"Why are the Blazers so hesitant to accept" a fictional trade that includes an imaginary third team? Good question?
Not exactly that, but something along that framework. I was for trading Nurk, but now I'm not married to that. We definitely need another C if we trade him, and I've read some things I've found compelling that trading Nurk's contract might actually make a team less inclined to send us a draft pick. I wasn't big on Jovic until seeing him in the last few weeks. I think he's a borderline rotation guy this season who has a good chance of turning into a good four or stretch five. Jaquez is going to be a guy that helps his team a lot more than the boxscore will say, I'm pretty confident of that. Is he a rotation guy this season? Depends who else is on the roster. I like Martin a lot, especially because I got this idea in my head of a defense with him, Thybulle, Ben Simmons and even a few minutes of Rupert. That said, I like the idea of getting a first-round pick for Martin even more.
On our rebuilding team they would. I also think that Jaquez would get minutes on Miami. They have a depth issue and he's a four year college player who does very well on both ends of the floor. Jovic is still developing so I don't think he'd get minutes in Miami but I think he'd definitely get PT here. Like I said, it would depend on how Schmitz has them graded out.
Where does Jaquez get minutes? We have Thybulle and Nas who will both be playing the three most likely. Shae also might get minutes at small forward. Jovic MIGHT get minutes over Bari but I don’t think so. Walker plays WAY better defense and rebounds.
I don’t see a starting small forward better than Thybulle. I want somebody like Tari Eason. I am not interested in five years of losing.
If Dame wants to win now, why can’t the trailblazers? I want the trailblazers to win now. Next season and next season and next season. I know most people don’t want dame back. But I do if the Blazers cannot get a starting small forward or power forward or Center in a trade with someone at the level of Lillard.
In my opinion Dame has two choices: 1. Give the Trail Blazers a list of 5 to 10 teams where he would be willing to play. 2. Play next season for the trailblazers.
Do the Trail Blazers even get a Cam Johnson in that trade? Let alone a Mikal Bridges. Durant and T.J. Warren to Phoenix for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and a 2028 draft swap.
I don't think Nas will be on the team by the time we start the season, so there's that. But, while some see Jaquez as a 2, I think his best position is a small-ball 4. He does enough in so many different ways that he'd stand a good chance of finding his way onto the court. He's not great in any particular way except savvy, but, unlike most of the current Blazers, he doesn't have a glaring hole anywhere in his game, either.
If the Blazers can't get better or be a wash with losing Lillard, I am all for Lillard staying in Portland, and the Trail Blazers making a playoff run next season. Because I believe that's what they would be doing.
Jaquez could become a low-end quality player. I think he can become a better player than Martin currently is. I agree with Jovic. I don't see much potential there.
What drives a person to join the Thread Police? Is it an innate sense that they need to serve a purpose larger than themselves? Or is it just their own particular way of being a Karen? The world needs to know.
There are two other Miami threads on this page. One which you started. What purpose does it serve to have one more disjointed conversation over a hypothetical idea that would fit in either thread? Is this behavior of an attention whore or one who is simply annoying? The world (does not) need to know.
You must have been watching a different playoffs than I was. Announcers agreeing with me that Martin was Heat's best player in several of their victories.
First round swaps are usually done when the team trading them offers them up because they stand a chance at them being worse and thus more enticing for the other team. On what planet would the Blazers swapping picks with Miami be beneficial?
