WOJ: Festus Ezeli has reached agreement on 2 year deal with the Blazers

[Prime_Shaq]

https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/751223669863641088
https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/751224157711597568

Seems like 16 mil for 2 years

[Meticode]

Little less. $7.3 and $7.4 million.

[Jameerthefear]

holy shit that's cheap

[RedBlackAttack]

Someone please explain to me how Mozgov got $16 million a year. :oldlol:

I know rim protectors are valuable and all of that, but... wut.

[Jameerthefear]

Someone please explain to me how Mozgov got $16 million a year. :oldlol:

I know rim protectors are valuable and all of that, but... wut.
the lakers are dumb

[Prime_Shaq]

holy shit that's cheap
Its really low risk but from what I watched from the Warriors last season he kinda sucks. Could hardly catch the ball, has tons of defensive lapses and on offense he is only capable on being the roll man.

[IGOTGAME]

Someone please explain to me how Mozgov got $16 million a year. :oldlol:

I know rim protectors are valuable and all of that, but... wut.

this legit pisses me off. Mosgov is out there looking like a corpse and he is getting double what this guy gets...

[RedBlackAttack]

this legit pisses me off. Mosgov is out there looking like a corpse and he is getting double what this guy gets...
Not to derail the thread, but I have to touch on this. And, it is part of the story now because Ezeli is a better and younger player than Mozgov, imo, and he was paid over double the money for double the years.


Who is making moves for the Lakers right now?

They've tanked themselves into some nice young talent and I do think Lakers fans have reason to be excited about the future because of that young core they're building, but giving Mozgov a FOUR YEAR, $64 million contract is going to prove to be a fire-able offense, imo.

If they just wanted to reach the salary floor, I would understand possibly giving the guy $16 million a year for one or maybe two seasons, if you're feeling generous. But four years at that number?

Is this Jeanie Buss? No offense to any of our potentially woman posters (they don't exist), but this seems like the kind of move someone who has no clue the way basketball works would make.

I don't believe Luke Walton had anything to do with this move, because it's just too terrible and he's not a dumb guy. Maybe he told the front office that Mozgov was a guy he had interest in having on the roster, but no way was he involved on the contract stuff at that number.

Is Mitch Kupchak having some kind of early onset dementia that the public doesn't know about?


I need to know who made that call. And, they need to be exiled from the NBA. This is coming from someone who has watched Timo play every minute of his last two seasons. He's not a bad player and he'll help the Lakers, but he was worth about what Ezeli got today ... maybe a little less because of his injury concerns and age.

What are they thinking?

[Wavves]

Was really worried when Portland was first linked with Ezeli that he would command so much more, but getting him at such a cheap price compared to the rest of the market is fantastic.

Jury is still out on how good he is, he was pretty bad in the Finals but for such a good price I'm really happy that he ended up on the Blazers.

[ALBballer]

Lakers taking another L.

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Bosnian Sajo]

I'm in shock...Mitch ****ed up.

[bigkingsfan]

Lakers free agent priority and first phone call was Mozgov. Blazers waited final minutes and got Ezili for peanuts. :yaohappy:

[PP34Deuce]

Moz is a better player.

Smarter
Better rim protector
Passer
Offensive skills.

Ezeli can roll and is more athletic..that's it.

[sammichoffate]

Not to derail the thread, but I have to touch on this. And, it is part of the story now because Ezeli is a better and younger player than Mozgov, imo, and he was paid over double the money for double the years.


Who is making moves for the Lakers right now?

They've tanked themselves into some nice young talent and I do think Lakers fans have reason to be excited about the future because of that young core they're building, but giving Mozgov a FOUR YEAR, $64 million contract is going to prove to be a fire-able offense, imo.

If they just wanted to reach the salary floor, I would understand possibly giving the guy $16 million a year for one or maybe two seasons, if you're feeling generous. But four years at that number?

Is this Jeanie Buss? No offense to any of our potentially woman posters (they don't exist), but this seems like the kind of move someone who has no clue the way basketball works would make.

I don't believe Luke Walton had anything to do with this move, because it's just too terrible and he's not a dumb guy. Maybe he told the front office that Mozgov was a guy he had interest in having on the roster, but no way was he involved on the contract stuff at that number.

Is Mitch Kupchak having some kind of early onset dementia that the public doesn't know about?


I need to know who made that call. And, they need to be exiled from the NBA. This is coming from someone who has watched Timo play every minute of his last two seasons. He's not a bad player and he'll help the Lakers, but he was worth about what Ezeli got today ... maybe a little less because of his injury concerns and age.

