Notice Hassan Whiteside Trade Could Be Trail Blazers Hail Mary Move

Every time I see this thread title I cringe. Can we change it from "Hail Mary" to "Hell No"?

 

Hindsite is 20/20 though. At the time, I beleive I recall the bulk of this board saying it was a bad move.

Kanter has really come to life on the East coast on a lottery team, but would he be the same on a contender?

 

I'll reiterate:

HW is MUCH more fun to play with on 2K than Nurk.

That does it for me.

 

Doesn’t your perspective presuppose that the blazers are contenders in this situation? Cause they are NOT contenders what so ever.

 

Not following. Are you asking me that if we had got Kanter then would we be contenders? Thats impossible to answer because his role would probably be less significant for us than it is for them for one. Two if we get Kanter, odds are we don't get Nurk.

Too many variables to even start to address your questions, that is if I am reading your question correctly.

 

I'll just say one more thing about this idea: It sort of proves that Nurkic just wasn't good enough last year. If he had been, there wouldn't be anybody talking about trading him for a do-nothing, like Whiteside -- Bargaining phase in full effect.

 

Wow, what a really sad stretch you just made. A hypothetical trade that isn't even possible by a writer means that the team thinks Nurk wasn't good enough and are using Whiteside as leverage?

Give me a break.

 

You are not reading it correctly. You asked what would he look like on a ‘contender vs lottery team’ scenario. But we were talking about the blazers almost Getting him. So I was asking if you were suggesting the blazers would be the ‘contender’ then I stated after that they unequivocally are not a contender.

My point is you could expect his role to be the same if not bigger on the blazers as it is now on the knicks cause the front court we have is weak af.

 

Gotcha and i agree. We would bit be contenders. We are better off with nurk at a smaller salary.

 

You could say, in an alternative universe, that if we signed Kanter we could still have Nurk and would have instead never gave Meyers his contract a year later.

 

The only thing sad is your complete lack of reading comprehension. I'm saying he wasn't good enough.

If the subject of trading Nurkic for Whiteside is even a topic for discussion, then we can safely infer he isn't the "third star" that Portland needs to get where they'd like to go. That's not saying Nurkic is a bad player -- I actually think he's slightly better than average as center's go in the NBA -- but any hopes people had that he's that last missing piece to push this team to deep playoff runs is a very big long-shot.

 

http://heatnation.com/editorials/5-trades-miami-heat-could-explore-for-hassan-whiteside/

Portland Trail Blazers Receive: Hassan Whiteside
Miami Heat Receive: Maurice Harkless, Meyers Leonard, 2019 First-Round Pick

Talking in December of 2016, Whiteside admitted that the Portland Trail Blazers were his second choice in free agency. Could the Trail Blazers once again be interested in bringing Whiteside to Portland? If they decide to not retain Jusuf Nurkic, they will have a need for a center.

By shipping out Whiteside and taking on Harkless and Leonard, the Heat would save about $4 million in cap space. Acquiring the two would also help the Heat with three-point shooting. Harkless shot 41.5 percent from three last season and also averaged 6.5 points per game. As for Leonard, he shoots 37.3 percent from three for his career.

Portland has made the playoffs for the past five seasons and unless Damian Lillard and/or C.J. McCollum leave, they will continue to make the playoffs. Therefore, this first-round pick won’t fall in the lottery, which may lead to Portland being willing to trade it away.

 

Hail no.

 

At the end of the day Portland needs Forward production.
It's not a coincidence that Portland took off record wise when they got production from their forwards.
Getting Whiteside while giving up Harkless does not solve this issue.

 

It's simply not helpful to attack another poster. I suggest you attack his post rather than him personally.

 

Kindly mind your own fucking business

 

Don't fucking talk to Lanny like that!!!

Especially when said NOTHING impolite too you.

Your post is a fucking asshole...

 

I don't think it's the post....

 

Why are we restarting a dead conversation from May? On topic, I don't get the picture. It is too blurry to show anything and I'm obviously too dense to pull any real meaning from it.