The thinking in grabbing an Iggy type guy isvthat it moves,Wes to 6th man and improves our bench greatly. Then Jermaine is cheap and can play 20mins while healthy, leaving plenty of time for Meyers to continue developing.
Someone posted about Jordan not being happy. Clippers have to re-sign Paul, replace Odom and Billups and Bledsoe's contract will be up after next year. Griffin makes 14mil next year and Butler is getting 8 mil/yr. That 10-11mil/yr for 24 min/gm center could weigh down the Clippers this off season. A Jordan/Leonard center tandem could be good.
I would have said that too at the beginning of the season. And it may be true again next year. But the fact remains he has been playing pretty well the last couple of months. So if we can get him cheap AND add other players it's not a bad option.
Yeah I posted that from an article in the LA times. I think there is a strong possibility they will move him for the reasons you listed AND the fact he is not happy going to the bench at the end of games due to his shitty free throw shooting. But then again he would sit at the end of games here too. But maybe by then he will be more accepting of it. (or improve his free throw shooting)
The "lesser" Lopez would be the perfect center for this team. If there's any chance that New Orleans would part with him, that's what we need to do.
Isn't Donald Sterling still the owner? I think we were considering this under the unbalanced trade scenario where the Clips save money. I was thinking Freeland and our #1 pick. Which brings up a question. If we have to potentially give away our #1 pick next year, can we actually trade our #1 pick this year?
Until it is known what happens to this year's pick, the Blazers can't trade their 1st round pick for this year or next year.
That will be known the second the season ends, though, and won't be an issue during the draft, or the lead-up to the draft. Does anyone think that the Blazers could get Jordan in the last few weeks of this season? That's not what is being discussed, is it?
If it's Jordan, for them to save money, then the deal is agreed to on draft night, but not official until the free agent moratorium is lifted July...whatever, 7th, let's say. Then we'd trade cap space and the rights to whoever we drafted at 12 for Jordan. The trading consecutive picks rule would be irrelevant, because we'd be trading a player, not a pick.
That's the way is must happen, although you can actually have an agreement for the trade. What I've always wondered is why a team never seems to drop out of a verbal agreement like that after the draft. Could a team have second thoughts, and renege on such a trade?
Ah, yeah, but that will be known before the draft. Thanks for the clarification, though. You're right in that even getting the 12th slot prior to the lottery could end up with the Blazers getting either the 13th or even 14th pick!
I feel like I heard of that happening before, but have no recollection of it. Might not have been in NBA. I think if me and you were GMs, and you said ok, draft....let's say Alex Len for me, and I'll send you DeAndre Jordan, and then when it came down, you pulled back, I know I'd never make another deal with you. And I imagine a lot of other GMs would feel the same. We heard rumors of KP having a hard time making deals just because some GMs didn't like the attention he received. Who knows if those were true or not. But if a little attention makes them up the price, imagine someone backing on a deal like that. Would be tough to find friends, I imagine.