What are they thinking?It wasn't Luke's Call, but apparently Brian Shaw's
(http://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-rumors-marcelo-huertas-agrees-to-two-year-contract/2016/07/07/)

[coined]

Not to derail the thread, but I have to touch on this. And, it is part of the story now because Ezeli is a better and younger player than Mozgov, imo, and he was paid over double the money for double the years.


Who is making moves for the Lakers right now?

They've tanked themselves into some nice young talent and I do think Lakers fans have reason to be excited about the future because of that young core they're building, but giving Mozgov a FOUR YEAR, $64 million contract is going to prove to be a fire-able offense, imo.

If they just wanted to reach the salary floor, I would understand possibly giving the guy $16 million a year for one or maybe two seasons, if you're feeling generous. But four years at that number?

Is this Jeanie Buss? No offense to any of our potentially woman posters (they don't exist), but this seems like the kind of move someone who has no clue the way basketball works would make.

I don't believe Luke Walton had anything to do with this move, because it's just too terrible and he's not a dumb guy. Maybe he told the front office that Mozgov was a guy he had interest in having on the roster, but no way was he involved on the contract stuff at that number.

Is Mitch Kupchak having some kind of early onset dementia that the public doesn't know about?


I need to know who made that call. And, they need to be exiled from the NBA. This is coming from someone who has watched Timo play every minute of his last two seasons. He's not a bad player and he'll help the Lakers, but he was worth about what Ezeli got today ... maybe a little less because of his injury concerns and age.

What are they thinking?



Maybe Walton had something to do with it, and give a bit of help to his Warriors.

[bdreason]

Ezili was overwhelmed in the playoffs, but he still has potential. Good signing by the Blazers.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Good signing. Leonard hasn't been offered an offer sheet, right? Guess he won't be. It'll be interesting where he goes. He has potential, too.

[Achilleas]

ezeli is nothing special,he is injured more times than bogut and he can't catch the ball to save his life,even walton didn't wan't him in the lakers

[r0drig0lac]

:lol lolkers

[K.dot ShowTime]

We just took major L here.

Festut Beastzeli is the next shaq

[Nike D'Antoni]

Given more minutes, this dude can average more block shots.

[coin24]

The Mozgod contract is still idiotic.. Could have had him for like $5m per, WTF were they thinking.. No one else wanted the scrub:facepalm

FFS they could have gotten Ezeli aswel, just get rid of sacre and young:facepalm

[Kiddlovesnets]

Looks like Lakers missed out Fetus Ezeli.

[Haymaker]

Someone please explain to me how Mozgov got $16 million a year. :oldlol:

I know rim protectors are valuable and all of that, but... wut.

Lakers are clearly not done with the lottery. One more year of tank, a good pick awaits.

[DMAVS41]

Not to derail the thread, but I have to touch on this. And, it is part of the story now because Ezeli is a better and younger player than Mozgov, imo, and he was paid over double the money for double the years.


Who is making moves for the Lakers right now?

They've tanked themselves into some nice young talent and I do think Lakers fans have reason to be excited about the future because of that young core they're building, but giving Mozgov a FOUR YEAR, $64 million contract is going to prove to be a fire-able offense, imo.

If they just wanted to reach the salary floor, I would understand possibly giving the guy $16 million a year for one or maybe two seasons, if you're feeling generous. But four years at that number?

Is this Jeanie Buss? No offense to any of our potentially woman posters (they don't exist), but this seems like the kind of move someone who has no clue the way basketball works would make.

I don't believe Luke Walton had anything to do with this move, because it's just too terrible and he's not a dumb guy. Maybe he told the front office that Mozgov was a guy he had interest in having on the roster, but no way was he involved on the contract stuff at that number.

Is Mitch Kupchak having some kind of early onset dementia that the public doesn't know about?


I need to know who made that call. And, they need to be exiled from the NBA. This is coming from someone who has watched Timo play every minute of his last two seasons. He's not a bad player and he'll help the Lakers, but he was worth about what Ezeli got today ... maybe a little less because of his injury concerns and age.

What are they thinking?

Not a derail at all. Your points are valid and are apt.

Festus is better than Mozgov.

2 years and cheaper for the Blazers is excellent.

Hell, Zaza is is about as good as Mozgov.

The Mozgov move is one of the dumbest moves a franchise in their position could make.

Now they are stuck in the conundrum with Russ fare more likely to change teams in free agency...and if they don't trade for him...will not have the cap space to add two max players.

They are stuck with 4 years of Mozgov and Deng at bad salary numbers.

All for the potential benefit of helping young players develop? It is the worst risk/reward situation contracts I can remember.

It is pathetic...

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

The Trailblazers were able to get him for so cheap because teams have already signed their players and have already spent their money. The demand is no longer there, so he had to sign somewhere that needed a big man and had **some** cap space left. It reminds me of Dallas getting Ellis a few years ago. They got him cheap for the same reason.

