Blazers Officially Waive Big Man Jeff Pendergraph

The writing was kind of on the wall, but I still feel bad for Pendergraph.

Hopefully he’ll accept an invite to training camp next season.

Now that’s a game face.

1) Is his contract this year guaranteed—or is he losing salary due to being cut?

2) Can the Blazers continue to participate in his rehab (his injury occured, after all, while under contract with the team)?

3) Other than the obvious issue of a potential “side deal”—does this limit the amount of contact Jeff and the Blazers might have? Might he stay around on an informal basis, or would this risk a tampering charge?

I am disappointed to see Pendy go, but it was really the only move to make. With any luck, we’ll see him again next season. I know the fans liked him, the guys liked him, the organization seemed to like him, and he was willing to ride the pine for spot minutes…..valuable on a stacked roster indeed :)

You’ll always be welcome in P-town

won’t be watching much of the regular season games on TV either, thanks to the ongoing Comcast hostage crisis.

He is a very poor mans Rodman at least on potential and potential will get you paid when you are young. I would love to see him back. He can be a special roleplayer.

Of all of the moves the Blazers have made over the years this one seems the saddest to me. Probably most due to the fact that he was cut after his injury. I never met him and only saw him on TV, but I sure liked his attitude and tough play. Sure does remind that this is all a business and a pretty cold one at that. Oden may want to take what happened to JP very seriously if he happens to get hurt again. GO’s got tons more upside, I know, but when you become expendable, you’re likely gone.

gives the player a nice bonus after his contract expires, if that’s even possible under the CBA.

Barring that, Pendergraph would make an excellent Sasquatch.

Hope to see him back next summer competing for a spot! In the meantime, I will still keep him on my PSN friends list and dominate some MW2 with him.

I think this weekend of cold moves are a preview of a new style of management from the Blazers. Not saying it’s bad though.

forecasted a roster move correctly?

How many teams televise their preseason?

This was a no brainer. 700 k+ is a nice chunk of change btw..

I still don’t get it. How is it an insult that it wasn’t televised?

Congrats to my bala @Patty_Mills for making the 15 man roster. Good luck this season bro. Shot out to @jbay_4 and his New situation.

Thanks blazer fans, I had a great first year with you guys. See yall in the summer maybe. #ripcity :)

I miss you already, Jeff!

Jeff- Your attitude and class will be missed. Your time here was a true contribution. Hope you can hang in there. Take a page from Greg’s book and do the work you need to get back. In the meantime, work on your media chops. Do some Talkin’ Ball and Courtside and come to the games! best wishes Big Guy!

only for a moment, and the moment’s gone.
All my dreams, pass before my eyes a curiosity.

You’re my boy, Pendy.

if I owned the Blazers, it would be like the Truman Show. I would give the fans everything they could want, and more.
I’d paint this town like feral cat, only I’d use black, red, and silver. I’d expose. and over expose, until there were #12’s under every holiday tree, and 49% of all newborns were named Brandon.

Greg Oden Elementary