Norm RoCo traded

"Cap space." What a joke. Always an illusion here in Portland. When was the last time we actually used cap space?

 

I think everyone will still be laughing at us when all of the dust settles but they might not be laughing quite as hard. There has to be more to come but hey this trade is so shitty, I never could have imagined we would do something like it. So maybe the next 6 days will have even worse moves. Who the fuck knows, right?

 

There is zero positive spin on this. I'm convinced Allen wanted us to be so pissed that we won't be mad when she sells the team and it gets moved.

 

if nurk is gone, hes off to charlotte or toronto

im pretty sure one of these two destinations

 

It didn't have to be. So it's a shitty return.

 

Clearing cap space to re-sign Anfernee this summer. I'd rather have Anfernee over Powell and Covington.

 

I recall he was a really bad GM.

 

And we're oh so close to being able to generate like a 9-10 million dollar one. Within like 200k. Damn. We should make them take snell.

 

to effectively tank we need to get first round picks in return from some of our assets. we couldn't even get a protected first round pick for norm and roco.. disgusting

 

You’re forgetting the whole tank strategy.

 

Why did he get back salary if it's a dump?

 

That's not a choice that had to be made. We had bird rights on all of those dudes. I'm not saying that those guys made sense on our future roster but Powell and Covington are really good players with good contracts and value around the league. You can't just give them away, even if it was to clear space for Ant... but it can't be because the move only cleared just a little over 6M at the most.

 

Great theory until the end when you said “get assets” we didn’t get any unless you count the 2nd rounder

 

Is this a move designed to get Dame to request a trade so they can avoid paying him the super-max?

 

Honest question. Do you think Cronin turned down better deals for these two with such positive value so he could make the shittiest deal possible thus ruining his career as a GM? Or could there be more to it.

 

I'm willing to see what else we do before completely losing my shit.