I've seen a lot of shit returns, and not many other than OG seeming like good returns. Seems like a lot here have an extremely low view, and low returns, on Ant. I highly doubt the league views him that way.
Trade him before he becomes untradable for 8 years cause a GM is too fucking stupid. Yes, I realize that I'm having flashbacks.
We NEED to make a trade. I can't emphasize that enough. We HAVE to make a trade. Dame is playing out of his mind right now. We need to take advantage of this. We can't limp into the playoffs or miss it entirely. We need to do whatever the fuck is required to put a team around Dame.
“We have to make a trade….. we have to make a trade” I swore it was just, “We have to fire Stotts…. We have to fire Stotts!” “ Anything is better than him” This place bro…
Yea, I'm shocked really, the kid is far away from his potential, still learning the ropes as a full time starter, and guys just want to get rid of him for some of the trades mentioned here is a head scratcher. But yet again this place seems to be getting worse, the bad apples are always trying to give their negative opinion and people love to engage with the negative views so to speak, and it's runs away the good posters imo.
have you seen the trades people are ok with for Simons? Not one I have seen would have been happy with, and that includes OG. OG is injure prone, hasn't played past 50 games in the last two seasons, is injured again now, and his stats aren't even that great.
I have read this statement on this site many times. There is some history between these two. It's deeper than just the wave. They don't get along and their past is something to consider.
Seriously I am digging around sites like hoopshype, SirCharles, Fox sports and of course ESPN, Clutch points. Anunoby has a bunch of talk but very little of it includes the Blazers other than an absolute outlier type possibility. Most are saying Knicks and Suns. The Grizzlies are in the running and then the Pelicans have been in the stories. I mean if the Blazers were really in the conversation shouldn't there be a little more speculation? Pretty much everyone knew Grant was on his way here. You don't keep that kind of thing too closed very long. The only place brimming with talk about this is S2.
what other guards do they have that are as good at shooting as Simons is? or can create for himself as well? the drop off between Simons and a replacement (currently on the team) is bigger than any improvement they could make by trading him for SF. People are acting like he's done progressing.
maybe when I said most I should have said half there are a few really negative Ant critics in the game threads...the usual suspects....I was thinking that the imaginary trade threads were better, but maybe I haven't seen all the proposals I've been talked into Ant for OG but I sure wouldn't include more than 1 first
Probably true. But why did he re-sign in OKC? I think it’s possible that he re-signed here but still demanded a trade when Kawhi came calling.
My guess is he wanted the max, which he got from OKC. And he knew he could demand a trade anytime he wanted. Much like he did in Indiana. A no lose situation in case he got injured.
I'm honestly cool with Ant for OG and a first or maybe even two but the problem with that is that we have to guarantee our pick to the Bulls to access any FRPs... I don't think Ant for OG is a guarantee that we make the playoffs and then if the Bulls win the lotto with our pick, what have we done? So, if we have other deals set up that make the roster make sense by getting more athletic size on the bench and/or moving Nurk, then sure a first rounder and Ant for OG would be cool. Again, I want to add a star player to Dame and OG is not on the level that I think we need as our number two guy and neither is Jerami. So if a deal of Ant and one or two FRPs for OG would preclude us from adding that second star player then I'm against it.
It just sounds like the Utah trades over the Summer have ruined all trades. Everybody's now asking a ridiculous price and justifying it by saying "look at what Utah got!" In general, something's got to give. Look at OKC, for example. They now have more picks in upcoming drafts than at least ten other teams put together. This is literally true. But they can't use that many players, so they're going to HAVE to unload some of them. But then, teams are going to realize that and demand a shit ton of picks from them. In effect, if OKC wants a player, they're going to have to pay more (in pick terms) simply because they have it. Conversely, a lot of teams have already given away the literal maximum (thanks to the Stepien rule) of picks they can give. Either they're going to be frozen out of the trade market (because now EVERYONE wants picks), or, if they're the only teams interested in a player, the other team is going to have to either not trade or go lower. It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out.
