How he as slipped. I remember when he was a key piece in the proposed LMA trade to Chicago.....by blazer fans.
I'd trade Meyers for him, then not pickup his team option next year. Would be a good way to shed Meyers salary, then put that money towards resigning Davis and Connoughton.
If we got Mirotic, I'd start him at PF and hope he fulfills the promise he had coming into the league. The Bulls played him out of position at SF a lot of the time. He's at least as good a 3pt shooter as Aminu, and possibly better. He's a better scorer, too. Per 36, he's a 16/8 guy with 1.2 blocks (last year). He's a career .350 3pt shooter, with a career high of .390. He's 25 and only played 3 seasons in the NBA so far. The team option for $12.5M next year gives NO the flexibility to keep him if he pans out, or get out from under his contract if not.
So how much would you give up for him? If they took Leonard they would want Swanigan or Collins as well.
I have never seen one of his good games. so I have no clue. I see in late march where he had three 28 point efforts in 4 games. How does he get along with Nurk? I am guessing the whole Bosnia/Yugoslavia rift is not has bad as it used to be?
Maybe one of the two. It probably would take that, IMO. The question for NO is if he wants to pay Mirotic $12.5M going forward. Quite possibly/likely not.
Depends on the protection. I've watched Mirotic since his days at Real Madrid and he's always struck me as someone that would fit Stotts' system but I'm not sure if that's the type of PF I want anymore. I want what Collins theoretically is, or will become.
Aminu is shooting 52% from three and playing DPOY-level defense. Not sure Mirotic could match that. Aminu is not what's wrong with this team. He's the last guy we should be looking to replace.
Small sample. Aminu is a career .328 3pt shooter, and he shot .330 last season. I would expect more of the same. Aminu has averaged 10+ PPG once in his career. Mirotic has not averaged less, in his 3 seasons and in 20-24MPG. He is 10th in the league in DRtg, which is great. He's never done that before, and again, the sample size is small. I don't think Aminu has significant upside. Mirotic still does.
Paul has said in the past that he doesn't mind to pay for a winning team. And the Blazers are not a rebuilding team anymore.
Mirotic is perfect for our trade exception. Let's combine my other trade idea I had recently. BOS Gets: Vonleh (Using $8.4M Injury Exception) 2019 LAL/MIN (Most Favourable-Via POR) CHI Gets: 2018 BOS 1st POR Gets: Mirotic (Using Traded Player Exception) Lillard (35) / McCollum (13) / Napier McCollum (22) / Pat (15) / Turner (11) Harkless (25) / Turner (19) / Mirotic (4) Aminu (26) / Mirotic (22) / Swanigan Nurkic (30) / Davis (18) / Collins I like that.
...I don't think he will ever be the same after getting knocked the fuck out by his own teammate it's one thing to get in a scuffle and let tempers flare and all that, but this guy got his face broken and his brains scrambled with one punch! He will be going back to Europe ASAP.
Unfortunately I think I am going to have to agree that it is likely you are correct. He probably turns into timid Rudy now. And I loved Rudy before the injury.
