Dame is the only untouchable on this team. Nurk may be close but if you can get a real top player by including Nurk you have to give it a look. Everyone else is movable. I'm sick & tired of waiting around for players to develop.
STAY: Damian Lillard: Next Jusuf Nurkic: Potential to get better. Not used enough on some nights (coaching) but still needs to slow down and eliminate the rushed 'flip' shots. Zach Collins: Shows glimpses of defensive impact and it looks like he 'should' be able to score. Too early to move on from. Jake Layman: Athletic wing who can shoot? Through first 20 games, 55% from the field, 41% from '3'. Averaging 6.3 mpg since then with 5 DNP's. Trent/Simons: Haven't seen anything from either of them but don't give up on young Draft picks who haven't played yet. DON'T CARE: Al Farouq Aminu: I'd keep him if he is an impact bench player but not as a starter. Moe Harkless: A ton of talent who just doesn't show up often enough certainly as a starter. Not mentally tough enough off the bench. Seth Curry: I like him off the bench and maybe with MeJ gone, he is a 'Stay'. Otherwise, we have SO MANY small guards....it's not a strength. Wade Baldwin: He's really close to a 'Stay' for me because he brings the most defense of anyone in the back-court Very needed. NEEDS TO GO: Evan Turner: Early season Turner was actually good but that soon disappeared and has reverted back to who he has been since he got here. Neil Olshey: The smugness never fit here and he hasn't been good enough to overlook it. He sequesters himself from local media as if they are lepers and the massive list of given away of assets for nothing is getting old. Terry Stotts: Really nice guy (Mark Helfrich syndrome) who just doesn't seem like a Head Coach to me. Last in assists with such young legs and last in assists just doesn't seem like the best use of the talent he has. Time for a new approach. CJ McCollum: A tremendous scoring talent who just doesn't seem to fit here. He needs his own team to run and being a #2 doesn't fit his game. Meyers Leonard: Probably the best 'version' of Meyers since his rookie year....but still tough to take. But maybe he is finally figuring it out. Caleb Swanigan: Tremendous story but should have never been drafted. Kuzma and Hart were taken within the next 5 picks. Complete miss. Nik Stauskas: A 3-point specialist who isn't shooting well and does little else well either. Bad teams have let him go...should have been a sign.
