Trade CJ McCollum to New Orleans

my thinking is Chauncey and Joe will empower Dame more by a concerted effort that Olshey probably never allowed. Chauncey will run point on FA's I bet. Stotts didnt have that talent.

 

We play the Pelicans Mar 30 and April 7; those are must win games!

 

It’s kind of a weak draft.

if we’re rebuilding like it seems, you’d think we’d keep those cheap contracts.

 

Going off the pictures of Zion I have seen, I think that makes them a big 4.

 

So we either get a lottery pick or the first kicks down to another year? Good with that. Watford made nance expendable. Hart has a good contract. The front court is decimated now while we have a million guards, so it’s obvious where the focus is gonna be. We’ll see what the next moves are. I’ll say this regardless; Cronin has shown more balls in a month than Olshey did in nearly a decade.

 

i'm not necessarily on board with our plan. Just trying to play devil's advocate.

 

Tough call. With a healthy Zion, I'd lean slightly that direction. Of course healthy Zion and/or Kawhi is pretty much a unicorn situation, so I'm not sure how worried to be about either.

 

He can't shoot. Trendon Watford made him expendable.

 

I realize that and it may not happen but I don't think Chauncey & Joe will not pursue their opportunity.

 

Or he drags them into the first five lottery picks through his selfish play; he will screw us one way or the other!

 

Got to admit, this has been the most exciting (depressing?) trade deadline in years - or ever - from a Blazer perspective.

 

Maybe we can hire some G-league bigs to help out.

 

i'm gonna miss CJ the pro, man.

Terrific guy by all accounts. Won us a Game 7 on the road, and single-handedly won the first play-in game in NBA history. Say what you want, but he's gotta substantial laundry list of achievements here. And what a great addition to the Portland community.

 

I guess it will depend on whether they are closer to 5 or 14 in the lottery at that time.

 

Question… do season ticket holders get a refund with all this trash moves?

 

Well we traded CJ for a solid role player that is good enough to start on a good team and whose contract isn't guaranteed for next season, a really good prospect, a 10M expiring and a first that has to be a lottery pick or we get another first. That's not a bad trade. What we just did to our roster is repulsive but if you're tanking maybe that's the point.

Edit: Oh shit I forgot that we traded a guy that we just gave up a first for along with CJ. Yeah we should have gotten at least one more first rounder from these guys... what the fuck Joe. Why do you keep giving other teams... Western Conference teams, gifts?!?

 

i commend joe cronin for actually doing something, good or bad, hes not afraid to make moves