Trade CJ McCollum to New Orleans

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  1. BrianFromWA

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    Likely. I don't know how long they're stringing it out, but you don't normally go from a potential lotto pick to nothing in one year. NOP have enough picks of their own going forward to keep the protections going.
     
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    Evan Turner says to shut your mouth.
     
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    The ultimate CJ 'screw you'.

    CJ drags the Pelicans into the Playin, beats the Lakers, LA's pick is now a Lottery pick, and then it jumps into the Top-3.

    Can see it happening right now.
     
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    Hopefully next year, after they give us the #5 pick
     
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    No... no no no no no. We don't know what the fuck the first round pick is yet but I don't think it's getting conveyed to us this year. The trade isn't bad because we didn't get enough back for CJ and Nance. I mean yeah it is, we should have got far more back for the two of them but more so we traded a PF, we were already loaded with guards and all we got back were guards. Yeah one of them is 6'7" but he's only ever played guard. Yeah one of them is 6'5" and has played small ball PF but he's not a small ball PF... we were already playing with small ball posts RoCo and Larry but they're gone now. This roster is a mess. The tank is most definitely on. We will see Nurk gone before noon Thursday hopefully we'll get some size back for him or who cares. The rest of this season is going to look really weird and we better be able to out tank some teams.
     
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    Meh, I'd be shocked if CJ ever had as much value as Blazers fans would have liked to have hoped. Maybe after that Denver semifinal playoff series? But there was no way we were trading him after that.

    Perhaps we could have gotten a touch more value when CJ was 26-27 rather than 30, but let's be honest, he's always been an undersized, ball-dominant shooting guard who doesn't get to the line and is an average-at-best playmaker for others. Honestly, given his contract, this feels about right.
     
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    Beal is not CJ 2.0.
    But Lavine is also a FA.
    Hopefully Dame was doing some recruiting last summer.
     
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    Quick, someone grab me a free agent list for next year. So I can tell you whose not coming here.
     
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    Cronin has achieved making both the Clippers and Pelicans major contenders for next season. The Blazers, not so much.
     
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    It's not just about FAs, but also the ability to take on salary in trades without giving up anything in return.
     
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    The problem is Zion will come back at 200% of the player he was.

    #FatJoke
     
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    Should be interesting I do my next "Current Blazers on the All-Time List". There will be Dame, Ant, Nas....Watford, Smith Jr, Elleby & Blevins all heading the list. :)
     
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    GM of the year.
     
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    I mean, I didn't know a bandaid rip could last 4 days, but sho' nuff, Cronin cleaned house. And there are still assets to move (Bledsoe, and especially Hart, can still help someone).

    Honestly, I might call ATL and ask for something like Hart + for Collins. He'd look good and cover up Trae's faults.
     
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    Let's hope that CJ is not really any more productive than Hart, that Nance stays injured and that the team is demoralized for a couple weeks.
     
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    True! How many GM's can say they made two teams contenders within a week! But wait! There is time for him to help more teams!
     
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    Part of making trades is having something that other teams want.
     
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    I'd honestly surprised if the pick doesn't get conveyed this year. New Orleans is five games behind the Clippers for 8th (which, we also helped out recently, if you recall). They would need to pass the Lakers, as well as hold off Sacramento and San Antonio who are not too far behind either (and Sacramento certainly seems like they are not interested in tanking). You'd have to believe that the addition of CJ and an-oft injured Nance is enough to get them into the playoffs. If they miss the playoffs, the pick is likely ours (as it would be very unlikely they jump into the top 4). I'd say the odds are very much in our favor to receive the pick this year, and it will likely be in between 8-14. Not a great pick, but certainly nothing to scoff at.
     
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    i don't think we have any desire to get players who can help us this year. Guessing we might be done.
     
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    Potentially two lottery picks, NAW, Hart.
     

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