Exclusive Ayton is agreeing to buyout

If this is true, a slap in the face because Cronin trading for Jrue makes it seem like he wants to win.

Makes me wonder if taking a center was viewed as a slight by Ayton.

 

Bobby Marks guessed it would be 8-10 Million.

 

What’s the list of teams with a less promising future (5-10 years out) than Portland? And it’s not just about roster (which I don’t like). Factor in GM, coach, ownership in flux, zerrrro direction, and who is worse off? (Also again not asking you directly but just for discussion sake)

 

No GM shares their real plans in public, so that can't be the standard to judge one by. It's not like any GM starts out with a specific plan, hits on everything, and doesn't have to deviate. GM's miss on picks, trades, and FA signings, injuries happen, ownership directives change, etc.

Cronin hasn't been amazing, while working for a less than amazing ownership group, in a small market. Was your expectation that he was going to be a top tier GM?

 

As it stands trading for Jrue makes zero sense.

 

Yes, we can rely on him to be injured at some point.

 

He doesn’t need to tell us or anyone the plan. But you should be able to tell what the plan is by looking at the roster the moves the picks old/young, tank/not, etc. It should be fairly obvious to almost anyone.

 

I’d rather watch overpaid Jrue play than overpaid Grant or Ayton. Move doesn’t really make a ton of sense but I bet the D is gonna be lockdown.

 

I'm past my prime, otherwise....

 

I think it's fairly obvious. Put together a roster that is within the Vulcans budget while not tanking for 4+ years. He's missed on some draft picks, missed on some trades. Had some good draft picks and had some nice trades. The Blazers have a bunch of young players on decent contracts and some draft assets moving forward. Nothing great, nothing terrible.

 

I hope it’s not Duncan Robinson even though he fills a need.

 

Great question! As long as I've been a Blazer fan I've had a hard time coming up with a free agent signing at that level that would meet said criteria. We typically have to pay a tax to get talent to come here.

I think we're probably more likely to use the MLE as a trade exception.

 

Kennard.

Also, remember teams can take players into the MLE (essentially a trade exception). Would Portland be interested in Hauser to help Celtics lower their tax?

 

2 seasons ago he played the second-most minutes in the playoffs (Only Tatum played more) when Boston won the championship.

Holiday also played the 2nd-most minutes in the playoffs for the Bucks (Middleton played 10 more minutes total) when Milwaukee won the championship.

 

Please no. We laughed at the Heat trying to dump him off on us in a potential Dame trade.

I dont like his game at all even though we need shooters.

 

Brother, we have been seeing the same thing for years. Cheers!

This is the start of hoping I watch the team again in the next few years. But right now its a waste of time. Not holding out any hope they do anything to make us contenders in the next few years, but at least they got two of the worst players off of the team in Simons and Ayton.

 

Isn’t Mark Williams still there?