A team cannot reacquire a player they traded away during that season (a season being July 1 - June 30). If he is waived by his new team, then he cannot re-sign with his original team until the one-year anniversary of the trade, or until the July 1 following the end of his contract, whichever comes first. However, if a team trades a player's draft rights, they can reacquire the player during the same season.
    Option years (except in rookie scale contracts and player options for players who will be restricted free agents) and ETOs must be exercised1 (see question number 59)

    June 30:
    Deadline to extend a qualifying offer (see question number 44)
    Last day to sign an extension (see question number 60)
    Players are credited with one year of service
    Salary cap year ends

    http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm
     
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    If we go after Love, I'd like to see us pair him with Jordan.

    One benefit of going after Monroe is that he's only a 6 yr vet, and his max salary is "only" $16,775,000. If we paired him with a 7-9 yr Vet max of $20,130,000, that would leave the Blazers with 5,763,639. That's a bit over the MLE so we could potentially outbid (by just a bit) other teams for that level of player. Our bench will be thin if we renounce the rights to everyone to clear the space for two max salaries.
     
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    That makes me feel a little better. I'm not going to get angry at Aldridge until it's official. Let's not condemn the man just yet.
     
    Darkwebs, Jun 25, 2015
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    Ugh!!!


    Blazers have enough trouble trying to bring in big name free agents (understatement) . . . if they can't even keep their top players with lure of bigger money and chance to create history, how the hell is this organization ever going to put together a championship team.

    Let's see what Olshey can do with cap space, but there is only so much a Portland Trailblazer Gm can do. Only way I see this team building to the top again is to suck for a few years, get a high draft pick or two and hope for the best. As a season ticket holder this absolutely sucks!

    As far as Aldridge goes, iI don't give a rat's ass what happens to him after he leaves the Blazers. I'm a Blazer fan, not an Aldridge fan. Maybe if he embraced the city, showed some love to the local community . . . nah, too bitter to have any kind of love for him right now no matter what kind of Blazer he was . . .
     
    The_Lillard_King, Jun 25, 2015
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    I've been really really anti-Jordan.

    Then I realized, we would be able to bench Jordan for Meyers if anyone decided to Hack-a-Jordan, and Meyers can shoot lights out from the free throw line, and everywhere else, compared to Jordan.

    Still not crazy about Jordan though.

    Maybe it's the name. ;)
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    This.
     
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    Just sayn if Kevin Love is the end game I might go watch Volleyball.
     
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