What team will most regret letting their players go? Doesn't Portland enter into that territory, or are we only looking at other teams?
I can see why some people think "The Blazers", but I think the question of which team will most regret letting their players go "to the Blazers" is valid, and is the proper question. The Blazers shouldn't regret "letting" any of the players who left, leave. First, with the exception of Batum and Blake, even if the Blazers had wanted to keep the players who left, it was not ultimately the Blazers' decision. Chances are, every one of them was outta here based on the offers they got from other teams, since none of them were worth matching, especially once it was clear a team of mules couldn't drag LaTex back to Portland. Second, the Batum trade will prove to be an excellent trade for the Blazers. No regret there. Third, rebooting the team at this time is the right strategic move, which required NOT signing certain players, so no regret there. I'm looking forward to moving forward. In order of regret, I'm going to say Charlotte for sure, then Brooklyn maybe, then a tier below, Los Angeles and Dallas. Then again, I don't know how those players fit into those teams' future strategies, so maybe they have regrets, maybe they don't. In the case of Davis and Aminu, I don't sense those two wanted to go back to their old teams anyway, so, how can their teams regret something they had no control over?
Only the other teams. Obviously, the Blazers have lost the most talent...but there are extenuating circumstances. (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
Yes but they get a "Blazer Killer!" Who now has been bitten by a rabid dog to give him a canine insight into the game! Still love 'ya Wes.
Yeah, I don't regret letting injured Wes walk and letting Dallas pay his $17 mil per year salary. Love ya Wes. You overachieved like us mortals can only dream about.
Perhaps they compared Wes with the best players Dirk's played with since they broke up a title winning team 4 years ago: http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2015/7...-teammates-since-2011-ranked-dallas-mavericks #1 is Monta Ellis and #2 is Vince Carter. Brian Cardinal and Bernard James are in the top half of the list.
I'm surprised that nobody else has voted for Aminu. I think Dallas will end up regretting not pushing harder to retain him.
I didn't choose Dallas because I believe its generally accepted that you shouldn't invest heavily (BIG $$$) in backups. Aminu was slated to be the b/u to Chandler Parsons going forward. Why tie up $$$ that could be used to fill other (more needy) positions around Parsons, Matthews and Dirk.
Because his cap hold was virtually nothing since he was a minimum-salary player last year, so they could easily have committed money to him without impacting their cap space.
I think that is something you will see more and more of as the cap increases. I wonder who the highest paid bench player in the league is, and what they earn.
