Trade Blazers trade Simons for Holiday

is it?
Boston just got ant simons for the exact same contract

 

Agreed

 

Scotland?

 

I bet Pritchard is PISSED about this trade. I’m quite sure he assumed he was sliding into that starting lineup this season. Complete opposite….I’m quite sure Shae and his camp are ecstatic! (Never typed that last word before)!!!

 

Proud to say I am NOT on said list. They don’t know ANYTHING more than anybody on here, I PROMISE you.

 

I'm not a fan of it either. Danny left us for that place and I've never really cared for him or Dave.

However, that doesn't change the fact that it's been around and talked about for a decade plus. Its not like someone googled for a bad review of the trade just to share it to own people. That's the only reason I mentioned it.

 

It’s interesting how people can look at the same situation and see something completely different . The fact that we are bringing him in makes me think we are 100% moving away from the youth movement and going with the WIN NOW mode. If they send him on his way, that completely changes things of course.

 

6th grade dances! I used to work it to this song!

 

Just hate when people say, they said that, the podcast guys said this, or the MorWrong guy said something. They have no inside info. No more than S2 members.

 

I don't see how this changes anything with Grant let alone your 100% statement.

Yeah Grant and Jrue both have large salaries until 2028. Otherwise the Blazers cap is very clean and the cap is going to $200 million so while I wish we didn't have those deals it's not killing the franchise or anything.

I do think this would make the Blazers less likely to take on long term salary in an Ayton deal. But there are many short contracts that could still be used. I don't think Ayton can get a FRP - but maybe a swap if its for an injured player or such.

 

Careful otherwise you might be cornered and challenged to a duel at Mt. Tabor.

 

Pritchard might still start. It's a MUCH MUCH easier dynamic for Boston to tell Ant he is coming off the bench than it would have been for the Blazers to try and tell Ant that. On the Blazers Ant was the longest tenured player and the leading scorer of the franchise for years. Ant has zero tenure on Boston and is on an expiring contract. Pritchard won a title and 6MOTY.

Shae might not get a starting spot with Jrue here, and may not even get too many more minutes than he would have with Ant. Maybe an aging Jrue plays less MPG than Ant so it could be a minor improvement for Shae. But the big difference is Shae has a MUCH larger opportunity to lead more of the Blazers offense.

 

I think Simons was probably viewed as a neutral value around the league, not even slightly positive.

 

so after a good night's sleep I hold by my opinion but I will say this ...

I have no issue with the Blazers deciding to double down on D but now we have to trust Cronin to balance this roster and bring in a little more fire power and I trust Cronin as far as I can throw his ass. I hope he proves me wrong and pulls a rabbit out of his ass and have this deal make sense but like I said it is a gamble.

 

Yeah one of my all time favorite x-Blazers

 

Dave is right if this is it.

 

Yeah, I don't think it makes much sense on its own but we'll wait and see if there is another deal or other deals that make this make more sense.