So we throw in our 2018 1st round pick! The draft won't get this cake baked in time. We need a stud to compliment Lillard, CJ and Nurk this year.
Add a #1 pick? Dame / Napier CJ / Turner Gay / Harkless Parker / Vonleh / our Draftees Nurk / Monroe Aminu, Lenard and the rest are expendable
I don't disagree, but keep in mind that Harkless shot 50% from the field - that sort of efficiency from your 4th option is great. It also put him at 4th best FG% of all SFs.
I like Mo. I want him to shoot better from 3 and play more consistent D. That said Crowder is a guy we should look at acquiring.
This Trade is Successful! Start OverAdjust TradeSave Trade Milwaukee Bucks Over Tax Line -$20,592,767 Cap Room $1,483,314 Player Salary PER Allen Crabbe $18,500,000 N/A SG 4 Years Ed Davis $6,666,667 N/A PF 2 Years Acquiring 2 Players $25,166,667 Hollinger's Analysis: -17 Wins With this trade you have decreased this team's projected wins by 17. Portland Trail Blazers Over Tax Line -$4,460 Cap Room -$18,702,580 Player Salary PER Greg Monroe $17,145,838 N/A C 2 Years J. Parker $5,374,320 N/A PF 2 Years Acquiring 2 Players $22,520,158 Hollinger's Analysis: +12 Wins With this trade you have increased this team's projected wins by 12. Congrats! I think that may be one of the more lopsided trades I've ever run through the ESPN trade machine. Unfortunately, something tells me MIL says no. They probably wouldn't be too keen on sacrificing 17 wins for two worse players on worse contracts. BNM
How? Even after your proposed trade, we are still about $35 million over the cap. The only option we have for signing Gay would be the tax payer MLE which is a little over $5 million. Not gonna be enough and it's not even close. Yes, it's Paul Allen's money and he is free to spend it how he chooses, but this is why us Blazer fans should care about the shit contracts we handed out to Crabbe and Turner. They severely limit our ability to improve the roster. Neil's working with his hands tied behind his back, but he's the one that tied them there. BNM
I've come to the conclusion (agreement with @BonesJones) that we need Crowder. Crabbe has to go. Can anyone come up with something realistic (I suck at putting together trades) for JC?
I'm sure we could get Monroe..... but I don't think they're ready to give up on Parker just yet. Still..... that dude can't seem to stay healthy.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y8vvg28v I think this would be a fair deal for all three teams.
People bitch about our contract situation, but Lee's contract is pretty horrible as well. $11 million a year with 4 more years left???
No, it's not. It's three seasons (2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20). Right now Courtney Lee is a less 1-dimensional Allen Crabbe at 67% of the cost. He is what he is. Today he's a "bargain" compared to Crabbe, but the same may not be true in 2019-20 when Lee will be 34 and Crabbe only 27. BNM
ESPN apparently hasn't updated that for some reason. They updated a lot of other things. Courtney Lee is 31 (almost 32) Crabbe is 25. I think there's a higher chance of Crabbe improving than there is of Lee not continuing to decline as he ages.
I'm not worried about their ages now. Lee has not yet started to decline. In fact, 2016-17 was his best season since 2013-14, but he's been fairly consistent over the last 3 or 4 years. What I am worried about is their ages at the end of their current contracts. By then, Lee will be 34 and most likely not the same player he is today. So, the question is, will Crabbe improve (he didn't show any improvement between his 3rd and 4th seasons), and if so, is he worth the 50% cost premium? BNM
