Just for shits band giggles, make your predictions as to where the current Blazers players are at the start of next season: Carmelo Anthony00 Keljin Blevins21 Zach Collins33 Robert Covington23 CJ Elleby16 Harry Giles III4 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson2 Derrick Jones Jr.5 Enes Kanter11 T.J. Leaf18 Damian Lillard0 Nassir Little9 CJ McCollum3 Jusuf Nurkic27 Norman Powell24 Anfernee Simons1
My guesses: Melo: FA-Lakers? Blevins: Home Collins: RFA - Blazers RoCo: Blazers Elleby: Blazers Giles: FA-Sac? Rondae: Blazers DJJ: Trade - TWOLVES? Kanter: FA - Knicks Lillard: Blazers (duh) Little: Blazers CJ: Trade - Knicks? Nurk: Blazers Powell: FA - Blazers Simons: Blazers
Blazers next season: Dame, CJ, RoCo, Little?, Simons? Everybody else: good-bye and mostly good riddance.
Well they need to let Melo go and because the Blazers were the only team that would even take him it seems he is done. I want Kanter back. Regular season he wins games and takes minutes that need to be filled. Playoffs? Not so much. Huge question mark on Nurk. If he is gone it make different decisions. Can’t go further than that until we know what is happening with CJ and Nurk.
Melo: Lakers Blevins: Europe Collins: Here RoCo: Here Elleby: Here Giles: Bucks Rondae: Wolves DJJ: Here Kanter: Celtics Lillard: Here Little: Here CJ: Knicks Nurk: Wolves Powell: Here Simons: Here
Melo: Banana boat/retired/Lakers Blevins: Home, laughing, throwing the free money he got at the ceiling Collins: - Blazers RoCo: Blazers Elleby: Blazers Giles: - Warriors Rondae: Blazers DJJ: Twolves Kanter: Blazers Lillard: Blazers Little: Blazers CJ: Trade - Twolves Nurk: Twolves Powell: Blazers Simons: Blazers
well, if it's the start of next season (and not the off-season), then Collins will not be RFA. he'll either be playing on a new contract or playing for his QO in Portland. If Olshey is still GM this summer, I'd imagine he'll once again, bid against himself, and give Zach entirely too much money for too many seasons and with Olshey in charge, I'd say there's a much greater chance CJ will still be a Blazer and Powell will be gone, then the other way around. I'd imagine a new coach will not be likely to commit playing Powell at SF...that would be stupid. So Olshey would be chancing signing Powell for 15-20M to be a backup. It would make no fucking sense for a team already headed toward the luxury tax other than that, I'd say the team will look pretty much the same...minus Powell
The FA/RFA designation is simply a reference to current status, which impacts the ability to re-sign players. I know you’re pretty jaded when it comes to Olshey, but he’s far from stupid. He knows that if he doesn’t build a contender PDQ, his ass is the next one out the door. No way he’s standing pat.
I wasn't making any editorial comment about Olshey I noticed two or 3 posters said Zach would be RFA at the start of next season and just wanted to point out that wouldn't be the case
The only post that has that information is mine. As I said, the intent was simply to denote the player’s status this off-season. Sorry if that confused you.
I’m shocked at how many of you think CJ will be traded. I think with a new coach, Neil will run it back with him and Dame…….again
Lillard, Powell, Little, Simons, Nurk, Collins, Roco, Elleby all hopefully stay. I believe Olshey will encourage new coach to discourage Jones from exercising his option. CJ will be traded to New York or New Orleans.
Might be right but you have to admit if they want to make some major changes the way to go is through trading CJ and possibly Nurk.
