Woj: Aminu to Portland

[saltlover]

Adrian Wojnarowski
@WojYahooNBA
Free agent Aminu Al-Farouq has agreed to a four year, $30 million deal with Portland, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

We can't even get Aminu.  Panic!!

[gpap]

Adrian Wojnarowski
@WojYahooNBA
Free agent Aminu Al-Farouq has agreed to a four year, $30 million deal with Portland, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

We can't even get Aminu.  Panic!!

Thank God we didn't get this guy!

[BudweiserCeltic]

Adrian Wojnarowski
@WojYahooNBA
Free agent Aminu Al-Farouq has agreed to a four year, $30 million deal with Portland, league source tells Yahoo Sports.

We can't even get Aminu.  Panic!!

LOL, not even our plan Z's are working out.

So, another Celtics meeting cancelled? :p

Now all the people who complained about him, will come to this thread to sing about how big of a loss this was.

[knuckleballer]

Phew.  I was afraid we might sign him.

[Geo123]

That's why you target someone you can get and go after them hard. 

[Rondo9]

4 year 30 million dollars? I'm glad the Celtics missed out.

[HomerSapien]

Probably helps set the market for Crowder

[sawick48]

another guy that people around here thought we'd be able to get as a 'cheap alternative.'  not a bad signing at all for portland, nice batum replacement.  decent priced for his skill set in this market.  good move.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Crowder will get at least $8 million per. Which is what I thought it would be, but I think this deal might mean it could go even higher. I don't know about that and how high I'm willing to go to keep him.

Tough choices for us it seems.

[BudweiserCeltic]

MAJOR UPDATE!

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Of course, it's Al-Farouq Aminu.

[BigDogPitbull]

Didn't really want this guy.  He got paid way too much.

[TheFlex]

I like this for Portland. He replaces Batum's defensive versatility at a cheaper price.

Not worried about what this means for Crowder and how paying him something similar could impact our current cap flexibility because I don't see us bringing in multiple highly paid stars without a trade anyways, and beyond this season the cap will rise.

[saltlover]

Crowder will get at least $8 million per. Which is what I thought it would be, but I think this deal might mean it could go even higher. I don't know about that and how high I'm willing to go to keep him.

Tough choices for us it seems.

Restricted free agency might keep him lower, as teams might look at him as a second option, assuming C's will match.

[Grindfather]

I think the fact that Aminu is like the third deal announced after AD and Kahwi shows that Portland overshot the market a little.

[LarBrd33]

I said in the other thread, but how is it possible that Aminu could agree to sign in Portland 30 minutes after free agency begins.  Can you make a decision like that in 30 minutes??  That's wild.