I know Dame and CJ’s defence arent anything great, Dame did improve a bit but do opposing PG’s actually light us up? I don’t get the feeling they generally do but I could be wrong.
I think the fact that Baldwin is still here (and Napier isn't) kind of answers your question. A scenerio may pop up in which we find a better player than Baldwin to fill that slot or he has to be included to get a bigger picture deal done, but other than that, he's going to play.
This is a big concern for me... we have to void his 1 yr min deal now and sign him for 2 years so we can retain his bird rights
what a horrible blunder it would be to let WB go and keep someone like PapaG. Would like to extend him if we can for another 2 yrs at least
Won't happen, but I would love to see WBIV continue to improve and move into the starting lineup and bringing CJ off the bench. Dame WB Harkless Collins Nurkic Could be a top five defense.
If he does that on his 1 yr deal he will be gone after the season... Blazers will not have cap room to retain him
I don't see who else plays backup PG. CJ can't and Curry plays a lot like CJ. Wade is multipliers better on defense than both. A 2-year minimum deal would seem like a no-brainer.
I don't see him taking it. He's probably smart enough to know that with PT, he'll earn more than that on the open market in 2019.
Way Stott was talking it seems he doesn't know if they are even keeping him. All he said we will find out after summer league he didn't sound convinced to me if there even keeping him. Does he deserves to be here the answer is yes but another 6 guards on the roster might make him expendable.
How would you rank the 7 guards? Dame CJ Curry (when healthy) Baldwin Stauskas (will probably play some SF) Trent (will probably play some SF) Simons That would suck to lose the #4 guard out of 7 especially when he is the #2 PG and the #1 defender.
It doesn't make any sense to do that at this point. Portland signed him to a 2-yr minimum deal last year. After the '18-'19 season, Portland will have his "Early Bird" rights. http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q25 So Portland will be able to pay him slightly more than the regular MLE. To do anything different, Portland would have to cut Baldwin ***let him clear waivers*** and then re-sign him. At this point, the risk of him not clearing waivers is very high. I'm sure there would be at least 1 team out there that would claim Baldwin on his minimum contract - leaving Portland high & dry.
He doesn't strike me as an instinctive PG. (Yes, he got 10 assists, but a lot of that was our three point shooters not missing - the pass was very simple.) On the other hand he is a long-armed ferocious defender. So he makes me think more of Avery Bradley or Marcus Smart. Which I take as high praise.
So, Baldwin would be an UFA next summer, Portland can offer him MLE+ money, but another team with cap space would be able to offer more? Is there any provision for extending him before next summer?
I think he'll be better than Exum who just got a 3 yr 33 mil contract with Utah. And he's nearly a year younger.