Trades grades are weird in the best of times. 4 days before the deadline, even more so. My grades look like this: If Hood returns to Utah form: A If we make the consolidation trade we've waited for, then this trade is great: A If, as a result of the trade, our bench +/- improves significantly: A If we don't make another trade this deadline: B- If we let Hood and/or Aminu walk to get under the tax: D There isn't one grade, and multiple of these things could happen yielding a composite of the above. There's a lot of ways in which this trade ends up being an A. However, until these things happen, I'll be waiting to see if another move comes.
Portland Coach Terry Stotts would make no comment on the deal, apparently waiting for the trade to be confirmed by the league office. But his players had something to say. “I don’t like that he went to Duke,” CJ McCollum joked. “But besides that, I think he can play. He’s a solid player. He’s a big guard, good mid-range, pretty good pick-and-roll. “I know he’s in a contract year, so he’ll be eager to get out there and play well.” Damian Lillard said, “I love him as a player. I respect him. I remember when he was in Utah, he was breaking into the rotation and he always came in and gave them a spark. He’s a good-sized wing who can score the ball, shoot the ball, solid defender – it will be interesting to see how he will fit in with us." Hood is in the final season of his contract but did sign a one-year qualifying offer with Cleveland, which meant he had to agree to the trade to Portland. https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest...hood-roster-spot-without-dealing-major-assets
Let's be honest, you watched 2 Atlanta games both of which were shortly after he returned from missing several weeks with an injury. If I recall correctly you've been in favor of acquiring Hood for awhile and he's inconsistent too.
Not me and i have seen several Atlanta games this year as i had league pass for a bit from my son. Why do you think i have only seen 2? As for Hood i may have casually mentioned him but the player i have coveted and have expressed in this forum is Jaylon Brown. I am aware that Hood can be inconsistent as well but the deal was such a low cost one that it made sense to take a chance on him.
Hood > Prince. Better decision maker on both ends. Most of Hood's defensive issues are physical, Prince fucks up more often. Prince looks good some nights offensively but plays outside of his abilities far too often.
SG: CJ - 35, Hood 13 SF: Harkless - 15, Turner - 24, Layman 9 Doesn't seem like many minutes for either Harkless, Hood or Layman... ...unless there is another move coming.
Prince is a year younger and still has a year left on his rookie deal though. Plus he's on a bad team whereas we've seen Hood on good teams.
Low risk move that clears a roster space to bring up one of our rookies. It's not like Nik or Baldwin were sniffing the floor. Anything this guy gives us is a bonus. And the 2nd round picks? Those can be bought.
If only.... Since he and Holiday are BFF's, and New Orleans seems to want to build around Jrue, of course I'd like to involve Turner for the unicorn AD trade. However, perhaps something like this is more likely. Turner/Harkless -for- Mirotic/Hill. The Pels get Turner who would fit nicely with Holiday both on and off the court. The Blazers get Mirotic who fits Stotts offense very well and for taking on Hill's contract, don't have to include a 1st round pick in the deal.
Don’t think the Pelicans would be interested in that. Don’t think Portland would want Hills contract either. A more realistic trade would be Turner and a first for Mirotic and Wesley Johnson’s expiring. Bulls had to take on Asik to get a first for Mirotic last year. This is similar.
Fair points. But Prince has been a bad decision maker since college so not sure how much being on a good vs bad team changes his play style. Also sounded like he would've been more expensive.
Probably more likely. I just hate giving up a 1st round pick for a guy who may come off the bench....and may be gone in 4 months.
