So what is the consensus on Justin Anderson? There is a lot of different scenarios on the mocks I have seen, but the one constant is Anderson will be there at 23. Is he a bad consolation prize? He seems like he would be a decent SF for us. Strengths are 3 pt shooting and defense..........
Very weird, considering they have no fans. Was at the two games v. SF last week. The stadium had plenty of empty seats, and most of the occupied seats were filled with SF fans.
Whaaaaaat? Where are all the 12's? They don't support baseball? Or is it that they don't support a losing team? They had plenty of fans back when they had Griffey and ARod.
It would be anticlimactic if he did trade down. Two drafts in a row where Neil sits on his thumbs, taking no risks. The Anti-Ainge. But this is coming from only one source. Not sure how connected Alex Kennedy is pertaining to the Blazers.
Which gives me hope, because Chad Ford is usually wrong about most things. (Apart from anything: there probably aren't 19 good players in any draft, but the chance that those 19 go in picks 1-19 is effectively zero.)
I listened to his most recent and the one from last month back to back. It was near the end one of one of them.
@JakeLFischer: Hearing many league execs believe Sixers' reported interest in Kristaps Porzingis/Joel Embiid's setback is smokescreen to force trade w/ ORL
@JakeLFischer: If the Sixers can trade for a pick 16-23, don't rule out possibility of packaging that with a future first to get a second lottery pick.
@JakeLFischer: Per a league source, Minnesota Timberwolves have discussed trading Anthony Bennet, Nos. 31 and 38 to the Boston Celtics for pick No. 28. >>>>>>>> Jake is active right now. Portland beat writers? M.I.A. since the playoffs.
If Olshey is trading down, I would rather he made a trade with Minny, #23 for #31 & 36. (I believe pick #38 belongs to the Pistons)
Wasn't sure where to put this (or if I even should) for a number of reasons: it's not really a rumor (more just something I know to be the case), I have no sources to cite (because it was an in-person conversation with somebody very high up in the front office), and it's pretty much completely common-sensical, BUT, in the event that Neil DOES pull off a big trade, I thought it'd be fun to be able to say YOU HEARD IT FIRST! (Which, I'll be the first to say, has about a .00000001% chance of happening.) So what the hell am I talking about? Neil LOVES D'Angelo Russell and thinks he's the perfect fit next to Damian AND CJ (separately, not at the 3). Again, kind of a "no shit" statement since the whole world is starting to love the kid and he could very well go in the top 2 or 3, but I thought, with us rumored to be connected to a trade with Philly, maybe there's something to it? Batum, 23, and a completely unprotected future 1st rounder probably wouldn't get you completely laughed at, and if it involved a 3rd team, Kaman could be included to provide a bit of added additional cap space, plus we could take on a bad contract or two. Again, I don't think this has a snowball's chance in hell of actually happening, but have been debating sharing it for a while and figured I might as well.
