Trades possibilities....and what teams are open for business

At this point all trades will be subject to the cap requirements of the '24-'25 season regardless.

 

Whaaaaaaaat.....

 

to be clear, I was like 85% joking/flipping you shit. I've seen others call you out on it, and will admit that it makes the "board on the cell phone" experience more challenging, but was just having fun, you're good.

 

All good -- Ill got on me for no reason so was a little annoyed by that but all good -- let's just enjoy the draft and hope this turns out great for the Blazers

 

Cheers to that!

 

The 'sauces' continue to prove themselves. I thanked them....and the rest of us, we had a great time at Moda.

 

Thank you sauces. And chic fil a if you listening, shout out for your sauce too.

 

Who else could get traded?

 

I would guess Simons but with Brogdon gone, it's not as much of a push. Let's see what happens tomorrow. Ant might wait until the Trade Deadline.

Then maybe Grant and then Thybulle. Williams I think is also a Deadline guy.

 

If Orlando strikes out with Klay they turn their attention to Ant Simons?

 

At this point, I only see us being in a position of strength. With the addition of Avdija and Clingan after Night 1…

WCJ + a 1st? That’s laughable. Even Black + a 1st, I’m holding out for better. I would absolutely take Ausar + whatever for Ant for anything the Magic have to offer. With all the wing talent they’ve accumulated, they’ll have to get rid of one if they ever want to find any kind of spacing for Cade.

 

If I had my way, given any sense of realism, my ideal result after Night 2 would be…

1) Drafting Comche or Djurisic with one of our picks, a ready now player or intriguing player like Newton or Mogbo with the other pick.

2) Trade Ant for Ausar + a 1st and filler.

3) Trade Grant for Kenecht, a future lotto-protected 1st, and filler.

4) Trade Thybulle for whatever. I literally mean whatever, I prefer him to not be on the roster next season.

Pull the plug, start fresh.

Scoot/(vet)/(Newton?)
Shae/Kenecht/Rupert
Ausar/Avdija/Murray
Avdija/Camara/Walker
DA/Clingan/Reath

There obviously has to be a lot of internal growth in shooting, but if this is the floor of our roster in the future, I’m going to be really excited.

 

There are more deals coming, it's just a matter of when.

 

The fanpro site said the Lakers are unable to trade multiple players in a deal due to being over the "2nd apron". And that would be needed to deal them Grant.

 

So Philly selected McCain with #16. That is not bad for Portland if we were interested in sending Grant there. (Plus future picks)

Orlando selected DaSilva with the 18th. That would not have been my preference but maybe it is for Joe and Chauncey.
Sucks that the Lakers took Knecht right before them. Or maybe it was lucky for those wanting Ant gone. If they would have drafted Knecht then they would not needed Ant

 

"When" as in days, or "when" as in months/next trade deadline?

Would be exciting to get some draft capital back for Grant but after how many times Cronin has stood pat over the years while talking about being "aggressive" I'm not sure I expect more moves soon.

There were trade deadlines, Dame/Jrue deadline for avoiding camp, tax deadline from yesterdays trade that involved picks/cap space. Cronin has done nearly zero trades since taking over for Olshey when there wasn't some sort of deadline he was against. Acquiring Grant from Detroit was the only one.

 

I think the Lakers are close enough to the 2nd apron they can do a Grant trade with the right package and other minor moves to stay under. DeAngelo is likely opting out which may have been in your fanpro site.

 

Simons for Ausar actually does make some sense, Detroit really needs shooting. Not sure their guard rotation would make sense with just that one deal.

 

Makes sense and I am looking forward to moving some of these guys