Free Agent Blazers sign Cody Zeller

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  1. Pinwheel1

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    That is the question for me. Is he better than Kanter? If he is then we have improved.
     
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    In all seriousness, Zeller is a decent player, just not a Dame saving move
     
    Mediocre Man, Aug 2, 2021
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    Night in and night out, probably, but I don't see us getting to the WCF two years ago with Zeller instead of Kanter.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    This deal is more depressing than the Dame trade rumors. The player. The structure and what it signals.

    Just. Depression.

    I hate this team right now.
     
    B-Roy, Aug 2, 2021
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    As for nicknames, “The Big Handsome” is glorious. For that alone I’ll welcome him at the airport with open arms
     
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    Zellers a friggin ring chaser
     
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    Good news is that Stotts lost us 20 games on his own last year, so even after this diaster, we should be about a 60 win team.
     
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    I had no idea he was looking for a spouse?
     
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    I have not seen that much of Zellar, but from what I've seen he's no more capable of defending people on the perimeter than Nurkic or Kanter are. I would have rather seen a more agile player bought with the tax-MLE
     
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    he cant be worse than kanter & whiteside

    from what ive reading, he actually impacts the game and he can defend, but i need more confirmation
     
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    You do realize Portland is one of a couple teams that consistently beat Vegas win totals, right?
     
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    Yeah, but did anyone in their right mind think that that MLE was going to be a needle mover? Did anyone in their right mind think Dame was expecting the MLE to make a difference? We needed a backup center. We got one. This does not mean Neil is not going to trade CJ or DJ.
    It just means that one of our many needs has been addressed.
     
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    Oh yeah what's the amount??
     
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    Kanter + another position with our taxpayer mle is better than just the improvement of zeller over kanter.
     
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    It could be for $1 million and I wouldn't care.

    The one year is saying:

    We want to run it back.

    We think Dame may ask out in a year, so we want to give ourselves the chance to reset.

    We won't trade our firsts because Dame may ask out.
     
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    The 1 year says why sign a guy like zeller for longer than that. Reading far too in to it, IMO.
     
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    I'm not aware of this stat, but I'd love to see the data if you have it.

    Sounds like we should be a good bet when we open at 44 wins or something that.
     
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    This logic makes no sense at all. Because he did not commit more years to a backup center, Neil is going to run it back?
    How you came to this conclusion based on this signing is either brilliant or....very much not brilliant.
     
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    No I think it's very clear. You don't do that with a veteran unless you have plans on possibly not wanting that veteran later.

    Particularly one that, if he plays well, would end up being a bargain.
     
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