https://www.blazersedge.com/platfor...azers-top-10-pick-anfernee-simons-isaac-okoro Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman offers a trade that could land Portland the No. 7 overall pick Portland Trail Blazers receive: No. 7 Detroit Pistons receive: No. 16, No. 46, Anfernee Simons The Blazers could use a defensive wing/forward, and Isaac Okoro could be the top option in the draft. Meanwhile, Gary Trent Jr.’s emergence in the bubble should help make Anfernee Simons more expendable. Simons would hold more value to a Pistons team that lacks scoring firepower and ball-handlers. Okoro projects as a fit for Portland with his comfort level and efficiency scoring off the ball. He can immediately contribute to Portland with his powerful frame, which he uses for attacking and locking down positions 2-4.
I hear you. I will say this however - even in this mess of a draft our odds of getting a rookie worth a damn would be better at 7 than 16. Simons seems like a small price to pay for that.
these guys were rookies last year, all taken at 7 or later: 7 Coby White 9 Rui Hachimura 10 Cam Reddish 12 PJ Washington 13 Tyler Herro 21 Brandon Clarke any of those guys would have helped a lot more than Simons of course, this year's draft is not last year's draft
Olshey hasn't given me any reasons to think he would trade Simons for the 7th pick. Let alone 2 picks + Simons for te 7th pick. It's fair to debate if this trade is worth it, but I don't think you can honestly debate the Olshey would even consider it.
