Harkless resolves after Crabbe decision?

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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Maurice Harkless is currently on the roster, neither have the Blazers renounced his rights, or has another team signed him to an offer sheet(nor have the Blazers matched or declined that offer)...He is a RFA and until one of the above happens he is part of the Blazers roster
     
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    Wow after some of these responses I hope we lose Harkless...y'all deserve a middling team.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    "Lets have a sucky team so these 5 people can feel the pain of a middling team! That'll teach them!"
     
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    We've had a middling team since 2007. Not good enough to seriously contend. Not bad enough to get a difference maker in the draft.
     
  5. DaLong

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    Yeah exactly. I just think that Hark could be a pretty big difference maker. Not enough of one to push us over the top, to be certain, but he is valuable as is and his potential is even more valuable IMO.
     
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    Keeping hark is a no-brainer.
     
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    If only it was that simple.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    What responses are those? Did someone say they don't want Harkless on the team? Are you suggesting Harkless is a max player worth incurring luxury tax penalties for? Or that the Blazers should max Harkless or pay him well above his market value, even if he doesn't get any other offers? Otherwise we'll suck? Or maybe you're saying the opposite: that maxing Harkless would cripple the Blazers going forward thus causing them to be a middling team?
     
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    I like Hark but there are financial realities, one big one is signing CJ for a likely 23-25 mil next summer, and the vast majority of our current salary is now locked in. Something or someone has to give, I'm guessin mgmt made their decision who their priorities are/were and who they would pay large contracts for and Hark is the odd man out. I think we'd sign him for 8-9 mil per but don't think we will go into Lux tax territory for him, we will see
     
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    I'm not saying it in any monetary sense or negotiations, but just getting him back here would be the correct move.
     
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    Today is the first day that the Blazers can pull the QO away from Harkless. The question will be will they I say no because I believe they want him back and if they do then he becomes UFA.
     
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    Harkless wants 4 years at 80 million with bonuses.
     
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    No he wants the max and not a penny less:

    Source.
     
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    and you know this how?
     
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    He wants what Crabbe got and why shouldn't he?
     
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    That contract isn't what Crabbe got though and as much as I like him he hasn't proven what Allen has.

    So basically you are just throwing out BS as per normal?
     
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    Just various posts I've been reading, seems like there's a general tone of "well there's no room for him now that Turner is here" and "Keeping someone just for potential isn't a good idea if there's limited play time" and "he's not worth it if it's asking for a lot". Maybe I'm misconstruing the tone, maybe not.
     
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    I see Harkless like a poor man's Harrison Barnes, but he owes us a solid contract to determine what he's really worth. At this point he hasn't made nearly enough a statement to prove that he's worth Nic Batum on his first contract like money.
     
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    Its all about how much. Argument ends there, because until we know, its all personal preference on him. The more you like him the more you think we should be willing to spend. That doesn't mean the insiders... you know, the ones that attend and analyze every practice?... agree that he is of need. They could very well believe that we have all of his skill sets now covered in other players and he is of redundancy. Yes he could be helpful as a potential bench roll player starting out, but I think the organization is not willing to put alot of money on yet another unproven. We have three now. Ill give Crabbe a semi proven. We just tied him up. Leonard up. We arent going to offer another 10 mill a year at another unproven. Not with CJ coming up.

    I think he needs to do some serious work on his mid to outside jump shot to have a chance at cracking the starting lineup this year, because Turners' handles will prove to be more valuable than Harkless's hustle. And I think the Organization agrees with me.
     
  20. BonesJones

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    I think it's pretty obvious Turner will start at SF and Aminu at PF. The only other possibility would be Crabbe at SF instead of Turner, but we would really struggle with that lineup.
     

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