Canzano: whispers about 4 years, 40 mil extn. for Oden?

If they give Oden a deal like that, they might as well just fold the feckin' franchise. It would be worse than taking the money and setting it on fire. Shaq is going to be a more productive NBA player over the next 4 years than Oden.

 

My thoughts exactly. I do not think I could survive him becoming a star elsewhere.

 

This is incorrect. Greg Oden becoming a productive, marketable player for another team would be 10 times more crushing to Blazer fans and the franchise than paying him Paul Allen's couch change for 4 more years.

 

is it that time of month?

 

yeah, sorta matches Roy's now awful huge contract, if you are going to get fukked, may as well be fukked really good

 

I'm pretty sure everyone in their right mind would take that risk on Oden...

 

agreed, I would rather have an injured Oden, then some other team having a healthy Oden.

 

I'm sorry, but I really don't think some of you grasp the implications of a hard cap.

 

Almost never. Take a few stabs in the dark with some well based assumptions and you're bound to get something right, though.

 

If they implement a hard cap without a phase in period, or some form of agreed upon means of renegotiating contracts nearly every NBA franchise is fucked. (And I wager even the likes of Sterling and the Clippers will be screwed too, as the wage floor for players will probably be increased by either market conditions or concession to the players)

Edit: To be on topic. 4years/40 mil seems about right. Expires with some of the other big contracts, hedges the bet fairly well, but is nowhere near a max deal. Bet that 10 of that 40 mil ends up being heavy in incentives too.

 

This kind of feels like going all in with pocket dueces.

 

I have no idea whether Canzano actually knows anything of substance on this issue, but I'd be pretty pleased if the Blazers and Oden agreed to that deal.

 

I've won a lot of money with ducks,

 

me too. As someone else mentioned, 4 years would align him with Roy's deal (among others). Portland almost certainly will be the proud owner of that contract at least until the final year of it (2014) when he becomes 20.5M BREC. Of the two scenarios, cap flexibility just isn't there if they say see-ya to Greg while certainly he's shown potential for inside dominance when he's healthy.

it's not my money, but if I were in PA's shoes this seems like a no brainer on which path I'd rather go down

STOMP

 

I cant help but wonder if the "whispered rumors" of 4yrs $40mil are true, doesnt that somewhat seem to indicate that the organization feels that Oden is on track in his rehab? That seems like a good sign to me. Either way though, if we werent to offer him that kind of deal then we would probably go after someone in the 6-8 million dollar range or a few players at center that total at least 10 mil so I am willing to gamble the difference between the two scenarios on the potential of a even somewhat healthy Oden. Its not like if we dont sign Oden then we just dont sign anyone and that potential 10 mil just goes away.

 

DING DING DING! This is why I'd be happy with this signing.

 

I don't know what the sentence in the middle has to do with the other two. But Greg's comment doesn't seem very hopeful that he wants to be here. Don't players usually say they want to play for "team x" for life, right up until the moment they sign with "team y"?

We need you back, Greg. And yes, you do owe us something for the support and the millions you've been paid.