Would you take lillard if...

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Making a trade doesn't mean you have trade flexibility. Of course you CAN trade, you just don't have as many options and as much of a market without cap space, which is important for a team that doesn't project to be a contender.

So the plan is to use the 1st rounders to dump those contracts he signed? He signed bad deals, and now they are in a bad spot because of it. His plan was for the contracts to work out and/or be tradeable.

No, but he can if that is what the owner wants. If the owner doesnt care about footing a bill then have a lot of draft picks in a good draft. I dont think they need to sign anyone to become a better team. They have a lot of room for improvement just within the team.

 

[framer]

Nobody is paying a 100 million dollar 1 year luxury tax bill. Not even Golden State. 100 million isn't pocket change for anybody. That is a quarter of the way to a self-financed arena. That is a big deal, because if you are regularly dropping 100 million on the luxury tax, people aren't going to public finance your next arena.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Flexibility an be overrated if it just means holding your dick waiting for something to happen (as seen by the Jazz). Olshey got in there and started ****ing.

 

[framer]

I thought so too, but the numbers the Blazers put up with him in their lineup were top 10 in offense and defense. Maybe not sustainable, but it's reason for optimism for their team moving forward.

The end of the season is a strange creature with some teams jockeying for position, some teams tanking, and others resting players. We will need an entire season to get to the truth of where they stand.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Nobody is paying a 100 million dollar 1 year luxury tax bill. Not even Golden State. 100 million isn't pocket change for anybody. That is a quarter of the way to a self-financed arena. That is a big deal, because if you are regularly dropping 100 million on the luxury tax, people aren't going to public finance your next arena.

I bet you Golden State does. That is nothing for how much money they probably make out there. If everyone wants to stay, they will stay and they will max them out.

 

[MDAV28]

Flexibility an be overrated if it just means holding your dick waiting for something to happen (as seen by the Jazz). Olshey got in there and started ****ing.

Look where the Jazz are and look where the Blazers are. Like WTF is this comparison?

Olshey got in there and ****ed up his team you're right.

 

[framer]

I bet you Golden State does. That is nothing for how much money they probably make out there. If everyone wants to stay, they will stay and they will max them out.

Do you know how much money 100 million is? On top of your day to day expenses? Operating income for Golden State was 74.2 million last year, a really, really good year for them. That is pretty top shelf for "how much money they probably make out there."

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Do you know how much money 100 million is? On top of your day to day expenses? Operating income for Golden State was 74.2 million last year, a really, really good year for them. That is pretty top shelf for "how much money they probably make out there."

They make way more than that

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[fishonjazz]

I'd be willing to take on one bad contract as part of a deal for Lillard - it would totally be worth it. That being said, don't sleep on George Hill - somehow he quietly had an amazing series vs the Clippers.

16.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.7 apg, 48% FG, 39% 3P, and he controlled the tempo like a maestro, all while playing terrific defense on the best point guard in the NBA in Chris Paul.

I think hill had a good series rather than amazing.
Those numbers you posted are good numbers...... not amazing.
Chris Paul had a fantastic series.

 

[jope]

I'd be willing to take on one bad contract as part of a deal for Lillard - it would totally be worth it. That being said, don't sleep on George Hill - somehow he quietly had an amazing series vs the Clippers.

16.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.7 apg, 48% FG, 39% 3P, and he controlled the tempo like a maestro, all while playing terrific defense on the best point guard in the NBA in Chris Paul.

i agree with all that other stuff, but chris paul had a 9.6 OBPM in the series. that score equates to a 12% increase over his season average and would be the 2nd best offensive output in the league just under russell westbrook's 10.9

maybe there's just no stopping chris paul, but i'm not sure allowing CP3 to be even better than he was during the season would constitute as "terrific" defense. hopefully hill can slow down curry more.

 

[LogGrad98]

I'd be willing to take on one bad contract as part of a deal for Lillard - it would totally be worth it. That being said, don't sleep on George Hill - somehow he quietly had an amazing series vs the Clippers.

16.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.7 apg, 48% FG, 39% 3P, and he controlled the tempo like a maestro, all while playing terrific defense on the best point guard in the NBA in Chris Paul.

Um, Chris Paul had an epic series.

25.3 pts (career playoff high), 9.9 apg, 5.0 rpg, 1.7 spg, 50% fg, 37% 3pt. The one thing we decidedly did NOT do well was defend Chris Paul, and really our best defender on Paul was Jingles (Exum did ok too, Neto wasn't terrible).

I am not knocking Hill who had a great series, but defending Paul was not part of it. He did ok against Paul, not great, which was why the taller longer dudes spent more time defending him.

 

[LogGrad98]

i agree with all that other stuff, but chris paul had a 9.6 OBPM in the series. that score equates to a 12% increase over his season average and would be the 2nd best offensive output in the league just under russell westbrook's 10.9

maybe there's just no stopping chris paul, but i'm not sure allowing CP3 to be even better than he was during the season would constitute as "terrific" defense. hopefully hill can slow down curry more.

Um, Chris Paul had an epic series.

25.3 pts (career playoff high), 9.9 apg, 5.0 rpg, 1.7 spg, 50% fg, 37% 3pt. The one thing we decidedly did NOT do well was defend Chris Paul, and really our best defender on Paul was Jingles (Exum did ok too, Neto wasn't terrible).

I am not knocking Hill who had a great series, but defending Paul was not part of it. He did ok against Paul, not great, which was why the taller longer dudes spent more time defending him.

Beat me to it. Paul almost single-handedly carried his team to a victory. We were a team on a mission that last game, and Paul picked the final game of the series to finally have a rough game. Maybe he was worn down. If you take out that last game for him every single stat of his goes up. He had to have one bad game in 7, it just happened to actually be game 7 where they needed him most. Unfortunate for the Clips, fan-damn-tastic for us.