For a second I thought you were talking about Powell and thought "holy Cow! This guy's played like Dame this month!" Then I thought, haha, it's Dame. Then I thought--wait, those aren't Dame's exact numbers...and all those losses...he HAS played like Dame this month.
I remember one article from last year that said "CJ for Aaron Gordon...who says no?" and laughing...wasn't even Fansided or BR or something... Edit: Found it. The Ringer.
We need a wing or a power forward. I'm not sure who... I have no idea who's going to be disgruntled or available, but I'd like to get someone close to CJ's value at one of the forward spots.
The Blazers would acquire Bird rights on Powell with this trade, right? The opt-out doesn't change the fact that the Blazers can bid whatever is needed if they want to re-sign Powell. He's not restricted so it's his choice as to where he goes, but the Blazers do have the ability to make money not the issue if he chooses to leave. So, basically, this is the same kind of play that Toronto made in acquiring Kawhi, but with a lesser player. One thought that does occur to me is that if the Blazers are able to re-sign Powell, it gives them flexibility regarding trading CJ next summer. That flexibility is worth making this move, IMO.
Hard to tell, he may like it here and its not like we couldn't give him decent contact. Can you not do a sign and trade also if he wants to move on? I do think CJ if he recovers and finishes well could be on the market this offseason, so that too give the Blazers some options.
I think Ben Simmons is the natural answer here. CJ would solve a lot of PHI's problems, and Simmons solves a bunch of ours. If the lineup is something like Dame/Powell/Simmons/RoCo/Nurk, you're now top-10 on D and have two defensive-minded ballhandlers in Simmons and Nurk that can get Dame the ball in space as he hits his late-prime. I'd love to see that team.
I generally agree with all of this. Yes, they got Powell's Bird Rights, so we at least have a shot at re-signing him. He'll likely take his opt-out, so they're in the same boat in terms of losing players. I'm not confident enough in my player values to bet my life on it, but I think Trent gets paid more than Powell this year. Both get paid--don't get me wrong--but I think Trent being 5+ years younger and already showing out in his 3rd year gets someone to pay through the nose.
Wet dream. We need Philly to get swept in the first round so it becomes possible and we need CJ to ball out.
A LOT IMO will depend on how the rest of the season in Toronto goes, after a fast/hot shooting start his percentages were dropping significantly and IMO he was taking too many bad/forced shots, a weak rest of yr and his payday IMO is not so great, a strong close and yeah 15-20 mil per probably
really liked the defense on Herro I saw last night from Nas, Simons was a chair compared to Nas guarding Herro
Do you know how long I have been clamoring for Simmons? He is my dream pairing with Dame. I'm hoping Philly flames out in the playoffs and Daryl decides he needs to move Ben. CJ + Simons + picks to eternity for Simmons would be an insane coup for us for that very lineup you have posted. Powell would be a reasonable facsimile to CJ and we'd have a top level defense to go with it.
I agree. I think that Powell's price tag will be less than Trent's, which would be a better fit with the Blazers' salary situation. It may turn out that his price is still too high or that he simply would rather play somewhere else. Either way, I don't think either Hood or Trent were in the Blazers' plans for next season so it's a no cost flier on a more experienced player, IMO. BTW, good to see you posting again.
Daryl covets 3 point shooters and he knows who has to beat. IM not sure Harris and Curry are the answers?
Yep. Not his fault. The Rodney Hood we initially signed was a perfect fit for us. This post-Achilles Rodney is a liability.
Partly because Ant played. We’d be better off without Melo. His presence is stunting our young guys PT especially Nas... and Melo is overrated. Inefficient, ball hog, bad defender, bad rebounder. Every time Melo does something good on the defensive end he uses it as an excuse and goes one on two firing up a contested two pointer. Imagine when Zach comes back.