tl;dr article about what to do with Oden

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  1. BrianFromWA

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    BrianFromWA, May 17, 2011
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    why the hell not
     
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    good read btw thanks
     
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    No way man. Ya lost me when you wrote this; "Easy. Don’t think, just do. Offer Greg Oden a 6-year maximum contract the day the Finals end." I'm glad Rich Cho is GM, he has not lost his mind on this matter.
     
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    LOL. The point of the next 2000 words was the thinking part.
     
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    i am in the camp of do whatever it takes to keep him
     
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    We'd be the laughing stock of the league. There is a pretty stark difference between paying what it takes to keep him, and giving him the max.
     
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    I really hope someone offers him a long term deal so we can match it.
     
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    For the record, I think Cho was smart enough to understand that there is serious backlash regarding the MIA and NYK situation where players were trying to create their own all-star teams and that situation will affect the new CBA. I suspect it will be more difficult--not less difficult--for GO to be able to leave without a serious financial hit to him and/or a serious talent hit to his new team (in terms of compensation to the Blazers).

    As for me, I preparing for the worst but hoping for the best regarding GO. I'm going to wait until the new CBA comes out to arrive at a conclusion.
     
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    TBH, I'm more concerned about potentially losing Batum, than I am about Oden.
     
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    :crazy:
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Why are people advocating hamstringing this team with a contract potentially as worthless as Brandon's? Didn't this team (and this fanbase) learn its lesson?
     
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    It removes ALL risk of him leaving before 6 years without us getting any compensation for him. Every other option entail him being able to leave this time next year for Bupkus, if we make it that long.

    Either bite a 100M bullet (which really isn't that bad if you think he might play) and guarantee he's a Blazer for 6 years, or watch him play his prime in another uniform. I'm not saying it's easy, but there's not a whole lot of middle ground here.
     
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    Nope. It's also "potentially a Hall of Famer". Depends on your view of how much Oden will play, and whether you want his prime to be here, or somewhere else for nothing in return. And as I said, no one's "hamstringing" this team with Roy and LMA here. We're not getting under the cap by more than the MLE anytime in the near future without seriously rebuilding, and then it doesn't matter b/c Roy, LMA and Wallace will be gone.
     
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    yes there is middle ground lol, basically we over pay for him, but not to that extreme...lets say he plays this season out on the QO and hits ufa, THEN we knock his socks off with an offer
     
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    If he's UFA he's not coming back. I wrote about why in the article. We lose him for maybe a 2nd rounder or something. And how do you knock his socks off then, but not now?
     
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    What backlash? TV ratings were up 30% over last season for the first-round of the playoffs, and 37% for the regular season, and even attendance showed a small overall increase, while the cost of tickets went up over 2009-10.

    If anything, the owners may want more "superteams", since it seems to be making them money.
     
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    Oden is a blank canvass, and fans can project whatever hopes and dreams that they have for the team on Greg and his future. Brandon is a known quantity who is regressing, so he is an easy target for fans to project whatever frustrations and anger they have with the team.

    I think it's as simple as this.
     
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    I don't see it that way. First, any big contract you offer an NBA veteran has the potential to end up being a bad contract. It's a high risk business. OTH, I'd rather see the team take a risk on a player who has the potential to be a real difference maker over giving contracts to the types of mid-level talent that are otherwise likely to be available to the team in the next few years. The Blazers are stuck in mediocre-ville at the moment. No chance at another lottery pick. No cap space to sign a significant free agent, plus the lack of big market appeal to woo such a talent. Not enough assets to have a realistic shot at a trade for a franchise-level player.

    Cho can tinker with the role players and improve the Blazers chances of winning a first round series, but I just don't see anything out there that is realistically obtainable that would put the Blazers into title contention with the single exception of re-signing Oden and having him able to contribute at a significant level for a few years. As long as the medical experts are giving him something close to a green light, I'd say it would be irresponsible to let Oden get away. I'm not sure that you have to go all-in on a max-level contract in order to retain Oden, but I'd assume that Cho has a much better idea about that than I do.
     
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    With all the talk about a hard cap, we might be forced to let him go next summer.
     
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