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Hedo is not going to Portland, thus Fernandez is happy & Portland is not going to help us out.
Your point? No one's crucifying their character.
Hedo is not going to Portland, thus Fernandez is happy & Portland is not going to help us out.
Why would Fernnadez suddenly be happy now? He wasn't last year. To many swing men, and there still are.
I'm not too familiar with Fernandez? Does he have range comparable to Mason? My only concern would be that the Spurs will have traded a pure shooter for an athletic guard with no shooting touch. The Spurs need good perimeter shooters. Does Fernandez fit the bill? If he does, then z yeah.
I just thought of something:
Fernandez + Ginobili=
Two Ginobilis on the same team?!?
1 not even entered into his prime,
and 1 at the end of his prime?!?!?!?!
Talk about something to think about.
The word on Kevin Pritchard is that he won't make a deal unless he's the obvious winner. Of course we haven't been privy to any trade negotiations coming out of Portland the past few years, but he had the most tradeable asset last season (Raef's expiring contract) and didn't pull the trigger.
I don't see how this deal would make him the obvious winner. It's creative though.
I am all for getting Rudolfo, and I think he would do great on the Spurs, I just don't see Portland letting him go, especially not to us.
Fernandez is a nice shooter... 40% from 3 last year, 159 made... 42% in the playoffs, although that didn't last long.
I don't see why Pritchard wouldn't trade Fernandez to the Spurs!
After all, it would GUARANTEE that the Blazers would beat the Spurs for the next 5 seasons!
three point shooting % of .399 159-398
He's a good shooter and not shy about letting it go. For comparison, here's Ginobili's last full healthy season, 2007-2008:
three point shooting % of .401 156-389
you trade for him
why you then get a younger manu to take manu's place
Nice thought, but definitely crazy.
Portland only has that capspace this year. They then have to ink Roy & Aldridge to fat contracts so 1 yr expiring deals don't help them at all as they'll be over the cap next year anyways. That's as I understand it. It's also why Portland were so gutted by Hedo's turnabout. Odom is about their last shot.
You could have looked up his stats, and if you did you'd see that he shot 40% from 3 last year. I watched a few Blazers games and he hit them at crucial times, too.
I love the idea, ex, but isn't Prichard notoriously difficult to deal with? Very unlikely scenario, but kudos for the lateral thinking!
If Portland lands Odom I'll be happy enough, if we landed Rudy I'd be jumping around like a monkey!
Yep, I expect that to go after Lamar. However even with qualifying offers for those two next year they will only have about $34 million in salaries to deal with (obviously you can throw another 10-12 million on there once those two get their new deals, but that still leaves them some cap room).
they could take those expiring salaries and trade them for a player sometime next season, a la the Spurs and Richard Jefferson.
but to your point: if they extend Aldridge and Roy to contracts starting at 10 million per year, Pryz picks up his player option, and they pick up Oden, Bayless and Batum's rookie options, they'll only be at 42 million, so they will be under the cap by a significant number.
As far as the original idea goes, I think Pritchard would rather sign D-League scrubs to huge one year contracts than agree to a trade that would help the Spurs.
Surely Roy will get the max?
That's a tough one, actually: Roy is a very good player, but I don't know if he's a max player.
Thats some excellent math you got there. I like it.
Roy is a max contract guy, no doubt about it. Barring injury this guy is getting the max.
I heard Roy said he was willing to take less supposedly. I forgot where though.
Thats some excellent math you got there. I like it.
Roy is their franchise guy and a perrenial all-star - the only reason he won't get the max is if he decides to take less to help them sign his teammates.
Better hope that the FO reads this forum daily because it sounds almost too creative for them. I can't see them doing TWO three-for-one deals in one off season.
I'd do it, don't know if Portland would.
That would be quite nice but I doubt the Blazers bite at that.
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