OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JUNE 2023

Gronk you could be right but I think your wrong just wait and see cause every PDX /Bos trade I have come up with the one thing that hindered the deal was Brogdon and his contract and the fact they would be loaded in the back court. Every time I thought a 3rd team was needed to be brought in to send Ant someplace else but if that deal happens not anymore.

 

I just didn't connect 7' with Simmons

 

Apparently Heat fans think that every team is just going to give their star players to Miami for their steaming pile of garbage. Assets? Don't matter.

 

Blazer fans might be crazy at times in terms of trades but OMG the Heat fans think they can get a Top 20 to 25 player for a good player and a lot of Ehh --- Heat fans please get a clue cause your nuts.

 

Can't get Dame by draft day.......

 

Pretty certain that Tyler isn’t into dudes, anyways… not there’s anything wrong with that.

 

That used to be reserved for Yankees, Jets, and Lakers fans.

 

DO NOT go to the RealGM trades board

since the lottery there have been several dozen Portland trade ideas and they have either been some team stealing Dame from the Blazers or some team stealing #3. And a couple have actually had a team stealing BOTH Dame and 3

the latest doozy had Portland trading Ant + Nurkic +23rd pick + their 2024-2026-2028 picks, ALL UNPROTECTED, + 2030 first, top-4 protected....all that for Paul George. Ant, Nurkic, and 5 first round picks, 4 of which are essentially unprotected for a 33 year old wing who can't stay healthy

and get this, it was a 3 way trade with the Clippers getting LaVine + 23, while the Bulls got Simons, Nurk, and the 4 unprotected first's....for LaVine!!

 

I get it.... we might have to take a shitty haul for Dame if he asks out. Might not be much we can do about that. But there is zero reason to take shitty compensation for the #3.

 

I don't think we'll have to take a shitty haul for Dame. I think we can threaten preferred teams with the idea that we'll send him to the best place for us. I also think Brooklyn can put together a really good package for a team like we would be, in a youth rebuild. That's where I think he would end up and we would end up with a bunch of picks, maybe some young players and either Simmons or the expiring contracts of Dinwiddie and Harris.

 

I disagree. The #3 pick has very stoutly been loyal to Portland since the lottery and provided hours of entertainment to this board, I think we should honor it's wishes for where it wants to be traded to, it's the fair thing to do.

 

The Blazers would have to exchange the pinwheel logo for a bend over emoji.

 

like this?

 

If Dame comes out and says he wants to go to Miami, I think we do it. Most of the fanbase isn't going to be happy that he's leaving, and I think we'll do whatever we can to accommodate him. It sucks. I would much rather send him to Brooklyn.

 

It's gonna be Scoot or Zion.

 

Zion is a trainwreck

 

Short of LA and our division rivals, I honestly think Miami now might be the LAST team we'd trade Dame to.

 

Yeah.... but to be fair, they didn't really start to be annoying until Dame mentioned them. Laker fans, on the other hand, have been chasing Dame for yeaaaaaaaaaaaaars.

 

No question. My broader point was just that this thing isn't going to happen in a flash. Cronin isn't going to sell Dame for peanuts tomorrow night just because Silver doesn't announce that we've traded the pick.

Dame is smarter than that. He knows deals can be made after the draft. He knows FAs can be signed. He knows we can trade other assets than Scoot or Miller.

Even if worst comes to worst -- barring a godfather offer in between -- I don't see Dame being traded until probably the deadline