They mentioned that he was a shredded 250 lbs at 18. What is his ceiling wothout losing agility/quickness -- 270?
One thing this franchise will have to do is find out is whether Leonard wants to stay and partner with Lillard. He's a restricted free agent but the team deserves to know if he is committed for the long hall
he certainly fits the Oregon demographic of outdoors oriented family guy edit blue collar attitudes help too
After this last offseason, I refuse to believe that a Blazer player would choose this town ever again.
steve blake and channing frye are two players that we have spurned in the past. Charles barkley is still pissed we never traded for him
I was a Budinger fan before the injuries. But once he got to Minnesota things did not work out. He just can't stay healthy. To be honest I did not watch him last season.
Not seeing the LMA comparison for Vonleh. LMA is much better with his back to the basket, (His turn around J is awesome) but from what I have seen of Vonleh, I think he is much better than LMA at the dribble drive. I think Vonleh could actually play some SF for us because he can attack the basket. LA's game is more of a back his man down game. Vonleh looks like he will potentially be better at facing the basket.
Yeah he was always a player I was interested in. I wouldn't be opposed to acquiring him but ideally we'd target a player a couple years younger. Ultimately it really depends on his locker room presence, work ethic and ability to get along with teammates. If Neil thinks he's good in those areas he'd be a nice addition. If he's finally healthy then there's a chance he breaks out like Demarre Carroll. If he's injured more playing time for our young guys.
Houston can match any offer, but theres an odd quirk where they can't offer as much as another team can. So even if he wants to stay at any price and they will keep him at any price he has to sign with another team. Its the same as Jeremy Lin and Omar Asik contracts. I believe the most we can offer is around 4 years 40 million and it would be 10/10/10/10 on our cap but 5/5/15/15 if they match. More likely we do 3 yr 25mil so its 8/8/8 on our cap 5/5/15 if they match. How much value do you think he can provide above a max contract? Even if he reaches his potential I don't see him being an allstar quality big. But he has the downside of being one of the worst contracts in the NBA. Washington traded us a young power forward lottery pick after one season for a starter and it worked out great for us. Rasheed Wallace for Rod Strickland. Worked out good for them the first couple years as well.
If Portland makes a run at a RFA, we won't hear until the end of the moratorium. The earlier we agree to a deal with a RFA, the more time we give their current team time to match theoretically (and scramble to clear cap space, if necessary).
Is there something preventing them from negotiating now? I don't know of any rules that prevent us from agreeing to terms on an offer sheet. Maybe I just missed it.
No they can agree but it can't be signed until tomorrow night. Then the other team has 3 days to match I think. It just makes more sense to not leak it out.
OK thats what I thought. With that being the case I don't have a ton of hope that we miraculously are going to have offer sheets signed.
@Aheffy: Here is the list of teams that can offer Enes Kanter a $13M+ contract without making separate trades: Trailblazers 76ers Thunder
My only question is why hasn't kanter re-signed yet? You know philly isn't gonna go after him so it's pretty much Portland or bust on the open market.
