I doubt there is a chance in hell for us to get Whiteside with those players mentioned in the article
A trio of Whiteside, CJ and Dame would be deadly. I wished we got him this summer. I just don't think we have the pieces necessary to get him. Then again, Miami is rebuilding so good young cheap players maybe a good thing.
Well that's just a kick in the pants. What's the point of this lip service? He didn't come here, so why say "I would have..." For everything outside of bball, I too would have picked MIA over PDX. No tax, South Beach, sun, diversity, women. Ugh.
It just sucks. These are supposed to be the best, most competitive athletes in the world. Winning should take precedence over comfort and lifestyle... I get it. Doesn't mean I have to like it. I'm with you.... UGH!!!!
Well, DWade was still in the picture when Whiteside re-signed in MIA. He didn't necessarily know that they were going in the tank (although the writing was on the wall).
Actually, now that I think about it, if Olshey had managed to sign Whiteside, in addition to not having the money to sign Turner, he most likely would have let Leonard go too. I think most people around here would be okay with that exchange.
How about: MIA gets: Plumlee Terrence Ross Pick\Crabbe TOR gets: Leonard Aminu POR gets: Whiteside The same can work if you replace MIA with SAC\cousins
Well, we'd also have Layman. And apparently 3 open roster spots. And the salaries don't balance (Toronto's getting $16M+ back in exchange for 1o), so they'd have to add someone else to the deal to even make it work. Sullinger, maybe? Still, why would Toronto give up Ross (+ more) for those two? Doesn't really make sense from their end.
I think they'd love to have Aminu as their starting 4. Leonard makes no sense for them though. Plumlee and Aminu to Toronto would easily get them to trade Ross or Powell and a 1st.
TOR Gets: Aminu Plumlee 2018 CLE 1st MIA Gets: Leonard Ross/Powell Vonleh 2017 TOR 1st 2017 POR 1st POR Gets: Whiteside Patterson Lillard/CJ CJ/Crabbe Harkless/Turner Patterson/Davis Whiteside/Davis(or Ezeli)
Problem is: i don't think Riley wants Leonard, they need to feel like they are getting enough starters. Reasons i sent Meyers and Aminu to Toronto: -They courted Leonard during the summer, they obviously think he can fit their system and the modern NBA. -Aminu solves their problem at the 4, it is known around the league they are willing to send Ross for a big man. Wish we still had Batum for this trade, Masai always loved him.
I wonder if Neil over-paid Turner and Crabbe because he plans to trade CJ to balance out the roster. If you think about it, without CJ, we'd have no one close to competent to start next to Dame aside from Crabbe, and Crabbe isn't much of a ball handler so they went after Turner. I think Whiteside makes more sense for Portland than Cousins. He's locked up while cousins is not.
