The Official 2019 NBA Finals Thread

But that is completely different than saying you're preparing for us to help them for no reason, lol.

 

I said nothing all that helpful, not no reason. Sure the Blazers will get "something" out of it, but it won't be anywhere close to worth it if they're making the Lakers get AD.

 

So you don't think if the Pelicans wanted to trade AD to the Lakers they could do it without our help? We might as well benefit from doing so.

 

So you don't think we couldn't have that same benefit somewhere else?

 

What do you mean?

 

I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't want any part in making the Lakers good, or helping them land AD. Yeah they may be able to do it without the Blazers but we don't really know, theirs a chance they couldn't depends on what New Orleans is looking for I suppose.

 

I mean that doesn't make any sense. It keeps going back to why the Blazers would help if it wasn't a positive move for us.

 

I've seen numerous 3 team trade scenarios / rumors of the Blazers / Lakers / NO where AD goes to the Lakers and the Blazers basically get cap space to sign their free agents, and that's about it. I haven't seen a single one that looked like much of a positive though. That would instantly make the Lakers a lot better than they are today and not really do much to make the Blazers a lot better.

 

Once again, try making sense. Edit: I'm not trying to be rude, it just doesn't seem like your thinking this through.

How would we get involved and get cap space? Like the Lakers are just going to take ET because they get AD?

 

I would have to go look, but I read in multiple New Orleans websites trade scenarios where the Blazers basically gave up Moe or ML and their write ups were the Blazers would basically do this so they could resign Kanter or Hood or both.

 

Oh, you heard it on a Pelicans site! How does that matter?

Why would either New Orleans or LAL need us to include Meyers or Moe to make it work? This makes zero sense Tortured. I can't believe you're even trying to justify it.

 

What if it was something like this?

POR - Porter Jr

LAL - AD and Hill

CHI - ET and Lonzo

NOP - Ingram, Kuzma, Harkless, 4, 25, LAL Future 1st

 

And a little extra

 

Probably wouldn't do it, but at least it get rids of ET!

 

Idk man... we’d be better than the Lakers still, wouldn’t be giving up that much either.

 

We should get Hart too!

 

Would we? Assuming Lebron's healthy and AD is healthy they'd have the two best players, we'd have the next 4-5 best players, but AD / LBJ would be a heck of a combo.

 

I have a hard time seeing a realistic trade where Portland would benefit from facilitating an AD to LA trade. In that trade, LA gets Harkless and a 25th for Lonzo.

 

Huh?

 

AD is great but he is also injury prone and LeBron is getting older... which roster would you rather have?

Dame / Simons
CJ / FA? / Trent
Porter / FA? / Layman
Collins / Aminu / Skal
Nurk / Kanter / Leonard

? / Bonga
Hart / ?
LeBron / ?
Davis / ?
? / ? / Wagner