Exclusive 2019 Trade Deadline Thread

Were they basketball moves or not?

3/4. Denver doesn’t need to make moves they’re deep as hell, but they still got Millsap anyway. 4/4.

 

1. They got him because of ships, not because the GM is "smart"
2. Huge overpay, who was then injured.
3. GM was desperate, not "shrewd". George re-signing wasn't logical, but luckily for them, he did. Melo move was dumb.
4. GM has made a million moves, some were good. Paul never considered us.
5. so what?
6. yawn
7. They gave up a "superstar" to get him. If we traded Lillard for Harris, you'd be happy?

Your "reality" isn't great. Still feels like bitching.

 

lmao! so you conveniently cut off at 2 years so that the Nurkic trade can't be included? How many of those teams finished ahead of us last year and ahead of us this year? GS didn't trade for Cousins as he was gifted by signing a 1 year contract for a massive discount. Jury is still out if it actually improves them and then he will likely be gone next year.

 

Plus just because CJ wasn't part of the Blake trade doesn't mean we can't trade him still to someone else for that depth.

 

They were all basketball moves. Everything you just typed here is irrelevant to the discussion.

 

Ha was just thinking the same thing, except in the context of unrealistic expectations and being out of touch with the full reality of the situation.

 

Neil?

 

Oh don't you bring that up again!

 

Keyboard GMs.

 

Neil?

 

Let’s play a game. I’ll put it here instead of starting a new thread.

Call your shot.

1. Will Portland make a trade?

2. If the answer is yes; what, and who?

 

oh for chrissakes...he probably knows it was financially motivated because Olshey himself said it was:

Olshey: "Well, you know, look Mason's impending free agency was certainly a factor. We love Mason. We're going to miss him around here. We wouldn't have been in the second round of the playoffs last year without him. But there's certain realities to managing our (salary) cap."

https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...zers_neil_olshey_were_probably_a_6_point.html

it was Olshey's own words and the financial side was the first thing he mentioned. I think we can piece together the circumstances pretty well, even though I know you will deny and dispute it all

Olshey knew Portland could not afford to pay Plumlee the following summer (2017) because that would put them over the tax line and that was almost certainly an unacceptable outcome for a team like Portland that was 8 games under .500 at the time of the trade. So, Olshey was looking around for C's who had 1 or 2 years left on their rookie deals and who were available. It was a short list: Nurkic and Jahlil Okafor. I imagine Portland had extended discussions with both front officies

and David Aldridge reported that Philly actually held Okafor out of a couple of games because they believed they had a done deal with Portland. But it sure looks like at the last minute, Denver added the 1st to Nurkic and of course, the Blazer pivoted to that deal

is all of this 100% guaranteed certain? nope....but the circumstantial evidence and Olshey's own words make a compelling case

 

Blazers on the Front Page on NBA Germany (happens very rarely)

"Blazers want another star - Davis a candidate?
One team that has not been featured too often in Davis poker is the Portland Trail Blazers. That changes Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders now but. According to its sources, the Blazers are described as "aggressive" in the effort to bring another star to Oregon before the deadline. According to Kyler, Portland could be an interesting trade partner for the Pelicans."

"Lillard & McCollum probably not on the trade block
It is also interesting that the additional star mentioned by Kyler, alongside Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum should be installed. So obviously the Trail Blazers do not want to break their backcourt duo against long speculation."

 

1. Yes

2. It will be a salary dump that brings us back an older decent bench peice(s) for the remainder of this year. I recently saw this one and could see something like it happening.....


Plus a 1st to Sac obviously.

 

yeah, but it would be a really dumb trade for the other team....then I remember, it's the Kings

 

You forgot this part of the quote:

"We felt like we needed to get younger at the center position. We wanted more of a low post player, someone that could defend size, strength"

Sounds to me like he was targeting a certain type of player.

Oh, and I forgot to put in the obligatory, forchrissakes"

 

Edit: "What could the Blazers offer?
"If you look at the young players, the expiring contracts and the future picks that the Blazers can offer, then they might be an interesting option," Kyler writes of a Davis trade. A potential deal would probably have to include Jusuf Nurkic, who plays under a relatively team-friendly contract (4 years / 48 million dollars). Also important: Portland has all its own first-round picks for the next few years."