How disappointed do you think you're going to be by what we get for Dame?

I will sing his praises if he can come away with Ayton and Barnes or OG.

 

I will be waiting with popcorn in hand for the reactions and debates that will ensue here when the dirty deed is finally done.

 

Insufferable

 

It’s gonna be both glorious and insufferable

 

I'm hoping the value in whats coming back is mostly in picks attached to bloated expiring contracts. Going all in on the future would confirm management's belief they've really got something to build around in Scoot and Shaedon. I'll understand if instead the trade brings back a mixed bag of current talent and future draft assets. My level of understanding will depend on who that talent is, but thus far I've agreed with Joe & Co for the most part. What I fear is management adding bloated contracts talent that doesn't have contender upside.

I didn't vote as no option seemed to echo my views, but my expectation is the 2nd scenario.

STOMP

 

I won't be as disappointed for what we get for Dame as I am in Dame period. We're going to take a hit trading him. Joe was right when he said there is no equal value for Dame in his summer league interview.

 

if what Portland gets is Ayton and OG with no substantial draft assets, that will disappoint me a lot because the Blazers will have traded the mediocrity they had with Dame for more mediocrity. That team would have a ceiling for the next 3 or 4 years at the play-in, at best....meaning Portland's draft picks would generally suck. They'd have little chance at any more top-5 picks. The best assets near term assets Portland can get from a Dame trade are their own draft picks being top-5 over the next 2-3 seasons

I don't care about Ayton one way or the other. He's a little bit of an upgrade over Nurkic, but at twice the price. If he's the centerpiece of a Dame/Nurkic trade I'd much rather the ancillary pieces were expiring contracts on irrelevant players and several future picks/swaps than something like OG/Boucher/Trent

the only benefit of that trade is fucking Miami

 

If he did hold them at gunpoint that would show superb effort, but I think the league would probably void the trade

 

I'm going to be pissed if Dame ends up in Miami and we DON'T get Jaquez. With all our gunners we need somebody to do the dirty work - a Shane Battier/Dime Store Draymond type.

 

Agreed. I can see why Miami does not want to include him. He fits their identity perfectly. He is a bigger "Hart".
Josh might run a lot harder up and down the court, but Jaquez is going to fill the stats sheets. And he can switch off onto a PF with no problem (225 lbs) End-of-game perimeter defensive lineups with Scoot, Thybulle, Sharpe, Jaquez, and Grant has potential.

 

I'm starting to get excited that Dame is NOT going to Miami. To me that is worth quite a lot. If we end up with OG+++ and Ayton for Dame and Nurk and Miami is out of the picture, I will be close to ecstatic.

 

Where did Dame not going to Miami come from?

 

Woj said yesterday that the Blazers were refusing to talk with the Heat.

 

So you know he's a lock to go to Miami? Can ya just say that if so, cause then I can at least embrace the ANGER stage of Kubler-Ross.

 

Well?

 

That is not the case as of yesterday

 

No idea. I believe he is going to Miami

 

Ah OK. I didn't see this when I posted the other. I hope with every fiber of my being that your belief is wrong. I am pretty certain Lillard to Miami is the death knell of the league, so I want to avoid that at all costs.

 

Good. As long as Riley is finally bringing his best offer, I have no issue with the Blazers talking to him.

 

is riley going to pony up, or nah?