Official Jerami Grant trade rumors/ideas thread

Thybulle barely played last season so the stats aren't very useful because of the sample size, but the rest of them.... do you not agree that our best players last season were Camara, Deni, Clingan, Sharpe and Scoot in terms of both sides of the ball?

 

For the most part, yes. However, I thought Clingan sucked offensively. Which is the only reason I think that it makes sense to start Grant alongside him. I love Camara and I would have no problem starting him, but I can see why they would consider starting Grant over him.
Again, we are talking about the same number of minutes either way.

 

DC's individual offense was subpar, but his ORTG was 2nd on the Blazers only behind RW3.

I think people underestimate the offensive impact his screens and 2nd opportunity possessions via offensive rebounding provide.

 

Bench players can't get as many minutes as a starter can get. They need a break too and if they don't play the first 8 minutes there's only 16 minutes available after that in a half.

Yes a bench player can get a lot of minutes. But they always have a possibility to get more if they were to start.

 

Sure, if the goal is to get them 36-40 minutes per game. But if we are trying to protect them for a full season and ease their minutes, 32 minutes a game is easy to do coming off the bench. Of course, some games will warrant more minutes, especially if they are playing well.

 

Camara is 25 years old, started every game last season he played, played more games than any Blazer, played more minutes than any Blazer, had 48 games last season he played over 32 minutes, and was All-NBA defense.

START CAMARA!

 

Here's the way I see it, strictly from a wholistic approach, if you're going to sub someone in for offense, it should be Sharpe sitting down because his three point shot is so unreliable, and Grant is a better two way player. So you're getting shooting, length, and defense.

So the lineup should be
Jrue
Tou
Deni
Grant
Clingan

 

That is a very compelling argument. I love Camara. He is better than Grant. But again, it is not about which players are best; it is about which combination is best. And we are trying to have a winning record this year.

 

Let's hope Shae has improved his 3pt shot. I think he will if he is surrounded by better offensive players and doesn't force as many.

 

just a FYI: Portland's offense was better with Clingan on the floor than with Ayton on the floor. Portland's offense was better with Clingan on the floor than when he was off the floor. Portland's offense was worse with Ayton on the floor than when he was off the floor

a lot of that was probably because Portland's offensive rebounding rate was 5.2 percentage points better with Clingan on the floor than off (32.6% vs 27.4%). Meanwhile, Portland's offensive rebounding rate was 4.9 percentage points worse when Ayton was on the floor compared to off the floor (25.8% vs 30.7%)

 

Can we change BGD's name to "Aggregator."

 

DBA (drive by aggregator)

 

The trade that might make sense for us and them if they are targeting Tisse and Time Lord is...

Matisse and Rob to the Lakers
Vincent, Kleber, Knecht and a top 5 protected FRP probably 2030 so they still have they're 2032 pick to include in a subsequent deal.

 

“The Algorithm”

 

Lakers traded 2029 to Dallas so they can't trade 2030.

 

I hate Laker fans.

 

It's strange when fanspo has MORE realistic trades:
https://fanspo.com/nba/s/general/trades/qCW0z_t_O0fmUJ/lakers-get-backup-center