Comments on: Report: Portland offers Paul Millsap

By: Bump

Bump — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:49:05 +0000

a trade can still materialize after the 7 day period.. Because if Utah feels strongly enough about matching for Millsap, they HAVE to ship Boozer. Here is where it gets interesting… The Bulls want Bayless, KP said Bayless in untouchable, at least in the capacity of the offer on the table. So, if Utah cant move Boozer by the 7th day, they are really in a rock and a hard place. If they match, KP just pulled off a brilliant move. Because Utah is screwed AND KP now has 8 million again to go and toy with Lamar Odom to stress the Lakers. So it really is a win/win.. And a trade involving Outlaw/Blake can always be swung at a later date.

By: Bump

Bump — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:32:06 +0000

IMHO, we can live without Hinrich… BUT it looks like another year with Blake… And I just hope Bayless can push him for starting minutes.

By: Coup

Coup — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:20:58 +0000

And before anyone says “Well why doesn’t everyone just agree to void the offer if they find a trade,” that’s not as easy as it sounds. If the Jazz get rid of Boozer and no longer have to match an offer from Portland, Utah is not obligated to give Millsap as much money as the Blazers did — and Millsap’s agent knows this, so getting him to agree on voiding the sheet would be difficult. And remember that if Portland used their cap space to make a lopsided trade for say, Hinrich, they wouldn’t have any left to offer free-agents (which is what kills me, because I’ve always thought a successful summer would be adding a quality free agent at some position AND getting Hinrich through trade, which doesn’t look too likely right now).