Rumor Woj says the Blazers are one of the teams most interested in a wing upgrade at the deadline

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by santeesioux, Jan 8, 2018.

Moderators: 7

Moderators

  1. BrianFromWA
  2. Chris Craig
  3. Darkwebs
  4. Ed O
  5. PtldPlatypus
  6. SlyPokerDog
  7. Strenuus
Page 4 of 8
  1. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

    Joined:
    Oct 24, 2008
    Messages:
    19,094
    Likes Received:
    22,763
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Shabazz Napier is a great backup PG (starter quality for many teams) and POR may be willing to move him in spite of how great he's playing. He will be a restricted free agent next summer and due to the luxury tax situation POR may not be able to match any offers he gets.

    If you take Harkless and Napier that's almost an exact salary match for Mirotic. If you also take Noah Vonleh, that gets the Blazers under the tax threshold. Vonleh and Napier are both in the final years of their contracts, but you would get their Bird rights. So, you would have the choice to either match any offers they get next summer, or let them walk. It would be your choice. You'd have half a season to see how well they fit your roster/system before making any decision.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Jan 9, 2018
    #61
    Orion Bailey likes this.
  2. truebluefan

    truebluefan Administrator Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2010
    Messages:
    212,768
    Likes Received:
    821
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Sounds good to me.

    I know Utah wants to move Burks, his salary is too high for us going forward in the rebuild. Napier would make since, especially if Bulls are looking to move Grant.
     
    truebluefan, Jan 9, 2018
    #62
  3. truebluefan

    truebluefan Administrator Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2010
    Messages:
    212,768
    Likes Received:
    821
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Tell me what you think of this, posted on twitter 2 days ago. I get feeling many of you would not like a pick included.

     
    truebluefan, Jan 9, 2018
    #63
  4. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,536
    Likes Received:
    38,601
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    Noah and Moe is a good offer.

    I wouldn't trade a 1st unless it was a 2019 1st with Turner attached.
     
    BonesJones, Jan 10, 2018
    #64
    truebluefan and tester551 like this.
  5. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2008
    Messages:
    44,274
    Likes Received:
    26,816
    Trophy Points:
    113
    We don't need a stretch big. We have a 1000 of them. We need an athletic wing who can defend and shoot
     
    Mediocre Man, Jan 10, 2018
    #65
    truebluefan, BBert, HailBlazers and 3 others like this.
  6. BrunoSOC

    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2016
    Messages:
    848
    Likes Received:
    793
    Trophy Points:
    93
    the perfect trade is evan turner and 1st round for mirotic. Move back harkless for the starting lineup or put aminu on the 3 spot.
     
    BrunoSOC, Jan 10, 2018
    #66
    BonesJones and Gronk Brady like this.
  7. BrunoSOC

    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2016
    Messages:
    848
    Likes Received:
    793
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Shabazz is the 3rd ball handler we are looking for. We need him.
     
    BrunoSOC, Jan 10, 2018
    #67
  8. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2009
    Messages:
    30,672
    Likes Received:
    8,852
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    retired, while you work!
    If Napier were the 1st ballhandler and Lillard was gone, all the other players would blossom as they did last night. But Stotts wants to hang every game on 48 minutes of Lillard.
     
    jlprk, Jan 10, 2018
    #68
    Gronk Brady likes this.
  9. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,536
    Likes Received:
    38,601
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or ridiculous.
     
    BonesJones, Jan 10, 2018
    #69
    Orion Bailey and dviss1 like this.
  10. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

    Joined:
    May 7, 2015
    Messages:
    44,536
    Likes Received:
    38,601
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Vancouver, WA
    Like who? Who's available on the trade market that checks those 3 boxes?
     
    BonesJones, Jan 10, 2018
    #70
  11. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2008
    Messages:
    34,275
    Likes Received:
    43,615
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Middleton? Don't know--is he athletic?
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jan 10, 2018
    #71
  12. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    57,589
    Likes Received:
    56,020
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    NYstateofmind
    He's not on the trade market-- at least, he shouldn't be.
     
    illmatic99, Jan 10, 2018
    #72
  13. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2011
    Messages:
    29,479
    Likes Received:
    27,329
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Ouch! That was a quick lil' MM smackdown! :D
     
    dviss1, Jan 10, 2018
    #73
    BonesJones likes this.
  14. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    92,752
    Likes Received:
    55,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    I was really hoping OKC would be worse off at this point so we could poach PG13.
     
    Natebishop3, Jan 10, 2018
    #74
  15. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

    Joined:
    Sep 15, 2008
    Messages:
    17,100
    Likes Received:
    11,718
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Systems Analyst
    Location:
    Beaverton, Oregon
    Like nobody. But that doesn't mean we should make that trade. Getting Mirotic for Harkless and Vonleh would be regression in my opinion.
     
    tlongII, Jan 10, 2018
    #75
  16. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2011
    Messages:
    29,479
    Likes Received:
    27,329
    Trophy Points:
    113
    [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    dviss1, Jan 10, 2018
    #76
    Orion Bailey, riverman and PtldPlatypus like this.
  17. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    92,752
    Likes Received:
    55,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    We have several free agents this summer and we can't afford to keep them all.

    Vonleh
    Nurk
    Bazz
    Davis

    These are players that we could trade for something useful. That is unless you're looking for a repeat of a couple summers ago when we overpaid Harkless, Leonard, and Crabbe.
     
    Natebishop3, Jan 10, 2018
    #77
  18. UKRAINEFAN

    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 30, 2008
    Messages:
    14,685
    Likes Received:
    11,873
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    un-retired
    Location:
    Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
    I don't know if he is on the trade market but a guy named Aminu might fill the bill.
     
    UKRAINEFAN, Jan 10, 2018
    #78
    BonesJones and Orion Bailey like this.
  19. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

    Joined:
    Oct 24, 2008
    Messages:
    19,094
    Likes Received:
    22,763
    Trophy Points:
    113
    If only he could play small forward, he'd be perfect.

    BNM
     
    Boob-No-More, Jan 10, 2018
    #79
    Orion Bailey, dviss1 and HailBlazers like this.
  20. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2008
    Messages:
    26,073
    Likes Received:
    9,027
    Trophy Points:
    113
    [​IMG]


    [​IMG]
     
    BrianFromWA, Jan 10, 2018
    #80
    BBert likes this.
Page 4 of 8

Share This Page