As for the Lakers, both Deng and Mozgov are nonfactor deals. The money was meaningless. The Lakers had to spend money on someone. They chose a couple of vets who won't hamper the young players. And will easily be able to be traded if needed.

[DMAVS41]

The Trailblazers were able to get him for so cheap because teams have already signed their players and have already spent their money. The demand is no longer there, so he had to sign somewhere that needed a big man and had **some** cap space left. It reminds me of Dallas getting Ellis a few years ago. They got him cheap for the same reason.

As for the Lakers, both Deng and Mozgov are nonfactor deals. The money was meaningless. The Lakers had to spend money on someone. They chose a couple of vets who won't hamper the young players. And will easily be able to be traded if needed.

Completely false. It prevents them from having 2 max slots the next 2 free agency periods depending on what happens with the cap.

How is that a non factor?

If they somehow were to trade or sign Russ...they would be primed to sign another star. Now they won't be able to.

You will not be able to move Mozgov and Deng easily without sending assets along with them for at least 2 plus years.

The cap is not going up as much as projected so those contracts look even worse today...not better.

[Haymaker]

Completely false. It prevents them from having 2 max slots the next 2 free agency periods depending on what happens with the cap.

How is that a non factor?

If they somehow were to trade or sign Russ...they would be primed to sign another star. Now they won't be able to.

You will not be able to move Mozgov and Deng easily without sending assets along with them for at least 2 plus years.

The cap is not going up as much as projected so those contracts look even worse today...not better.

Maybe they still want to tank and get those lottery picks.

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

Completely false. It prevents them from having 2 max slots the next 2 free agency periods depending on what happens with the cap.

How is that a non factor?

If they somehow were to trade or sign Russ...they would be primed to sign another star. Now they won't be able to.

You will not be able to move Mozgov and Deng easily without sending assets along with them for at least 2 plus years.

The cap is not going up as much as projected so those contracts look even worse today...not better.

The cap is only going to go down from 107 million to 102 million. It will affect teams like GS who will lose Livingston and Iggy next summer. It won't really matter to the Lakers who are not a contender to sign a big free agent anyway.

[ErhnamDjinn]

How the fck did solomon hill get a big deal yet festus gets peanuts damn.

[imdaman99]

He's gonna be a backup right? That's decent. This guy is not starting material in the NBA.

Plumlee was running a great Draymond-lite type game for the Blazers. He was putting up like 12-12-8 type games in the playoffs, I was impressed. He just can't shoot anything outside of 5 feet, if he works on that he can be legit.

[DMAVS41]

The cap is only going to go down from 107 million to 102 million. It will affect teams like GS who will lose Livingston and Iggy next summer. It won't really matter to the Lakers who are not a contender to sign a big free agent anyway.

What if they trade for Russ? What if Russ wants to come to the Lakers or would have been willing next summer if they could also sign another star?

You really think the upside of having Mozgov/Deng on 4 year deals is worth the risk of losing out on a guy like prime Westbrook?

Again...what was the upside of Mozgov/Deng vs Zaza/Teletovic....or trading for a guy like Jorebko.

Or signing Ezeli?

Nothing about these moves makes sense unless you are literally punting on the next 3 years. And that is a terrible idea because you never know what could happen. And if you really are punting...you'd want guys that don't add a lot of wins so you'd get better picks.

It is like the Lakers were terrified of giving up a good pick to the Sixers (which they are going to likely do regardless) and panicked into signing two guys that might artificially make them look better than they actually are.

[Doranku]

The cap is only going to go down from 107 million to 102 million. It will affect teams like GS who will lose Livingston and Iggy next summer. It won't really matter to the Lakers who are not a contender to sign a big free agent anyway.

You really need to research Bird Rights, lol.

[SwishSquared]

Neil Olshey with another fantastic value free agent signing. Looks like the Blazers will pass on overpaying Crabbe, yet they're stuck with overpaying for Turner. Given that Dame and CJ can create, I didn't see the need to give ET like $70M.

How the Lakers didn't wait on signing Mozgov is beyond me. At least try to reach out to Biyombo or something before Mozgov. Heck, $21M/3 years, with no guarantee on final season and partially-guaranteed 2nd season to Ezeli would have made plenty more sense.

I get why LAL also threw a big deal at Deng, but they could have pulled a Blazers and signed a bunch of solid young guys instead. They've committed ~$34M/year to 2 declining vets. For less money, they could have ultimately signed Galloway/S. Hill/L. Thomas/Ezeli. At least all 4 are in their prime and offer some upside, and if they pan out, can be used as salary-matchers in a trade.