It's an interesting question as to which of those guys would have been let go last summer if the Blazers had managed to land Whiteside. Leonard's a certainty, but choosing between Crabbe and Harkless would be closer. Tempting just to say that you'd go with Mo because his contract is more affordable, but if there had been more money on the table because Crabbe hadn't yet been signed, you can bet that Mo's agent would have upped his asking price. Still, I'd say that Harkless would get the nod and that Crabbe would be starting for the Nets.
Yeah...if we would have signed Whiteside, retained Harkless and Crabbe, and not signed Turner or Leonard...I'm not really seeing the downside.
I think the Blazers could have re-signed everyone and also Whiteside. ET would not have been signed, though.
It's a made up rumor, so why even talk about it? It's way too specific to be true. No way is Olshey having in depth convos like that right now, and if he is, it wouldn't leak.
It's prefaced as coming from a rumor mill....given the board topics why not speculate? I understand folks not interested in the rumor mill feeds but at this point, I'm interested in possibilities and Neil has been super quiet...he doesn't feed rumors but when they include several other teams...quite often someone in their organization does feed rumors...to me...more interesting conversation than Fantasy Football or College Football threads around here
