Blazers trade the #7 pick for.....?

Wonder why they would want to move him?

 

They want someone who can regularly play?

 

A big NO to John Collins.
We're replacing Josh Hart in the starting lineup with Anfernee Simons.
Now some people want to replace Justise Winslow with John Collins, (and at a very high cost in my opinion).
I can see the defense of the starting unit going from being solid last season during the 4-game win streak, to being mediocre to crappy.
Does anyone think that's the way you build a contender?
To me that's how you exclude yourself from being a contender. And not for free. At the cost of the 7th pick.
Edit: the Blazers cannot have an "adequate" defender at power forward if they are serious about being a contender.

 

Are you saying you would rather have Winslow than Collins?

 

That's good to know.

 

Dame, Hart, Winslow, Collins, Nurk I could get behind.

 

That team could also get behind……in the standings, and behind a golf cart after a first round exit

 

Pop's teams always had amazing benches. Stellar defense and furious ball movement.

 

Dame , Hart and Winslow and Co. ---- honestly i would rather just have last years team but a healthy Dame -- talking end of year team then that one.

 

Basing any lineup decisions and roster moves on a 4 game win streak is stupid at best.

 

So many people in here being typical blazer fans over valuing players on the roster….it’s just insane

 

I’d ship out Ant and Nurk in S@Ts if it meant adding Collins and LaVine. Not that I necessarily like those players or think they will work but whatever we do let’s go all in on it. If it’s win now sell the farm for win now players, if it’s to build around Ant/Nas/#7 then trade Dame. There needs to be a plan one way or another though, I’m sick of all these counterproductive moves. Place ur bet and go all in, if it works great and if not we rebuild. Both options are better than battling for a play in game every season.

 

Not with LaVine’s knee issues

 

That’s fine, my point is if it’s win now go get as many as you can, no one but Dame is off limits if the plan is truly to win now.

And for the record I don’t think win now is the way to go.

 

Those teams would drive and kick like 5 times on a possession sometimes and wear down opposing defenses.

 

Ummm Collins is way better than Winslow and it’s not close

 

So will our team look drastically different next week? I’m tired of waiting.

 

Collins is still being mentioned as a trade target for Portland while the Trail Blazers explore their options to add win-now talent around Damian Lillard in exchange for the No. 7 choice. Should a deal with Atlanta materialize, G League Ignite combo guard Dyson Daniels is believed to be a primary draft target for the Hawks, sources said.
https://t.co/LsWmR1kHF5

idk how I’d feel about this. Collins would have to take another step as a player for this to be worth it imo, because losing out on Daniels would suck.

btw, how would a Collins trade even look like money wise? He doesn’t fit into the TPE does he?

 

Does Bledsoe straight up work? Feels like we’d have to add someone else.