Minnesota: full of shit (confirmed)

Not really. Portland taking salary from Minnesota so they are able to offer Nic the money they told him they would helps Minnesota.

 

we are sick and tired of you Minny trolls, go home

 

yes, but doesn't taking 2 first round picks and most likely Ridnour (who was rumored to go to chicago for Korver) from the Wolves hurt them?

A sign and trade would help the Wolves, however, any advantage they would have received would have been offset by the compensation that the Blazers would have gotten.

Basically the Wolves were in a position where they were going to have to overpay for the privilege of overpaying a player. The Blazers could have taken advantage of that (assuming they don't match the offer).

 

So, who are options 1 and 2? LMA and Lillard?

 

Who is trolling? I am in here discussing basketball. You are the one acting like a 2 year old.

 

I guess it depends on if you think a 23 years old SF with the 7th best PER at his position at 11 million per is better than 2 picks around #20 in a fairly weak draft, plus Luke Ridnour?

 

I think right now it's LA and Batum. I think going forward it will be LA and either Lillard or a different SG

 

this had been discussed to death, we know your position and opinions and you know ours - so what's the point? Your inability not to let this go is the real "2 yr old" action, like I said, go home.

 

Three observations based on a pretty long life:

Guys who say they never jerk off are lying.
Guys who talk about all the sex they get are lying.
Guys who call everyone else "gay" are really nervous about themselves.

Incidentally, no i in crandc and I'm not a dude.

Now ... when do the Blazers lock up Batum?

 

We are kind of in the same boat. We both have a young promising center and PG, and an all star for a PF. The SF position would be our biggest hole to fill. Bigger than what you have IMO. (You have more depth) So what you are saying about why you would over pay for Nic, holds true for us as well.

Not sure about our SG's or yours at this point. Maybe BROY will be healthy, but that is a big IF. I wish him well. But to me that should have been your focus, not SF.

 

Right, but again, you are missing my point. Hypothetically, lets say Minnesota makes an offer to Batum and Portland does not match and lets Batum go to Minnesota. If that happens, the Blazers get nothing, absolutely nothing.

Do you not think it would make them look a little dumb when they could have gotten some compensation had they instead agreed to a S&T?

This is why I believe Portland will match the offer, if they don't, it will have been a huge miscalculation that will leave them with egg on their face.

 

Oh, I am sorry, I must have missed that part in the terms of service where we are only allowed to post our opinion then we are not allowed to discuss it further. Darn, what a restrictive site. They should look into maybe changing that to promote activity on the site.

 

So you must be the only nose picker from your pathetic little site that doesn't have his panties in a bunch over this?

Go Blazers

 

Agree with you on all three (based on probably an even longer life) and they will lock up Batum when Minnesota gets tired of playing around.

 

Right, but again, you are missing my point. Hypothetically, lets say Minnesota makes an offer to Batum and Portland does not match and lets Batum go to Minnesota. If that happens, the Blazers get nothing, absolutely nothing.

Do you not think it would make them look a little dumb when they could have gotten some compensation had they instead agreed to a S&T?

This is why I believe Portland will match the offer, if they don't, it will have been a huge miscalculation that will leave them with egg on their face.

Depends on what their master plan is? Losing Batum for nothing on the surface looks stupid, but it clears up a ton of cap space for next season, or for a lopsided trade for a guy like Iggy at the deadline

 

As an unbiased observer, you still have a giant hole at center and your PG is still an unknown. There is no guarantee with PG's, even highly drafted PG's. You also have to remember that normally it takes 2 years for a PG to get up to speed in the NBA, they are like the QB position in football. Only in exceptional cases do PG's come right in and lead a team to the playoffs as a rookie.

 

Well Darko is out. Should see a Nic offer any second from Minny

 

The overwhelming preference is that Batum ends up with the Wolves... yes, I will agree with that... however, the butthurtedness will be minimal if we do not get him.

 

At this point, it seems to me that this is just about Minny making sure that the Blazers overpay for Batum.

 

Ya, which will be funny if we don't, then turn around and make a lopsided trade for a guy like Iguodala with our cap space