$127m -- Why is LA worth that?

I would rather see one of those championship banners hanging; but maybe that's just me.

We aren't winning a championship if LMA gets his 5 year 127 mill contract. Bookmark it.

 

We arent winning a championship in the next 5 years if we let LMA go. Bookmark it.

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There's really only a handful of players worth that kind of money.

Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Chris Paul
Dwight Howard
Kobe (when he was healthy)

I could see Anthony Davis being worth that kind of money eventually.

 

Kobe makes the Lakers money, so he deserves it even if he has taken a step back.
Durant and of course Lebron also deserve 25 mil.

Cp3, Melo and Howard should be in the 20 mil range.

LMA is right behind IMO with Love, and Griffin in the 18 mil range.

The youngsters are yet to be determined.

 

Chris Paul has never led a team to a conference finals, nor won an MVP. He's 9 years into the league now and has had multiple knee surgeries. He missed 19 games last season, and has played over 70 games once the last five seasons.

Brilliant move giving him a 5/$127m deal, considering all of the hand-wringing you did over Roy's contract.

 

He's the best point guard in the NBA.

He's a future HOFer.

He has led the league in assists for how many years?

First team All-NBA how many times?

Do you really want to compare resumes with Aldridge?

 

Anthony Davis has yet to play over 67 games in a season.

 

Yup. He's not worth 127 million right now, is he?

 

so 5th best player.. as in Mo Williams or Robin Lopez is better than Kevin Martin? or is it Ricky Rubio?
You might be able to make that case about Rubio, but not Martin.
Martin leads Matthews in basically every statistical category there is or is only slightly less than Matthews.
If Matthews is the 4th best Blazers than Martin is better than him on a statistical biases.
If Batum is the 3rd best Blazer, he only beats Martin in the categories he should be beating him in(minus assists) as Batum is a forward, and Martin is a Guard.
Once again Durability plays a role here. Both Batum and Matthews have shown they'll play through injuries.
But purely statistical Martin is better than Both Batum and Matthews.
Sense everyone is into this PER stat nowadays...
Batum - 15.86
Wesley - 15.70
Martin - 16.37

Pek and Lopez are similar players but Pek is far more gifted offensively.
Taking his rookie year out of the equation. He's never averaged less than 13.9pgg
You might be able to make the case that Lopez is far more durable than Pek but that's it.

PER

Pek - 20.72
Lopez - 17.68

Point is the Wolfs do have talent. so that argument is false.

This isn't even adding JJ Berea into the mix. I can do that as well if you'd like.

 

He's yet to make a conference finals.

He'll be 29 years-old next year.

His game is based on quickness, and he lacks cartilage in at least one of his knees.

I'm not comparing him to LMA. I simply looking at what is known about Paul, in terms of team success and his injury history.

 

Chris Paul is my favorite non-Blazer, but to act like there aren't red flags for him on a veteran max deal seems irresponsible for any GM. With his knees, I can see him becoming a Roy or a Stoudemire in the next few years.

 

But you have no problem giving LA a veteran max deal?

 

I don't have a problem giving either LMA or Paul a max deal, because 6 years from now there will be an entirely different cap level, and most likely a new CBA that takes hold for the 2017-18 season. Worrying about things 6 years from now is not how you win a title. If Olshey lets LMA walk or trades him, and the Blazers regress to the point they don't make the playoffs, he won't be around in 3 years, let alone 6 years from now.

 

CP3 is only missing what? one meniscus out of four in one of his knees?
Roy was missing all four in both knees? or something like that?
I don't think CP3 will have the same issues Roy has had.

vouch.

 

Letting him walk for nothing would be catastrophic.

Not all trades would necessarily be a death sentence though, but like I said, I'm fine with keeping him. I just don't think he's worth that much money.

 

Paul misses a lot of games. I don't see that getting any better as he gets older, unless you start limiting his minutes.

If Olshey is worried about winning 6 years from now instead of winning next year, Paul Allen may as well fire him now.

 

That's a valid opinion, except I can already predict how the next 4-5 years on this board will be when LMA goes through a bad stretch, or even a bad game. I'm for trading him, only if I don't have to read the same posts from the same posters for the next half decade.

 

You mean the same way the board is when anyone goes on a bad stretch?

 

Best post of the thread. Repped.

 

No, I mean the way that the team's star players are bashed when they don't average 40/20 for the playoffs. Well, at least LMA. Lillard hasn't been around enough yet for people to start really ripping his defense and shot selection.