BREAKING: Trailblazers sign Mo Williams; 2 years, $5.6 million

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Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 27s

Williams deal will pay him $5.6 million over two years, with player option for second season.

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 1m

Williams is signing a two year deal with Blazers, source tells Y!

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt 33s

Agent Mark Bartlestein says that guard Mo Williams will sign with the Trail Blazers.


He didn't want to sign anywhere for the minimum because he want "Mo money".




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[kNicKz]

:pimp:

One of the best 3pt shooters in the league

[DetroitPistonFan]

Mo doesn't wanna play with LeBron again.

[Levity]

Didnt see that coming.

I wonder where Udrih ends up now. I felt he would have been a better back up PG for most teams than williams.

[Twiens]

Blazers look pretty damn legit with a bench now

[Inferno]

Interesting...does that mean less playing time for CJ McCollum? I'm guessing that Olshey doesn't think Barton and Crabbe are good enough to play 2nd/3rd string minutes at SG so CJ will see most of his playtime there...this also means that Harris is gone...

Lillard / Williams / Watson
Matthews / McCollum / Barton / Crabbe
Batum / Wright / Claver
Aldridge / Robinson / Freeland
Leonard / Lopez

[hawkfan]

Mo Williams gets 2 years, 5.6 million.
Jose Calderon gets 4 years, 29 million.
Kyle Kover gets 4 years, 24 million.

Someone's got a bad agent.

[Fudge]

Good pickup. Now they have one of the best benches in the league after having the worst last season.

Mo Williams
CJ McCollum
Dorell Wright
Thomas Robinson
Meyers Leonard

That's legit.

[rhythmic]

Interesting...does that mean less playing time for CJ McCollum? I'm guessing that Olshey doesn't think Barton and Crabbe are good enough to play 2nd/3rd string minutes at SG so CJ will see most of his playtime there...this also means that Harris is gone...

Lillard / Williams / Watson
Matthews / McCollum / Barton / Crabbe
Batum / Wright / Claver
Aldridge / Robinson / Freeland
Leonard / Lopez

Daymn, that's a legit team. :biggums:

[All Net]

Think west teams are happy he didn't sign with Memphis.

[gasolina]

Interesting...does that mean less playing time for CJ McCollum? I'm guessing that Olshey doesn't think Barton and Crabbe are good enough to play 2nd/3rd string minutes at SG so CJ will see most of his playtime there...this also means that Harris is gone...

Lillard / Williams / Watson
Matthews / McCollum / Barton / Crabbe
Batum / Wright / Claver
Aldridge / Robinson / Freeland
Leonard / Lopez
Spurned grizzly fan here. Really sad we didn't get Mo. Then again, he gets more money and more playing time as Lillard is big enough to play spurts at the 2. Bad for McCollum though.

[Inferno]

Spurned grizzly fan here. Really sad we didn't get Mo. Then again, he gets more money and more playing time as Lillard is big enough to play spurts at the 2. Bad for McCollum though.

Yeah, I was thinking that McCollum was going to be the main backup at both the 1 and 2, so he could play with both Lillard and Matthews, but it looks like he'll be the main backup 2 now...I wonder how many minutes he'll be getting per game, seeing that Barton might need some playtime too..

[coin24]

Mo Williams gets 2 years, 5.6 million.
Jose Calderon gets 4 years, 29 million.
Kyle Kover gets 4 years, 24 million.

Someone's got a bad agent.


Basically this..:applause:

Next lockout they should just fire all idiot GMs:oldlol:

[LosScandalous]

(yawn) They have a long history of signing dorks, looks like they have one more, if he gets a deal with nike, they should just rename it to just do nothing

[Myth]

Blazers finally have depth again, thank god. Mo will probably get a decent amount of minutes at both PG and SG. He is too good to go from starting with 30 mpg to just Lillard's backup. If McCollum pans out quickly, then he won't stay that whole 2 year contract though. But without Mo, if McCollum sucks as a rookie, the Blazers have nothing to fall back on.

