Damian Lillard likes tweet that suggests the Trail Blazers should send No. 7 pick for Lu Dort

Because Powell, Roco, CJ, Nance are all garbage since they are no longer on our team.

If we bring in Dort, Grant, PJ Washington those guys will be all stars that will lead this team to contendership.

Can't believe you aren't smart enough to see that. Cronin for prez!

 

Because Powell was a Blazer and the team didn't win a title.

 

I love Dame and the thought process is right but not the Dort part -- I am not sold on him plus the team already has too many guards

 

I think Dame is just enjoying that people are suggesting talent join him. Cronin is going after bigger fish, and the market looks ripe for the taking.

 

That's what he has said in the past.

 

I have tweaked my preferences a little bit on this. If we could find a way to use our pick, the 2025 pick, Bledsoe, and the TPE to move up to #5 and draft Keegan Murray and still land Grant without giving anything else up,
I would be happy going into the season and then make whatever needed adjustments at the trade deadline.
I don't think it is enough to contend, but i think it sets us up well with youth and veteran players to go either direction at the deadline. Mortage to win now or full on youth rebuild

 

Phoenix for one thing has a reputation of fixing guys with histories of injuries. ...I think Nurk will fit any team in the NBA ..he's that good. I also think he'll be a Blazer when it's all said and done because you don't rest a guy for that many games tanking if you're trying to get trade value for him. His sitting out the end of the season tells me he's already commited here. Guys don't do that on contract years...they don't tank on contract years either ....Nurk knows he'll get a Norm Powell deal here. Nurk is an important piece for a team trying to contend...Dame is trying to contend.

 

I fully agree with this logic. I surely hope he doesn't get a 5yr/$90m deal though.

 

I think Ant will be the guy taking the pay cut contract...people seem to think he's going to get 25mil but I don't think he will..Norm's contract was real friendly and locks Nurk up for the Dame era....they may not do it but I don't think Clutch is going to let the Blazers lowball him this contract...it'll be his last big deal of his career more than likely and he's only 27 or so with 2 of those years off the court. It's an unpopular decision but I'd sell high on Ant and put a better defender on the court with Dame or pay Ant to be a 6 man which isn't CJ money...I'll bet Ant would jump at the chance to play for some eastern conference team closer to his home where he's got Dame's role.

 

Yeah, I don't think Nurk proved that he was worth his last contract. He missed more than 40% of his games and his numbers were about what I'd expect for 13M a season for a traditional 5 man. So I'm hoping the very most he gets is 4yr/61M with the third and fourth years as team options. I guess we'll see with his contract and Ant's if we're still in the business of outbidding ourselves.

 

You think Norm's contract was team friendly? The trade market did not indicate that.

I'd be shocked if Nurk is making more per year than Ant on their next contracts.

 

I like this logic. The team option after the 3rd year seems super important.

 

I think the Blazers would be making a mistake signing Nurkic for longer than Dame's remaining contract. Should be a 3 year deal, not longer than that; 3rd year not guaranteed

 

I think it was negotiated by Olshey who made it a habit of not gauging the market and giving guys far more than they would get anywhere else. It wasn't the worst Olshey re-sign but I'm really hoping for actual team friendly deals going forward or ones negotiated against bids from other teams. I don't mind outbidding other teams, just ourselves.

 

That's probably what it'll be but he sure seemed content tanking and relaxed....Nurk in a contract year doesn't strike me as that easy going. At any point I think he's already got the contract he wants and Dame wants but I think Nurk makes more than most people project..I think he'll get 18 mil a year

 

You may be right....I'm just ready to sell high on Ant

 

It better not be 18 fucking million a year. I'll be pissed because that will just show that we're continuing Olshey era bullshit like bidding against ourselves and overpaying average players to stay.

 

If there's a sell high option we should because he isn't the best compliment to Dame in the back court but I would think if we sign him to a reasonable deal and by the deadline he shows he's a PG and not a SG then we can trade him to the highest bidder with a better fit.

 

How much the Vulcans pay a starting player makes shouldn't piss anybody off.....wait until you see what they pay Grant. .if we want to contend we better open up the checkbook soon. Contenders do. Everybody knows I'm not an armchair GM or cap guy...just a fan. I let the suits figure out the books. The S2 accountant group is way ahead of me on those issues. I don't think Nurk is an "average" player though...I think he's one of the best centers in the league

 

The thing is... I don't really care if we overpay if the player makes sense. Nurk is an old school C who is nearly obsolete and injury prone and Ant is a second score first PG that hasn't shown a great talent to defend. I wouldn't mind overpaying them if it made sense. Jerami Grant with his ability to score inside, outside, put the ball on the floor and defend 2-4 is the kind of player you overpay, maybe he's not the player to overpay but he's the type you should.