Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

My goal was to see individual growth and have the best chance of landing Cooper Flagg, that has changed to either Flagg or Bailey but still pretty much the same goal and Joe isn't executing it. I also as I've said ad nauseum that we need to move Ant and Jerami as soon as possible and maybe that gets done in the next week but I'm not holding my breath.

Being in the lottery can either mean great things for a rebuild or doing shit like Sacrament did for over a decade. If you're just in the middle or late lottery, you're really fucking up and hoping to get way luckier than odds would dictate. So yeah, I share in your "wut?".

 

I know I'll be excited to read the defenses of Cronin if he doesn't make any moves.

 

Like how they've have reached a competitive level in the second year of a rebuild, and are playing great basketball? Is this considered a defense? That he gave Chauncey the time needed to develop as a coach, and is beginning to develop a defensive team mindset? What's not to like? We have a couple players on big contracts who've been surpassed by younger cheaper players? Good problem to have.

 

To me this is year 4 of a rebuild and Chauncey seems to have learned how to coach a bit but he still doesn't have an impressive playbook in my view or an endgame plan usually. I think he'd be an incredible defensive coordinator for the team but not sure he's a great head coach. Ironically I think he and Stotts would have been a great coaching team together.

 

Danny & Dusty.

 

Danny's proposal was this


I would be shocked if Orlando offered this.

 

Do we really want Isaac on a salary for the next 4 years? That dude sucks.

 

Yuck. Like the pick, but not with 4 years of Isaac.

 

He one off the better defenders in the league. Id do that deal in a heart beat.

 

Isaac is a 3 and D guy. Would instantly add a ton of length. I don’t think he’d be as bad as many here think.

But on second thought he’s constantly injured.

 

I've heard Orland fans talk up Isaac so much over the years. And granted, small sample size, I only watch him when we play them, but , while a good defender, he's not the " covers 1-5" they hype him as. If he's my best defenders, AND he's shit on offense, I want him covering the opponents best player. But so many times he was out there covering Jabari walker .
That being said, his contract has outs if he doesn't play in 52 games per season. I'd make the deal, but I'd want better of their or denvers pick.

 

I’d do it, Issac has a pretty decent contract relatively speaking at 15 per. Still only 27 and adds some more length and defense. I’d really wanna deal Grant though.

 

Healthy players get injured when they come to pdx, I’d expect the often injured Isaac to turn into a fucking iron man if he was traded here. We can’t be cursed both ways.

Didn’t Camby stay healthy here? Can’t remember.

 

Granted his salary drops over the next 4 years to 15 per, but the answer is still no unless it was for Grant. We don't need a defensive forward with his injury history when we have cheaper forwards in Camara, Deni, and to a lesser extent Murray. Especially if we draft another one.

 

If he gets significantly injured, we can get out of his contract, and then it's a 1st for Ant. If he doesn't, then we have him as a contributor off the bench at a mid range salary

 

I like it. Pull the trigger.

 

https://www.tiktok.com/@notjeramigrant/video/7465537301477805358

Jerami Grant has a tiktok and seems to love Portland. I almost want to keep him.

 

I'm fine with it as long as he's not costing us draft position right now.