Ujiri and George Karl may have already come to terms with his departure.Andre
Miller also remains in the NBA Live Coins air. It's unclear whether the Nuggets and Miller
renegotiated the deadline by which Denver would have to waive him to take cap
space; if so, the Nuggets will likely have a quick decision to make there, one
which will also speak to the team's faith in its ability to compete for the
playoffs. Rebuilding teams don't need 35-year-old back-up point guards.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERSYes, I am being a little liberal on use of the phrase
"fringe contenders"; like the Nuggets, the Buy Fut 18 Coins Blazers were excised from the NBA
Playoffs in the first round (albeit in six games to the Dallas Mavericks). With
the Blazers, it's not a question of contention or rebuilding -- with LaMarcus
Aldridge, Wesley Matthews, Nicolas Batum and Raymond Felton, this should be a
playoff team.
But it's a matter of how the Blazers will look, what parts of their past they
will take forward that the immediate lockout aftermath will dictate.Question No.
1 with a bullet is Brandon Roy. He has $69 million remaining on his contract.
That's one helluvan amnesty option, especially if the league's amnesty clause
wipes money off of the cap in addition to the luxury tax rolls. But at the same
time, even hobbled he might be Portland's best perimeter playmaker, he has a
still-great rapport with
Aldridge, the team's best player, and the Blazers are better with Roy than
without. But $69 million, y'all.Greg Oden is a little different: he hasn't
actually contributed much to Portland over the last four seasons. Oden could
take the mystery out of his situation by signing the team's (pricey) qualifying
offer, which will essentially act as a one-year deal, allowing the lumberjack to
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