Trade Grant to Portland for Mil first done deal

I called this one a few times

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/da...7-pick-for-lu-dort.376700/page-4#post-5361790

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Not a big fan. I like Jimmy and would bring him in as a FA, but giving up any assets could end up being disastrous.

 

Grant went from being young and very promising to being the best player on the worst team... so I don't think his full potential has been realized because he was like the only guy on that Pistons team that could score. Let him get some run being the second option in an offense that has a brilliant third option in Ant, then judge if he's a meh addition. If you're saying that we're thinking short term because we're excited about OG... the dude is 24 so he also has some more to show.

 

Duh. Who had those expectations? Piston fans. Just like the huge expectations Blazer fans had for trading CJ.
Someone said Cronin will trade the 7th pick for Grant, while he got a future 1st round pick for CJ.
I said that didn't make sense. Logically Cronin would obtain Grant for something like the future 1st round pick we got for CJ.
edit: Then that actually happened with the same draft pick.

 

Fourth seed is mediocre? Yes, your maddening will be perpetual if your expectations aren't quelled a bit.
There isn't one person here on this board who would not want us to be better than the four seed. There isn't a person on this board who would not want a ring next year or two.
But there are a few who live in a major pool of negativity because we aren't the number one seed every year. This is an internal behavior every individual has control of.
Its up to each individual to determine if life is better, constantly being disappointed and seeing everything as maddening, or stopping to actually find some positive in the moment.

A start would be realizing the fourth seed gets a punchers chance to win it all and is a top four of 15-16 teams?
Far from mediocrity unless one has trained themselves to see everything as glass half empty.

 

Nas is such a question at this point that I don’t think you can safely count him. The guy can’t stay healthy. I hope he works out but he’s like a bonus.

Ant has a lot of potential, but we need a bonafide second star and this is probably our last chance at a high lottery pick until Dame leaves, whenever that might be.

 

Plus, no stupid Olympics this summer, so injuries will actually heal instead of getting worse for no good reason.

 

Fair enough. I just see PG type potential from Nas if he can just stay on the court.

 

There’s reality and there’s dreamland.

We are facing down the barrel of our two best players being short scoring guards who don’t play defense.

Gee….. where have I seen that before. Yes, OG and Grant would be upgrades over what we have had in the past, but the design is flawed at the foundation. It’s the same damn thing we have sat through for the past six years. We have watched it over and over and over.

Adding OG and Grant will make us just good enough to make the playoffs and maybe make the second round, but not good enough to contend. Sorry I’m not interested in that.

We need a legit second star. If not the draft, how do you propose we get that before Dames prime is over?

 

Some people actually work..... so if you're bragging about mere seconds, you missed mentioning his better-known uncle:

Jerami's uncle is 4-time NBA Champion, former teammate of one Michael Jordan, Horace Grant (who has far more accolades than Jerami's father, Harvey, whom the Blazers acquired for Kevin "what's a duck worth", Duckworth).

#FAMS

 

That's not a fact. If you think that Ant will be worse next to Dame than CJ was then I could see that stance. If you think Ant will be as good or better than CJ was next to Dame, you have to think we have a higher ceiling than we've ever had with Dame. OG and Grant are better than any forward Dame has played with since LaMarcus.

 

I guess we will see.

 

But they aren't close to Lamarcus at all.

 

LMA was unguardable when he wanted to be. I wouldn’t characterize Grant that way. It sucks because LMA just had to be a diva.

 

There's a great chance we don't. I think OG is worth the 7th pick and that's it. If Masai wants more he can kick rocks.

 

Aldridge was a top 25 player in the league at one point. The other two aren't comparable. In fact, I'd say they are closer to Batum than Aldridge.

 

Woj says the Suns are actively shopping Ayton.

 

I wonder if the people who want us to trade the pick were against keeping the pick in 2012 and wanted to trade the sixth pick for a veteran.

That was a veteran team. Did they need a rookie?