Pretty sure Dame and his agent already know that. What Dame wants clarity about is what's going to happen. The answer by Cronin should certainly not be a trade to Miami.
I don't see the downside. He plays as many minutes as he can handle, he either improves or doesn't. He is a RFA next year so we see what the market has him at and a chance to match. If he sucks we get another high pick next year to draft a small forward, power forward or center to put with Sharpe and Scoot. I don't really want Nurk sticking around if we move Dame. Get as many assets for him as possible. Dude has a chance to be toxic if he stays.
Will someone just gouge out my eyes with a pitchfork? This is gonna be the longest summer in history!
I didn't say he'd be the centerpiece. I'm just trying to assess who we'd even be interested in from Detroit. By my process of elimination, its basically him, Killian Hayes or bad contracts, so by contrast, I'd be the most excited for him. Still think the main pieces would be literally everything not named Jimmy or Bam from Miami.
Not sure. But I'd swap him for Wiseman straight up in the 4-5 team deal with Lillard to get out of his salary and give Wiseman a year.
Great point here (yes, it's obvious) that if Dame had just given Cronin TWO teams instead of one, the Blazers wouldn't be in such a bind to make him happy. Really a hostage-taking by Dame.
It would be Wiseman. Like I said, if he works out awesome. We have him as a RFA and can decide if we want to match. If he sucks, we get ping pong balls and another cost controlled piece to put next to Scoot and Sharpe.
Sorry, Scoot deserves better than that. The Trail Blazers should not do to Scoot what they did to Dame with Olshey.
Its his first year. That's not the same thing as what Olshey did. Small market teams need draft capital to get high level talent. Us missing the playoffs next year would be a good thing for Scoot to continue to have a higher chance at elite talent. And again, Wiseman could improve and be a piece for us. He is 22 years old.
let's see....Philly, and Morey won't trade Maxey, like he promised he wouldn't. So, earliest 1st is 2030 and Harris ok, I guess we need 3 teams. LAC? and they won't trade Kawhi, PG13, or Zubac; but Powell, Morris, and RoCo are available. 1st pick is 2028 well, guess we need 4 teams
After the Dame trade (or as a part of it), for filling out the roster, should we be looking at taking on some of the OKC players that they'll have to dump? I don't think they'll cut Ousmane Dieng, but he'd be a nice pickup. Usman Garuba might be an interesting reclamation project. Schmitz loved both of those guys.
Awesome song. Rockin' cover by some pros here: "I said I'm sorry babe, I'm leaving you tonight. I found someone new, he's waiting in the car outside."
Why wouldn’t New Orleans want to get in on this? I would much rather prefer a Trey Murphy and picks package than a Jovic/Jacquez and picks package. Maybe CJ is matching salary and we find a third home for him? Lillard, Ingram, Zion is a nice trio.
