Blazers reach out to Charlotte free agent F Josh McRoberts

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  1. Boise Blazer

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    Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
    Sources: #Blazers reach out to Charlotte free agent F Josh McRoberts and establish mutual interest csnnw.com/blazers/source…
     
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    I actually like the player McRoberts has become, but I think Frye would be a better ex-Blazer and Charlotte like McRoberts so he won't be cheap.

    (Notice how I resisted comparing McRoberts to Oden there with some "irony" comment thrown in? It took effort.)
     
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    McBob! Would be a great backup big man.
     
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    I'd definetely sign him for the BAE. But I wouldn't give him the full MLE right now at the start of free agency. If we can't sign our top free agent choices such as Hawes or Monroe sure I would look at adding him. The trick would be settling on a contract amount.
     
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    Mcbob will get 4-5.
     
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    I like McBob. He is a skilled big that can shoot, put it on the floor a bit, rebound, block a shot and is a good passer. Not a bad get if the conversations go that far.

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    Definitely like the idea of McBob; he looked good last year.
     
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    And he's tough too. He has that "I don't care who you are" attitude. I like that
     
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    Playing for that pussy squad will do that to you.
     
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    I just got off the phone with Josh McRoberts' agent. Hornets and McRoberts have plenty of mutual interest, but nothing resolved.
     
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    Meh.

    Robinson > McBob
     
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    Hornets said a couple weeks ago that McRoberts was one of their priorities this summer. Josh made his name with the Hornets . . . they are going to figure something out unless Hornets get real cheap on him.
     
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    McBob does more than a little bit of everything out there, pulling a foursome of individual players into a team. And he'd be the perfect guy to help Leonard, who faces the same challenges McBob overcame.

    If you could clone him, a roster of 12 McBobs would have an undefeated season and also sweep the playoffs.
     
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    Well, the only other team in the clone league is made of 12 sheep called Dolly - so...
     
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    Several of these players Olshey's after...are starters. They're supposed to be happy becoming our subs?

    McRoberts looked like waiver material for a few years, then leapt upward in Charlotte to starting status, and...he's playing us to get a bigger raise in Charlotte.
     
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    I wonder how he'd fit next our other bigs?

    It seems like an easy fit with Lopez in the high post, can he defend 4's well?

    With Aldridge I wonder if things would look at all like they did when Camby played hi-post and would hit Aldridge with those lobs? Can McBob defend the 5 on defense?

    I wonder the same thing in fit with Robinson. If McBob can play center on defense than those two together would leave the lanes wide open for driving, and Robinson could cut backdoor often looking for feeds from him and play pick n roll/crash boards.

    I'm just not sure how great (I know he's proficient) of a perimeter shooter he is or how capable he is of guarding 5 men.
     
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    How many years did it take McBob to become even serviceable? I'm surprised he stayed in the league long enough for that to happen.

    But there is no hope whatsoever for Meyers Leonard. Nope. None at all.
     
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    6/4 for his career = Serviceable? Then again, McBobs PER actually went up his first couple of years
     
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