There was some commentary yesterday suggesting that LaMarcus Aldridge had requested a trade from the Blazers (completely untrue), but that hasn’t stopped teams from trying to tempt the Blazers into a deal. The Cleveland Cavaliers are said to have offered both the No. 1 overall pick and the No. overall 19 pick in exchange for Aldridge and were turned away, while there have been rumblings that new Suns general manager Ryan McDonough has made at least one pass at Aldridge involving Marcin Gortat. HoopsWorld notice the qualifire (completely untrue) ?
Do you realize how childish you look? Do I have any control over this trade? Do you? I swear some of you are acting like my wishing will make it so. Do you think if enough of us wish really hard, we can make Aldridge turn into a pumpkin? I really can't fathom why some of you are throwing such a tantrum over this. There are rumors about Aldridge right now. We didn't make them up. We are merely speculating why and what could happen. If you don't like it, sod off.
Tissue? You clearly missed the point. Yes you are speculating over whether LMA wants out. Even if he does, your strategy of trading our best player to "fill some holes in the roster" is an absolutely terrible strategy. From my side, there is nothing personal. No tantrums. No wishing. I have no emotional ties to LMA. I just want to see the Blazers make the team better. You'd rather have people agree with your opinion that actually make the Blazers better. You can't handle your terrible strategy being shot down without whining, so perhaps you shouldn't be posting on interwebz forums.
STOP CHEAPENING THIS MOMENT FOR ME. you are ruining this. [video=youtube;weDVQMzzv6s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDVQMzzv6s[/video]
Let's pretend this is true. Let's then pretend that Chicago would give us Deng/Gibson/Teague for Aldridge. Then let's pretend the Clippers would give us Jordan for Batum/Freeland. We could, conceivably, make this 3-way deal: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oo94rf9 Lillard/Teague Matthews/Barton Deng/Claver Gibson/Zeller (#10) Jordan/Leonard Mediocrity-land?
Did anyone listen to 750 the game? Apparently Aldridge asked out during the exit interviews and wanted to go to Chicago or Dallas.
I don't think that team makes the playoffs. A tax team that probably has 2 years of 12-14 picks. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
While on its own this may seem like nothing more than conjecture, the more and more of these that come up, the more "where there is smoke, there is fire" becomes a reality...
First: this "source" is bullshit. Second: the article says the Bulls WOULDN'T do Noah (he's the heart and soul of their team). But third: if the above two were false, I would be okay with that. Noah is a more transformative player than Aldridge. He's the kind of player that wills you into the playoffs or into the next round. BUT: that's a healthy Noah, and he has troubles staying healthy. Long story short: tell Chicago don't bother calling again unless you're offering Noah AT LEAST.
I guess I'm confused then. In my little scenario, we: trade one all star for another, plus two decent reserves, trade one starter for another one at a more important position, draft a player who's being compared to the player he'd replace, and preserve nearly all of our cap space. Why is that all so bad?