My hope for Portland:
This year make playoffs, get a win or 2.
Next year, replicate Warriors success from last year.
Then be in a position where players are starting to look at Portland as a place to be (ala Iguadala on the Warriors).
Portland's team is kind of set up like the Warriors even.

[tmacattack33]

:roll:

Lebron's Scottie Pippen in Cleveland is worth 2.3 million per year only three years after they last played together.

...and some of you wonder why left Cleveland? :lol

[RoseCity07]

Oh snap, just living this Cali life right now, got on real GM and see this as the top story. :applause: It's been a good past couple of weeks. Great pick up.:applause:

[coin24]

:roll:

Lebron's Scottie Pippen in Cleveland is worth 2.3 million per year only three years after they last played together.

...and some of you wonder why left Cleveland? :lol


No Lebron left Cleveland because he's wades pippen:lol

[OldSkoolball#52]

Think west teams are happy he didn't sign with Memphis.


This is the new CBA at work and frankly I think its a shame. Would rather see a handful of juggernauts go at it in the playoffs than a bunch of average teams. Not sayin Mo himself is a juggernaut, but the Grizzlies would have added some real nice firepower with that signing and I think he woulda went there if Memphis could give him decent money. But with the new CBA, they cant. The league is spread too thin. Too many teams.

#Contraction!

[Fresh Kid]

Good for Tha blazers, not necessarily for mo Williams tho.

[Fresh Kid]

No Lebron left Cleveland because he's wades pippen:lol
Ether.

[Myth]

Oh snap, just living this Cali life right now, got on real GM and see this as the top story. :applause: It's been a good past couple of weeks. Great pick up.:applause:

Where are you in Cali and what are you doing here?

[hawkfan]

Who's better: Mo Williams or Jose Calderon?

[Fresh Kid]

Who's better: Mo Williams or Jose Calderon?
Mo Williams.

[Levity]

Who's better: Mo Williams or Jose Calderon?

Jose Calderon. He'll fit with Dallas much better than Mo Williams would.

[longtime lurker]

Shit Blazers have a legit bench now. The West just got a little tougher.

[Darkess]

Who's better: Mo Williams or Jose Calderon?

Mo Williams wasn't much of an asset to the Jazz last year. Most Jazz fans seem excited to have him gone.

Calderon for sure.

[Xiao Yao You]

Mo Williams wasn't much of an asset to the Jazz last year. Most Jazz fans seem excited to have him gone.

Calderon for sure.

If the Jazz had him in the role he will be in for the Blazers he would have been much better. He's better suited to the 6th man role than Calderon. Calderon will be better starting and running the pick and pop with Dirk. Apples and oranges really.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Can the Blazers fans here tell me how they see Stotts as a coach? I've seen him coach 1 Blazer game, but I know he has a bad career record. I'm really loving this Blazer roster, but am unsure about Stott's coaching ability. I know the NBA is a players league and talent is most important, but surely coaching can make a difference, too?

[Myth]

Can the Blazers fans here tell me how they see Stotts as a coach? I've seen him coach 1 Blazer game, but I know he has a bad career record. I'm really loving this Blazer roster, but am unsure about Stott's coaching ability. I know the NBA is a players league and talent is most important, but surely coaching can make a difference, too?

He did fine. He had a super young team that frequented 5 rookies pushing for the playoffs until the injury bug hit us and without depth the team lost all confidence and ended terribly. I liked his Xs and Os more than I like McMillan's, and he is a coach that likes to spread things out with 3 point shooters, which last year we had only a few, while now we are stacked with guys that can shoot. That alone should make the Blazers a much more dangerous team. Our post D should have improved as well based on player personnel, but Stotts is not a great defensive coach so we will lean heavily on those 3s.

