Okay, so Utah actually paid NYK 2 seconds to get off Ed Davis's 5 Million dollar contract. That bodes well for our 7 million TPE. Means there are deals out there to absorb players and maybe replenish Neil's second round pick war chest.
Will be somewhat interesting to see if Portland extends qualifying offers to Hoard, Brown, and Gabriel today. Gabriel seems like a lock, the other two who knows.
Actually, that Ed Davis deal was a prime deal for us to make. Ed is a player who knows the system and is loved by the team, plus we get 2 free seconds out of it. There's no one else currently out there with a <$7 million dollar contract that I would see them dumping. Either they figured 2 seconds weren't worth $5 million dollars or they have some other plans with the TPE (like wasting it).
No, a team with the Dame/CJ starting back court needs a lot more than what we have to make up for their defensive shortcomings and lack of offensive congruity.
Are you saying that was a deal we should have made with Utah? Because I lived there long enough to know they will never do anything that they think might help the Blazers. We would be the 29th call on their list.
