Aminu - Might be time to sell high on him. Will he ever play better basketball in his career? I don't think so. Also, we have a plethora of young PFs. He'll need to be able to play the 3 long-term if he's to stay in Portland. Nurk - Too inconsistent on the offensive end of the floor. I'd rather not be in another "Allen Crabbe" situation with Nurk this July.
Wrong player allusion, more a Nic Batum situation. Regularly you are grateful he is on your team, other times you wish he’d get his act together. Batum has a huge, untradeable contract, that is what I fear with Nurkic. Gramps...
Arguments can be made for all the forwards and centers because they're equally good (approximately). Any other GM would have long ago made consolidation trades, creating a class system of good and bad players. Instead, we have equally good ones, so decisions are random, not obvious. So this thread is all over the map, as we wait out his soap opera drama for years. Lazy Olshey makes a move only when forced, by economics.
Unless we can get someone like Drummond, I don't think trading Nurkic makes sense right now. I don't think he's going to be a huge massive superstar a lot of people predict him to be since the Nurk Fever last year, his inconsistency will eventually prevent him from reaching that level, but he's still a decent center and I seriously doubt he's going to get a max deal in the Summer - I can see him maybe getting a $12M - $14M a year type of contract. Aminu is too cheap to trade right now, I want to keep him around for the bench role. If you move him, you are not going to get another player like him for $7M a year to replace him. I'd trade Davis because we won't keep him past this season and he might fetch us a good second rounder, and get us below luxury tax. I'd trade Vonleh as well, no future for him here, and maybe try to move Swanigan as well as he won't get minutes anyway. I'd also not completely exclude the possibility of trading Napier as with his recent form, and shortage of cheap point guards in the league, we might actually be able to get someone good in return for him. New York and Utah are my prime trade partners for dealing Shabazz.
You make some good points here. Aminu for 7 million next year is a good deal. I also agree on Nurk only getting 12-14. No one is going to break the bank on him. I like Noah and Davis, but I can see moving one.....but not both. I guess Noah is the odd man out. He should be able to shed us the 2.5 needed to get under the luxury tax limit.
Thats exactly it. What can we realistically get for our contracts? Davis? Shabazz? Aminu? Will the player(s) we get in return make us better? I don't think Vonleh can replicate Ed Davis's production this year. Maybe in a year or two. Its going to take more development. Davis is a precious commodity.
It's like there's a such thing as "dog nip". If Ed Davis gets a Butters type deal, YOU PAY THAT MAN.... 10 MIL per for Davis is a STEAL. Figure it out.
Well if you go off of what was reported last year pre-deadline on Aminu's value. Cavs/Boston/Geko's were calling on Aminu. I'd say that says a lot in a year where Aminu couldn't stay healthy. Now he's healthy & shooting a career high from deep. Only imagine his value has gone up right? At the very least it's equal to last year. I think Napier is in a perfect scenario for him, but I don't think he's any better than guys like Farrel, Burks, etc. The Cavs are down on him, but is Davis really that much better than Thompson? I can't say a for sure yes, or no. Imo if Portland trades Aminu the best they'll get is a 1st rounder outside the lotto. I don't think Davis is all that tradeable because hustle players aren't valued.(See Faried, Amundson, Warrick, etc) Napier is going to at best net a 2nd round pick.
