(Quick) When enemies are friends: Trail Blazers-Raptors matchup has ties that bond

Where did I say you said you would trade Vonleh?

What your saying we need though will require a trade, will it not? Your adamant about not being able to sign a star in free agency and we dont have a pick(another project) and you want a vet. So who do you give up for him? You think Leonard gets us that vet? It will take a combination of our players which will kill the team chemistry.

What Im saying is we DON'T need to trade for another star because our youngs are still playing. Yes I know its good to have a couple vets on a young team, but we already have them. No the team doesn't all need to be 25 and they arent. So i'm missing your premise.

The only way I see us bring ing in a star player is in free agency. We have the money and we dont want to squash our current chemistry.

 

I would pay good money to watch BGD and Strenuus rap battle.

 

The whole premise is that we go out and sign DeRozan because he is close with Dame and Davis. That would essentially eat up all our cap space. I think we would also match on Harkless, Crabbe, and Leonard. I think Hendo and Kaman are gone, so that's most of our veteran leadership right there. I would try to trade Aminu/Leonard for a veteran. Or if the market for Harkless has strengthened, I'd keep Aminu and move Harkless. I like Aminu off the bench a lot more than I like him as a starter.

I think we have enough depth that we can move a couple guys for a veteran. I think this team could contend if we add a couple more pieces. Anderson would be a good pickup. He's only 27 and he would fit Stotts' system perfectly.

 

Vonlehs defense has been good, he has a respectable jumper. If we had DeRozen at SF we could play Aminu/Harkless at PF.

I wouldn't be against another PF but he would need to be a better than average defender plus have a jump shot. Then he'd have to be content with less minutes if Vonleh/Amunu/Harkless take some.

All together that makes for a very small set of criteria. Might be better to just roll with what we have. Remember 13 months ago many fans thought CJ was a lost cause.

 

Ryan Anderson? He's a mess defensively. I don't like him with a Dame/CJ backcourt at all. We need good defenders up front. Ryan Andereson is likely to make almost $20mil a year.

 

A few years ago Derozan was the worst player in the NBA (who got a lot of minutes). Has he really improved?
Not according to these people:
http://hoopshabit.com/2015/11/29/demar-derozan-crunch-time-catastrophe/
http://thesportsquotient.com/nba/2015/10/14/the-nbas-all-overrated-team
http://bballbreakdown.com/2015/10/07/pick-roll-demar-derozan/

Basically he's amazingly inefficient. And I don't think that's the kind of player Olshey values. Say what you like about Kanter and Monroe but they're efficient scorers.

 

Also:

 

I feel like Hillary Trump with the flip-flopping I'm about to do:
I am - once again - against DeRozan.

 

Wonder what it would take to land both Middleton and Monroe? C.J. and_____. Bucks might blow it up again.

 

And our coaching staff has Toronto connections.

 

After examining al-farouq Aminu play I think I'd rather keep Harkless.

 

That would SUCK royally.

 

Seems to have paid off for GPII

 

Need a big push here in the 2nd half! Go get this win!

 

Derozan could be a good acquisition, we already have one of the best back courts in the league, and I think he could play some SF.

 

This guy is a fucking bum.... A BUM! We don't need him on our team.

38 points? Fucking amateur. A real star drops 50+.

 

How many points did dame score in the 4th? 22?

 

If DeRozan agreed to come here we'd likely deal CJ for another star like Cousins or George.

 

Can DeRozan guard LeBron/Durant/George/Leonard?

If the answer is no (which I think it is), we'd need to trade CJ if we brought DeRozan in.