Not a huge fan of DR but his 3p% percentage is not shit......... Career 40% and he takes a lot of them off the dribble. I was looking at some 3-way trades, and if taking DR to get a center like Jarrett Allen I would do it. I still don't see many options where we get a decent player without taking on a bad contract. I think I could talk myself into him for two years if it is the only way.
Super impressive - I didn't think it was possible for us to give up the two best players in a Lillard trade but I've been proven wrong.
The more I go back to it, the more I think there's zero miracle construction of this Miami deal that works for Portland in the near term.
Yup. I think the holdup right now is a couple possibilities. Miami is being stingy with their meager assets Miami can't find a taker for Herro and we refuse to take him. Either way, I think ultimately the best we're going to be able to do is Lowry, Jovic, Jaquez, (maybe) Martin, and 3-4 picks. Plus a few swaps and maybe some seconds.
Cronin wants to test Dame. I will not make any phone calls. I let it be known for 29 teams, show me your best offer. After getting all the data: Hello Miami, this is Boston's best offer, wanna top it? No? Hello Boston, Philly has better trade structure, wanna top it? Make teams fight over Dame. Cronin: We don't need or want to trade Dame, you have to blow us away with an offer. Then, hey Dame, this X team's offer works for us, wanna go there? Cronin is doing Dame a favor by giving him a choice to stay in Portland or getting traded to team X when in reality he could trade Dame any team whether he likes it or not. PLOT TWIST: A team made an offer we can't refuse, that turns blazers not named Dame Sharpe Scoot Jerami Tisse, into a legit starting 3 or 4 (moving Grant to 3) and/or an upgrade to 5.
I don't think the Clippers give up that much for Harden. But even if the Clippers did then a 4 way doesn't make sense for the 76ers. They would just keep that bounty. Herro is not worth 2 good picks, Zubak and Mann.
Agreed. Yeah the only way it can make sense is if Herro gets multiple first round picks or something. I just don't see that as being likely at all. He sits out and the team goes from the underperforming all year losing a playin game to making the finals. That doesn't have a bunch of teams excited to give up assets to acquire him. Below is basically about the max that Miami can offer. Yeah the Blazers can involve 3rd or 4th teams - but they are going to want equal or more likely additional value to be involved. This is all the talent the Blazers can get. A 3rd or 4th team isn't some magical scenario where more assets or talent is created out of nothing which seems to be what is often implied. Is this enough value for us to trade Dame? If it is then yeah maybe we explore adding additional teams to get a better fit. If this is not enough value then all Miami trades that could realistically happen are dead on arrival.
I doubt Herro is worth an unrestricted FRP. I am sure it will have limitations. Maybe top five. I don't think it should be full lottery protected.
