Don't believe national media reports of what is being offered for Batum imo. These people are trying to create news, not report what's actually going on. I would be shocked if there is a S & T at this point. Look for the offer sheet to be signed & sent to the league today. I think there's a high probability POR will match.
re the Roy money thing - insurance would have paid POR something like $17 mil if he had stayed retired. Since he's coming back to play now, that policy is void. lol Paul Allen.
Serves them right for what they did to us with that Webster deal - there ought to be some kind of penalty for them and award for us because of the injury. If they match Batum's offer, at least we forced them to pay more than they wanted for him, plus we cost their owner $17 mil for Roy too.
Hopefully after this Batum thing is over, we end up with something like C Lee, Shved, Roy & Steimsma. Those guys, along with adding Budinger, losing Beasley, Darko & AR, (and hopefully still Wes) would be a massive upgrade to this team.
I hear Iggy is not really on our radar anymore. It sounds like he has an opt out clause in his contract after this season that he intends to exercise so he can go play superfriends or something. So he would be a one year rental at best.