Tristan Thompson pulling a Greg Monroe?

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    santeesioux, Aug 10, 2015
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    I would say yes but I think the Blazers will be set at PF with Vonleh and Leonard.
     
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    I agree, maybe if we hadn't signed Davis we could make room but we have a lot of front court depth.
     
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    I doubt anyone on the team besides Lillard is untouchable, I could see some of these guys traded in a CP3 type deal and then a guy like Thompson could make sense.
     
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    Hell no. Thompson isnt that good. And he's going to get paid like he's a pillar of a franchise. He's a fine role player, that's it.
     
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    I wouldn't pursue him at all next summer. However, I would throw a big contract at him now (very big but not max) just to make CLE match this summer. I just want to see their tax bill go way up. I think if he gets 16 a year deal then they pay something like 40 MIL or more in tax on it?

    I think he turned down 4 MIL 60 MIL from them earlier this year though so it might take max for him to even sign on the dotted line. Next to no chance they don't match but if they didn't then I wouldn't like that deal for us at all. He is a junkyard player. Fine player but not close to a max talent.
     
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    If he develops some semblance of an offensive game this year, sure.

    It wasn't that long ago they couldn't give him away.
     
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    He's Cleveland's Draymond Green. That's great if you've already got Curry and Thompson. And Bogut. And Iguodala. Or LeBron James.
     
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    Except Draymond can, you know, shoot... and dribble... and pass... and lockdown the perimeter...
     
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    Agree!
     
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    Ed Davis is pretty much Tristan Thompson. If he were not on the Cavs and had Rich Paul as his agent, a max contract would not even be in discussion.
     
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    I blame Cuban for marking up the price of players..Parsons, then Wes...now everybody wants a max deal that starts for a team
     
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    He did but overall I agree that the two players are not all that similar. They both mean a lot for their teams but not the same kind of player.
     
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