NBA Free Agency Thread

[uostudent]

I still think Portland will match on Batum. Hard to say what happens with Hibbert. The Pacers met with Chris Kaman recently.

miami is going to waltz to the title next year.

Most likely, unless Dwight Howard is somehow traded to the Lakers.

Is Allen or Crawford a better fit for the Clippers? I wanna believe Crawford had a down year with us, but maybe his game is just on the decline?

Raptors and Mavs are desperately looking for PGs. Raptors might get Lowry, but I really dislike Lowry. IMO Calderon > Lowry.

Allen is a better player but Crawford is a lot better than how he played last season for Portland. Nice pick up for the Clippers.

Calderon is good but Lowry is better. Like Calderon he's a very good point guard but he's also a better defender.

Very excited to see Nash play with the Lakers. Hopefully it means that Kobe will take fewer shots this season.

Sounds like both Dallas and Houston are interested in Aaron Brooks. I hope he ends up with Houston (can't stand Dallas). It would be nice for Oregon basketball recruiting to have a point guard starting in the NBA.

[thomas time]

Blazers president Larry Miller resigned today. With all the free agency moves I was wondering who are people's favorite players. My are Lebron, Wade, Dirk, CP, Nash, Ray and Brandon. Kinda still like Vince since he was one of my favorites when he was with Toronto.

[Boom]

miami is going to waltz to the title next year.

Boston will give them hell if healthy

Having Jeff Green back means they can go small and not have Pierce defending Lebron all game.

[thomas time]

According to sources, Miller and Mensah were both opposed to the hiring of GM Neil Olshey at times during the team's search process, which dated back to the firing of Rich Cho in May 2011. Blazers owner Paul Allen's key adviser, Bert Kolde, was the driving force behind the hiring of Olshey in June 2012.

"I lost that one," Miller told a confidante in recent weeks

Olshey said last week they will hire a coach around free agent time so should hear about guys soon, I already saw something about Brian Shaw the other day.

[oregontrack]

once my own teams are eliminated, i tend to root for whoever the fans are taking an unnecessary dump on at a given time. i was a huge spur fan when everyone else said they were "too boring to watch", and i was definitely rooting for miami the past two years because i found the anti-lebron movement to be nonsensical. i guess i don't really have favorite individual players in the nba that aren't blazers, pacers, or ex-ducks.

jordan was probably the exception to that rule, just because he was so unique as a player. he destroyed my dreams in '92 and again in '98, but outside of that my teams never ran into him in the playoffs so i was able to somewhat sit back and just enjoy his excellence.

[bellsduck]

My favorite players are LeBron, Deron Williams, and Kevin Love. Damian Lillard soon to be added.

[UOducksTK1]

Wow Twolves signed Brandon Roy...

And they might steal Batum.

[UOducksTK1]

Blazers president Larry Miller resigned today. With all the free agency moves I was wondering who are people's favorite players. My are Lebron, Wade, Dirk, CP, Nash, Ray and Brandon. Kinda still like Vince since he was one of my favorites when he was with Toronto.

What kind of effect does Miller resigning have on FA?

[greenyellow]

Wow Twolves signed Brandon Roy...

And they might steal Batum.

I'm not so sure that will happen. John Hollinger from ESPN is reporting that Minny would have to trade/cut/amnesty up to 5 players to afford them both under the salary cap. Cutting that many would leave them scrambling to fill out the roster with bench scrubs, which is why they are heavily pushing a sign-and-trade with Portland.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/7/7/314 ... g#comments

[Phenom]

My favorite player is LeBron.

My favorite team was stolen...

[oregontrack]

larry miller's exit can only be good for portland going forward.

[oregontrack]

Wow Twolves signed Brandon Roy...

And they might steal Batum.

I'm not so sure that will happen. John Hollinger from ESPN is reporting that Minny would have to trade/cut/amnesty up to 5 players to afford them both under the salary cap. Cutting that many would leave them scrambling to fill out the roster with bench scrubs, which is why they are heavily pushing a sign-and-trade with Portland.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/7/7/314 ... g#comments

yep. if they really wanted batum, they needed to wait on b-roy, then sign him to a cheaper deal. not sure they needed to rush out and sign him like they did.

[Boom]

He hasn't signed yet

They will probably wait to see what happens with Batum (hope for a sign and trade)

And then sign Roy

[oregontrack]

i apolgize.

they shouldn't have agreed to terms with b-roy so quickly.

[thomas time]

Ya I don't think Larry stepping down will have an impact on free agents, it might be a plus for the blazers.