Has this ever happened before? Usually Woj has all the contract details in the first tweet. This feels very deliberate.
I agree on his free agency record. Not good. But his trades have worked out for the most part(Plumlee,Nurk,Kanter, Hood,RoCo,Powell), except that awful Will Barton trade for AAA. He has been able to retain the best talent on the team, sans LaMarcus, who was hell bent on leaving. But i also agree that it's chips all in time.
so then, on one hand, if he was signed for the tax-MLE it was a highly questionable use of the exception and if he wasn't, then as more and more players are being signed for the exception, that too begs the question of what Neil is thinking
All of the deals that came with the "one-year deal" verbiage have been vet mins except for JaVale's which had a number on it. So yes, it's happened, a lot. That's why I'm more inclined to believe this is also a one-year min deal. Plus, he's getting most of this stuff from the agents. If the agent negotiated a higher contract, they would want that number out there for the public. Only reason to not disclose the number is if it's a minimum. I dunno where Zach Harper got his numbers. It's probably wrong. Or, as some have mentioned, Zeller has agreed for the minimum, but they could give him some of the MLE if they can't find anyone else. Last year when Melo signed, no one knew what the contract was when it was announced. Everyone speculated it was the BAE and it turned out to be the minimum.
Blasphemy. We need to sit on our hands and cheer on Olshey and be patient. Then, when he doesn't do anything we need to give the team a chance to prove doubters wrong. Then, when we still are a first round team and Dame gets traded, somehow these people will call Olshey a genius and say it was a part of his plan. Olshey has gots to go.
Even wouldn't mind Ingles tbh as a precursor to a Siakam move. He can initiate offense also when Dame gets trapped. Dame/Norm/Ingles/Siakam/Nurk is a really good mix of skills and defense.
I wish we could somehow home send out CJ and Jones and bring back Smart and Derozan then sing Millsap with vet MLE. not a perfect team but much more balanced. Lillard/Simons Powell/Smart Derozan/Little Covington/Millsap Nurkic/Zeller
in the Olshey era, it's always deja vu all over again I mean, this last season was not the first time Portland has had an epic playoff failure. And after each failure, it is always: 1) big moves happen during the draft 2) then it's: big moves happen during the first days of free agency 3) then it's: big moves happen just before & during training camp 4) then it's: big moves happen early in the season when teams get a sense of their roster 5) then it's: big moves happen during the all-star break 6) then it's: big moves happen at the trade deadline then, for Portland, when nothing big ever happens and the Blazers fail again in the playoffs it's a re-set of the 'be patient and wait for steps 1-6' clock.
CJ for Smart/Williams/Salary Fillers DJJ/1st for DD Dame/Smart Norm/Simons Derozan/Nas RoCo/Williams Nurk/Zeller Sure sign me up.
NO thinks his lineup is the ~best in the league, so why change it? Still no backup vet PG. Still trying to make Norm a 3. The 3 guard lineup won't work. Can't imagine Billups will use it. So who has to sit?
