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Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by GhostOfPGA, Jun 13, 2019.

  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    the article misses a couple of contracts:

    "As you can assume, making a long-term commitment of $295 million to an exceptionally average bunch of players outside of CJ McCollum left the team struggling to reach its lofty goals in pursuit of a championship."

    they forgot about Harkless and Ezeli. Add those two contracts and the Blazers gave out 340M in deals; not an all-star in sight and only one player that wasn't below average. I don't think there's any question that Portland was at the apex of that 2016 insanity. For nearly 3 years those decisions crippled Portland's flexibility and it wasn't until those bad contracts were expiring contracts were they able to 'escape' by trading with other teams for different regretted 2016 contracts.
     
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    I agree that sucked, but at the same time, as bad as it was they were still competitive and found themselves in the top 8 in the west. At least they didn't blow all that money and become like a 25-35 win team. I hope the crazy spending spree's are over.
     
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    So, Draymond gets a $100M 4 year extension. Predictable, given KD’s departure, but you have to wonder if Green will be worth the money 4 years from now.
     
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    well, the final year of his deal will be 5 years from now when he's 34 so I doubt it will be an issue. CJ will be 32 in the final year of his deal and he'll be making 7-8M more than Green then.

    CJ at 33M/year on his extension while Green at 25M/year. The damn Warriors always seem to get their players on the best bargains

    so far this summer, contracts & extensions signed with the average annual salary:

    Kevin Durant $41,063,925
    Klay Thompson $37,980,720
    Tobias Harris $36,000,000
    Khris Middleton $35,500,000
    Jimmy Butler $35,197,650
    Kemba Walker $35,197,650
    Kawhi Leonard $34,379,100
    Kyrie Irving $34,122,650
    CJ McCollum $33,000,000
    Kristaps Porzingis $31,650,600
    D'Angelo Russell $29,331,375
    Al Horford $27,250,000
    Nikola Vucevic $25,000,000
    Draymond Green $25,000,000
    Harrison Barnes $21,250,000
    Malcolm Brogdon $21,250,000
    Julius Randle $20,700,000
    Terry Rozier $18,900,000
    Bojan Bogdanovic $18,275,000
    Ricky Rubio $17,000,000
    Rudy Gay $16,000,000
    Jonas Valanciunas $15,000,000
    Kelly Oubre Jr. $15,000,000
    Danny Green $15,000,000
    Marcus Morris $15,000,000
    Bobby Portis $15,000,000
    Thaddeus Young $14,545,000
    Delon Wright $14,025,000
    Terrence Ross $13,500,000
    Dewayne Dedmon $13,333,333
    Patrick Beverley $13,333,327
    J.J. Redick $13,250,000
    Brook Lopez $13,000,000

    now, all things aren't quite equal on that list. Most of those players were UFA this summer, while guys like CJ and Draymond would have been UFA two summers from now and one summer from now respectively. That's a little mitigation to the numbers although that can take different tracks.

    CJ has not been a bargain, and he won't be going forward; but he also won't be a very significant overpay either, and his contract should be fairly trade-able a year or two from now. Currently, I'd be surprised if any team other than Portland would want to make a 5 year commitment to CJ at 31.4M/year. But another summer or two of big contracts signed should make the trade market interesting
     
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    Few players signing 4-year extensions at 30 are going to be worth their contracts in the final season. It’s a price you have to pay to get them to commit because if you don’t, someone else will.
     
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    For much of last season he definetely wasn't, but he got himself in shape and came alive in the later part of the playoffs. He can be somewhat of an enigma
     
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    He will be traded by then.
     
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    Wonder if HCP will become a big UNO guy?
     
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    Well, he is one big guy, so....
     
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    Sounds like a guy that would resign with us if we traded for him :dunno:
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I like Baze, seems like a genuinely good guy, looking forward to watching him this season, I really have not watched him play at all other than highlights.
     
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    Of course he would resign. He isn’t a top tier player and probably not even the tier below. Still a very good forward who could contribute on a winning team and I wouldn’t mind him here for a good price. I feel like Kevin Love would be a better choice though, despite his contract.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    That deal is a bargain for a motivated Draymond. I mean, Milsap and Horford both got 30 mil + on their last deals and they were well into their 30s.

    Horford just this summer signed a 4yr, 100 mil deal and he's 4yrs older than Green.
     

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