Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

We've got 5 top 10 picks currently on the roster, and another likely coming this season as well. That'll make 40% of our roster top 10 picks.

 

True, but unfortunately top 5 or top 10 doesn't guarantee anything. Top 5 just presents your best odds at drafting a superstar. We need a superstar.

 

I remember when Olshey traded for TRob. People kept talking about him being a 5th pick as if that meant something at that point

 

Now you've changed the discussion. We should have definitely been trying to get top 3 when tanking (That's a 50% chance of getting an All-Star). I said top 5 would be fine this year because it's such a loaded draft. Though, I've been fine with top 5 (30% to 40% chance of getting an All-Star) all along.

But I haven't been talking specifically about Flagg or Ace hardly at all, which was the claim you made (and the claim which I refuted).

 

When I was still but a young buck, I remember being super excited that we had so many lottery picks on our team in the late 90s. It doesn't mean anything. But the lottery gives us really our only chance at drafting another superstar.

 

Another post of yours that is absolute bullshit. Thanks for playing.

 

High lottery or just the lottery? We will probably still end up with a lottery pick.

 

That's good. Would have loved 5. Especially if the 5th was from this draft.

It's in the past now, so if it doesn't happen it doesn't happen. If it works out, that's great.

 

Back then I was just excited about lottery. These days I'd say top 10 is pretty crucial.

 

We need to either draft a superstar or have enough assets to trade for one.

The odds of drafting one (assuming we don't already have one on the roster) has decreased significantly over the last 11 games. So the strategy will probably need to shift to trading for one while maintaining enough championship caliber talent on the team.

At least, until we capitalize on our less than 0.4% chance of drafting a superstar late in the draft one of these seasons...

 

Trading for one is extremely hard.

#1 you have to have assets and unfortunately there are other teams who have more.

#2 the player has to be okay with coming to Portland.

#3 Stars are rarely traded, especially when they're just entering their prime. ESPECIALLY when they haven't even asked out. The Luka trade was insane.

 

Yeah... Not the most encouraging strategy in the world...

 

Oh please...
Okay. You are right and I am wrong. Hope that makes this go away.

 

Did you think that post was serious?
Maybe we can trade for Doc Rivers too?

 

Well, you're saying I'm changing my position and I'm simply clarifying that I have not.

No big deal.

 

Huh? They tanked for Robinson. Then they tanked for Duncan. The original tankers were Houston. There was even a comic strip about it called Tank McNamara.