Unless you're going to use his salary/cap space for a superstar, I think we have to match whatever. He is exactly the kind of player we want going forward - he's young, shows a lot of potential to grow still, and he's part of the team/family. I think he steps up this season and becomes an even better player.
Interesting read of other fans reactions to our turner signing. Lots of hate as expected. http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1459536
So because I pointed out a fact I'm hoping for a miracle? Sounds like you... minimizing facts. Not trying to convince myself of anything I said previously that the Blazers could do better. But they also could do a lot worse than Turner and he can help the team. Let me know how that's thinking it's a good or bad move. It's being realistic. Well unless people thought being realistic was that Durant & LBJ would pair up in Portland for vet minimum....
Dont even try to spin it that way. Manyof us were shit on for not buying into the discussions that whiteside, horford, durant etc would actually give us the time of day. Some posters were so sure these guys would rush at the chance to sign with portland. Which was not the case becauze we couldnt even meet with any of these dudes. Portland still sucks in the eyes of top free agents.
This guy's three ball is down to .241. Does he fit on this team? It has been in pretty much a steady decline the past 6 years. Is he a 70m bencher in the Stotts offense? Ha! I see Howard signed for 70. Now if you wanted someone that can't shoot the three ball, perhaps we should have looked there. At least he doesn't shoot them.
I don't know. I put a question mark on my post. Does anyone else on the team shoot worse than .241 who actually take those shots?
Hey, I'm not mad at the Turner signing like a lot of people here but I like to watch the world burn, so let me remind you of that: Spun him around !
It's not that the cross overs were that great. Turner was just being aggressive and trying to jump the pick & Blake is crafty enough to use that against him.
You should really stop telling folks to stop expressing their opinions...seems to me you've just had a meltdown and now you're looking for a failure support group...who cares about folks hating Jake Layman and Evan Turner and feeling like they've been stood up by DHoward and Parsons...I look at it like there are no mistakes in guys signing elsewhere for their own reasons. Disagreeing with you does not translate to shitting on you dude. I don't see anyone feeding the Portland still sucks line either. That's just an opinion. Why meet with a free agent if you know he's not going to consider your team..waste of time. Tons of people had us ranked 29th in the league last year. That's a lot of hate that our team didn't buy into. I'm not buying into it this season .
I dont need a failure support group old man rivers. I love portland, it just does not appeal to the nba demographic on a national scene. Love the team, dont like the signing. And thats OK.
Well, it kinda makes sense if he doesn't get a huge deal. His sample size is TINY. He had ONE decent season in the NBA, I could see him getting the same money Clarkson got from the Lakers.
That's embarrassing. Tough to say he is that good on defense when Blake of all people does that to him. It may have been the only time all year Blakey created that much space with a crossover and he did it twice in the same game. #facepalm
I understand certain teams being cautious, but when Solomon Hill is getting 52/4, you know that many teams aren't having that and are just throwing cap space out like it's going out of style. At the very least he should be getting ~$15 million with the way the market is going. He's young, can shoot, and rapidly improved last year.
