I think Harkless is a lot more similar to Thad Young, who they traded away. I don't think they will make an offer anywhere near Crabbe's that if they do call him up. Maybe 9 mil per at best.
That's too much for the current version of Crabbe. I love Crabbe, but he better improve a lot over the next 4 years... I'm happy he's still on the team though.
I imagine he was trying to see how much it was gonna cost to keep Meyers. They seemed to be focusing on that before they matched.
Lol the nyets lost out on crabbe and Tyler Johnson and are now "showing interest" in Anthony Bennett.
Not surprised they matched. It's a lot of money, but Neil and Terry have never been shy in praising what Allen brings to the team and their belief in his potential. Plus, when Turner mentioned how they liked how the two complemented each other, it gave me another strong indication that they would push hard retain him. Although I hated on the Turner move initially, bringing Crabbe back has it making more sense to me now that there will be 2 plus shooters playing with him at all times in either Dame, CJ or AC.
So you think we can get Vucevic for garbage? No matter how you spin it, Vuc was a borderline all-star for the last 2 years,he demands defensive attention from the other team while Plumlee can only dunk or pass and doing this move saves a ton of money for the franchise in the long run. Of course, if Plumlee and Crabbe take a big step forward this season you can flush down the toilet all of my words on the subject
Well, here is more on Crabbe's reaction;http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...ck_with_portland_trai.html#incart_river_index seems like he actually preferred to come back to Portland, he just needed to feel wanted. I almost got the impression that he didn't even realize all the ramifications of his quite massive contract and trade kicker (Harkless considering taking a qualifying offer, for one, constraints on the team going forward, possible discontent from other players). Maybe the guy is just not that "aware", shall we say? Or did Olshey fail here in explaining things to him; was he even able to contact him, should he have laid it all out before the free agent period began? Reading about Tim Duncan retiring today and thinking about the financial sacrifices he made over the years for the sake of the team; it seems we don't really have the same kind of culture here in Portland, and it's a little disappointing.
Asking the face of your franchise for the past decade to take less money after already making bank =/= asking a 2nd round role player to take less money during his prime. Come on. Portland may well not have this type of culture, but no player has had enough of a connection to the city for it to be even possible (Well, LMA did....). Dame is the only player I can see in the future giving us a hometown discount, but it won't be until after this max extension.
Hey, NBA! You wanna poison pill the Blazers? Enjoy having your money tied up while we take our time matching, and you lose out on other useful options. See ya next time, suckas!
I'm not talking about a connection to the city; I'm talking about a connection to the team. By the way, Dame already gave a small discount by agreeing to less on the bonus for making an NBA allstar team.
Crabbe hasn't made squat over the past three years. I don't blame him at all for taking the deal. There's no way Portland offers him that deal without Brooklyn getting involved.
