Exclusive 2025 Official Trade Ideas Thread

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Natebishop3, Jan 27, 2025.

  1. Rastapopoulos

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    None of them are as unrealistic as Doncic for AD and Christie and a pick.
     
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    And they don't happen. This one shouldn't have either.
     
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    They won't give us Knecht. We had our chance to draft him.

    Those other garbage players sure.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Not even close. That is why they had to immediately come out and say shams was NOT hacked. It is the biggest fleecing, perhaps of all time because they didn’t even demand the other frp from LAL. The lakers have their cake and eat it too.
     
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    Id like to get out of Grant contracts, that thing could be a disaster by 2028.

    Ant and Ayton I'm ok with keeping but I'd prefer to just move on now and get whatever we can, if that's value then fine if not then fine. If they have no value today I just can't see them becoming worth a FRP or such in the summer. It's just like when Olshey had these Turner/Bazemore/Whiteside/Meyers players on the roster.

    I'd prefer new players just so they aren't entitled to the shots/roles that Ant/Ayton have. I don't think both will agree to sit with phantom injuries the whole rest of the year. They certainly won't agree to that next season as they'll be playing for their next contracts.
     
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    Fun with Chat GP


    a legit trade idea for the Portland Trail Blazers that balances their need for young talent, future assets, and roster fit:


    Trade Proposal


    Portland Trail Blazers Receive:

    •RJ Barrett (SG/SF, 24 years old)

    •Immanuel Quickley (PG/SG, 24 years old)

    •2025 First-Round Pick (Top-10 Protected, via New York Knicks)


    New York Knicks Receive:

    •Anfernee Simons (SG, 25 years old)

    •Robert Williams III (C, 26 years old)


    Why Portland Does This:

    •Young Core Fit: Barrett and Quickley align with Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe’s timeline.

    •Roster Balance: They add a bigger wing in Barrett and a two-way guard in Quickley, improving their depth.

    •Future Asset: The extra first-round pick helps in their rebuilding efforts.


    Why New York Does This:

    •Win-Now Move: Simons provides elite shooting and secondary playmaking next to Jalen Brunson.

    •Defensive Upgrade: Robert Williams gives them a strong defensive center to complement Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson.


    This trade helps Portland continue its rebuild while giving New York an immediate boost in the East. Would you want a different type of trade—like one targeting a superstar or more draft capital?
     
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    Barrett and Quickley were traded last year to Toronto.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Real-time knowledge cutoff dates are a bitch, eh?
     
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    He looks real supportive of it.
     
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    Well shit I didn’t think I had to check to make sure Chap GP was correct I assumed it was smarter than that.
     
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    TRADE EXCEPTIONS BABY!

     
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    LLM require a lot of juice (energy, processing power) and time to train - so they are basically as smart as when they were trained. You can take a built LLM and create extensions for domain specific items, but the basic LLM (whatever version of ChatGPT was used here) is "frozen in time" to when it was trained.

    One of the big issues of current generative AI models is that you can not "update" an existing model in a generic way, you need to train them from scratch (which is also why people are so excited / worried about the Chinese DeepSeek because it is much cheaper to train that the west's AI LLMs - which means it can be updated more frequently, in theory.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    that is a happy guy. he knows, he knows...
     
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    This had to piss JKidd off, they didn’t even have courtesy to tell him it was being considered. I’d be pissed not to at least be told before it happened. I could see him wanting out and if so I know a young team that is on the rise that could use a good coach
     

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