2022 Free Agency Thread

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  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    I’ve been asking for this guy for years now. Bring him home



     
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    I seem to remember that his issue was foul trouble. Could never stay long on the floor because of it.

    Edit: Guess he averaged 2.5 personal fouls per game. Zach Collins in his last season with us when healthy was at 3.3. So could be way worse haha
     
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    Always. They also lack size that can spread the court. Hopefully they stay under the cap apron if they resign Nurk and Ant as expected and have the full MLE. I'd make a run at Otto Porter or Hartenstein.

    However, I am not a big fan of Nurk at 15-20M and wouldn't be upset if they decided to go another direction with the monies earmarked for him.

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    Big Stein wouldn't bother me at all. Great defense at the rim, can shoot it a bit, and isn't terrible on switch outs. Plus, wouldn't be terribly expensive and would be nice to have a 'home body'.
     
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    speaking of available winners who aren't splashy underachieving former lotto picks, we're 100+ posts into this FA thread and not one mention of the UFA center from the world champs. I stated 3 years ago the last time Looney was an UFA that he'd be a great add. That time the W's signed him for 3 years at less then 15M total. I'd rather have him then Nurk and he could be had at a fraction of what JN is expected to make. Not a whole lot of scoring, but he is an efficient finisher around the rim. Great rebounder and can reasonably switch onto most any player. He's 26 years old and played in every single Warriors game last season.

    Landing any two of Otto Porter Jr, Hartenstein and Looney would make me happy... hell, all three plz

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    Considering GS' willingness to spend at historic levels, and incentive to keep the championship core together as long as they're on top, I have to think they'll match offers up to, and probably well beyond, $10M/yr for Looney.
     
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    If you look in the dictionary under the word centerwhotakesafewyearstodevelop, there is a picture of Hartenstein. Would be a great backup and fill-in starter when Bosnian Bell gets hurt.
     
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    I would have never thought of him. Pretty good idea, really.
     
  9. Norman Dale

    Norman Dale Hickory Huskers Coach

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    I wonder if the Blazers may be interested in TJ Warren. Not sure I'd give him the full MLE, but he could be someone we look at for our starting 3.
     
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    I would see if I could find a way to trade Keon and draft compensation for Achiuwa and absorb Achiuwa in the NAW TPE. Achiuwa would fill the backup PF and third string C role.

    I like Hartenstein as a cheap backup C target. There aren’t a whole lot of guys I’d give the full MLE to: Bamba, Jalen Smith, Ibaka, Batum, Portis, maybe Warren (only four games played in the last two seasons), Sexton (he’ll get more though).
     
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    Well Cromin appears into high risk/high reward scenarios. Warren would be another swing for the fences move, if and I stress "if" Warren came back close to his previous form and stayed healthy, then Blazers could easily be "in the mix"
     
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    Yeah I think I’d do it. I think it would be a two year deal or a 2+1. If we found a way to get Achiuwa from TOR and also added Hartenstein, we’re walking into next season with this team

    Dame/Ant/Williams (2-way)
    Ant/Hart/Sharpe
    Nas/Warren/Sharpe/Winslow/Walker
    Grant/Achiuwa/Watford/Brown III
    Nurk/Hartenstein/Achiuwa
     
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    Back in 2002 I saw his dad in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Bend. Big Flo Hartenstein. I was really just passing through on a delivery, so fairly random odds. The question I have always asked myself is - did Flo Hartenstein see me?
     
  14. Scalma

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    So assuming both Ant and Nurk return, the focus of free agency is pretty much gonna be a backup center. My guess is we’ll see a trade involving Bledsoe before free agency kicks off though, so that center may come through a trade.

    I also think Ingles will be back. So if we replace Bledsoe with a center, re-sign Ingles, and bring back Ant and Nurk, our roster will sit at 14 players. Considering Ingles probably won’t be ready at the beginning of the season, I’m guessing they will carry 15 players. So that leaves space for one more player assuming they don’t offer Elleby a contract and have Jabari as a two way.

    So we’re looking at something like

    G
    Dame
    Ant
    Hart
    Sharpe
    Keon
    Louzada
    Williams (2W)

    F
    Grant
    Nas
    Ingles
    Winslow
    Watford
    Brown
    Walker (2W)

    C
    Nurk

    + backup center and whatever else. Seems a little too straight forward tbh. I think Cronin will get a little more creative/aggressive.
     
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  15. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I don't think Ingles is being signed this off-season. IIRC, as long as Ingles doesn't sign somewhere else, we can retain his bird rights all the way up until the trade deadline. At which point we can sign and trade him at an appropriate salary to facilitate a possible trade (almost like punting Bledsoe's salary spot all the way to the deadline). He won't be ready until Jan/Feb to play anyways so I don't quite see what the point is of bringing him back immediately just to rehab.
     
  16. Scalma

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    no one actually knows when Ingles will be ready, but he started running earlier this month.
     
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  17. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    To S/T at the deadline, he'd have to agree to go to the team we'd like to deal him to. Also, intending to use him in a S/T would exclude using him in a trade to any taxpaying teams. If he signs in the offseason, we can deal him to any team, regardless of his interest or their tax status, so bringing him back immediately maximizes our options.
     
  18. SharpesTriumph

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    But signing him costs millions in his salary plus many more in tax. We don't know the amount he would need to be signed for or if he even needs to be signed at all for a trade.

    I agree it may have strategic advantages, I don't believe there is any chance Jody or Bert approve that though.
     
  19. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    What about bringing back Lamarcus for the minimum? I dunno if he can handle 15-20 mpg anymore
     
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    Yeah I was thinking about this the other day. We need a backup center he'd be a great option.
     

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