We also have little and Trent that can play at the 3 and in a small lineup can even use Little at the 4 as well.
Rumor is TWolves will waive Spellman, if they do I think he would be a nice pickup for a stretch 4 role.
Looks like Olshey is gonna stick to his guns. Kind of think they are still in the holster aiming at his feet but he is sticking to them for sure.
You never know? I do understand what Olshey said but if the team continues to win and the right player becomes available Olshey doesn't have to stay where he is. He can change his mind. Just sayin.
You can take the Forum member from Olive but you cant take the Olive from the forum member. O Live paved the way!
When i started posting at O-Live i never went to the Fan Forum at all. Just seemed like a bunch of arguing all the time. Then i started looking in on Game Threads. I honestly was a real nice poster at first. But they wore me down. Soon i was full fledge O-Live hate and discontent. There were days i had to take a sedative. The level of stupidity was unmatched for any place i have ever encountered. Maybe we can start an over/under 500 conversation here. I'll play Jet! The Blazers are currently 9 games under 500. Edit- Sorry as per Jet they are 11 games under 500 currently.
From his interview I got the impression was that they had a meeting and the higher ups (Jody Allen) mandated some cost cutting for this year and wasn't interested in losing assets such as first round picks. Everyone wants to blame Olshey, but I don't think there is a GM out there that doesn't want free reign to spend and I am pretty sure Olshey is in that category as well, but many become restricted from spending by upper management.
Every single move since the Melo signing has been to save money. At one point they had 2 extra roster spots, never signed anyone. There was also a stretch where there wasn't a guy over 6'8" on the roster besides Whiteside and he was dealing with injuries and they still didn't sign someone, not even on a 10 day. The two trades they made were both to save money. It's pretty obvious that's their main focus right now. Heck, if we weren't going to use Gasol's roster spot he could still be on the bench mentoring the young guys but they had a clause in there to waive him. Kanter signed for just under $5 million last year. Factor in taxes and signing someone would cost them approximately $1.5 million total. It's sad that saving that little of an amount (in NBA terms) is more important than improving the team considering we are in the tax either way. I sure hope you're right though and they reconsider it. That would make me wonder though who they could've gotten at the deadline if they were looking to actually use that roster spot versus just trying to dump Skal's contract.
They can still sign someone into March and they are eligible to play in the playoffs right? I'm just saying if this team continues to win they might change their thinking?
For buyout candidates or anyone who has been under contract by an NBA team this season, the deadline is March 1st or they are not playoff eligible.
The thing is they've known all year the schedule eases up at this point. So even if they go on a run right now and change their mind I consider that very poor planning.
According to Olshey, he's had free reign all this time (until Jody...Goddamn it, Jody!)... I think we can objectively say he made the most of that opportunity spending wise, but not so much strategy-wise.