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  1. blue9

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    Can't kill something that was never alive.
     
    blue9, Jan 28, 2019
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    Trading Paul and 4 first round picks, something Morey crazy:) The GS and LA parts of my post feel more like “whens” than “ifs”
     
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    How many on here were RAVING about the Pels picking up Julius Randle? Losing Rondo/Boogie hurt them more than they thought but people say the same thing about our GM and Dame in almost every thread.
     
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    Yeah. New Orleans probably had a better chance to keep an NBA team when Pistol Pete was playing for the Jazz.
     
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    The AD trade demand just made Mirotic more available I would think.
     
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    Can’t wait until he goes elsewhere and Olshey makes Woj include Portland among those that pursued him.
     
    Scalma, Jan 28, 2019
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    One thing is sure, if they don't trade him, he will be sitting on the bench for much of the rest of the season to ensure the tank and also make sure he's healthy going into the summer.
     
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    Well, it's not like they win with him anyway, so? How many winning seasons has he had? Two?
    Don't get me wrong, I'd love to trade for him. But, as with nearly all PFs, he's best suited to be a side kick rather than the...what do you call a side kick's superior?
     
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    Dame
     
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    Neil wants AD but Dame, CJ, Nurk, Collins and Simmons are off the table.
     
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    You... suck (personal insult?) I wanted to say Dame and you beat me to it.
     
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    Too slow
     
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    Whatever he is, there is no more perfect compliment to Lillard than Davis. He even fits well next to Nurk. Nurk doesn’t care about touches he’d more than happy to take on more responsibility in a facilitator role.
     
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    Thank you for your invaluable insights.
     
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    Woj makes a good point, why not trade for him for a run this year, if he still refuses to sign an extension this offseason trade him to the highest bidder. I understand you will get less back but it’s the price you pay for going for it this year.
     
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    There’s been some obvious players for Neil to pursue in the past year or two, but none more obvious than AD. It would be negligent of him to not offer up everyone on the roster not named Dame. Now if he offered up CJ, adding Nurk wouldn’t make much sense because all we’d be left with while trying to sell AD on staying is Dame. Nurk by himself wouldn’t be attractive enough for New Orleans and matching contracts would be tough anyway. So take Nurk off.

    CJ and Collins is a great starting point. Most playoff teams don’t have an opener like that. We can shit on CJ all we want, but he’s a consistent 20ppg guy. His numbers with Dame out would also intrigue me if I were another team.

    Just look at the numbers without Dame:

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    And he’s still only 27, and under control. You add Zach, and a pick to that? You’re in a great position to acquire AD.
     
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    I feel like 2 seasons of being Championship contenders is worth the price of CJ/Zach/Pick for sure. If it doesn’t work we can recoup something(of lesser value) at next years deadline.
     
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    If healthy, I mostly agree. Although in an ideal world I'd much rather put the talent at SF (someone like PG) and then have someone in the mold of Haslem/Millsap at PF.
     
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    Nurk and AD are both plus passers. If we replaced CJ in the lineup with Layman could you imagine how many easy looks he’d get? It’d be like the layup line in warmups.

    But if we added AD we’d also become a destination for buyout guys, so we could also add a Wes Matthews for example.

    So many possibilities to make our team better. If Olshey doesn’t go all in on AD, then who the fuck would he ever go all in on?
     
    Scalma, Jan 28, 2019
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    An unidicted co-conspirator?
     
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