Trade Idea Corey Kispert-Should the Blazers be interested?

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  1. riverman

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    Mattisse shoots the 3 well off the bench and with Jrue either Deni or Shaedon may be coming off the bench as a 6 man...Shaedon and Scoot and Khris need to improve as 3 pt shooters. Duop is a decent shooter.
     
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    you don't understand the "comparison"? It was a simple gauge between a player we have seen very little and a player we are very familiar with. A gauge of skills and basketball value. Of strengths and weaknesses. That was pretty obvious

    it doesn't matter how "cheap" Kispert is compared to Grant because Washington won't be trading Kispert for Grant; at this point, Portland appears to be 'stuck' with Grant for a season or two more. The Kispert/Grant comparison in terms of contracts is irrelevant because that wouldn't be the exchange. There's no either/or here. It might be either Thybulle or Timelord. Or maybe Kispert absorbed into Portland's MLE

    as far as size: Kispert was measured as 6' 6"; Grant was 6' 6.5". Kispert was weighed as 224; Grant was weighed as 214. Essentially they are the same size
     
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    Yeah, Mattise really did well off the bench, Rupert, Khris were not good with the three at all.
     
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    I dunno if the Blazers should be interested but I certainly don't find him interesting. He would need to be a serious knockdown shooter to overcome his other deficiencies, and he's good but not elite. If we're going to get somebody with defensive inadequacies just to improve the shooting of our squad, let's revisit the Sasha Vezenkov suggestion. He rebounds, too!

     
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    Other than the 8" difference in their wingspan.
     
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    If there’s a signing of a free agent difference maker into the NTPMLE this off-season — okay. I have not heard or read of a player like that on this board or elsewhere.

    If there is a trade into the NTPMLE during the season of either a difference maker or a prospect Schmitz loves or — more likely — a season ending contract where a taxpayer doesn’t want to pay a serious, multiplied tax AND will give up 1st round draft capital (a lower 1st or a distant 1st), then that’s okay, too.

    I obviously could end up being wrong, but the Ayton pay-off was both a good move in itself to clean the roster at a reduced cost AND as a move during the season to increase assets. I could be wrong on this actually being intended for a move during free agency.
     
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    Let compare their salaries now…
     
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    What about Spannoulis?
     
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    That is only relevant if the Blazers think they can move Grant. If they can, then sure, he would be a relatively cheap replacement. But if they can't, then Kispert adds another 13 million per year for 3 years. (behind Deni, Camara, and Grant)
     
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    #buyoutGrant
     
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    After Dames buyout it might not seem that outlandish. I’ve seen where some mock trades have Robert Williams & 2nd round picks for Kispert?
     
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    To keep their generational superstar in his prime (and who likes it there), MIL doing what they thought they had to keep him is understandable. I like the Turner move. I don’t like stretching so many Dame years at that cost. And they lack draft picks and control, too.

    Buying out a big contract of one year? Okay. No stretching!
    Two years? Hope it’s fewer $$$.
    Three? Nope. Unless you have Giannis …
     
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    Overpaid one dimensional player who is not very good.
     
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    i don't get the fascination. i brought up hauser earlier, and think i'd rather have him.
     
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    100%. Kispert is really a fringe NBA talent
     
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    why do people keep saying this?

    there's no either/or choice for Portland. They have Grant at his salary. Why would Portland trade for a one-dimensional shitty defender with a 3 year deal to be 4th or 5th in the forward rotation behind Deni-Camara-Grant-Thybulle?

    hard to believe people think this is a good idea. Who does Portland trade, Timelord or Thybulle? and how many 2nd's would it take?
     
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    Have heard this idea a lot. The BlazerSurprise youtube guys talk about it many times on their streams too. I think the theory is we absorb Kispert into our MLE for 2nd round picks or such.

    I'd prefer not to. I love the idea of building an elite defensive squad. We legit might be a top5 defense this year. If we can try to roll the dice on another Thybulle like 2nd/3rd string option I'm all for it. Kispert doesn't have the defense to fit with that new direction.

    Yeah the offense and shooting is going to be a major concern. But screwing up the defense just plugs one hole in the boat - while making a new one. Better to take a gamble on some guy possibly providing some offense shooting with average or better level defense. Yes thats unlikely at roster spot 14 but its not impossible. I don't like Kris Murray at all - but its more likely he gets hot from 3 than it is Kispert becomes good at D.

    PASS.
     
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    And where do his minutes even come from? Seriously I don't see us bringing anyone in unless they have a clear spot in the rotation. That's why Grant would need to go as well.
     
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    BOS wants to keep Hauser so looking to dump Anfernee
     
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    Makes sense... Good luck to them.
     

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