We would have to trade everyone currently under contract besides Dame and Shaedon to match 80% of the salaries of both Zion and Porzingis. If we get Zion there are better options at C that we could acquire that don't cost nearly as much.
I kind of think we all just watched the reason "Finishing in the West" might not be as important as everyone always makes it out to be. The Playoffs are different. You have to make them to play. Yes #1 seed is important but not nearly as important as playing well during the playoffs.
I agree. I still think Christian Wood is a talented center who can rebound and score in many ways. Next to Zion and Grant , i could see his defense getting better. I doubt he makes more than 8 to 10 mil. max next year.
Then what, every other team should just concede it to the Nuggets from here out? That's why they play the game. Another team can get on a roll and win . The Blazers did it in '77. How many GM's would have picked that Blazers team to win it all before that season?
Doesn't that kind of prove that is a large exception to the rule? Going back 46 years for an example, means it doesn't happen very often. Of course you make moves to try to compete....if you can really compete. What it seems most people that have an issue with that is, is that we can trade a potential generational pick, youth, future picks....all to be maybe a 2nd round team? Just seems like a waste, when you could keep all those assets and perhaps add other on top of it to do a real, proper rebuild and let it build.....like the Nuggets did.
Jokic was an outlier pick in the second round. Literally lightning in a bottle. The Blazers are more likely to be Sacramento, rebuilding for 16 years than catching that lightning. Especially Portland. Even if some of those picks pan out, what's the real chance they stay? 10%. We are a great basketball city. But that's not always what turns young millionaires on. Bright lights and big city are more of a lure to leave, than stay.
You were a fan through the 2006-2007 rebuild, right? Great assets, far better than what Cronin has available currently. Aldridge, Roy, and Oden looked to be a sure path to long term contention. Obviously, two bad sets of knees put an end to that dream. There’s no certainty that a full rebuild will work. After years and years of rebuilding, the TWolves are no closer to contending and the Kings are only a fringe contender.
Of course there is no guarantee, but if we manage things like the Kings did, then we only have ourselves to blame. What I don't understand, is all this talk of years of rebuilding......like we are actually rebuilding from something. 137-173 in the last 4 seasons. We haven't done a damn thing in years! This is just building. 'Re', give the impression we were impressive somewhere along the way recently, and want to return to that level. We haven't been a legit contender in over 20 years. There is no 'Re'. It's just building. Wish that weren't the case, but sadly it is.
Lakers - 17 titles Celtics - 17 titles Warriors - 7 titles Bulls - 6 titles Spurs - 5 titles Sixers, Pistons and Heat - 3 titles Knicks, Rockets, Bucks - 2 titles Nine other teams including the Blazers - 1 title 10 remaining teams - no titles. I hate to break it to you, but for about 2/3 of the teams in the league constant building with no results is a way of life.
There is no Blueprint to what the Nuggets did. Sure we can get luck and draft the next Generational player at 42 overall in the second round. I get what you're trying to do here but Nuggets is a bad comp. Number three pick is important in the face of our franchise. We were lucky to get it. Brass knows how important it is and fingers crossed for due dilligence. Can't wait until Thursday
Of course it is. I'm just asking what so many fans think Portland is REbuilding from. That was the biggest point of the post.
The point was, they built....and let it play out. There was no rush, no 2-3 year window they were trying to jam a title run into. They built what they had, got lucky with Jokic, then added pieces around him. Portland could have had Gordon and Brown, but Brown was told "he wouldn't play there" where it seems he was referring to Portland as we were one of the two teams showing the most interest in him. You have to have a competent front office even more so when you are a small market team. We haven't had that in some time. Hopefully Cronin is better than the car salesman, but it hasn't looked good so far.
A lot easier to be patient when you drafted the best player on the planet. Other than that, i get what you're saying.
I take it to mean the various Dame, CJ iterations that Olshey put out to waste Dame’s prime. They weren’t contenders, but even low-end housing has to get rebuilt when it reaches its pull date.
Well now that Beals gone might be more likely they flip KP soon or at the draft. What about brining in KP and DeRozen? The thing I like about these guys is we could still keep #3. Probably can get our pick back from Chicago plus one more too. No long salary commitments if it flops. Sign Naz Reid or Bruce Brown for the MLE. Dame Mays Sharpe (Scoot or Miller) DeRozen Thybulle Grant Warford Porzingis Reid Might need a final trade to contend, but pick up picks for Ant if we need that additional trade, have vets to win now, but also have elite SharpeScoot or SharpeMiller duo for the future. Might even be enough if Embiid/Giannis eventually are available.
This is by far the most ridiculous trade rumor I've heard to date with the #3 pick. Why not just add Dame, Sharpe, and Ant as well if someone going to suggest a fever dream trade?
