Gosh if were really pursuing free agents not even sure I want to follow that. Its painful having a couple dozen years of us pursing below average NBA players that all want to play elsewhere and we get stuck overpaying someone even worse.
Bleacher Report youtube stream (Jake Fisher I believe) is reporting its expected Portland will be a team to take the NTMLE into the season and use it to acquire a player via trade.
Was the NTMLE able to be used a trade exception last year? I can't remember if last year was the first or this is the first year.
DON'T STIR UP OLD FEELINGS! Certainly doesn't work with our defensive focus, though, as he's about as mobile as me, and I'll be 60 sooner than I care to admit.