2022 Free Agency Thread

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by B-Roy, Jun 23, 2022.

  1. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Can Jalen Smith play center?

    I mean size wise he's there, but I don't know anything about him defensively.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I like the idea of Bagley. He went from one dumpster fire to another.
     
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    Most of his minutes came at center this past season
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    more asking if he’s good defensively
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    dude couldn't get on the floor on a winning team. How much of his supposed improvement (and Bagley's) stemmed from just playing a lot of minutes on a tanking team?

    Then again, it appears Phoenix is not as great of an environment as you would assume, and i doubt they invested much if anything into his development... so who knows.
     
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    Bring back Ed Davis....he was awesome starting for Cleveland when nobody thought they'd win...he's cheap..love Portland and is the perfect bench mob vet
     
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    Hes pretty good when switched in space, good at chase down blocks, but is skinny so struggles with strength.
     
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    Exactly. Aminu and Harkless were both great additions by Olshey. The others were all vet minimums. Turner was a freaking disaster and obviously so even at the time.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Hmm. I am somewhat optimistic about us being able to sign Simons for 20M/year.
     
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    Dallas is going to match that deal.
     
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    Dallas probably matches that without a second thought.

    I was gonna create a thread for comps for Simons in FA. Brunson is one data point. Others I'd keep an eye on:

    - Jordan Poole (early extension eligible, will prolly get a deal this summer)
    - Tyler Herro (early extension eligible, will prolly get a deal this summer)
    - Collin Sexton
     
  12. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Lowe thinks they're going to need to beat it.

    Anyways regardless of what happens with Brunson, it's good for us since it will hurt Dallas. Either they lose him or overpay him.
     
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    Brunson is unrestricted. If its all equal he'll go to New York imo
     
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    shoot i forgot he was drafted in the second round.
     
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    could they land Kyrie as a replacement?
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Unless Kyrie takes the TPMLE, I don't see how that's possible.
     
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    I think he's Unrestricted....

    My guess is that Brunson would even take a slight discount to go play in NY.
     
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    Watford is not the best backup PF you can find. A bunch of people said the same about Wenyen Gabriel. Look how that turned out.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Fischer said the number could go up to 4/110.
     
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    $20m/yr would be amazing get. $100m 4+1, and we wouldn’t have to worry about giving him another extension until we decide on a Sharpe extension. My excitement for a future backcourt of Simons and Sharpe can’t even be put into words.
     
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