16 Dec
Blazers get hardship exception
Posted by: Coup
The gist of this, via Joe Freeman, is that Portland can sign a 16th player to the roster since at least four players have missed three or more games and aren’t coming back anytime soon.
If the Blazers exercise the exception, they would sign a player to a non-guaranteed contract and he would be eligible to remain with the team until one of their four most-recent injured players returns. Essentially, the Blazers would keep any player they sign until Rudy Fernandez (back) or Nicolas Batum (shoulder) returns.
So, cool. Yay. The Blazers can find a not-so-good big man for Joel-LaMarcus foul trouble insurance. It will not be a very good insurance plan, but it’s better than playing Nellieball.
Marcus Canby.
December 16th, 2009 at 7:26 pmCollins, if he didn’t sign on elsewhere.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:45 amHe’s listed his Phoenix right now by NBA.com. Storyteller has him there on a one year contract.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:27 am