It's idiotic to even present the notion of trading him now. Deadline? I can entertain it and understand if the team is not cohesive, living up to expectations. But now? It's dumb. "Hey we got all these new things to see if they can gel with our superstar. Let's see how it goes." "Nah, trade out superstar. We already know we are going to suck." ".... What? We got these guys, or traded for them, or re-signed them to be with our fully healthy superstar!" "TRADE HIM NOW WE ARE GOING TO SUCK" That's the logic. That is to say, there is none to be had on that until the deadline.
I think most here are completely fine with sitting until the deadline. It's that weird in between time where too many teams made moves like you said and are not going to meet expectations this year, but they don't know that yet. But, yes. If Toronto called and offered Barnes and Van Vleet. I'm in.
Probably is, to have enough minutes for Dame, Ant, Hart, GPIi, and Sharpe (who Ive heard will play) at the 1-3, Nas will have to play the 4.
There needs to be some type of consolidation. If Nashas to play at the '4', that isn't playing him in a position of strength.
Roster is gonna look a lot better in a couple seasons when we draft all the players we get from the Dame trade. Be patient.
Dude, do you not understand what "hard-capped" means? There are reasons teams avoid this situation like the plague.
I wouldn't know the answer to that question. Nor would I know the answer if player will change there mind. Those things have happened, but history would say they are unlikely. I am pointing out that free agency is 30 hours old and days away from moves being official, so it might be a wee-bit premature to come to extreme conclusions. October 2nd, 1999 - Blazers trade for Scottie Pippen July 15, 1996 - Blazers trade for Rasheed Wallace August 23, 1997 - Blazers sign Brian Grant August 2, 1999 - Blazers trade for Steve Smith Again, not saying a lot of moves don't happen right away, but there can also be moves made after the first 30 hours.
It sounds like it would be rough for two of those guys to guard the perimeter. I cant see KAT doing well against most of the PFs in this league including the guy we just picked up. I think people are too quick to discount our draft pick who I think has the best chance of anyone drafted just now not only to be a superstar down the road but also to be a real impact player right away. I realize he didn't play in any college games that counted but he played against the best college talent in practice. So let's see how he looks next week in Vegas and go from there. If our second best player is our SF, along with Dame, Ant, Grant and Nurk then we're a problem for a lot of teams. So we'll see what Sharpe can do and how he progresses.
Only if dame is still injured or he makes a huge huge jump .edwards is very nice, but he is quite far away from superstar status yet.
That seemed like hyperbole to me to, that Edwards will very soon surpass Dame. I think Wolves are more talented based on known players (Sharpe being unknown) just don't agree that Edwards is close to Dame.
What was the biggest need to address? Defense. By all metrics, we got 2 absolutely ELITE defenders in Grant and Payton. Even if Payton doesn’t start, he absolutely makes a difference defensively off the bench. Look how he changed the Warriors defense when he came back from injury in the playoffs. Jason Tatum has about 5” on Payton. When Payton covered him in the Finals, he forced Tatum to settle for low % fadeaway jumpers. I get that people wanted more height/length but I would rather have players that are capable of playing defense. Boston and Golden State didn’t start anyone taller than 6’9”. Miami didn’t start anyone taller than 6’9”. Ayton was Phoenix’s only starter taller than 6’6” and they don’t want to retain him.
I don't think Edwards will be better than Dame this season or next, Also the Wolves are a worse built team than us. They are paying two guys 72M that can't defend the perimeter. So I think the Wolves made a worse deal than Cronin has but obviously I could be wrong.
