Say what u want but it's a great signing, he's even better than Crabbe and having two Crabbes as our SF rotation is the way to win ball games. He seems like a nice dude, the contract is relative to the new market and it's better value than many of the deals. Now we need to do good with the remaining money
I think $6.3M might be close enough to what it takes to get Gasol. After using the cap space, we can sign/match/extend Mo and Crabbe and Leonard to go over the cap. I'm using the numbers here: http://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/
I don't see how a guy that shoots 24% from 3 at age 28 fits Stotts system... He is such a bad shooter he makes Aminu and Harkless look like the splash brothers... 18 mil per??? I'm speechless... Only way this day gets worse is if Neil blows remaining cap room on 35 year old slow plodding center Pau Gasol...
He can guard Klay and other big guards. He can help CJ run the team when Dame is out. He attacks the paint and is an effective mid range shooter Yes he is a shitty 3 pt shooter, but at least he knows it and only takes 1 per game. He can create his own shot he can pass, dribble and rebound.
Sidebar, from following this dude on IG and Twitter for a few yrs (since he was indy) he is hilarious. So there's at least that
I think of him as an expensive, better version of Gerald Henderson - just hope we keep Moe, Crabbe and Leonard - because adding Turner to last year's team is actually a very nice upgrade.
Don't click the link if you can't stand purple and piss. But... http://www.insidesocal.com/lakers/2016/06/30/evan-turner-interested-in-lakers/ Questions arose about Turner’s 3-point shooting after only shooting 24.1 percent last season. Yet, Turner made up for that with an efficient mid-range game by shooting 52.9 percent from shots within 12-14 feet, according toNBA.com. After shooting 14.5 percent from 3-point range in the first half of the season, Turner made 52.4 percent of his 3-point attempts after the NBA All-Star break.
Portland is just an ugly market for top level FAs this is why I wanted to tank on a pointless year. This summer really showed what all the right things happening (Lillard exploding, CJ emerging, Playoff success, coaching success, etc) does for us And thats really nothing… Top FAs are not coming here. Drafting is our key. Trading too. I’ll never forget this season and summer. It really was an excellent case study.
and with him we may not need to spend for a backup PG as he can do that, just get a cheap guy like Frazier for "insurance"
I think the only thing he does significantly better than Harkless is dribble. I just don't see how Turner addresses our weaknesses in any meaningful way.
The two things Memphis could offer that we can't are: a) no income tax, and b) to be the #1 option/star. Given he signed there, it was about the money or he didn't want so much to be a good team player; this is Dame's team, he's the man here. If the latter, then fuck him... I'd rather have Turner.
passing and dribbling, we needed another guard/wing that is good at it and neither Hark or Aminu or Crabbe is close to average at that, got it?
The funny part is that you think this validates your point about tanking, but I doubt it has changed anyone's mind. But I guess if you keep posting it over and over you will get a couple converts.
