KAT is at or very near the line I would draw. The rest of the package would determine whether he's above or below that line.
It seems like it would have to be Nurk + Little (or Sharpe) + lottery pick for KAT just to match up salaries, right? Or put in Ant for the second piece with MN throwing something back. How would you feel about those options?
I would feel A-OK as long as it didn’t have Sharpe in the deal. I think KAT would be a good gamble. Towns might not be a franchise guy but we’ve already got one of those. Dame might be exactly what KAT needs.
I don’t think I’d trade #2 in a package for KAT. KAT’s contract is just atrocious and he’s missed 30+ games three times in the last four seasons.
I hear you. The upside, though... not that MN would make the trade, necessarily, but it's one of the only names we kick around that could end in Portland being a contender under Dame IMO.
Lots of plays contracts are atrocious in the NBA. The Blazers are going to have to go there at some point. That is if they are serious about contending. Jeremi Grant contract will probably be atrocious in the near future.
KAT will be making $60m/yr in the near future and can’t seem to be healthy. I’m not really interested in arguing about this lol. I’ll just say, if you think Jerami (who has been available to play for the most part) and his $30ish m/yr contract is on par with or not worse than KAT (who has been injury prone) and his contract, then I don’t know what to tell ya, we’ll just agree to disagree.
Not superstitious at all. The fact is that the most likely spot for us to end up is 6, the second most likely is 7. If we end up in either of those spots that's not being spited for anything it's just the way the cookie will crumble. If we get pushed back from 5 to 9 then you can start to wonder about being cursed.
I believe you have that backwards, as the position with the highest chance of the Blazers getting is #7.
100% with you on this. I do not believe the Blazers franchise or my fandom is important enough to have any impact on the outcomes. Not to mention, there is a pretty clear process on how these the draft order is selected.
Yep—the move, if you're a Blazers fan, is to fall in love with the guys in the 7-9 range or later. Anything higher is gravy.
