Olshey is fired as GM of the Blazers and @Gronk Brady is hired. You take control of the team in the exact current situation with contracts, dead money, Trade exceptions, draft picks, etc. Other posters have control of other teams and from now until our draft you can make any trades you want with other teams (as long as they work under the CBA). Then we have the draft and you can pick whoever you want. You can blow up the team or just trade CJ or do whatever you want. Free agency is a little tricky but we are trying to figure out a way to have people not involved represent the players and they listen to pitches. C'mon it would be fun!
We're you not around for the Sebastian Telfair/Darius Miles era of infamy? People complain about Olshey, but that John Nash really knew how to screw up a draft. And if you think Olshey overspent during the summer of 2016 (ok, he did - by a lot), John Nash gave Darius Miles a $40 million contract back when the salary cap was $43.87 million. BNM
I was alive yes, and I have listed out my issues with NO too many times and yes 2016 was an issue but I have more. The thing is I had high expectations for this year (which was my own fault), the Darius Miles years I knew they were bad. I just feel like Dame is a legit super star but the coaching / roster besides him are so annoying sometimes...
Cleveland got this veteran player named Lebron from the Miami Heat and look how good they are doing. Golden State got this veteran player named Durant from the OKC Thunder and look how good they are doing. I agree with this strategy. I can't believe no one on the Blazers has ever thought of it before.
Technically, only ATL has enough cap space to completely absorb Meyer's contract, but that's based on cap holds, team options, etc. Spotrac has a list of "Practical Cap Space" for all 30 teams which shows a more realistic picture of what the free agent market will be like this summer. If you go here: http://www.spotrac.com/nba/cap/2018/ And click on the Practical Cap Space column heading it will sort all 30 teams by how much potential cap space each can create. That column shows 11 teams with enough practical cap space to absorb Meyers contract without any outgoing salary. Of course, not all teams will renounce all cap holds or decline all team options, but there will be several teams with cap space available this summer. Not as many as in the past, but more than the "not many" or "5 or fewer" I've read elsewhere. Of course teams renouncing cap holds and declining team options won't be doing so to land Meyers Leonard. They will be doing so to land guys like LeBron James and Paul George, but when it comes to top name free agents, there are always more suitors than A-list free agents. Some team that gets rebuffed by their first, second and third choices, and finds themselves with $20+ million in cap space may be willing to take Meyers off our hands if we also include something of value like a future 2nd round draft pick, and/or the always popular "cash considerations". A guy can dream... BNM
Trades start as soon as we get two more people. Draft date I was going to let people vote and try to get a date but it needs to be before the real draft. Free agency after that. Other than the draft it's not something that you have to be here at a certain time for.
Get the fuck out. Seriously. I hadn't really thought about it. Houston is my concern, but if GSW somehow got him to sign for the league min I will boycott the NBA.
On Cowherd's show this morning, Nick Wright was asking why LeBron going to the Warriors is any different than Durant going there. He's right. They both would be pansies.
One way to move product past it's shelf life....the alternative doesn't do much. Meyers did improve ...he rebounded better and played closer to the basket..small sample size but I wouldn't exactly call it hyping him up to give him a bit of credit...the guy makes one mistake in a game he'll get skewered around here..people booed him at the Moda Center for entering a game...I don't get that much either. I'm not a big Meyers fan at all but if ever a player needed a new start...it's him
Meyers to Dallas makes a lot of sense. He would fit in perfectly with their plan. And he would play a ton of minutes. Because............Dallas is tanking.
What about the TPE and our pick to Sacramento for Bogdanovic? Sac saves 9m and picks up another first. Not sure they would do it because Bogdanovic is good but they do also have Hield and Jackson, and if Ayton goes one, Doncic. Shit I’d even take Hield, but I think their owner is still in love with him. But Bogdanovic in Portland would be $$$$.
We did pass the ball, we passed up so many open shots because no one wanted to take a shot that wasn't named CJ or Dame. I forgot what he was on but CJ was on a podcast where he talked about the fact we had the most passes out of open shots in the playoffs when we were eliminated.
