Official: Free Agency and MLE options thread

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  1. Orion Bailey

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    Aminu Says hello....
     
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    And I beleive if we had offered him 10mill a year he would have still signed and been almost as happy at the money.
     
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    Not the best analogy as we pretty much had to buy a car that was being marked up way too much or have no car at all.
     
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    We had like 14 cars, and this was for the 15th.

    I understand that Neil set that summer up as a time they had a bunch of expirings, so this was their opportunity to get a great. The problem that I now understand is that that is a time of high variance. Hit, and set up your franchise for years. Miss, and screw it for years. Knowing that, just offer a reasonable price for the car, and walk away if they don't like it. It's not like someone else was going to pay ET what we paid him...
     
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    Aminu. Lopez.

    Not saying it happens frequently - but it does happen.
     
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    I guess you got me, I think both of those guys are NBA bench players but they were starters here.
     
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    Lopez was a trade.
     
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    Here’s the thing, the only ones we got were bottom of the barrel guys who at the time had zero interest around the league, or very minimal at the most. We are not a franchise that gets picked by above average to Star free agents, we never will be. If there are multiple options for a free agent very rarely would he pick pdx without more compensation. There are several reason for this, from exposure to night life to the fucking weather. These are facts.
     
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    Yep
     
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    Exactly, we need to find Value guys.
     
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    Some days like today you make complete sense and other days everything you say pisses me off, ha ha.

    :cheers::chestbump:
     
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    But
    I answered your question did I not? ;)
     
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    Bjelica is now an UFA. go get him.
     
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    Watch him break out there, smh
     
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    I can't believe our only signing is Stauskas. Wtf. Seems to me Paul is Not that "aggressive" as Neil allways told
     
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    He said big name
     
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    Good lord these types of posts are so ignorant and frustrating to read. Free agency is not one of the avenues the Blazers had to be "aggressive" this summer.
     
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