The Blazers Player with the Most Trade Value is Lillard

If Exum really is going to be a superstar PG, or Wiggins a superstar SF, then Lillard is the one that would have the most trade value in getting either of them. The team getting Dame owns his rights for at least three more season (assuming Q. O. is offered), and gets a young All-Star PG. LMA isn't at all a realistic option for a rebuilding team, since he makes too much money, and is no guarantee to be with that team for more than one season. I suppose LMA could be traded at the deadline in 2015, but that's usually for cap space and draft picks, and would leave that team w/out either LMA or Lillard.

So, for those wanting to swing for the fences, Lillard is the player that will be the easiest to move for one of the drafted players. I don't think any other trade scenario is at all possible, nor do I think Lillard should be traded.

 

There are only two players I'd trade Lillard for... LeBron and Durant. That will never happen and I am 100% okay with that.

 

It's an awfully beautiful day to stir the pot, don't ya think?

 

If it's going to be Imaginary Trade Land here all summer, let's at least be realistic. Lillard has a much higher trade value than LMA. I don't see how that can even be debated, and to get a potential superstar in this draft, the team trading the pick would rather have Lillard under a rookie contract than LMA walking in a year. That's just my opinion, though.

 

I don't think anyone will disagree with that.

 

If we are being realistic then trading Lillard makes no sense considering his age, growth potential, and contract. On the other hand LA is coming into the last year of his contract and can leave for nothing. Portland can offer him the most money but considering the tax difference between Oregon and Texas the difference in pay Portland can offer in minimized.

Therefore, to keep LA they will likely need to offer him a max deal that means 5 years 127 million. If Portland can find a team willing to make a substantial offer for LA that becomes the most realistic and best trade for the team to pursue.

 

Thanks for telling me everything I already knew. The point of this thread is that if Wiggins or Exum are so sure things to be great players in the eyes of Olshey, that Lillard would be much more attractive to the team that has the pick to trade either Wiggins or Exum after the draft.

I already know the Blazers could trade LMA for whatever motley crew of role players they get in return, but any GM who would trade a sure-fire NBA MVP (as I read here about Exum/Wiggins) for one year of Lamarcus Aldridge isn't going to have a job very long in the NBA.

 

I wouldn't trade Lillard for those guys. I want to see Lillard win in a Blazers uniform.

 

Of course Lillard would generate more interest but getting a team in that position to gamble on LA is the better trade for Portland. Plus where are these future sure fire MVP posts cause I have not seen them and it just seems like your making stuff up like you did with NBA reserve voting to try and make a point.

 

Actually, the better move would be trading Joel Freeland, Meyers Leonard, and CJ McCollum for that pick. If only Olshey can convince a team to make that trade!

Get 'er done, Neil!

 

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Who was GM that traded Gerald Wallace to us for Przybilla, Cunningham, and Sean Marks? Maybe if he is still working, we can try that again.

 

You disagree that Lillard has more trade value than LMA? Interesting that my opinion on it would make you so upset.

How many times now have you "ignored" me, and announced it to the board? It's at least 3x now, including your "rep/ignore" combo that you seemed so proud of years ago. I'll continue to read your posts, because opposing opinions don't frighten me, nor do your opinions when I agree with you.

 

Oh for fuck's sake, it's a joke.

I never took you off ignore. I read all your posts though. It's mostly so I don't have to put up with your posts in the OT forum. Your basketball takes are generally intelligent. And I agree with you, except for the problem of trading Lillard being guaranteed not to get us the value back that we need in return. And that was the whole point in your strawman post, right? No pick is worth what we have in Lillard.

I agree with you.

I think your posts are sometimes heinous.

But I also think you talk basketball okay.

That is all.

I love you.

 

I'm already taking side bets on who will be in the "max contract is too much for Lillard" camp.

 

There will be some other rookie then. I'm just surprised that stating what I think is an obvious opinion would make a poster so upset that they went right to ignore.

If Olshey wants to get an Exum or Wiggins, it's going to take Lillard, and not LMA. I think that's fairly obvious, based on LMA's upcoming UFA status, while Lillard has at the very least 3 more years (2 on contract, one after offering Q.O.) with whichever team would get him this summer.

 

It will be the rookie max, so it will be more Roy-ish than LMA-ish.

 

Imagine your surprise when I later reveal it was all make believe.

 

As long as the "negotiation process" is not Roy-ish. Boy that was a steaming pile of Canzano-bait.