Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

I can dig up where I wanted us to trade for Portis way back when the dream of building around Lillard was alive and well.

 

I want a championship team and not some short sighted 40 win seasons. I guess that means I'm not a real fan because I don't want wins now if they cost us the chance to contend later.

 

LMAO. Don't put words in my mouth. I didn't question your fandom. You act as if you are the end all be all and know exactly what people are thinking when they type a thought on here. I don't care what you want to happen. It's a message board. Someone brought Portis up and i posted my opinion then you turned it into some type of agenda. Have a good night. Oh and glad we won tonight. RIP CITYY

 

Bucks fans hate him.

 

Why?

 

Last game I watched they still go crazy for him when he's announced. They've loved him more than they've loved Giannis.

 

For the record, I am not opposed to trading any POR player for the right price, and not obscene prices either. Nobody on this roster is irreplaceable by any stretch of the imagination and no player is worth more than a really strong FRP i.e. lottery. If you can get good FRPs, I would do any deal in a heartbeat. POR should be wholesale sellers at this point.

 

This is the right mindset. NOBODY on this roster is good enough to be untradable.

 

Perhaps not. But I’m sure we have bad enough to be untradeable and some overpaid enough to also be untradeable.

 

apparently, it's because he's not good - makes a lot of mental mistakes....

 

I disagree. It’s bad management to tank 3 years in a row and then trade the players we got without waiting to see if they realize their potential. Otherwise, what is the point?

 

L mentality.

you don’t improve by intentionally sucking more

 

That's exactly how you improve in the NBA when you're not a playoff team.

You lose as much as possible until you have enough talent to win in the playoffs.

If you're smart about it and have a little luck the losing doesn't last more than a few years.

If you refuse to lose too much and don't get incredibly lucky it'll take much, much longer.

 

Depends on what you consider losing. Philly tanked for stars and has never reached a conference final since the process began. Would you feel better if we switched rosters with Philly right now?

 

Yes. 100000000%.

 

Why? They have a worse record than us and their star player is always hurt. Please explain.

 

I am going to make something clear cause I do not like Cronin and that is not a secret BUT i will give the devil his due the Deni trade was a solid one maybe it ends up a slight over pay but it was a gamble worth taking. Now he needs to do the same when it comes to trading Ant , Grant , Thybulle and Ayton ( if they can trade him without giving up too much for the HUGE favor ) and maybe Williams too. I think Cronin over played his hand and you know what that is a common GM mistake so he needs to suck it up and bring some assets from the vets to help in this rebuild. I am going to break down what he should be willing to take for each guy --

Ant -- 1st Round pick and a solid vet WHO WILL NOT get in the way of Scoot , DC and maybe Sharpe
Grant -- Pretty much same as Ant and expiring deals
Thybulle -- 2 - 2nd's and an expiring or a solid role player
Ayton -- Take the worst of the 1st's and package it with Ayton and get his ass out of town -- maybe try and get a center in return too since DC is not ready to start
Williams -- Keep him UNLESS you can get a 1st cause I think Williams with DC and another center from one of the other trades works for the rest of this season then trade him in the offseason.

I have one more idea but this one will get some of the fanbase ticked at me but hear me out ...

Sharpe -- I want Sharpe to work out BUT as long as Billups is the coach he is handicapped cause I think Billups is stunting his growth so make a choice fire Billups or trade Sharpe. Now I am not taking the blame from Sharpe but like I said Billups is killing his future and how the hell Cronin cannot see this is beyond me.

Cronin you have 2 weeks now get to work you clown of a GM

 

Probably the last season for Billups?

At the end of last season, Cronin said development is important, while Billups said he wanted to win games in the next season.

I didn't think there was any way Scoot could be sent back to the bench after how he was performing in January, but that happened so I give up making predictions.

 

DC can start. We play our best when he does. Prob not going to play 36 minutes yet though. He started last night, played incredibly well, was a +10, and we won.

 

I looked it up. We are 5-4 when Clingan starts which, over the course of a whole season, would put us in the 7th seed,