That Crabbe offseason was an anomaly, everyone got overpaid that year because of the cap spike. Now comparing Green to Trent i don't think it's ok. Green was very well known and respected for his past and he also got a 2 year deal on this overpay, but Lakers had the cap to give it to him. His previous 40/4 was a bargain for what he brought on the table. Trent is not that good right now to worry about his contract, we will see next offseason how much he has improved. He is an ok defender and can see him getting maybe 10M because we cannot afford to miss him. There are many Trents around the league that you wouldn't want to spend 50M/4 for, but since we cannot replace him through free agency he will probably be another overpay. I would have absolutely no problem replacing Trent with Justin Holiday for example in the current win now situation we are in. Holiday is better defender and same shooter. Yes Trent is 9 years younger so he won't go for 5M like Holiday, but he is no better on the court.
We should trade Nurk and Roco soon as they will be on expiring contracts in the summer. DJJ should be traded first as he can walk for nothing. Trade Giles too as if he plays well we may not be able to resign him.
There is going to be quite a bit of FA money available next offseason and IMO some 2016 type bad contracts will be given out. I'd rather trade a guy or two that may not be here next summer if that is doable.
Yeah, Portland can match any offer--the question is if another team offers him a big contract, will Portland match? Because Portland can't match any offer and stay out of the luxury tax. If not paying luxury tax is important to Portland ownership, they might have to let him go. Especially considering that matching a big offer would push Portland way into the tax, not just barely.
I imagine we'll be less cheap next year because the main reason for being cheap this year is to avoid the "repeater" tax.
