Question is: Will Batum be on the Blazers roster next season to avenge his bad play?
He’s scheduled to make around $11.8 million for the 2015-16 season, which is the final of his four-year contract. There have been rumblings the Blazers could look to move Batum this offseason, maybe around draft time, where GM Neil Olshey promised the team would be “very active.”
Asked about the possibility of being traded this offseason, Batum said: “If that happens, it happens. That’s the business, I understand that. I mean, I can’t control that. All I can control is what I put on the court. I know what I am going to do this summer is try to get better.”
Blazers fans may be attracted to San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard, but he’s a restricted free agent, who the Spurs seem likely to keep. Instead, if the Blazers look to, and succeed at, trading Batum, keep an eye on Dallas Mavericks small forward Al-Farouq Aminu. He has a player option for around $1.1 million next season, and could opt out, looking to secure a more favorable deal with Dallas or elsewhere.
The connection here: Olshey drafted Aminu during his days with the Los Angeles Clippers. He could look to add him again, maybe for less than Batum’s $11-plus million salary.
Both Olshey and Stotts met with Batum before he departed for the summer. Asked what they told him, Batum said: “Just to be myself again. That’s it.”
If Batum can do that, the Blazers, or another team, should reap the benefit.
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He’s scheduled to make around $11.8 million for the 2015-16 season, which is the final of his four-year contract. There have been rumblings the Blazers could look to move Batum this offseason, maybe around draft time, where GM Neil Olshey promised the team would be “very active.”
Asked about the possibility of being traded this offseason, Batum said: “If that happens, it happens. That’s the business, I understand that. I mean, I can’t control that. All I can control is what I put on the court. I know what I am going to do this summer is try to get better.”
Blazers fans may be attracted to San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard, but he’s a restricted free agent, who the Spurs seem likely to keep. Instead, if the Blazers look to, and succeed at, trading Batum, keep an eye on Dallas Mavericks small forward Al-Farouq Aminu. He has a player option for around $1.1 million next season, and could opt out, looking to secure a more favorable deal with Dallas or elsewhere.
The connection here: Olshey drafted Aminu during his days with the Los Angeles Clippers. He could look to add him again, maybe for less than Batum’s $11-plus million salary.
Both Olshey and Stotts met with Batum before he departed for the summer. Asked what they told him, Batum said: “Just to be myself again. That’s it.”
If Batum can do that, the Blazers, or another team, should reap the benefit.
http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/season-...-nicolas-batum
He is now 26 (27 in December).
Final year of contract at around $11M. More importantly, Raps would have his Bird Rights.
Would Batum fit on Raptors?
Is there anything Raps could put together to entice Blazers?
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