Trade Grant to Portland for Mil first done deal

perhaps, and i would welcome bledsoe's involvement in the grant trade, but i'm just saying. It won't make THAT big of a difference into who else we can acquire. KD/Simmons/et al are still off the table. Sure we could add Thybulle, but we can do that now.

 

Don’t we really have the ability to do most anything until the moratorium is over? So that’s our clock?

 

Highkin says Grant and Payton will be introduced on the 7th before Joe heads to Vegas.

 

No because of the hard cap.

 

but nothing is official yet?

 

Doesn't matter, agreeing to a move that hard caps you then effects every move you make from here on out.

 

That's a false dichotomy that you are setting up there.

Portland could be spending $200M is salary & still have a lotto level team.

Just because they 'spend money' doesn't mean that they are any better. Also, if they make a move to duck the tax - it doesn't mean that they are not committed to winning.

The moves we're talking about here are minor and will not move the needle.

 

Does anyone know if Grant has talked about Portland since the trade? If so, can you please link it?

 

Regardless, it's a reflection of priorities. As a fan why should i care? And if you're including Bledsoe, you would have to attach an asset like a future pick or Keon. We want to give that up for Jody to save $? Of course that upsets me, and it should upset someone like Dame.

 

He has only reposted that he was traded to Portland on his IG stories when it was announced. Radio silence since

 

I kinda agree with both of you.

Unprotecting our pick with Chicago and using Bledsoe's contract to attach multiple assets and go after a star, would've been a way to show they're willing to do whatever it takes. There's been a ton of examples of teams doing this in recent years including Minnesota with Rudy Gobert and Atlanta with Dejounte Murray the past week.

Would going for it like that lead to a contender? Maybe not, but by hard capping themselves they basically rule out even the possibility of that being an option.

Now, maybe that's smart not to risk the future on an all-in move. If they duck the tax in this particular situation to me it does signify that they were never really interested in trying to go all-in. That could be the correct decision, but it's still letting financial decisions affect basketball decisions.

 

this is my biggest problem. And it should not be a case when there are already 13-15 teams who have a higher payroll than you. It's not like we have the highest tax payment in the league and want to reduce a substantial burden.

This league has proven that you pay to win, and pay to acquire/retain assets. If we don't value that but rather go penny pinching for profit-sharing payments from other tax paying teams, Dame needs to ask out tomorrow (and he would be fully justified in doing so).

 

That's why i don't get why she doesn't just sell the Fkn team. Is there a time frame they must wait on? It's been reported she has no desire to run an NBA or Sports team. PA would be pissed at the idea of not trying to win or compete for a Title. WTF is she doing?

 

Aaron Fentress was saying she has like 3 more years before they have to sell.

 

She's also trying to find a loophole to that. Though that could be just posturing so they don't get lowballed by people knowing they have to sell.

 

huh, the gobert deal is not official yet either

 

No trades from July 1st on can be official until tomorrow.

 

LMAO Greg Brown let slip that Jerami Grant is "in our locker room now."

 

Sounds like he was spot on as usual.

 

I'm pretty sure she was refuting reports of any specific timeline. She even said that it could take 10-20 years to unload everything in the trust. That seems like her giving herself anywhere from 2028-2038 to sell the Blazers and Seahawks.

She could have realized that she likes being a big part of professional sports or she's showing that there is no deadline and therefore taking away an upperhand potential buyers may have been saying they had.