What is our next move in free agency?

[jaxatax23]

1) Steve Francis
i heard the clippers will prolly get stevie franchise b/c the livingston injury an cassell is old as hell...plus hes good friends with cutino mobley...but that doesnt mean i wouldnt make a run at him...i think he'd be a great person to have on our team...he might have a strong chance at 6th man of the year...the only problem is, i just cant see him wanting to be a back-up

2) Jamal Magloire
i think would be a great fit here and not cost that much...that would definitly strengthin our front court!

3) Darko
i no a lot of u guys have been saying we need to go after him...im still not sold on him...he STILL has the "potential" thing about him...people say he hasnt been in the right system...maybe thats true i dunno...i just dont no if id be so quick to go after him

4) Mikki Moore
HELL NO!! he is extremely overated....the only thing he does well is hustle, which i do like, but iv seen on SI rumors tha he is demanding wayy more money than he deserves

5) Steve Blake
I wouldnt mind him here...if we could get him at the right place, id say do it

My order of free agents to pursue would be:

Francis
Magloire
Blake
Darko

[Mustachio]

i say sit on the cap. We are a playoff team right now in the East(we hope, anything can happen). I say, see what we got right now... then take the cap and spend big on that final peice. we have a lot of contracts coming off next year... and we can make a serious run at some good players. if KG isnt traded... we could sign him...

Felton, Richardson, Crash, KG, Okafor..... go ahead and book your seats now folks... thats a serious NBA finals threat.

either that or just sign Darko now and pray to Jesus he lives up to his potential. this would enable us to build for the future, stay young and not have many bad contracts at all

[dnbman]

i say sit on the cap. We are a playoff team right now in the East(we hope, anything can happen). I say, see what we got right now... then take the cap and spend big on that final peice. we have a lot of contracts coming off next year... and we can make a serious run at some good players. if KG isnt traded... we could sign him...

Felton, Richardson, Crash, KG, Okafor..... go ahead and book your seats now folks... thats a serious NBA finals threat.

either that or just sign Darko now and pray to Jesus he lives up to his potential. this would enable us to build for the future, stay young and not have many bad contracts at all

I don't think we have much of a shot at signing KG.

I agree completely about saving money though.

These are the free agents for 08:

http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_13008.shtml

I'm not sure any of those guys interest me. Obviously Brand would be nice, but he's more than likely resigning with the Clippers.

[jaxatax23]

Felton, Richardson, Crash, KG, Okafor..... go ahead and book your seats now folks... thats a serious NBA finals threat.

haha that would be awesome....but yea i kinda like ur idea of sittin on the cap an seeing what we have first...b/c if we do make a run at the playoffs, other players around the league are going to start becoming interested in playing for the bobcat

[jaxatax23]

"It is believed Francis will sign a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, probably for around $1 million this year and around $5 million next season. That means the Blazers will save about $3 million." -Oregonian

http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm

Couldnt we do better than that??

[dnbman]

I really don't think we want to.

Francis could be dangerous.

Or, he could be hurt and rarely play again.

Or, he could try to dominate the ball too much and ruin our team identity.

I think we need to stay away from giant question mark players like Stephen Jackson, Artest, Franchise, etc.

I don't have anything personally against them. But for various reasons, they can be big distractions to their clubs. We don't need that.

[Beekizzle]

I knew he was going for cheap. The Clippers have a big upper hand because Cat Mobley and Steve are "close"


When Cat got traded from the Magic to Sac Town, Steve was quoted as saying he does not have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. lol

[Mustachio]

i agree.... with the team feeling weve built up and held onto with Jrich... bringing in one of those guys sets us back more than helps.

[ALong13]

I figured we could, but I don't think MJ or Bernie was real interested in him, I wouldn't mind going after Steve Blake, maybe even re-sign Brevin Knight to a smaller contract though that's unlikely and then sign the Bobby Brown or whatever guy from the Summer league...

[WarioVsMooChicken]

I wish we would try to sign Earl Boykins.