Should we have traded 2007 Draft Pick for Tim Duncan?

I'd love to get a beer with ya but I'm just having fun too!

 

I like to answer silly questions with good answers. We should have traded the pick for Cleveland's 2019 first round pick and their 2021 first.

 

But we bounced back quick with Dame. I think Orlando would’ve taken Oden and traded Howard.

 

https://forums.prosportsdaily.com/s...ere-Willing-To-Trade-Tim-Duncan-For-Greg-Oden

 

Yeah, it's pretty common to trade a pick for 2 picks 12 and 14 years into the future.

 

I remember thinking at the time, "man I feel like we're in a Michael Jordan scenario again."

 

Never offered

Since we are dealing in hypotheticals though, should we have drafted Magic Johnson, or traded for Kareem?

 

how about the 1978 draft:

1 POR Mychal Thompson
6 BOS Larry Bird
7 POR Ron Brewer
9 CHI Reggie Theus
24 POR Keith Herron
36 PHI Maurice Cheeks

Bird, Theus, and Cheeks would have been a decent perimeter trio

 

a rumor from a forum? If that's the case then look at all the rumors in this forum. They must all be true. Sorry, but a link from a forum hardly sells me on the idea that Spurs were offering Duncan. Much of these rumors were started from a Quick interview and history has shown him not to be very reliable with info.

 

Not possible. The Blazers didn't draft Bird because he refused to sign with us and still had a year of eligibility to go back to college.

 

ok, but MM was proposing a hypothetical based upon alternate reality. Stop being a kill joy with my alternate reality by bringing up real reality

my next stop on the way back machine would be a few years later. In 1984, Portland chooses Jordan instead of Bowie. The Blazers then convince Sabonis to come over 5 years earlier when the USSR first allowed it. Then, Portland agrees to trade Kersey and Robinson for Charles Barkley, instead of refusing the deal. And the Blazers run with a lineup of Porter-Jordan-Drexler-Barkley-Young Sabonis and win 8 straight titles...or 10

also, I don't marry either of my ex-wives and I buy Apple and Amazon stock in 1998. I'm telling you, that's a better reality then the one I'm stuck in

 

See that is better because it was actually possible.

 

I thought we were just making shit up, like the OP did?

 

The relevant trade opportunity with substance, as I recall, was prime Garnett. Oden was so highly thought of as a prospect, despite the revisionist memory of many people, that that was quickly dismissed. Two rings for Boston the next three years puts Oden's value into perspective.

 

Didn't Boston only win one?

 

I don't believe it. If it wasn't Oden he would have taken to the dance, why would he save his dick picture?

 

How is he? I remember when he was the mod of the original fansite with Casey and Sarah...? Dude knows his stuff...do you guys still do podcasts together?

 

I know it's all hindsight, but Durant is not better than a healthy Oden would have been. A better scorer? Sure. But there isn't a doubt in my mind that Oden would have brought multiple titles to nearly any team. And certainly would have gotten one on Portland before Roy broke down. In fact he probably would have helped extend Roy's career.

Dude was awesome when he was healthy. That was a hell of a 20 game stretch for such a young guy.

Durant had to ride coat tails to get there.

 

2 ex wives eh? Sure wouldn't have expected that. I have never had one and have been married for going on 36 years.

 

I don’t disagree one bit. If that man had different knees he’s a franchise changing player every bit Durant is.