Oh yea def good for those type of players but I'm just saying I hope nobody ever believe it'll ever bring us anybody that's higher than that
Whether that means much in the long run is questionable but it can't hurt. He was said to have a great relationship with LA's agent as well as Greg Monroe's. It was a win-win for Olshey and the Blazers. If OKC matches, it causes them some temp Lux Tax issues now and some negotiating issues later. What will Ibaka and Adams want if that is what Kanter is getting? That will impact OKC even as the cap goes higher. If OKC for some reason hadn't matched, Portland gets a #3 Lottery pick for nothing but salary when they don't have the cap issues the Thunder do. Good all the way around.
I think I saw something like $22.7mil as far as guaranteed contracts go (Crabbe, Frazier, and Montero are not guaranteed, supposedly).
I was thinking the same, but who fits that mold of a young player that another team wants or needs to move? Ross? DeRozen?
I imagine the call going something like this: Office of Neil Olshey: Good day, you've reached the office of Neil Olshey, General Manager of The Portland Trail Blazers, how can I help you? Sam Presti: Sam Presti speaking, could you put Neil on the line, please? Office of Neil Olshey: Is he expecting your call, sir? Presti: YES! Put him on the phone, PLEASE! Neil Olshey: Hey Samo, how the hell are ya?? Presti: Uh...hey Neil, were matching the Enes Kanter offer sheet. Olshey: Oh? What was that? Penis cancer? I'm sorry man. (audible giggles in the back ground) Presti: No! ENES...KANTER! . Olshey: Oh, K-A-N-D... Presti: No, E-N-E-S K-A-N-T-E-R, Enes Kanter! Olshey: Oh yeah, that's right, there is no D in Kanter, is there? (audible giggles in the back ground) Pressti: Jesus Christ! You kiddin' me? Olshey: Maybe he can buy one with all that money of yours we just gave him. (belly laughter in the back ground) Presti: What the fuck? Olshey: OK, thanks for calling Sammy. Best of luck in future endeavors. Bye. Presti: Yeah, fuck you, asshole! Olshey: Bye now...(click) Presti: Motherfucker! (I reposted this from another thread because thei seemed like a better thread for this sillyness)
That's usually for something bog happening.....Did you post another half naked pic of your beautiful woman in the babes thread?
Olshey just saved the Thunder about $.5 million per season on Kanters max contract. Reason, the Thunder saved 3% by matching the Blazers 4.5% raises instead of giving Kanter the bird rights 7.5% raises. That works out to about $1/2 million per season. So the $2 million per year Olshey increased over the Thunder offer was really only a $1.5 million per season increase. Presti played his $15.5 million offer to Kanter perfectly to get out of offering him a bird rights max. Presti would save $0.5 million per season if someone made a max offer he would match, or, he would save $2 million if no one made Kanter an offer. Presti was in a win-win situation, not Olshey.
I don't think it means we won't go after McDaniels.. we have 6 wing players, 5 big men, and 2 point gaurds. Thing is though, Aminu can play the 4 and CJ will play some PG. so we could go definitly add another wing
A win win would have been if no one signed Kanter and Presti only had to pay him about 12 million per year. I don't buy that OKC was prepared to offer 15.....if they didn't have to. Let alone 17.5
If Toronto gives up a wing they'll want one back. They have Valincouinas (I tried) and Biyombo so they won't want another center. Id love to turn Henderson and a pick into Ross and Caboclo, however. Caboclo's only 20 and Ross would fit the new mold and could be our starting 2... Oh and he can actually SHOOT.
