Like we did with Ezeli? Huh? CJ doesnt fall apart without Dame. The team falls apart and leaves CJ all alone. Umm did you see his stats the last two games... come on now. I was taking you serious for a while there... not so much now.... lol. CJ isnt an all star, but he is a star (If he can maintain this season) and I bet most GM's think the same. If CJ isnt a star, that would make him a role player. He is much more than a role player. At any rate, CJ is critical to this team as it stands, so no, I don't want to give him up if I dont have to. You put Dame CJ and Cousins together and keep Harkless/Plums, and we have the start to a contending team. Plug in and out bench role players and that's it.
No matter how you spin it, Crabbe is a wing who can shoot and Turner cannot. So Turner had good production under a top 3 coach and a great system in Boston (an Eastern Conference team), BIG SHIT! any other team is interested in paying his contract? even Turner was surprised he got that offer. Crabbe signing is better just because you know he is a sought after ingredient for a lot of teams in the league.
Personally, i think a deal with Orlando will be in the works. They can't play all these bigs and we could use any one if them.
and so far, Maurice Harkless's contract has seemed like an absolute steal. Hopefully Allen starts to score at a better clip soon.
all that said, the team is (sample size) averaging 110 ppg..so, it's not like there is a dire need for points necessarily.
Turner wasn't signed to be a shooter. Crabbe was. I would like to point out that Turner is shooting 44.4% from three. Crabbe is only shooting 37%. Crabbe has only made 6 more three pointers than Turner so far this season.
You guys are basically arguing about who sucks less, Crabbe or Turner. The fact is, right now, they both suck and are woefully under performing their contracts. Crabbe makes more and has a trade kicker built into his contract that may impact Neil's ability to trade him. Plus, Turner can be traded on 12/15. Crabbe not until 1/15. In any case, I hope at least one of them turns it around. I know PER isn't the be all, end all stat, but when you have two guys in your rotation with single digit PERs, they are killing you. Throw in Aminu and Ed Davis and we have four guys in our top 8 with single digit PERs. That's not good. Still too early to panic, but not too early to be concerned. BNM
It's true though. Without Lillard this team falls apart. So what makes CJ a star? Because he scores. So does Monta Ellis. Is he a star?
Found this interesting. From insider. "Many believe blazers inked guys to retain trade chips to use later". This makes i much sense given how deep we are with guys not seeing minutes. I sense olshey making a trade of some sort
I don't, i care about attributes. I wouldn't sign Turner because i know that we're not in the 90's anymore. If the other team is willing to leave your wing open from outside and you can't do anything about it then it's a problem.
8 games is not some tiny sample size. You don't think if you watched a team for 8 games you'd figure out who's good and who wasn't? Get real.
