SB Nation User Blog: myemic23

Salary Cap Discussion

myemic23 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:29:52 -0000

I headed over to Storytellers salary cap site to try and get a better grasp on the situation the Blazers will be facing this summer. I was curious how the team options for Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw would come into play with the amount of cap space. Here are the numbers:

Players under contract in 2009-2010-

Brandon Roy - 3,900,000

Greg Oden- 5,361,000

Lamarcus Aldridge- 5.844,000

Martel Webster- 4,319,000

Joel Pryzbilla- 6,850,000

Jerryd Bayless- 2,143,000

Rudy Fernandez- 1,165,000

Sergio Rodriguez- 1,576,000

Nicolas Batum- 1,118,000

Darius Miles- 9,000,000

Total(rounded)- 41,000,000

Estimated 2009-2010 salary cap- 58 million???

Players with team options-

Travis Outlaw- 3,600,000

Steve Blake- 4,000,000

Expiring contracts-

Channing Frye- 4,264,000(qualifying offer)

Michael Ruffin-

Shavlik Randolph-

I am not a salary cap guru by anymeans, but I believe the blazers could be as much as 14-17 million under the cap this summer if they choose to not pick up the options on Blake and Outlaw. The 7-10 million in cap space is a rather underwhelming number to me when you compare it to the 13 million super expiring contract that is sitting untraded at the RG center court. 15 or so million makes me feel much better about keeping RLEC The one question I have is whether those team options need to be picked up before a free agent can be signed? Can the Blazers shop for free agents/trades and then pick up options if nothing pans out? Or are the Blazers forced to pick up those options or waive the player before they can start their free agent/lopsided trade shopping?

Has anyone forgotten how athletic this guy is deep down inside? He goes from the freethrow line...

myemic23 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:35:05 -0000

Has anyone forgotten how athletic this guy is deep down inside? He goes from the freethrow line to the rim in two steps and flushes it with both elbows bent. Fully extending is overrated anyway. Its only a matter of time folks....

Derrick Rose eats apples.... in bed?

myemic23 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:39:43 -0000

Derrick Rose eats apples.... in bed?

You can only keep two...

myemic23 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:21:58 -0000

As much as I love debating our 3rd string pg situation, I found myself pondering something different today. So, I figured I would throw it out for the community to discuss. We all know the blazers big 3 consists of Roy, Aldridge, and Oden. So imagine that you are KP and for some crazy reason, you had to choose two of those players to keep. Who would you let loose?

Option 1: Let Roy go…

Roy has been our best player in his first two seasons, but he has shaky knees and a (so far) incurable heal injury. In the nba, good big men are a rare asset and we have two of them that can’t be let go. The addition of Rudy and Roy will cover up the scoring and leadership void that letting Roy go would leave…

Option 2: Let Oden go…

Oden has appeared to be injury prone in his early basketball career and we have a pretty dang good center in Joel Pryzbilla. Oden has also been underwhelming everytime us PTB fans have seen him play for our team. Letting Oden go will open up minutes for Frye and possibly even give Steven Hill an opportunity…

Option 3: Let Aldridge go…

Aldridge has had a very nice start to his young career, but he tends to be more of a perimeter-oriented pf, which is replaceable. Frye is sort of a poor man’s Aldridge with just as sweet of a shooting touch and Outlaw also played well at the pf spot last season. They should be able to fill the scoring void that Aldridge would leave…

Now, I know everyone will want to say don't let any of them go! But that defeats the purpose. Personally, I can't make up my mind...

Poll

You can only keep 2 of our big 3, who do you keep?

Aldridge and Oden

40 votes

Oden and Roy

83 votes

Roy and Aldridge

63 votes

186 votes | Poll has closed

Shaun Linvingston will likely be signed by the Blazers !!!UPDATE!!!!! Livingston will not be signed...

myemic23 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:07:01 -0000

Shaun Linvingston will likely be signed by the Blazers !!!UPDATE!!!!! Livingston will not be signed...

I was listening to wheels after work today, with Kenny filling in for wheels, and they were dang confident that Shaun Livingston would be signed tomorrow. Apparently, wheels hinted at it on the 22nd show, and Kenny likely has the inside info from wheels. He states his reasoning at somewhere between 80% and 90% through the podcast. Sounds like Livingston will be on our squad.

