Free Agent Thread

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Scalma, Jul 9, 2021.

  1. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    If Neil wanted a championship here he'd act like it.

    In 9+ years, by his actions, he hasn't. Get him out of here and bring in someone who does care.
     
  2. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    I'd prefer Exum who is the much better shooter.
     
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    Millsap going to the Nets :biglaugh: pretty soon Lakers and Nets are going to have to fork off and start the Senior NBA!

     
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    I would like to take a chance on him. He has had a couple of injuries that set him back over his career. He looked good in the Olympics. (Which I know means very little in the NBA, but he still looked good in the games I watched)
     
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  5. Chris Craig

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    Probably signing with the Lakers or Nets
     
  6. illmatic99

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    Guessing we were waiting on the Millsap shoe to drop before this deal.

    It was gonna be between Exum/Ntilikina/Smith I figured.

    I think I like Smith the least of these three young-ish high lotto PG reclamation projects. But it's still for the 14th roster spot, so doesn't really matter.
     
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    Yeah, out of the 3, I'd take SMith last. At least the other 2 offer defense. That being said, it's a training camp invite.
     
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  8. Chris Craig

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    Maybe we will see invites for Ntilikina and Exum too
     
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    3 ex-lotto PGs enter, 1 ex-lotto PG stays!
     
  10. Chris Craig

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    Make them fight to the death!
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Would be ideal but I dont see agents wanting all three guys in one spot
     
  12. dviss1

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    What was it about Smith that teams didn't like? He fell out of favor in Dallas pretty quickly.
     
  13. Scalma

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    he was more athlete than basketball player. Looking at his numbers his assist/turnover ratio was pretty bad. Probably wasn’t very good at running an offense which was an issue because he’s not big enough to play other positions and not good enough of a shooter to play off the ball.

    His recent numbers suggest he’s made improvements in multiple areas though. It’s worth a look.
     
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    Paul Millsap will sign with the Nets.

    It kind of sucks how NY & LA get all of the good veteran minimums. I get it, if I was a player I'd rather live in LA or NY during an NBA season that much of the country.

    Maybe each team should have bonus's they can give on their veteran minimum contracts.... like the first one a team gives to one player is for an extra $2 million, the second one an extra million, etc so teams like the Nets can't have 5 veteran minimum contracts for great players while other teams get scrubs.

     
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    The Nets have DeAndre Jordan, Blake Griffin, Paul Millsap, possibly Aldridge, and Durant plays at PF too?

    I don't see how these big guys all are happy with minutes. Besides Durant they all might be most effective at Center, I don't know how any of those others chase around modern quick PF's.
     
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    Don't need a lot of PT if you're just ringchasing, I suppose.
     
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    Plus none of those guys are the types to play 35 minutes a night any more
     
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    oh? Consider yourself reported!!!
     
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    its insurance. When one breaks down, next man up. By the end of the season all of them will have had some run i bet. They will just be on a week, off a week, type of thing.
     
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