Free Agent Thread

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Scalma, Jul 9, 2021.

  1. KeepOnRollin

    KeepOnRollin Well-Known Member

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    Possible that we only use part of it but it would mean no one left is worth spending the whole thing on imo.
     
  2. julius

    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    they have this neat thing called 'cap space'
     
  3. HailBlazers

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    And 'Miami"
     
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  4. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    morey upto something

     
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    so far: Blazers have re-signed Powell which is something they absolutely had to do

    and it looks like they have replaced Melo with McLemore and Kanter with Zeller....?

    and Portland's established wing rotation of actual wing-sized players is RoCo,,,then Little, Jones, and Elleby. And most expect Jones is trade bait

    there needs to be some good surprise(s) in the rest of free agency, or the run-it-back model is worse than last season. Of course, maybe there's a much bigger surprise on the trade front
     
  6. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    The opposite. He couldn’t find a deal that needed Hills contract by the guarantee date, and he wasn’t about to pay 10m for Hill.
     
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    EGame "You're the only one of these fools I trust"

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    I'm glad we resigned Norm, thats great news to read. But as probably has been echoed by many already this has to be followed up with a CJ trade of some sort. Norm just doesn't fit at 3 at least not in the situation of it being Dame/CJ/Norm. But I'd rather have Norm as our starting 2.
     
  8. MickZagger

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    Without hesitation we should try and sign him. One of, if not, the best backup PG’s in the league
     
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    We got shooters. Another Neil cheap scrubs
     
  10. LayneStaley

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    I guess I’m gonna go with underwhelming as my feeling for day 1. I never expect to do anything in FA anyway. I really hope the rumor of OPJ turning down the MLE to play for NBA peanuts in GS is true, I also hope it was us that he turned down. That might be the slap in the face Neil needs to realize we have to gamble with a trade to get better. It’s really the only way with where we are now.
     
  11. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    From what I could tell, 80% of the time Simons was on the floor he had 1 job: Get the ball to Melo.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    If we sign him I'm going to say it was a wink-wink outside the trade parameters part of a CJ etc. -- Simmons deal.

    That crazy fever dream will at least help me sleep tonight.

    :cheers:
     
  13. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Hiring Chauncey and not signing Melo will help both Simons' and Little's development tremendously.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    No more action tonight?
     
  15. illmatic99

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    it's 3am eastern lol
     
  16. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    There were definitely deals made around this time last year. I think most of the guys are out in LA anyways.
     
  17. BLAZINGGIANTS

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    not surprised after-hours action is something you’re not familiar with, FAMS!
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Quick says Snell maybe for the TPMLE...
     
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    I hope he can do better than Snell....
     
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    Griffen and Otto Porter both signed one year deals, but we are looking at Snell?
     

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