Trade Larry Nance Jr traded to Portland

Crap. I just broke my two word string!!!

 

The problem is that we don't know how much time we have to prove to Dame we're a contender. Is it the trade deadline? Is it until next offseason? Is it longer? Shorter? We don't know.

So incremental trades, while making the team better, might not move the needle enough to make Dame happy, and if we don't have a lot of time, it would appear that Neil is putting all his eggs in the Dame/CJ/Norm basket.

There's a lot of unknowns going into this next season. How good will Billups be? How much of a jump will Ant and Simons make? Will CJ play defense? What will Nurk look like under a new coach?

 

LA, who I hope never comes back to Portland even to visit, is a Center now.

 

Surprised there isn't more discussion here. This is the biggest move we've made all summer.

 

well if you take Dame at his word, there is no finite timeline. This move in a vacuum won't make the difference in potentially placating Dame, but it can't hurt. Roster is still quite imbalanced and Olshey still has work to do.

The Powell at SF thing is still really bugging me. We just witnessed him get torched by Porter Jr in the playoffs-- why would anyone think he is a viable long term solution there? I absolutely get the asset play and retaining him, but surely we can't be done here. Either a CJ or Powell move need to be on the horizon come deadline for someone taller.

 

Olshey trading him would even be better.

 

I would have expected more excitement at least. I mean, we actually made a move for once instead of just talking about it.

 

really bugging me too.
Just move cj to the bench, start norm at the two, roco at the three nance at the four.

All problems solved.

 

what are you talking about? This thread is hot hot hot! Trolls have posted, two fights have happened and its not even a day old! Lol

 

10 pages in a few hours... I'd say that's relative excitement here. Twitter has been abuzz even more-so. When other NBA analysts are applauding this move it tells me we did very well here... it might not be a blockbuster but it's a shrewd move and a great net positive gain in my book.

 

I think Neil is done. He seems sold on this starting lineup. Nance just solidifies the bench. I'm just having a really hard time seeing him trade CJ.

 

Because it's really a two-part problem. We needed a forward, but we ALSO needed to trade CJ. We got a nice forward, but we still have the Dame/CJ/Norm issue. Plus, a lot of us were hoping to add an All-Star caliber forward or wing. So it's killing two birds with one stone. Getting Dame a running mate while also getting CJ off the team.

 

Well he is still required to add one more player to meet the 14 requirement, so that's still there, but trade wise, he's done until the deadline. We don't really have moveable contracts at the moment, nor do we have control of draft picks in the coming year. And our young guys are probably of more value to us than other teams right now.

I'm gonna hold judgement until the deadline. I would like to turn Powell into something, ideally.

 

Trading Powell instead of CJ is a mistake, imo.

 

I believe that per the regulation the team must have 13 players on the roster, but they are getting surcharged if they do not have the average of 14 players on the roster that is guaranteed league wide per the CBA. This means that there will be someone else added to the roster at some point. When tho, is a good question.

 

Blevins come on down!