The Official Around The NBA Thread.... June

I would guess that every star in the league has said that, at one time or another.
But in my mind it does reflect some undercurrent feelings.

 

Why the fuck are you ok with paying Dame and CJ 60 mil combined for a team that can’t win a game vs the Pelicans???

 

To me it's just Dame fucking with Canzano and Jaynes

 

I guarantee you if we trade CJ for the 4th pick we won't even make the playoffs...

 

Because realistically it doesn't matter. We aren't close to winning the ship for another 2-3 years. I don't subscribe top what I believe is a bullshit notion that Dame/CJ can't coexist.

First MFs said it was defense but nite have no legs to stand on that since we're a top 10 defense.

Now you're talking about money....

 

Lebron got swept...and paid

 

Because they weren't the problem.

 

I didn't, and still don't, buy it that we're now a good defense. The playoffs exposed the gimmickry of our undersized, offensive-minded back court.

 

I think it just exposed more then anything else the fact our bigs cannot guard the PnR and we have very few players who actually want to take an open shot.

 

It seems to be a deep lottery every year... I always hear that.

Taking on chandler parsona just for the 4th pick and hope it works out? Id at least want someone who could play now if im also taking the 4th pick.

 

And our guards didn't make their counterparts look like they were playing the best ball of their careers? That deserves at least half the blame in guarding the PnR.

 

our guards played like crap but it definitely wasn't just them. NO figured out a way to attack us and they just did that for 4 games straight and we did not adjust to it at all. Its as much to blame on our Couching staff as our players as no adjustments were made at all on how to defend NO.

 

We got steamrolled by a team that played like they were juiced on roids while we were gassed and in a food coma....it's not a good parameter of what the Blazers were...it was just a really ugly slump against a team that played the best they played all season for 4 straight games...shit happens.

 

From a couple of these reports, it seems like Memphis is attaching the #4 pick to Parsons to get him moved. So it wouldn't take someone like CJ to get him. Unfortunately, Portland is over the cap so they can't just absorb his salary and would have to send players back. Memphis isn't taking guys like Turner and whatever else to make it match because they would just have another poor contract although Turner's is less and he is playing better than Parson.

However, if there was a way to figure it out, I would do it to get the #4 because it is something like that which Portland is going to have to do to impact their franchise.

 

Moe + Chief + ??? for Parsons + 4.

 

Agreed.

CJ + Aminu + 24 -> Love + Korver + 8 (approximately cost neutral with picks added in)

Korver + Meyers + Layman + 8 -> Parsons + 4
(Saves Memphis $6M this season & $12M next)

Dame, Luka, Harkless, Love, Nurk
Baldwin, ET, Parsons, Collins (bench)

 

Take Bamba instead and sign-and-trade Nurkic for a SG.

 

I'm not so sure about it. MEM likes MPJ at #4.

Don't you have a front office source? I'd be interested as to which way Memphis is leaning.

 

It wasnt coincidence.

 

nope...it was a smackdown..credit the Pelicans...they humbled the Blazers...the good thing is that now they have to make moves...if we'd gone to the finals they'd bring the same roster back with a rookie or two