Trade Blazers trade Simons for Holiday

Oops... bad math on my part.

 

Thanks for clarifying. I felt crazy old for a minute there. Now I'm 10 years younger.

 

My bad math... it had us all a decade older or I guess some feeling a decade younger. Either way, not good.

 

so mad he brought his family

 

hostage situation

 

I like him as a potential third PG. He's tough (which this team needs more of) and he's been in a lot of big games. His shooting numbers aren't great, but he wouldn't be available if they were better. Good size, pretty good defender, streaky shooter but good scorer and tough. Sounds like a pretty good prospect. If they can reign in the shot selection and trying to force the issue, I think he could be pretty good in that role.

 

I’ve changed my mind on Holiday. Great guy and player, he’s definitely someone I want our young guards looking to for advice. Just hope he’s healthy.

 

BlazerSurprise YouTube guys going live, sounds like they'll discuss the trade.

I've been listening to Danny and Dusty talk about it. My gosh they're so painful to listen to. Much better to just have some fans like us throw up a podcast.

 

If he's stays on the team and stays healthy, looking forward to some defensive plays like these:

 

Will there be introductory press conference for Jrue? If so, when?

 

Maybe in Vegas? They tend to like to do their big pressers in Vegas.

 

maybe waiting until after Camara extension is done

 

So 2026?

 

If he is staying, which appears to be the case, then yes. My guess is tomorrow

 

Blazers posted Jrue arriving to Portland on their official twitter - they aren't doing that if he was being rerouted as was the case two years ago.

I'd assume Blazers are traveling tomorrow or so to Vegas? The team plays they're first game Friday but other teams start Thursday.

If Jrue is going to Vegas I bet they might do the conference there. If not then yes probably today or tomorrow in PDX.

 

You think we're waiting to extend Tou? I think with Shaedon, we wanna see if he's him or not, so waiting til nxt summer to extend Sharpe is smart, but Camara will only get more expensive the longer we wait.

 

Normally most extensions are finalized the last few weeks before the deadline in October.

It would seem the dollars would be set for Tou as he has that low $98 million limit. Who knows what player/team options or other clauses the Blazers/Camara are bargaining for.

Sharpe is very different situation as he is eligible for far more $ up to in theory $287 million supermax.

 

Lock down Tou and Deni. There is no reason to wait with those two. Give em a raise for crissakes.

 

Deni won’t be extended until after his final season. He won’t sign. He’s already being massively underpaid and we won’t be able to give him a big contract until then.

 

can't do Avdija unless Blazer have major cap-space....and it sure doesn't look like the Blazers will have major cap-space before his contract expires. At least not if you assume Camara and Sharpe get extensions

well, sure, the Blazers could offer Avdija an extension but there's almost no chance he agrees to an extension based upon his tiny salaries