This fucking national media stuff is so nuts. Whoever the dude is on Get Up who is speaking with Jay Will sucks at his job. He mumbles through the Le Batard quote so badly the first time that Jay makes him repeat it, I'm still not sure he got the quote right. They both express outrage as they should IMO about Le Batard bringing skin color into this. Then the dumbass shits the bed by saying Herro comes off the bench. Herro started 67 of the 67 regular season games he played this season and the only playoff game he played in this year. The funny think is Maxey on the other hand only started 41 of the 60 regular season games and did start all 11 post season games this season. God these dumbasses can't even get shit right when they're correcting other dumbasses for getting shit wrong.
Brown is 26. Scoot is more like a 23-year old. There is no reason to wait to win with Scoot. Win now with Scoot and Brown.
I was on board for trading for Brown. I don't think it would have elevated us to top tier status so i'm glad we didn't in the end
Then it's a no-brainer. The Blazers would be a playoff team this coming season. Brown is exactly the type of player the Blazers need. He can make a key defensive play and convert it to points by himself. He can hit game-winning shots if needed. But he doesn't need to be a primary ball handler. He can wait for an expertly-thrown pass by Scoot.
The only way we get Brown this season is if he's a rental. Do we want a rental for Dame? As soon as he signs that supermax (if the Celtics give it to him) he can't be traded for a calendar year and if he is traded everyone in the league can offer him the same contract this offseason.
Scoot , Sharpe, Brown, Grant. That's like 4 borderline All Star talents, if not next season, sometime soon. With defensive upside.
That's the caveat. I'm just considering if Brown would be a good fit. The financials are obviously important too.
No, there's no reason to trade Dame for Brown if there's no guarantee Brown would stay with the Trail Blazers. Why would any other team trade for Brown? They would be taking the same risk.
The fact is the market will be better after some teams come to the realization they aren't that good. There's always hope for everyone at the beginning of the season.
Yup. Riley is trying to force a deal down our throat. We take Herro, Lowry, Jovic and a couple picks for Dame and Nurk. This trade matches almost exactly financially. And when they keep saying three picks, I bet they consider Jaquez to still be considered a pick.
That trade would force Blazers fans to build fake Tyler Herro trades for the next 4 years. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone.
It's true. If other teams want Herro, he'd be traded by now. I am still not convinced that - Herro (supposedly Miami will turn into FRP for us, how good it will be will be at the mercy of how good that trading team is on the year of the pick) - Duncan Robinson - Miami's useless 2024 FRP - another FRP from Miami on later year Is anywhere close to be an acceptable offer for Dame. Miami is doing this: Let me present you a lower than lowball offer (converting Herro into a FRP is supposed to be a big deal) Oh hey we turned Herro into FRP for you, Here is Duncan Robinson, our useless 24 FRP, another future FRP from us, and a FRP we got from team X for Tyler. Damn after weeks of negotiations we finally got you what you wanted Do NOT fall for this.
I listen to NBA radio one day a week for 3 hours while I am driving. Today they all nailed it. The 4 I heard during my long commute were logical and were on Joe's side. It was almost like they were reading our message board. Quite a difference from two weeks ago. They want us to wait and get the best deal and basically said screw you to Miami fans/ media. The one dissenting voice was a guest. Zbo said Dame deserves whatever he wants because of what he has given us and essentially said we should bend over backward to help him and Miami out. Fuck that.
in dame's head, he thinks he already delivered the additional trade value that portland would be losing out on in a miami trade by sitting out games for them.
