Rumor Should the Portland Trail Blazers trade for Julius Randle?

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  1. BigGameDamian

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    https://articles.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2018/01/julius_randle_trail_blazers_trade.amp

    The Portland Trail Blazers are hanging around playoff contention in the NBA's Western Conference, currently in fifth place ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline.

    And as the deadline approaches, the Blazers may be looking to tweak their front court, and the Los Angeles Lakers have made no secret they are shopping forward Julius Randle .

    Randle , 23, has played mostly in a reserve role this season as coach Luke Walton has gone with Kyle Kuzma or Larry Nance Jr . at power forward. But in recent starts, the former first-round pick (No. 7 overall) out of Kentucky was was averaging 16.8 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists. And he'll be a restricted free agent at the end of this season.

    He might be a solid option for the Blazers, who are dealing with a struggling Jusuf Nurkic and waiting for more from Zach Collins , who has been averaging 5.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and shown flashes of brilliance in just 18.7 minutes per game since working into the regular rotation on Dec. 19. Would Randle and Collins make a good front court of the future in Portland?

    What do you think? Should the Blazers trade for Julius Randle?
     
  2. Wizard Mentor

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    No. LAL wants ending contracts, and we don't have that without going deep into luxury tax. Randle's not worth that.
     
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    We wouldn't be able to sign both Randle and Nurkic and we would ave to somehow clear capspace for the Lakers as well.
     
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    Yeah. From a pure basketball standpoint Randle would be awesome to have. I guess we could offer Davis and a first. But then we’d have to trade some other guys (Vonleh for example) in separate deals as well.
     
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    We need a "Trade Idea" thread badge because this isnt a rumor.
     
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    I don't think either of them will command anywhere near as much as people think they will.

    Randle will get $10M - $12M and Nurkic perhaps $2M more.
     
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    you wish Nurk gets 12 mil
    he wont get less than 18 mil
     
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    Nurk will get $16M.
     
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    From who?

    Very few teams need new centers. The teams who were tanking this year will not pay $18M for a center because they will also want to tank next year.

    Kings are the only team that could realistically offer him much in the Summer because they can't tank next year (they will owe the pick to Philadelphia or Boston). Bulls, Hawks, Mavericks and all other poor teams will look for cheap centers because they will want to be in lottery next year too. Well, maybe Suns could offer him something too. Thing is, both Suns and Kings could draft some of Bamba, Jaren Jackson, Ayton and Bagley this year so they'll be looking to develop their own bigs rather than buy.

    Plus don't forget Cousins and Jordan will also be on the market. They will get more than Nurkic will.
     
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    I'd say that's kind of the point, right? If you're a team that needs a C, you can spend 4/150 maxing out Jordan (age 30-34) or Boogie (age 28-32) -- ~38M/yr-- or 4/110M (5/140M if we do it) maxing out Nurk age 24-28. (~29M/yr) Tossing a close-to-max deal at Nurk could make sense for a team needing a C like SAC or PHX. And all it takes is one RFA deal.

    I don't think we're keeping Nurk for less than 22M/yr. That, frankly, may be a steal. :dunno:
     
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    Yep. Was just thinking that myself.
     
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    If the team thinks they will need to pay $22 million, they should trade him now.
    Jusuf Nurkic
    2017-18: 14.6 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.2 bpg, 1.9 apg, TS% 0.493, PER 16.0
    2016-17: 15.2 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.9ps, 3.2 apg, TS% 0.545, PER 21.1
    Nurk Fever is gone. What remains is a serviceable starting center. It's hard not to be disappointed, but all things considered, he's only 23. My guess is he still has upside. Hopefully we see that upside in a Blazer uniform.
     
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    If they will take Leonard
     
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    I can appreciate your wishful thinking but there is no way you can say that as a fact pal. But again, I hope so!
     
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    I really do like Randle’s game... wouldn’t mind trading for him... but I like Vonleh better for the salaries they will get paid. Randle will get 12-15, Vonleh I’m guessing 8-10. I think 16-18 for Nurk
     
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    Without any regard for salaries/cap/etc, yes, I love Randle.
     
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    The problem with looking at stats right now is that if he goes on another 20 game tear to end the year then someone is going to pay him a lot of money.
     
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    FWIW, Nurk's minutes are down from 29 to 27.

    His per 36 are stellar, IMO.

    19.3PPG/10.6 RPG/2.5 APG/1.6 BPG

    His DRtg is down from 104 to 102.

    We're obviously missing the chemistry we had with him last season.
     
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