My reaction: hmmmmm.....

4 videos that are too good for words. Watch, and enjoy. Some have been linked previously, but I...

myemic23 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:37:48 -0000

4 videos that are too good for words. Watch, and enjoy. Some have been linked previously, but I don't care, they are worth it....

Brandon Roy Likes To Party

myemic23 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:10:36 -0000

B-roy at his all star party

Isn't he handsome???

Looks like Jack and Outlaw tagged along as well(Avert your eyes future Mrs. Roy)

They are a lot bigger than everyone else

Look at the hats, can you say character issues???

At least they aren't being obvious about anything.... I think they like her

Jack gettin his grind on

Who's that guy???

You bad JJ, you bad

Does pink shirt ever smile????

They look like they are getting tired

Hehehe, cute sweater trout

All I can say about this one is: #25

DISCLAIMER!!!!!!

Before everyone flames me, I know this belongs in the fanshots, but there is a method to my madness. I just stumbled upon these pictures and thought they were kind of funny. So, I tried to create a fanshot but could only post one image. I tried for a half hour to embed more than one picture but couldn't get it to work. Although I am sure there is a way to embed more than one picture, it is far from obvious how to do so. I also could not figure out how to embed an image AND place a title to the fanshot. Basically, the formatting for creating fanshots is really strange, and not nearly as intuitive as the fanposts. I think if fanshots are going to be used more often like Dave is hoping, they should make the formatting similar to that of fanposts, or at least have an option to use a fanpost type formatting system. Anyway, back to your regular programming. And just to make sure I stick with all of the fanpost's general theme lately, I say we trade a bunch of our scrubs for some really good player. Maybe Web, Sergio, Bayless, and a few draft picks for Chris Paul or Deron Williams???? Ger-R-Done KP!!!

Poll

How do you feel about Jack being traded???

Bad move for the blazers

6 votes

Good move for the blazers

169 votes

I am going to miss his bubble butt

52 votes

227 votes | Poll has closed

The why is this still rec'd Drawer 8/13/08

myemic23 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:27:23 -0000

I figured I better start a junk drawer so TiH has a good place to get all of the off topic out of him. I was checking out youtube and found a video of Chuck Hayes that is pretty funny, but also kind of sad. Also, the one of Charles Barkley's golf swing is an instant classic for anyone familiar with the game. What I think is funny, is that they are both equally bad, and they sort of resemble each other. Other than that, I really don't have much else to say at the moment...

Go Rudolfo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poll

Which video makes you cringe more?

Charles Barkley

11 votes

Chuck Hayes

7 votes

Cringe? I just laughed and moved on

16 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

Get Stoked!!!

myemic23 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:01:51 -0000

Get Stoked!!!

Quick on 1080 with trade rumor updates

myemic23 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:31:41 -0000

Jason Quick was on primetime and had some juicy tidbits about what the blazers are trying to do. Isaac Ropp recapped what Quick said on his blog:

"Jason Quick, Oregonian:
Blazers in serious talks with 4 teams about trading out of the #13 pick
The four teams: Phoenix, NY Knicks, Toronto, New Jersey
Players targeted: Barbosa, Malik Rose or David Lee?, TJ Ford, Devin Harris
Offer on the table from one of the above or another East team
The deal involves the #13 and a Blazers reserve for an unnamed veteran
Potential exists for the Blazers to trade down targeting Brandon Rush @ #21
The players garnering the most interest: Frye, Webster & Outlaw
The players garnering very little interest: Rodriguez, Jack
Significant news: Nate has decided to play Travis Outlaw exclusively at SF
McMillan also committed to more Brandon Roy at PG
No word from James Jones on his player option"

Link: http://1080thefan.com/Daily-Blog/2312225

There is a lot of good info in there. Quick also said that Paul Allen commented that the proposed trade was "intriguing". I wonder who it could be for???

Nate saying that Travis is going to be primarily a small forward is also sort of interesting. That must mean they plan on keeping Frye? How does that effect Jones and Martell?

On your mark.....

Get set.....

SPECULATE!!!!

Poll

What should the blazers do with #13?

Trade up

124 votes

Trade down

15 votes

Trade out

86 votes

Make the pick

9 votes

234 votes | Poll has closed