Notice Trail Blazers and guard Anthony Morrow agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal

I watched some of the Houston-OKC series and that series had some of the ugliest basketball I've ever seen.
They didn't even look like NBA players at certain parts - it was like watching a low tier European team play.

I'm not blaming a spot up shooter for not thriving in that mess.

 

I hated to see Barton go, and I've never been an Afflalo fan, but I totally understood the deal with where Portland was at the time. And I totally understood matching on Crabbe, given the way trades are done anymore and where the salary cap was projected.

 

I understood the moves, just didn't agree with them. That's the difference

 

This is my whole point. @tester551 in here with my name in his mouth without quoting me. Talkin' bout I'm a "big NO supporter". I'm like, doesn't he work for the Blazers? WTF wouldn't I support him?

It would be interesting to know what side of the fence he and @Sinobas fell on when it comes to matching Crabbe at the time...

 

Who even cares about their opinion? That's not meant as a diss to them (at least not on the surface). But you cant't be right every time. NO takes CALCULATED risks. That's his job. And he seems to be on the better side of those more often than not, and we're better off since joined the club.

 

THANK YOU

 

Morrow is a Frugal signing by Olshey, a type of signing he should have done in the first place instead of re-signing the one-dimensional Crabbe.
Non guaranteed/low risk. I like it.

Still really dislike stretching the Nicholson contract. They should have kept him at least as a end of bench guy to throw into a trade further down the track.

 

I still don't think Crabbe's contract was a big mistake.
Signing Turner and Meyers was the real mistake.

Want proof?
Neil got rid of Crabbe as soon as he decided to do so.
Getting rid of Meyers and Turner? mission impossible.

 

not much of a proof given it was the Brooklyn Nets who took him
otherwise hed still be here

 

Plenty of teams with money looking for a wing who can shoot at a high level.
Do you really think Cuban\Sacramento\Indiana or even Denver would say 'no' to free talent?

 

I was against all three signings. I was amazed at the ridiculous contract offer Crabbe got from Brooklyn and doubly-amazed when the Blazers matched. Not a fan of playing players 3-4x their value.

 

Crabbe was a mistake. Neil was suffering from buyers remorse and jumped at the Nets offer of a 'get out of jail for 3mill for the next 7 years' card.

Turner has value because he can do so many things on the court. (though prob not $17 mill value)
Meyers is a posing, scaredy-cat ken doll; so, you are right, moving that contract is mission impossible!

 

Neil traded Crabbe because no one would take Turner. Leonard is whatever his contract isn't prohibitive. See Miles Plumlee.

 

All of the contracts were a mistake, but Crabbe's contract is the only one which is tradable so it was the least of NO's mistakes.
Crabbe is only overpaid by about 7mil a year, he was still a pretty important part of this team and Neil would not have traded him if he could trade Turner or Meyers.

Turner doesn't have any value, the team was the same or better without him. No one will ever trade for him unless we pair up valuable assets with him = He's not an asset, he's a liability.

 

Morrow = championship

 

Turner will be good for us this year

 

Link? Or is this more of your speculation?

 

SlyPokerDog posts idiotic shit.

 

#BAM

 

This is a no-brainer signing. BNM has pointed out why, perfectly. No need for me to. I just don't understand some of the awful takes in this thread.