The Market for Batum and why Portland Should Match  Besides
draft night activities (which I look forward to immensely), re-
signing Nicolas Batum will one of the biggest priorities for the
Blazers. I took a look at the market for Batum to see which
teams could threaten our hold on him.  I eliminated teams that
won't have cap-space, or will have insignificant space. Of
course, things could change with the amnesty provision or
trades, but we'll cross that bridge later. Also, teams that are
unlikely to have interest (for example Indiana because they
already have Danny Granger and Paul George).  Here are the
eleven teams that are in position to make an offer. Contracts
are from Storyteller's Contracts. Numbers are in millions,
rounded to the nearest million that team has committed for next
year. Rookie contracts are not factored in, and many of these
teams still have the amnesty clause available.   The Bobcats are
almost completely devoid of talent. They have a plethora of
options if the want to use the amnesty cl