Jrue is definitely a Riley player. My question is, will Joe freeze Riley out of Jrue trade talks? If Riley wants him, he'd better pony up a good offer.
I'm getting a bit of a kick on social media of fans from a variety of teams saying how the Blazers have no leverage in dealing Holiday. They need to ask the Heat how that worked out. The Blazers have even more leverage with Holiday. His versatility and contract situation will make him attractive to teams, which presumably will drive up his return a little.
One thing I’ve been missing while Dames been around are lob passes. I’m pretty sure we are going to see more lob passes this year than the last few seasons combined.
6' 8" (with shoes) , 7-foot wingspan, almost-9-foot standing reach. 23-year-old Toumami Camara. Definitely can use the 10 rebounds and 2 blocks. He knows how to position himself for the point guard to get him the pass for an easy score.
I am good with the trade. Ayton is an interesting piece and gets a fresh start in PDX. You are never winning the trade when the best player is leaving your team. We are getting the #1 overall pick in the 2018 draft, a nice player in Camara, and picks that may turn into high-value assets in a few years + either a nice vet point guard to mentor our young players or trade for possibly another 1st round pick.
I read it like this: "I have a statement coming to my real Portland fans. I won't address casual fans. Go Bucks."
I wonder what Goodwin's pitch to new clients is? "I promised my client Miami and I delivered...Milwaukee..." F*** that guy, too.
Will they look to move Grant now? I haven't really understood why there hasn't been more people calling for Grant to be traded. Dame is gone, he may be the 4th option on offense, they are gonna lose more than they win for a couple years and he's shown in the past that in this type of situation he won't be satisfied and will want to be traded, again. I'd say moving him now would be better than waiting until the deadline and he's already thrown in the towel. He has to have some value for what his strengths are.
Every video I've seen of Camara, he moves well without the ball. He might not be even a rotation guy on a good team when it's all said and done, but his game meshes well with what Scoot does. This does more for him, his development and his future than it does for the Blazers, but, if he can find his niche, the team might ultimately extract some benefit from it, too.
But they kept their most valuable asset: Spoelstra. And he'll keep turning sows arses into silk purses.
Phoenix did OK on this. Got rid of a guy and his contract that they didn't really want and got three good pieces back.
