Notice C.J McCollum trying to recuit Paul Millsap

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  1. riverman

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    insurance covered him I'm pretty sure
     
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    If he had no health concerns, he'd have gotten a much larger deal. Olshey gambled to try and get a great rim defender/roll man on the cheap and crapped out. At least this busted gamble has a quick escape.
     
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    I read that Olshey wanted him to play and he balked and started researching surgeries....he was a rental....should have kept Kaman on for the same money
     
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    CJ does this with every free agent from Paul George to Milsap to Whiteside last season.
     
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    There is absolutely zero chance of us getting Millsap. Not even worth discussing. He will command a max deal from Sacramento, Denver or Brooklyn. I would put my money on Denver getting him.
     
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    Milsap is in my opinion one of the best PFs in the game. If we could somehow sign him without giving up Dame, CJ, Nurkic, we'd be very tough to beat
     
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    maybe CJ can induce himself and Milsap and others to take a pay cut?
     
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    simply too old and he'll want a 4 yr deal
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Of course you would take an eye emoji as "CJ trying to recruit Paul Milsap".
     
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    He is not too old and is one of the best, most versatile PFs in the game.
    With Dame, CJ, Nurkic, he would make us contenders
     
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    Question: Do you think that "management" wants to compete now against the Warrior's or Cav's......OR.....build a team that'll compete in another 2-3 years....but sustain its run for 4-6 years??

    I doubt our management has interest in Millsap at this point in his career, especially when you consider the finances and cap.
     
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    If we have our current team with a healthy Nurkic and somehow add Milsap, we can compete with anyone.
    The same may be true with adding George but in my opinion Milsap is a better fit
     
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    Thing is there will always be teams in any generation that are dominate. Portland will pretty much always be considered a small market team so what's the fucking point of competing at all? If you get my drift. So the next 2 really dominate teams will probably be the Lakers and Celtics. Will we wait for them also and just continue building from the draft. Might as well just to a development team for the rest of the NBA.
     
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    I think you are a bit too optimistic on that, I still think Milsap it too old for the contract he will get. He may stay at this level another yr or two but thats best case IMO and given our salary situation we can't afford paying him as much as he will get for the high likelihood of declining production
     
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    And, according to Whiteside, we almost got Whiteside. :)

    :cheers:
     
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    He's be good this next season but I want no part of the 4-year deal he is going to want at the amount of money he will demand.
     
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    Paul Millsap isn't even good offensively anymore.

    He shoots 49% from 2pt (99 points per 100) and 31% from 3pt (93 points per 100).

    He's already 32, and will get a contract of $30M per year for 4 years.

    We'd likely have to give up the same amount of assets as it'd take to get PG to simply dump the salary needed to make it possible to sign Millsap.

    And doing so would guarantee mediocrity for the next 4 years. Millsap is slightly better than Thad Young is currently, and is going downhill. And that dude deserves $30M a year? Hell no.

    Not surprising that someone on this board thinks that'd be a great acquisition.
     
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    Boston paid Horford big bucks at 30 yrs old and he already seemed to slip a bit last yr, same with LMA since he signed with SAS
     
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    That's the point. Someone will pay him that sort of money. Be it Denver, or Brooklyn, or Minnesota. It doesn't matter, but someone will offer him a max deal this Summer which is exactly why we should not be looking at him.
     
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    Lamarcus in SA hasn't really set the town on fire either
     

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