We got the #3 pick. Discuss the possibilities.

Do we just let Grant walk?

Dame/Sharpe/PG13/Zion/?

 

I'm proposing bringing him back.

Dame
PG
Grant
Zion
?

Or hell, trade him for Ayton in a S&T.

Dame
Sharpe
PG
Zion
Ayton

Ridiculously expensive, but if healthy, one of the best rosters in the west.

 

We need to keep Reddish anyway to play with his college buddy Zion.

 

Assuming there is not a change of heart by Charlotte and let's be honest they still could or a team could give a rainmaker of a offer for the 2nd pick BUT assuming nothing changes this is good news if true for the Blazers. Now they can focus on seeing if there is a trade out there for the pick so I think there is a better chance something might get done now. I think we will legit hear a rumor about 24 hours before the draft that has legs and then it will be in the Blazers hands if it's enough or not and I hope I am right cause the waiting is killing me.

 

That’s the best roster in the West. We’d find out if Billups can coach.

 

I no I've floated this trade idea a lot but I keep coming back to.

 

Great. Injured big men are our specialty.

 

I understand the want for PG… but give me Zion and Trey or Herb. Banking on two chronically injured players is the last thing Portland needs to do.

 

Those odds have tripled in the last few hours. Bottom line is that Scoot will be on the board when we are on the clock and we have to maximize his value through the right trade and then maximize the value of the moment by tweaking the roster around Dame, Shaedon, Jerami and Zion (because I think Zion ultimately will be the best return for Scoot). I know I'm setting myself up for disappointment but let's get a team around Dame that can fucking contend!

 

Problem is I think Magic are fine with Fultz and Suggs. They’ve invested a lot in them.

 

If we get Zion and Herb, do we keep Jerami?

 

But Zion is a 2 time All Star at age 22. Oden and Bowie weren’t.

 

Why bother?

 

I don't think they can do much... those guys salaries have to be matched and then you have to gauge their value where they were just probably the second, third and fourth best players on a team that just lost in the first round for the second year in a row. Maybe that has to do with teams lower than us in the lotto but I don't think that rumor would have much impact on what we're trying to do.

 

So let Grant go and use the $ to upgrade at C?

 

Goodnight guys. Exciting!!!

 

That's possible. I'm just hoping we can really maximize the value of what we send out and build the best team around Dame, Shae, Jerami and Zion possible. Exciting times but another ~44 hours of wait and see.

 

Agreed. Not just because Zion is injury-prone and strangely unmotivated, but because the hooker stuff is ugly and embarrassing. I predict Zion will sit on Portland’s bench while Scoot tears up the league.