Oh, well, crap! You're expecting this much insight PLUS the ability to read? Asking a freaking lot, aren't you?
I disagree. Powell is a SG in a SG's body. If you want a more general take, he's a wing in a SG's body Portland played him out of position at SF. But if you look at Toronto in the 2019-20 season, Powell spent the majority of his time at SG. Here's how 82 games saw it: his numbers & differentials were much better at SG. BBREF says he played 74% of his minutes at SG that season
RoCo and the Zach Collins QO are the only assets the Blazers have other than CJ. Nurkic is underpaid so trading him at his contract would be a negative.
You can't do a S&T for Collins using the QO, it's not allowed. If you do sign him for the QO, you can't trade him immediately, it will be sometime after the start of the season. ON TOP of that he will have a no-trade clause if he signs his QO. AND ON TOP of that someone will actually need to want an 8 million dollar salary cap filler that won't play any actual minutes. Do you realize how ridiculous it sounds to sign him for the QO with the expectation of trading him? If you just need a salary filler, you can sign Kanter for 7.6 million using his early bird rights. At least Kanter can play.
I really not convinced a CJ and Dame back court can bring you close to a championship. There both not very good guarding there position and show up in the playoffs. Yes they make play here and there on the defense side but that's slim or none. Now can Billups change how both play on offense jury is out on that remember we one worst teams on passing the ball before a shot if that continue then our play on offense won't change. That's I going to wait to see want kind coach Billups and yes everyone can assume anything they want. But the can actually changed how Dame and CJ plays especially CJ because I think he is caught in his own ways how he plays. That's the reason I want him traded.
I suspect the biggest trade Olshey will make is a sign & trade after he realizes Norm won't stay in Portland and we'll get a less talented player in return.
S&T Norm = Almost impossible due to BYC rules. If Norm wants to leave he is gone. So Blazers will need to make a choice between CJ and Norm, but that decision may not be theirs to make if Norm doesn't want to come back regardless or they can't find a suitable trade for CJ.
Depends on who you can get for him. His salary is precisely why he's seen as a positive (quite positive) asset around the league. He's a bit of a throwback, but there are teams like CHA/BOS that could really use him.
Wh Norm’s getting over $20 million a year from someone and signing him seems stupid unless CJ is traded. Dame/CJ/Norm is already a proven loser playing major minutes together.
Who else is giving him 7 million? He'd be lucky to get the BAE from a team. Yes, but the Blazers aren't going to trade CJ just to trade him. Getting some draft picks or some middling players just to sign Norm is not making the team better or make Dame happy. And a S&T with Norm is almost impossible due to his BYC status. So if the Blazers can't find a deal for CJ, and Norm doesn't want to come off the bench (or start at SF), then he is gone for nothing and we cannot do anything about it.
You guys should no by now every trade involved high quality players you never get equal value. Yes CJ can score the ball and he has entertaining drill but that's about it. We paying a guy over 30 million dollars to be one way player if I Gm I would unloaded that contract as fast as I can.
I have a sinking suspicion that if (when) CJ is traded, people will be either: 1.) Dissapointed in the return. 2.) "We had to add XXXX to CJ for THAT???''
This is possible, especially when you go to the "If CJ were to be traded, who are we most likely to get?" thread and see how bearish many in here are on Simmons. I really think that this team will end up trading CJ and a future first or two for Simmons. I do think the team will then turn around and trade Nurk to the highest bidder. We can probably get Bobby Portis in here starting for the taxpayer MLE. So what we get for Nurk can be picks and bench help. I think starting Dame, Norm, RoCo, Simmons and Portis with an improved bench from what we can get for Nurk would make a ton of sense.
Your idea is to use Zach’s QO as a salary filler right? Do you actually think he has value at 7 million? Any team trading for Zach on a QO loses his bird rights. That’s why he gets a no trade clause if he signs the QO. So his only value at 7 million is as a salary filler, but one who can decline his own trade.
