The Blazers are meeting with Festus Ezeli today in Portland, according to Marc. J Spears of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Ezeli arrived in Portland wearing red and black and told Jason Quick of Comcast Sportsnet that the team has “something brewing here,” as Quick passes along via Twitter.
Portland has already agreed to a four-year deal worth roughly $70MM with Evan Turner. It also has maintained that it would match any offer for Allen Crabbe, but it’s not clear whether or not they will match the reported $70MM deal that Crabbe reportedly agreed to with the Nets. An Ezeli signing could indicate that the Blazers don’t intend to match Crabbe’s deal since signing all three to significant contracts would require the team to make additional moves, although that is merely my speculation.
Ezeli became an unrestricted free agent after the Warriors renounced his rights earlier this week. He saw only 16.7 minutes per game last season, but he impressed, sporting a 17.7 player efficiency rating while shooting 54.8% from the field.
Sign and trade?!!? Main objective: to free up space for DWade.. Blazers Get: Kevin Love , 2018 2nd Rd pick…….. Cavs Get: F. Ezeli, S. Napier, 2017 1st Rd pick, 2018 1st Rd pick
Crack?
How on earth is love worth 2 first rounders? Delusional cavs fan?
Cavs fans don’t know anything. They were gifted the best player on the planet so they don’t need to learn how the league actually works
You can’t trade your first pick two years in a row
Alright I don’t know why but there’s no need to hate on the cavs because they were “gifted”
In case you forgot we had 4 straight dreadful seasons without LeBron. I know there is no point of doing this because wade signed with the Bulls but that trade is pretty reasonable. Mozgov was traded for TWO first round picks. WHOA right? So why wouldn’t Kevin be worth that. He’s a great player who just doesn’t fit in with the cavs. Napiers a loser. Ezeli is ify at best so if anything that trade might favor the Blazers (especially because ezeli isn’t actually on the team)
You can’t trade your 1st round pick in back to back years.