Deandre Ayton to be bought out and become free agent.

[highwhey]

https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1...7Ctwgr%5Etweet

So Ayton signing with the lakers is the most obvious move right?


EDIT: DAMN, ol slip of the finger. just came from fingering walkonwater's mom and as i was typing with my unwashed hand, my finger slipped and hit the submit button.

[beasted]

The Portland Trailblazers should be demoted to the G- League. They are by far the worst run organization at the moment.

[warriorfan]

op make sure you exercise today

[Axe]

The Portland Trailblazers should be demoted to the G- League. They are by far the worst run organization at the moment.

No. The bulls (as much as i hate to admit it) and the hornets are.

[highwhey]

The Portland Trailblazers should be demoted to the G- League. They are by far the worst run organization at the moment.

some ownerships give absolutely zero fcks about their teams doing well or holding on to talent. seems like portlan is one of those teams that just gives away talent.

kind of reminds me of the old suns days when we would treat draft picks as cash vouchers.

[beasted]

No. The bulls (as much as i hate to admit it) and the hornets are.

No, it's definitely the Blazers. If I backtracked all the terrible decisions over the last 4 years, people would be shocked.

[Xiao Yao You]

The Portland Trailblazers should be demoted to the G- League. They are by far the worst run organization at the moment.

Great move. Get better by subtraction. Obviously trying to win games this year with holiday and this

[Real Men Wear Green]

He averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds. 26 years old. I know he has a bad reputation but it's crazy that they can't make a trade happen to get some assets.

[Xiao Yao You]

He averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds. 26 years old. I know he has a bad reputation but it's crazy that they can't make a trade happen to get some assets.

Who wants to pay a bum 36 million? Suns were lucky to find a sucker last time

[Hey Yo]

Who wants to pay a bum 36 million? Suns were lucky to find a sucker last time

I wouldn't necessarily call him a bum.... he's avg. a double-double the 7yrs he's been in the the league. He's not worth 36mil a season cause he can't stay on the floor due to injury.

[Xiao Yao You]

Hes a bum. Very talented. A total waste

[Real Men Wear Green]

Who wants to pay a bum 36 million? Suns were lucky to find a sucker last time

It would appear that no one thinks he's worth it I just find it wild that a 26 year-old double-double big would have no takers and the team is so fed up with him that they just want him to go away.

[beasted]

Being rewarded with minutes despite low effort and IQ is contagious to your team's dynamic. If I was a coach, I wouldn't want that headache near my team. How do you hold other players accountable?

[Xiao Yao You]

It would appear that no one thinks he's worth it I just find it wild that a 26 year-old double-double big would have no takers and the team is so fed up with him that they just want him to go away.

Sit him on the bench where he becomes a distraction or cut your losses

[beasted]

“You can have bad plays,’’ the maxim reads, “but not bad ways.”

The quote is from Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown, whom Billups played for in Detroit and now considers a mentor. It’s a quote that goes a long way in explaining why the Trail Blazers parted ways with center Deandre Ayton, whom they waived after negotiating a contract buyout, this week.

See, the Blazers could live with Ayton missing shots or his man scoring on him. They could even live with him being limited by injuries to 55 and 40 games in his two seasons in Portland.

But in the end, they couldn’t live with his bad ways. The tardiness to team flights and practices, according to a team source. The skipping of rehabilitation appointments. Fans saw him slam chairs when he was taken out of games. And a team source said there were tantrums in the locker room when he was sidelined for poor effort.

And for as much as the Blazers tried to compliment Ayton for being supportive of 2024 lottery pick Donovan Clingan, doesn’t it speak volumes that they are paying him millions to stay away from their young centers — Clingan and 2025 first-round pick Yang Hansen? It’s not like Portland is averse to paying someone $35 million to mentor; they just traded for veteran Jrue Holiday, who has even more remaining money remaining on his contract, for what is presumably a mentorship-type role with point guard Scoot Henderson

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...s-free-agency/

Yikes. It's worse than I knew about. I wouldn't touch this guy if I were a GM trying to build a contender.