What I'd really like to see him do now that we have 3 point shooters is replicate the 2011 Dallas offense that he was credited with. Get the ball to Aldridge at the free throw line. Have Aldridge go to work from there, and if a double is sent at him, Aldridge is in a position to get the ball to any Blazer on the court.

[xoneatom]

portlands injurys curse :D

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

He did fine. He had a super young team that frequented 5 rookies pushing for the playoffs until the injury bug hit us and without depth the team lost all confidence and ended terribly. I liked his Xs and Os more than I like McMillan's, and he is a coach that likes to spread things out with 3 point shooters, which last year we had only a few, while now we are stacked with guys that can shoot. That alone should make the Blazers a much more dangerous team. Our post D should have improved as well based on player personnel, but Stotts is not a great defensive coach so we will lean heavily on those 3s.

What I'd really like to see him do now that we have 3 point shooters is replicate the 2011 Dallas offense that he was credited with. Get the ball to Aldridge at the free throw line. Have Aldridge go to work from there, and if a double is sent at him, Aldridge is in a position to get the ball to any Blazer on the court.
sounds nice for making a strong regular season run. I've been going back and forth if I wanted to pick Blazers as high as the 6 seed or possibly not even in the playoffs, as I basically had no idea about Stotts. I really like to consider coaches, not just the roster. but this roster is too good to miss the playoffs imo, even in the loaded West. Minny, Memphis, NO, maybe even Dallas and Denver should still make some tough competition for those 6-8 seeds.

[bdreason]

Very good signing for the Blazers. West just keeps getting deeper and deeper.

[bdreason]

Who's better: Mo Williams or Jose Calderon?

Different players.

Mo makes a better offensive threat off the bench, while Jose is better at running a team.

For the money we're talking, I'll take Mo.

[Nezty]

Blazers are gonna make some noise this year.

[andremiller07]

Damn big blow to the Grizzlies imo they really could have used his shooting/floor spacing and interesting pick up by the Blazers considering they got a the rookie PG as well as Lillard.

[Inferno]

Damn big blow to the Grizzlies imo they really could have used his shooting/floor spacing and interesting pick up by the Blazers considering they got a the rookie PG as well as Lillard.

McCollum is actually naturally a SG, so he'll playing most if his minutes behind Matthews. They're trying to develop him into a PG, though.

[bigkingsfan]

Mo money mo problem.

[andremiller07]

McCollum is actually naturally a SG, so he'll playing most if his minutes behind Matthews. They're trying to develop him into a PG, though.
O ok than fair enough, what's that do to Will Barton will he play more SF now or is he completely out of the rotation?

[Levity]

O ok than fair enough, what's that do to Will Barton will he play more SF now or is he completely out of the rotation?

he's still worth developing in my opinion. played pretty damn good the last week or so of the season when mathews season came to an end.

[andremiller07]

he's still worth developing in my opinion. played pretty damn good the last week or so of the season when mathews season came to an end.
I agree I like his game/potential I'm guessing him and Victor Claver will battle it out for the back up SF mins.

[Inferno]

O ok than fair enough, what's that do to Will Barton will he play more SF now or is he completely out of the rotation?

I'm guessing that him and Crabbe will have to battle for the remaining minutes at either SG or SF...here's my rough guess on the minutes of each player w/o Barton, Crabbe, or Claver in the rotation

PG: Lillard - 34 minutes / Williams - 12 minutes / McCollum - 2 minutes
SG: Matthews - 30 minutes / Williams - 8 minutes / McCollum - 10 minutes
SF: Batum - 34 minutes / Wright - 14 minutes
PF: Aldridge - 35 minutes / Robinson - 12 minutes
C: Lopez - 25 minutes / Leonard - 17 minutes / Freeland - 6 minutes

It's hard to guess tbh. Barton or Crabbe will probably get some minutes in at SG or SF depending on how they do in practice and how the starters and 2nd strings are fairing health-wise

[andremiller07]

