Blazers to "eventually" trade ayton

I may have a normal BM someday too.

 

"We are here to win a championship, and we're going to do whatever it takes to do so."

"We're trying to do something different here, and Deandre is a big part of us doing something different."

-Joe Cronin
(2023 Ayton trade press conference)

 

Atlanta is one of the few teams with no incentive to tank next season, as the Spurs own their pick:

 

Before you try keeping middling vets to win you need to have ONE player to build around. We don't.

 

It can if you have players already lined up at their positions.

 

Are you kidding me? He’s a young 18/10+ center who is fitting in well here. He’s worth at least several picks. Holy moly the DA hate is getting real

 

He's only worth what you can get for him. The Suns didn't get much, did they?

 

I'd do that swap if they include their 2025 1st unprotected

STOMP

 

We don't really need to trade him. He fits our timeline pretty good and has potential to get much better.

We haven't had him very long, so I have a bit more patience with him.

 

Kind of the same as I am with most our guys. Can he get us a good return? Sure, do it. Is he netting just an expiring, then no thanks. I still think NOP makes a lot of sense for him, but would need an Ingram move for it to make sense

 

off the top of my head...since the Dame trade, the only player Portland has traded is Brogdon

 

Thread shoulda stopped right here….

 

Until KlingKong proves to be starter quality dependable, Ayton ain't goin nowhere.

And im perfectly fine with that. i think him Nd scoot were clicking at the end of the season last year and i think him and Klingan can provide a powerful one two punch. No need to get rid of Ayton until Klingan King Kongs Konsistently.

 

I guess I have seen enough of Ayton to be exasperated by him. As I've said before, in the continuum of very athletic seven-footers, he's much closed the Michael Olowokandi end than the David Robinson end. Whatever "it" is, he doesn't have it. He should be dunking on fools constantly, but he's out there shooting mid-range jump shots. I just don't see him as justifying his salary and the outsize role he requires in our offense to be effective. I'd rather have a better defender who doesn't need touches so he won't sulk. Oh look - we just drafted him.

I think there's a reason he and Chris Paul don't get on. Chris Paul doesn't just want to win, he needs to win, and he recognizes players who aren't on board with this project and just cannot disguise his contempt. If he was useful for a team seeking a title, he'd still be on the Suns. I was all in favor of acquiring him because I thought he could be a Bam Adebayo type - nimble enough to guard 1 through 5. Well, he might in theory be that nimble, but that ain't his game, and I'm not entirely sure what is.

He's a good rebounder, I'll give him that, but even in that regard, Clingan may have him beat. I hate the phrase "needle-mover" but if that's what you want, you don't want DA.

 

Somebody with access look up our best lineups on whatever stat site keeps those. Is Ayton in any of the good ones?

 

Could say the same for LMA. He is who he is. Hopefully the market will be low enough he'll resign a fair contract. I for one am excited to now have a masterful defensive center to swap out with him based on matchups.