Exclusive Ayton is agreeing to buyout

I think the value is if the Blazers took on a worse contract. With Jrue/Grant and young player extensions maybe the Blazers realized that wasnt going to happen.

Also need to see the amount of the buyout. If Ayton gave up 10-20 million it makes way more sense from the Blazers side.

 

get the best 3 and D guy on the list

 

yes, bring back NAW!

 

DFS opted out, so if Lakers do not re-sign him they have the full MLE to work with

 

I'd assume yes - might as well roll the dice he can get healthy either for higher trade value or for us to use ourselves. Plus he can play PF.

Sure we would consider giving him up for value but seems unlikely a trade partner gives up much of anything.

 

he interests me a lot but he and jrue are a bit duplicative.

and he likely gets well over the full MLE.

 

Nurkic and Ayton moves on the same day, brothers in fate for the rest of their mediocre careers

 

I just told my 9 year old twins and they both said “yay” at the same time. I asked why they felt that way and one said, “he doesn’t really do anything”. LOL. I liked him for the record.

 

Assume Ayton was willing to give back more now since he has more teams with cap space to explore signing with.

Wait a week, or heck even 24 hours and one of his potential suitors could have gone from 10-15 million cap space to only vet minimums.

 

Call me nostalgic but I'd love for Nic Batum to play his last year in the league in Portland...he's still got a great game. He said this is it...he could mentor our Euro players on his way out. I think Rupert is from his hometown and close to him.

 

I never had a problem with Ayton but I'd love for the Blazers to give him a Blazer logo air mattress as a going away gift!

 

actually a great idea, he wouldn’t cost that much either

 

NAW from Minnesota. With Reid/Randle resigning they have to let him walk. I'd offer max MLE (4 yr 60mil)

 

think he said he wanted to retire last year if not in LA.

 

he is going to go for over the MLE. Salary starting at 20 mil per year is probably more likely

 

I don’t remember what thread I said this in but I’ll reiterate.
The Jrue trade completely killed a potential Ayton trade.
It made ZERO sense financially

 

Yup, he'd be my first offer.

However he might have a half dozen teams offering him the same deal. I'd explore a 2nd option as don't want to sit and wait for NAW only to have him go elsewhere and we miss out on other guys.

 

He opted out of his last year of his contract I think yesterday...said this will be his last year in the league.

 

I think Brooklyn is only team that has that cap space? Maybe he does that but if they sign someone else he might have to take the full MLE. Maybe he prefers 1yr deal plus player option in that case.