I'm guessing that him and Crabbe will have to battle for the remaining minutes at either SG or SF...here's my rough guess on the minutes of each player w/o Barton, Crabbe, or Claver in the rotation

PG: Lillard - 34 minutes / Williams - 12 minutes / McCollum - 2 minutes
SG: Matthews - 30 minutes / Williams - 8 minutes / McCollum - 10 minutes
SF: Batum - 34 minutes / Wright - 14 minutes
PF: Aldridge - 35 minutes / Robinson - 12 minutes
C: Lopez - 25 minutes / Leonard - 17 minutes / Freeland - 6 minutes

Damn I forgot they signed Wright, tbh I don't see him playing much if at all than. Man Blazers are freaking loaded in terms of talent damn they had themselves a killer offseason. I wonder if they could package Claver and Barton for something.

[LosScandalous]

:applause: I'm a fan of easy teams to beat in the western conference.

[Inferno]

Damn I forgot they signed Wright, tbh I don't see him playing much if at all than. Man Blazers are freaking loaded in terms of talent damn they had themselves a killer offseason. I wonder if they could package Claver and Barton for something.

Yeah, Wright was a great addition, seeing that the backup SF last year was Claver who shot under 40% from the field last season :applause:

I'm betting that Barton, Crabbe, and Claver will all get to prove their worth in practice and garbage time to see who gets a spot on the rotation

[bdreason]

Mathews can play the 3 as well, opening up more minutes at the 2 for Mo or the rook if needed.

[Inferno]

Mathews can play the 3 as well, opening up more minutes at the 2 for Mo or the rook if needed.

I doubt he'll be playing the 3 much though with the Blazers' recent acquisition of Dorell Wright.

[RoseCity07]

Where are you in Cali and what are you doing here?


In North Hollywood staying with my cousin. Just visiting for the past two weeks. Thinking of moving here after school is over. He lives on Vineland.

[longtime lurker]

I'm guessing that him and Crabbe will have to battle for the remaining minutes at either SG or SF...here's my rough guess on the minutes of each player w/o Barton, Crabbe, or Claver in the rotation

PG: Lillard - 34 minutes / Williams - 12 minutes / McCollum - 2 minutes
SG: Matthews - 30 minutes / Williams - 8 minutes / McCollum - 10 minutes
SF: Batum - 34 minutes / Wright - 14 minutes
PF: Aldridge - 35 minutes / Robinson - 12 minutes
C: Lopez - 25 minutes / Leonard - 17 minutes / Freeland - 6 minutes

It's hard to guess tbh. Barton or Crabbe will probably get not some minutes in at SG or SF depending on how they do in practice and how the starters and 2nd strings are fairing health-wise

Damn the Blazers are looking legit. This team kind of reminds me of Golden State except not as deep with overall talent. The West just keeps getting harder for my Lakers

[ihatetimthomas]

If he could fully embrace the Jason Terry role, then he could be a great asset to any team. Unfortunately he hasn't seemed to like a reduced bench role but it looks like he will be doing do this season. He is best used as a offensive punch off the bench. He can score in bunches so he will help

[mugiwara]

What I'd really like to see him do now that we have 3 point shooters is replicate the 2011 Dallas offense that he was credited with. Get the ball to Aldridge at the free throw line. Have Aldridge go to work from there, and if a double is sent at him, Aldridge is in a position to get the ball to any Blazer on the court.

Looks to be a very exciting young team.

[hawkfan]

Dallas offered Devin Harris 3 years, 9 million. If he was healthy, he would have that.

Why didn't Dallas offer say 2 years, 8 million for Mo Williams? Far better player. Calderon, Ellis, Williams, Carter at the guard is actually very solid (if older).

