06-30-2023, 05:39 PM
(06-30-2023, 05:32 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I was dead wrong about JB. I've been very vocal about it. I did not think he could seriously ever lead a team to the playoffs.
He proved me wrong and then some. His contract is more than worth it.
Jerami Grant on the other hand is a totally different player to JB, and has already had multiple opportunities to be the main guy for a team and it hasn't amounted to anything.
20 mil a year is a good contract for Grant. 25 if you want to overpay. 7+ more than that is crazy pills in this new CBA.
Back to FA, throwing Thybulle a full MLE offer pretty much destroys the rest of Portlands space.
And in a world where Bruce Brown is getting 23 mil a year, Thybulle at 12 isn't so bad.
Portland books are actually very clean. Even with Grant contract, they are a bit over 150 mil. No problem for them to match Thybulle MLE offer, imho. Although I am not sure he is even worth it.