Exclusive NBA Trade Deadline Thread 2024

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Opened for me but as soon as I tried to scroll to read more, the paywall appeared.

Can somebody post relevant info that pertains to the Blazers?

Thanks.

 

if you have previously had an account, it could have auto-renewed. they're pretty predatory too because you can't get a refund if it did renew your subscription without consent

 

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You don't know if this is the low point, or if his stock will ever go up. He obviously has serious, chronic, possibly career ending knee issues. The longer his out the more obvious that will be.

 

I don't think putting Amen next to Scoot is a good idea.

 

It would be just our luck if we traded Robert Williams and he somehow remains injury free for the next 3-5 years.

 

Just about to post that. Thanks. Also HOU has interest in MB. On the HOU forum fans are saying Green, Tate, BKN SRP, Olidipo, Longdale. I think that is a bad haul for MB and timelord. Joe better say NFW to something like that. You have to get one of Eason, Smith jr.,Thompson, or Whitmore back.

 

I didn't see the Blazers or any of their players mentioned

 

Thank you.

 

Depending on how much faith you have in Williams, we could move him for Tate and a 2nd or 2. Can probably flip Tate for a 2nd. And it would generate a TPE for Williams' full salary of 11.5.

Then, could send brogdon to houston for oladipo, Landale and a 1st, and generate another 14.5 million dollar tpe.
Gets us over 15 million away from the tax which means, if we wanted, we could try to take on someone's bleh salary for picks with one of the exceptions

 

To build on this, looking at teams near the cap, or near the 2nd apron, if we were to do the two deals above, we could then turn around and make a trade with, say, Miami. They're currently 8.4 million over the LT. Sticking them with a bill of over 13.5 million. We could take Caleb Martin and Jovic in to those TPEs, and immediately get them out of the tax, saving them over 20 million dollars, and giving us a prospect some here liked in Jovic. And then can likely flip Martin for another 2nd somewhere, or look to flip him in the offseason.

Philly is currently about 4.3 million over. We could easily absorb Covington from them, and save them close to 20 million dollars as well, depending on what they're willing to pay to get that far under the tax.

 

Yeah, but that's a gamble I'm willing to take. He's not really young at 26. I don't think his body is going to hold up very long.

 

That and, I really like him(if healthy), as a backup C for us. But it's not like you're gambling to get a Zion Williamson type. It's still just an above average hustle big. I'm ok with a big TPE and 2 nds or so

 

I think with his injury history the guy has maybe 2-3 more years where he could be really good when healthy. But I can’t imagine he will be anywhere near as good into his 30s so the guy just doesn’t fit our window. If someone is willing to give us decent value, you take it.

 

Much more likely is that we DON'T trade him with that worry in mind and he never plays again.

 

If we're going to trade for RoCo again, I want the two firsts we gave up for him back

 

Joe must prise some of the young talented length from HOU.

 

I would honestly see how badly they want Malcolm and Rob and if they want them bad enough see what kind of future draft capital it would take or draft capital from another trade to get Jabari Smith Jr. If that's at all possible.