Ironically I said yesterday morning that adding Turner and Mozgov would be a solid play D or E. The money that has been thrown around fucked that up.
I don't think a player that averages 10/5/4 with good defense sucks. I think it will be a good fit because of his ball handling too, yeah 70 mil looks like a shit load but when the cap shoots to 110+ mil will 17mil a season seem so big?
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celt...n-turner-first-time-a-team-has-wanted-me-back "Turner averaged 10.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 4.4 assists during the 2015-16 season and finished fifth in the voting for Sixth Man of the Year. His ball-handling abilities and versatility make him an intriguing option for contenders. Turner said earlier this month that he values a chance to win over money."
This state bends over backwards to give subsidies to big business. If we lowered the property tax any more schools (which are already ridiculously lowly funded) would go in the shitter. The stink of bad weed and pachouli oil ain't gunna make a lick of difference. We're a beer stop on the way to Seattle and that will be nevr change. Anybody thinking this place is going to experience a tech boom needs to get his head out of the Elmer's glue vat!
This isn't a bad signing at all in terms of player addition. In terms of cost, whew this is a rough year. But honestly though, the available marquee players were shrinking. Would you rather not sign anyone at all? I think Olshey had the wisdom to see Whiteside is gone, Durant isn't happening, not sure on Howard, what if we can't get Parsons? You move onto the next player in that type of role (Parsons' role) and Turner was next up to grab before we had to go even further down the list. ALL things considered, this isn't a bad signing. Although he's not as appealing of a name as Parsons, he's not a bad player and fits a bit of what we've been doing in terms of acquiring athletic forwards (although the ones from the last year or so had been on bargain deals). If we can snag Howard or Ezeli I'd say successful off-season given the fact that we were never going to sign some of those big names. If we end up with Aldrich/Mahinmi along with Turner, it's gonna be a let down but I don't think you can fully blame Olshey for the ridiculousness of this year... We got Turner for 17.5/year. Solomon freaking Hill who averaged 4/3 on 15mpg just got 13/year from the Pelicans Lakers got Mozgov for 16/year Teletovic 10/year Bayless is getting 9/year That's just the nature of this off-season. This is the new NBA, at least for now. If Turner can get us some decent production, that price tag, despite being 150% of what Curry is paid, won't look so bad. Hill now is getting more per year than Curry. Crazy. Would've loved to get Lin for 12, and still would like to get Howard or Ezeli, but this is just a rough year overall with much slimmer pickings than I think perception would imply.
I saw some Boston fans saying he was a lot better at the 2 than 3 and we're going to regret trying to play him there.
That's because their 2 can't create for himself (Bradley). We have 3 players who can create for themselves or others now.
It took a while to come in off the ledge. This is almost beyond unbelievable in that this is who the Blazers get....the FA NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT. That was the first thought that came to mind with me as well. If players can back out, why can't teams? I spoke to a friend of mine who has a number of family member in various NBA positions. He actually brought that up. He said Portland is so lucky to have Dame here but at some point if he doesn't get some help, how long until he wants to go somewhere that he can get some actual help? If they were going to spend this much money, how about on your own guys who can actually shoot? A very good question. I don't recall seeing a bunch of teams rushing to bust down Turner's door. He was a bench player for goodness sake and #31 on Woj's Free Agent rankings list. If this is what Portland has to pay for a player no one else wants, that does not bode well for future free agent classes when we don't have as much money. Great....so a ton of money for a guy that was the 3rd string SG behind CJ and Crabbe? 24%....that is what he shoots from '3'. If they want someone who can create, has length and can actually shoot, Luis Montero is sitting right at the end of the bench for $16M less. Given the money they just spent on this bench guy, I'm not sure that for the money, that wouldn't be better. Seriously. Portland could bring everyone back and add Turner and they might actually end up worse in the Playoff rankings if the Grizzlies are healthy and keep Conley. I'm not sure what this does to make them better given that now probably are out Crabbe or Harkless. Either that or Portland will end up spending $40-45 million on those three players which doesn't seem like the best use of cap dollars. Disappointed.....desperation.....overpaid......some of the words coming to mind right now.
You can't fault him for going after a quality guy who chose to go elsewhere. He did make a move that made the team better, and we're already a really good team. At this point, I'd like to see him match Mo and Leonard. I can see us running with Mo, Turner, and Aminu if we need defense. I like how Mo can guard PGs reasonably well.
