We got the #3 pick. Discuss the possibilities.

Next to mine, you have the greatest handle on S2.

 

10 more days...... COME ON.

 

Anyone find it weird as of today ( Mon ) through prolly weekend and as of now no more workouts that we know of involving anyone in the Top 10 not even Miller and I could have sworn someone said he was supposed to come but I could be wrong on this. Let's say no more Top 10 ish type players come in outside of maybe Miller does that kind of tell anyone else anything like the following. I think for me that says they might have a deal or deals on the table for a vet but waiting to see if anyone else can beat it . Then the next option and this one could have MAJOR fallout with Dame and might be seen as a betrayal and that is they are comfortable with selecting at #3 and will take who is left between Scoot / Miller and the Thompson twins. We have not heard much on vets like Brown and such outside of random speculation that certain teams might not even be interested nothing really concrete at this point. I really think by this time next week we will have a pretty good idea what path the Blazers are going down and if we should be happy or get ready for a shit show caused by Jody and Cronin for keeping the 3rd.

This is the week where stuff we hear prolly holds more weight and rumors we might hear even if false MIGHT hold some truth in it so not trying to steal Pup's line but this week might be a time to hold on to something -- LOL -- cause it could get crazy one way or another.

 

There are a lot of videos on you tube that talk about the Chicago Bulls are after that 3rd pick to draft Scoot.

 

Miller, like Scoot, was only going to work out for 2 teams. He has had Mono, so isn't in peak condition and may be trying to get some strength back. I believe he worked out for Charlotte on Friday and Charlotte was yet to have Scoot in. I imagine they will flip-flop this week and Miller will be here while Scoot goes to Charlotte.

 

Here's the problem with quite literally all of this... It's Schroedinger's cat. Right now Dame is both happy and furious. We're both trading the pick and keeping it for Scoot or Miller.

Good teams keep the REAL information bottled up, bad teams let real stuff slip. 99% of rumors that we see in the news are either dead, made up, or happening in the next couple of minutes. Some insiders likely do know stuff and sometimes can and will hint at it, more often, they're incentivized to put out fake stuff. Conversely, wannabe insiders usually do not know stuff, yet there are so many out there that a few will either post vague enough content to be deemed correct in hindsight once squinted at, or just got a wildass guess right -- look no further than this frickin board to understand that.

There's been enough conjecture and crap thrown at the wall on this board that somebody is probably going to be "right" once it's all said and done. But that doesn't mean that you can necessarily say they were tapped in or knew what was coming. Similarly, you probably shouldn't read into anything that the front office is doing/not doing/perceived to be doing/not doing/announcing/not announcing right now. If they want to have Miller work out for them, I'm sure they'll be able to get that to happen. It's possible, given the gun situation, that they're doing it in secret so as to not create a media frenzy like what we saw with Chauncey. It's possible they want to keep interest in him secretive. It's possible they're trying to drum up Scoot's value to trade.

My point in all of this -- yes, there probably are things to read into out there, but there's SOOOO many readable things that unless you're really really tapped in, you're probably going to read at least some of the wrong ones. Doesn't mean we can't have fun and speculate and hypothesize and hope, but just don't squint to hard at any one thing cuz it's probably not going to be one of the right ones anyway -- we'll know which ones were soon enough!

 

I don't see how they have the assets to obtain said pick.

 

Have you found any Chicago Bull scenarios that are even remotely sane? The proposals I have seen so far (Just not with the Blazers) are all based on DDR as the big prize. I saw one that suggested Ant and #3 for DDR. That is crazy talk.

 

so?

 

The next press release will be "The Portland Trail Blazers might be interested in DeAndre Ayton.... Maybe."

 

The original article from Jake said we had interest in him in the past. Nothing suggesting we still do after his extension and new CBA.

 

I did not believe the tweet from Fisher. I think the Ayton-->PDX boat sailed the moment Ayton signed that offer sheet from Indiana

I also think it's kind of obvious the Suns would like to escape from Ayton's contract and from the distraction he is.

So, I'm the Suns GM and I'm trying to drum up interest in Ayton and inflate his value above where I know it to be. How do I do that?....hmmm...hey wait a minute...I know! Portland was rumored to be interested in Ayton a year ago; and they have the 3rd pick!! That's the ticket, I'll have an assistant leak that the Blazers are interested in Ayton to Jake Fisher on the down low and maybe some idiot will take a 2nd look at Ayton if they think the Blazers might trade the 3rd pick for him!

 

Thank god cause I hate the idea of a unmotivated , lazy Ayton who has gotten paid in a Blazers uniform and have said it before and this will be the last time I say it . Any proposal , trade Rumor that includes Ayton ending up in a Blazer uniform is a non starter and dead on arrival and a garbage idea. ----- Next .....

 

Sane? No. But fake trades are fun, so...
Chicago gets 2 young prospects in Suggs and Little. Gets their lotto pick back. Get an alternative for Vucevic. Probably they'd wanna keep Williams. I got a little greedy.
Orlando moves up to 3 AND lands Simons, my thinking is Simons for 11. 6, CG, Suggs for 3. Maybe they throw Chicago the '25 Denver pick?
For us
Lillard/Sharpe/DDR/Grant/WCJ
with Caruso, Thybulle, Williams, and 6 off the bench.

 

Damn -You just had to kill the cat didn't you! LOL

 

There was no tweet from Fischer. It was an aggregation of his paragraph and taken completely out of context:

Any team with championship aspirations and All-NBA talents like Durant and Devin Booker will start shopping at the glitzier edge of the market and then work downward. Portland has valued Suns center Deandre Ayton in the past, sources told Yahoo Sports, but Phoenix is too asset-strapped for any realistic chance of prying Damian Lillard from Portland should the Blazers’ franchise player ultimately seek to play elsewhere this summer.

 

But it's ALSO alive, soooo...

 

Thompson twins were Friday for CHA
Scoot was supposed to be Saturday but there is no confirmation that it happened for CHA
Miller Tuesday for CHA

 

I hate "what if" trades, but this is the season for it.

What about Ant (or + filler) for KAT? Minny has Gobert, Gobert and Kat don't work, they need shooters, we need a solid big guy.