Free Agent Trendon Watford released

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  1. AmirIcon

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    Must mean we're taking back more salary in a trade?
     
    AmirIcon, Jun 30, 2023
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    me, too!!!
     
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    The only answer must be that Shaedon really has grown 6 inches this off-season.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jun 30, 2023
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    So Blazers still have a cap hit of $400k??? The team could've guaranteed his deal and sent him out in a trade to get rid of this, instead they have a $400k cap hit. This franchise makes so many immediately recognizable dumb moves.



    Olshey was a major screw up but I question if we have become even worse since he left? I love the Sharpe/Scoot picks but all the rest of Cronins moves rank in the bottom 5 of NBA GM's.
     
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    If that was the case, could have just included TWat and the other team could have cut him (if they didn't like him) could they not? He doesn't seem overpayed.
     
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    Has anyone considered that maybe after having his offseason convo with the brass, that he was told his minutes would be reduced, and asked to be released? That he wanted more money and we weren't going to pony up? Just thinking outside the box....
     
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    Something must be cooking. If the Blazers were trading Dame and going completely young, it would have made sense to keep him.
     
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    I don't get the reaction here. He's a serviceable, end of bench guy - a dime dozen in the league. No big deal.
     
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    He must be being replaced.
     
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    I'm so confused about this team.

    If Dame is staying, you'd think we would want to keep cheap guys.

    If Dame is leaving... you'd think we'd want to keep cheap guys.

    I don't understand lol
     
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    The only way this can make sense is if we acquire a player in a sign and trade or use the full MLE. Either scenario would hard cap us at the apron. Although cheap Jody will still probably demand the team stay below the tax.

    If the Blazers don't get any of those benefits and only did this to save cash its going to be very upsetting. Watford probably could've played 20mpg for teams like Phoenix in the playoffs last year, he's certainly not a scrub.
     
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    If Dame is staying we need to make room for veterans to appease him.
     
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    He was on a really cheap contract. Nice deal for a guy who can play spot minutes.
     
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    Sure, but Watford was making so little money. He could easily be an end of the bench guy.
     
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    Like I said, we need a new owner
     
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    Then the Blazers tell his agent to find a team that wants him. Nearly every NBA team could acquire him in a trade. Then the Blazers at least get out of his 400k guarantee. Just cutting him like this makes no sense.
     
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    The only way this makes sense is if they're going to turn around and re-sign him later (as teams sometimes do in these circumstances). But that doesn't seem likely given how little he was being paid. I don't get this and I don't like this.
     
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    We have new end of the bench guys.
     
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    He was very much setting up to be a bench rotation guy, not end of bench. Those are two very different things. It makes no sense.
     
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