Tasty RFA's

by shwa on May 18, 2009 10:29 PM PDT

mmm...this morning I stumbled out of bed after slapping the snooze button multiple sessions.

Then matters got moore worse. While shaving, I cut myself with my kleiza. I hate shaving. I often wish I could just let it all grow out like a warrick. Ah to be young again, single and childress. All I have now is a felton face and a case of miller.

On my way to work, I dreamt of saving money for a trip to Spain and staying overnight in a local villanueva. But then I'd have to save money to bring the kids as well--unless I could find a way to lee them home somehow. How much would I powe to rent a nanny for a week? Oh that costs money too, I'm such a millsap.

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I should go Bobby Brown on you...

Because this should be a fan shot

by Salem Stephen on May 18, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions

moore is garbage
kleiza is garbage
warrick is garbage
childress is hurt
felton is garbage
miller is good
villanueva is garbage
lee will need too much money to be a backup
powe is injured
millsap will need too much money to be a backup

"Respect everyone, fear no one." -TP

by Arby on May 18, 2009 10:33 PM PDT reply actions

Calling professional players "garbage" is pretty...

A. disrespectful to guys who play in the BEST hoops league on Earth
B. offensively simplistic
3. devastating to your reputation of “knowing what you are talking about”
or
E. All of the above.

The answer is E.

Hakim Warrick, Charlie Villanueva, Raymond Felton and Linas Klieza are all more than serviceable rotation players, with Felton and Villanueva are legit starters in the NBA. Why call any ballers out as flat out “garbage”? I just don’t get that. When i read a comment like that, that is so overly simplistic, I just think "this person doesn’t ever watch any basketball aside from a few Blazers games.

by Portland Dynasty on May 20, 2009 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions

mccants you take a joke?

My mom babysat Paul Allen

by shwa on May 18, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions

No, Kurz I'm not like that, Jack

by Salem Stephen on May 18, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

This has become a bad Yakov Smirnoff bit

by Salem Stephen on May 18, 2009 10:43 PM PDT reply actions

were there

any other kind of Yakov bits?

"Death is not final," Gita says. "If any man thinks that he slays, and if another thinks that he is slain, neither knows the truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die. The soul in man is neither born nor does it die. Weapons cannot cut it; fire cannot burn it; water cannot drown it.

The Bhagavad Gita

by Idog1976 on May 19, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on May 18, 2009 11:09 PM PDT reply actions

What do you have against Shav(ing)?

by Norsktroll on May 19, 2009 4:21 AM PDT reply actions

cute

C*mcast sucks!

by Blazermaniac77 on May 19, 2009 6:23 AM PDT reply actions

free agency

in the next couple of weeks i’ll be posting the best f.agent destinations and what players call an nba outpost.where it’s going to be hard to get top f.agents,you know guys like lebron d*wade c.bosh those guys.not the k.korver’s r.felton’s k.heinrich’s.the top tier guys i’ll be posting this in the next couple of weeks stay tuned.

by fatty on May 19, 2009 6:46 AM PDT reply actions

groovy

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on May 19, 2009 8:29 AM PDT reply actions

I don't like the idea of going after restricted free agents.

Remember the Trenton Hassell fiasco? He was supposed to be the defensive wing stopper with the sweet 3-point touch (that’s how he was sold by the Front Office at that time at least) Then the Wolves locked him up.

I like a lot of the RFAs, but it’s higly unlikely that Portland will sign one, unless they actually want to play in Portland, at the minutes currently available.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 19, 2009 9:05 AM PDT reply actions

hmmm

with the sweet 3-point touch

This one is especially odd, because the only time he shot better than .360 from deep was his rookie year with the Bulls.

Fun Fact/Weird Stat:

Trenton Hassell has taken 294 career 3-point attempts. 165 of them came during his rookie year! Despite only shooting .300 ONCE more in his career (his SECOND season), he’s still got a career avarage of 32% from long range.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 19, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Actually this might be the year for going after RFA

We have cap space to go after Brandon Bass. By making an early offer we force Dallas to match at a higher price than they would otherwise spend (and then we use cap space for a lopsided trade or we get our backup PF. This works if their is really one guy you like sucha s Bass. Mind you Bass is not restricted but there is litttle difference since the only teams that can bid on him have to be under the cap or team he played for.

THis is how the Twolves overpaid for Hassel. You just make sure that the [player targeted is not outrageously overpaid (just more than midlevel exception).

by NWfan on May 19, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

We have the cap-space, sure.

But I don’t want to do anything that means we can’t resign all three of Roy, LMA, and Oden to long term contracts. Yes, we have exclusive rights to re-sign them, and we can go over the cap to do so. But, why do so when we don’t have to? I submit that there is a deep enough class of fairly NBA-level talented Power Forwards in this draft class that a free agent really isn’t in our best interests unless it’s a long-time vet like Antonio McDeyss or Smith from the Cavs.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on May 20, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions