Trail blazers reject minnys offer for Batum

[saltlover]

Well, that probably seals the fate of Courtney Lee.

Where's you get that? Batum isn't a 2, therefore I don't this would make a difference.

Cap room makes a difference.

[Lucky17]

TwolvesNow ‏@Twolvesnow

The bright side of this is that T-Wolves saved about $10M to help sign other coveted FAs. Look for Roy, Shved & Stiemsma to sign soon.

Shved = Alexey Shved, a 23-year old 6'6" guard from Russia. Rumored to have a 3-year, $10 million offer from the Wolves.

With Roy also in tow, I think Minnesota may not be interested in Lee. But the writing may be on the wall for Stiemsma.

[saltlover]

TwolvesNow ‏@Twolvesnow

The bright side of this is that T-Wolves saved about $10M to help sign other coveted FAs. Look for Roy, Shved & Stiemsma to sign soon.

Shved = Alexey Shved, a 23-year old 6'6" guard from Russia. Rumored to have a 3-year, $10 million offer from the Wolves.

With Roy also in tow, I think Minnesota may not be interested in Lee. But the writing may be on the wall for Stiemsma.

Never heard of Shved, but that would be good news in removing a major suitor for Lee.

[Eja117]

Wow, those are major trade offers to turn down.

Major trade offers to decline of an offer sheet Portland doesn't want to match anyways.

Must be a business decision of some sort.

[RebusRankin]

11.5 million per year for Batum, that's turrible.