Minnesota wants Batum @ 11.25M a year

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  1. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    thats all it means really. He wanted X, he signed for X, thats what he'll get. Either in Portland or Minnesota.
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    Gallinari signed for 4/42
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    Hopefully he signs on the 12th
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    At roughly $11m/per I think you match easily.

    Going into the summer I thought that was his ceiling.

    Fuck you, Kahn!
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    It's more than Gallinari and less than Deng/Iggy
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    Dwight Jaynes ‏@dwightjaynes
    Folks, if he wanted to be here, he'd have come to an agreement with the Trail Blazers. It's that simple.>>>>>>

    Did you expect Jaynes to say anything different?
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    Lol at this line by Jaynes

    The Blazers were letting him set his market. Why pay him more if no one was going to give him more? Why bid against themselves?

    They probably told Batum get an offer you like and we'll match it.
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    This is my opinion, too. If we don't get Hibbert, then we will probably struggle to get into the playoffs even with Batum. So we might as well go young and maybe get a good draft pick again next year, while saving some cap flexibility for the future.
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    If he doesn't have a hardball offer to call the Blazers' bluff, the Blazers would lowball him. To get full value, he had to get that offer.

    No big deal, IMO. In fact, I'm convinced he visited Minne first and Minne only because that's the team that would likely offer him the most.

    That being said, I thought Minne wouldn't have the cap space after agreeing to terms with B-Roy?
     
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    They have to amnesty someone, I believe.
     
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    Re: Minnesota wants Batum @ ~12M a year

    Or renounce the rights to RFA.
     
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    From the Woj

    Minnesota's considered pitching a Derrick Williams-Martell Webster sign-and-trade for Nic Batum, sources say. Portland would reject it.
     
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    @WojYahooNBA: Minnesota's considered pitching a Derrick Williams-Martell Webster sign-and-trade for Nic Batum, sources say. Portland would reject it.
     
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    And Gallinari is better than Batum.

    I jump at that deal in a heartbeat!
     
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    Not really.

    Webster sucks

    Williams is a tweener
     
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    I do that deal. Martell comes off the books and Williams can play backup PF.
     
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    Screw that. Batum isnt worth 11 per. I only match if we get hibbert
     
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    They are both overrated players with low motors. I call it a draw.
     
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    What the fuck am I missing here. Did I only see the games Williams played well? I would take that deal in a heart beat. But I would ask for a PG instead. Minny has 3 of them. They would give up one.
     
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    Well they will have to amnesty someone on 7/11 before signing the offer sheet.
     
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