Dude, if Blazers can Trade CJ for Siakam and get Kawhi to come here for cheap (He would have to as Blazers don't have the space) that would be amazing. Wouldn't have any problem filling out the roster with ring chasers.
I could see it happening. It's gotten quiet on all fronts. Calm before the storm. Billups has some pull. Oh and Crazy Eyes Bobby Portis just opted out. Go get him
Dame/Smart/Portis/Covington/Nurk with Billups coaching? Not the kind of team you want to meet in a dark alley.
I'll settle for Batum. I mean, I'd prefer Kawhi, but Batum actually might happen, at least if Billups and he bonded. He played really well for the Clips last year (made 110 3 pointers at a 40% clip, averaged +5 per game), and he would instantly be our second-best PG (especially if CJ is traded).
I would play Nic a lot if we got him as a free agent but I'd still start RoCo. I think Dame, Norm, RoCo, Siakam, Nurk (if he'll start dunking it), Nic, Ant, Nas and DJJ would be a rotation that could hang with anyone and have a realistic expectation to get to the conference finals and actually win a game or two. That team would be dominant defensively and they aren't having any trouble scoring either. It does not equal a championship necessarily but it would be a few big steps closer to one than we've been.
Yep but like I've been saying about Simmons this entire off season, evaluating through small sample sizes is a horrible way to come to a conclusion. In the playoffs overall... especially when you take into account how Phoenix made him less effective, he was great. This season he was really great. We could definitely use what he brings to the table but like I said, I wouldn't be planning on starting him and if he was struggling that rotation I was proposing has many options so we can just sit him.
A man can't even drink his morning coffee in peace, got me spitting it out all over my keyboard. I laughed way harder at this than I should have.
