CJ McCollum becomes a Blazer until 2021

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  1. illmatic99

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    Think you're missing the point. We hold all the rights to CJ-- we can give him the most years, the highest raises, and if push came to shove, we could match all offers. This contract will only start next season and it could have been negotiated next season.

    It's what SA did with Kawhi and Detroit this summer with Drummond. Both guys had capholds substantially smaller than their new salaries, so their teams could go over the cap to sign their own free agents, while using that available space to fill the roster with Aldridge, Tobias Harris, etc.
     
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    If this is a "max" contract as Woj reports, then the 106 is just an estimate already taking into account the new cap. That % would have assumed next year's cap as is and I don't think they can use this year's cap to calculate that number for a contract starting next year. .
     
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    Not sure there should be any other reaction than joy right now. Our best players not only want to be Trail Blazers for life but make Portland their year-round home. Inking your stars before RFA is very important. As others have mentioned there's no waiting game, there's not the possibility of another team determining the details of the contract, and there's security for the player.
     
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    So if its not max?
     
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    And it sends the right message to the locker room. I love it.
     
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    Neil could have just as easily told him to wait to sign a contract next year. Kawhi did that last year, Drummond/Beal this year.

    What this tells me is that we're not even going to try to play the FA game for the near future. That's fine I suppose, but it does completely shut the door on a big factor in team development.
     
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    We can still make some trades, we have some decent pieces.
     
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    With our luck, it's worth being cautious.
     
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    This is exactly the type of long term stability the franchise needs to successfully move to Seattle.
     
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    Isn't that a good thing given that Portland playing the FA game is like me trying to compete in the Olympics?
     
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    390 if we add in Turner. And in case anyone's wondering what we'll owe those guys during the years all 4 contracts are in force:
    • 2017-18: 85.44M
    • 2018-19: 91.07M
    • 2019-20: 96.70M (Dame 29.83; CJ 27.62; AC 20.65; ET 18.61)
    Those are some pretty hefty bills for just 4 players.
     
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    We would have had zero cap room next summer, regardless of the CJ deal. This was our year to go free agent shopping, and we did.

    Now we have our Top 2 players locked up, a ton of depth, and there's a good chance we could turn that depth into a consolidation trade.
     
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    I don't think Crabbe is going to be here for more than one extra season. He'll be a trading piece when we're moving for a star caliber player.
     
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    Thanks for the clarification!
     
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    Another important note: due to the poison pill provision, this extension means we will definitely not be trading CJ this season, if any of you were thinking that he might conceivably be included in a deal for Boogie, or some other star. If we wanted to trade him this season, our outgoing salary for CJ would only be his 2016-17 salary of 3.2M, but his incoming salary for the receiving team would be over $20M.

    Basically impossible to match salaries on a trade thanks to the PPP.
     
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    All moves pointing toward future trades as the way we will change personnel. Consolidation trade between January and February deadline will be very possible now.
     
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    This is how rumors get started.

    They are signed until 2021. I think that still makes both of them in their 20's
     
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    Great news. Locking up your best players is a must. Now if we can add to it, we could actually be contenders.
     
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    Great move and not at all surprised. Neil is going to try to move the needle as much as possible in the next few months. See a move coming.
     
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