The Trail Blazers are signing two-way center Duop Reath on a new three-year standard NBA contract

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  1. Pinwheel1

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    Yeah, that's what I said about Joe Ingles his rookie year......at 27.
    He got better and turned out to be a very good contributor for the Jazz.
     
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    At 27 Duop doesn't have the NBA center grind and wear on his body so he's a unicorn. Low miles. That's a good thing for extending his career. As it is I like his 3 year deal better than Trendon Watford...another guy who came out of the G league. Duop has a lot of skills for a big man.
     
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    I don't think building a roster based on the fact that one dude, one time, did something is a good strategy.

    I agree that, if I had said that about Ingles (as you admit to), we would have been wrong. But that doesn't mean our thinking was wrong.
     
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    It's not like we're building around Reath. He's very good value as a minimum salary player that at the very least has shown that he could play in the league. Ideally he's our 3rd string. It's a minimum contract. You need to fill roster spots. Not all 15 spots have to be earmarked to upside and potential. Sometimes a grown up in the room is an OK thing
     
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    There is a difference between an A+ player and an A+ signing.
    No one said he is a star.
     
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    I most certainly don’t consider that an A+ signing.
     
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    Fair enough. I don't either. Id give it a B+ though. In this rebuild, he will get playing time, has proven he can contribute and is a position of need with our history of bigs. It’s only 3 years and not alot of money. So, to me, I see it as a great move overall. In 2-3 years we can use him in a trade as an expiring, as we climb out of the cellar.
    I just don't see any negatives to the signing.
     
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    Yeah I don't either. They had the spot available and he does play a position of need with Time Lord out and Ayton dealing with his injury issues.
    As I've said many times, Happy for him. He worked hard to get here.
     
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    You made the same basic argument with Lillard ... too old to have much upside ... the occasional counter-example doesn't hold much promise in his case. Being wrong is one thing, but being too stubborn to learn from it is another.
     
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    I misinterpreted what you said, initially, thinking you said I said that about Dame, rather than about other prospects being older.

    Dame was 22 and a lottery pick. Him succeeding is much more likely than a 27 year-old guy who has never played in the NBA before. Comparing the two is silly, and saying I'm "stubborn" for having an opinion that Reath probably won't get much better is even moreso.
     
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    Do tou think he needs to get better for this to be a value signing or he we get what we have seen its still a good signing?
    Im not expecting much more. 15 minutes as second/third string is fine and worth the contract in my opinion.
     
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    You're moving the goal posts from it being a good value contract to him succeeding, which is an easy one to weasel out of by not defining success.
     
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