If CJ were to be traded, who are we most likely to get?

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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    In Neil' mind...........because besides Dame he can bring back the most value. And that is only happening now because Neil thinks he can re-sign NP who plays the same position and is also pretty good. Before it made less sense to create a hole at the SG spot just fill a hole at one of the forward spots.
     
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    I have no idea who this guy is, again take with a mountain of salt .

     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I mean, I could put a tweet saying Morey and Olshey have talked and will continue talking and I would probably be correct. Dude is not exactly going out on a limb here and the timing isn't really indicative of anything. I would hope both Olshey and Morey are doing their jobs.
     
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    Just so we're clear and maybe I don't know the forum joke but a "huge grain of salt" or "mountain of salt" ruins the idiom. You say "take it with a grain of salt" because a teeny tiny amount of salt changes nothing, making that grain bigger or adding more salt makes it a bigger deal, not a smaller deal.
     
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    Not that this thread should be derailed by arguing over idioms, but my understanding is: the implication of *not* telling someone to take something with a grain of salt, is that it should be believed, and that telling someone *TO* take it with a grain of salt, means they should be somewhat skeptical of the information. Thus, if the implication that the amount of skepticism needed is more than "somewhat", the size or amount of salt needed should grow.
     
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    It turns out I was unclear on the idiom so thanks. I thought the grain meant a small amount of potency and the salt was key in the analogy but really it turns out that the idea that you're taking in is the key element and the grain of salt is meant to inoculate you in some way from its possible falsehood. So you're right and I was definitely not.
     
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    It won't come up.
     
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    I REALLY can't see Cleveland passing this up, just to get ANOTHER undersized, poor-defending guard (however much I love CJ).
     
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    I think that, if there's anything at all to Quick's story of teams offering "high draft picks" for CJ, it's more likely to be this:
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    It would be... funny, if after all of us complaining for so long that a backcourt of Dame and CJ won't work, that the Warriors tried Curry and CJ.

    Supposing that (a) this was offered, and (b) Olshey took it (neither of which are remotely plausible), whom would you want the Blazers to target in the draft? (And don't say "package them to move up" because the Warriors would do that if it were possible.)
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Exactly. If the Quick rumor is even remotely true there is no way a team who sucks so badly to be at the top of the draft would think
    trading for a veteran guard (making 30 million-plus) is a good idea when the draft is guard-heavy at the top.
     
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    My choices: Garuba and Giddey. Defense and potential. And we could watch both of them in the Olympics!
    Also tempted by:
    Moses Moody
    Murphy III
    Franz Wagner
    Chris Duarte
    Jared Butler (very much an Olshey-type pick)
     
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    as you said: very unlikely

    I'd also think, if conversations took place, that what the Warriors were offering was 14 + Wiggins. Not the 7 or both. And of course, the Warrior would be trading for CJ to make him the 3rd option, not the 2nd option that he's been in Portland. And the Warriors would not be trading for him so he could ball-hog and stall their offense

    or not. CJ could be viewed as a poor man's Beal, so maybe, I guess
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    The Simmons for Siakam trade rumor makes too much sense for both teams for us to beat.
     

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