Emilio V. Escudero @EmiliovEscudero Me cuenta @raulcosin que Claver ha dicho al Valencia Basket que se va y que pagará los 600.000 euros de la cláusula para jugar en Portland Translated for you underachievers Emilio V. Squire @EmiliovEscudero @raulcosin tell me that Claver has told the Valency Basket that he will leave and will pay 600.000 euros of the clause to play in Portland
meh, his cap hold is a million, and if we cut him, we'd just have a roster hold of around 500,000. Not any big loss.
Curious how this will play out. Where will he play? Competing with Babbit for backup SF/PF minutes? And, what exactly does he do? His numbers from last year don't show much. Not a big scorer, rebounder or anything else that shows up.
What exactly does he do? He brings the same attributes to the table as Rudy: he speaks a foreign language, and pretends to like girls.
Yeah, but that is from 2009. His per40 stats from last year look like 13 pts; 5 reb; 2 asst--not great for 40 minutes of credit. Also he shot 60% from the line. Just not clear what he brings.
He might be better than Babbitt, that is not saying much...but at this point with POR roster, you take what you can get...lol
We're bringing a couple Euro's over to make Batum happy. He really missed not having Patty or Rudy last season.
He was an elite athlete until his knee injury. I see him as a stretch 4 who can also rebound a little.
Chris Haynes: Sounds like Victor Claver will leave Valencia Basketball and pay $600,000 buyout to come to #Blazers, according to @Emilio V. Escudero. about 19 minutes ago
The knee was a few years ago. He had a stress fracture in his foot last year. Here's some video from a game in Jan. 2011: [video=youtube;LfEYL8gKe8k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfEYL8gKe8k[/video] As I see it, he's a cheap bench player who could turn into something down the line. It sounded to me like the Blazers were going to push Luke to put on some weight and play more at the 4. Claver may be able to provide some reasonable backup minutes at the 3.