[Myth]

I'm guessing that him and Crabbe will have to battle for the remaining minutes at either SG or SF...here's my rough guess on the minutes of each player w/o Barton, Crabbe, or Claver in the rotation

PG: Lillard - 34 minutes / Williams - 12 minutes / McCollum - 2 minutes
SG: Matthews - 30 minutes / Williams - 8 minutes / McCollum - 10 minutes
SF: Batum - 34 minutes / Wright - 14 minutes
PF: Aldridge - 35 minutes / Robinson - 12 minutes
C: Lopez - 25 minutes / Leonard - 17 minutes / Freeland - 6 minutes

It's hard to guess tbh. Barton or Crabbe will probably get some minutes in at SG or SF depending on how they do in practice and how the starters and 2nd strings are fairing health-wise

I hope Freeland doesn't get 6 minutes per game. He should only come in during blowouts with Claver and Crabbe.

[Myth]

In North Hollywood staying with my cousin. Just visiting for the past two weeks. Thinking of moving here after school is over. He lives on Vineland.

Cool. I don't make it out to Hollywood much, but was there last week for the System of a Down concert.

[KNOW1EDGE]

Very solid pick up for the Blazers.

Went from having the worst bench in the NBA last year, to one of the best this year.

Neil Olshey didn't make any HUGE splash trades or acquisitions, rather a bunch of very smart trades and signings to make us a serious playoff contender.

[Wavves]

Absolutely love it, going to be great for our young guards to have him on the roster and he does make us a lot better and deeper. Love the things he said in his press conference too, here is a link if you want to take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy0OyyB-oXE

[Inferno]

Looks like he got Roy's jersey number...Blazers aren't gonna retire it?

[SourPatchKids]

Odd.

[KNOW1EDGE]

Looks like he got Roy's jersey number...Blazers aren't gonna retire it?


I guess some Blazer fans were kinda butt hurt that he is gonna wear #7. But the other numbers he wanted were taken, and he asked his son what number to wear, and his boy said #7 for the # of people in their family. Cant be mad at that.

And I would be very surprised if they ever retired B-Roys #7. We already have too many numbers retired, and the next NEEDS to be Sabonis' #11.

Roy only played 5 years. Many of them injured and missed games. He is one of our best players ever. But he didn't do much for us, we never got past the first round with him. He had more individual awards like ROY and all-star, put up good numbers. But it seems like teams retire a guys number for the impact made, not really their on-court ability alone.

He is one of my fav Blazers of all time, but im not mad at Mo in the least bit, and I doubt his number will ever be retired.

[Inferno]

I guess some Blazer fans were kinda butt hurt that he is gonna wear #7. But the other numbers he wanted were taken, and he asked his son what number to wear, and his boy said #7 for the # of people in their family. Cant be mad at that.

And I would be very surprised if they ever retired B-Roys #7. We already have too many numbers retired, and the next NEEDS to be Sabonis' #11.

Roy only played 5 years. Many of them injured and missed games. He is one of our best players ever. But he didn't do much for us, we never got past the first round with him. He had more individual awards like ROY and all-star, put up good numbers. But it seems like teams retire a guys number for the impact made, not really their on-court ability alone.

He is one of my fav Blazers of all time, but im not mad at Mo in the least bit, and I doubt his number will ever be retired.

Yeah, it's hard to be mad at Mo for the reason he chose the number and for the fact that he chose Portland over some teams where he had starting offers (according to him) :h5: Agreed with the opinion on retiring Roy's jersey

[andremiller07]

I never seen the point of retiring numbers, like wouldn't you want someone to carry on the legacy regardless? Hang there number up on the rafters but let other people wear it, it's just a number at the end of the day.

[KNOW1EDGE]

I never seen the point of retiring numbers, like wouldn't you want someone to carry on the legacy regardless? Hang there number up on the rafters but let other people wear it, it's just a number at the end of the day.


I just hate it when teams have a bunch of numbers retired. And half of them are people who didn't even have good careers but were fan favorites or did something admirable. And then the #s available to active players is limited and you get people wearing some stupid/weird #s.

Like you said, hang em up, but let players continue to wear them.