Is a deal in the works? Miami related

Really that's your thinking? It never crossed your mind that we may end up facing that team in the finals in the next few years? If the Blazers are going to make it to a finals with this crew, it is going to happen in the next 3 to 4 years. There is a very good chance that the team we may face, will be the exact Miami team you are talking about. It has been well known over this last decade, that the Spurs, LA, Boston, and Cleveland have made direct moves to prevent their competition from obtaining a player/making a move which might hurt them. Dallas was in that mix for a while too. All this for a few draft picks which probably won't pan out to be jack shit because they are near 2nd rounders, which is a crapshoot to have success with. You don't do anything to help Miami, again, ever, until those 3 players are out of there. The only chance the rest of the league has IMO is to ensure that they don't pick up the free agents to fill out the rest of the team. You do that by not helping them, and making them play with guys like Travis Diener to fill in those other spots, and minimize their chance for success.

 

It crossed my mind we may be playing that team in the finals. It's also crossed my mind that we haven't been in the finals for 18 years. Sure, a team could sit on its hands and never make a move that potentially helped another team, but I doubt they would make it to the finals with that strategy.

I think worrying about other teams more than your own is a recipe for failure.

 

Just like we need another thread on Lebron and all the other trade rumors.