2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors (Merged threads)

That's fine. I think that's a telling sign and we'd still get great value for him anyway.

 

serious question...do you even follow basketball?

 

smh

 

im sorry, what is your point exactly?

 

There is a BIG difference between trading a disgruntled star who says he won't resign (Melo) and Hoping to resign a disgruntled star who wants out (Dwight). Orlando figured they could talk Dwight into signing an extension, they couldn't so they traded a player who COULDN'T sign an extension to his contract and coming off back surgery therefor diminishing his value. Also the Dwight deal was also looked down on as one of the worst trades the magic could do, right up there with Harden for the haul OKC got. BTW what Orlando actually got for dwight was, Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga, Maurice Harkless, Nikola Vucevic, Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, and draft picks;

 

what would they have gotten?

 

Of course you figure out if he is going to stay or not as soon as possible. LMA wants to see improvement and the team has improved but by how much is the question. The situation on whether he stays or not should be evaluated two more times next year, at the trade deadline and after the Blazers season ends, and if at either point it looks/sounds like LMA wants out you trade him.
Olshey should have used this off season to gauge LMA market value and should continue to monitor it through the season.

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whoopee. Lakers nver offered both. Was always one. And Orlando could have hd Bynum, didn't want him. Easy now to see why. An overpaid Joe Johnson, they should be so lucky!! Ellis is shit. Houston offer is meh. And they already could hae had Brook Lopez if they wanted to last year. So really, not a whole lot changed. Their new GM wanted to avoid striving for mediocrity, so passed on guys like Johnson, Ellis, Gasol, etc. Smart move. Went young tanked, got salary flexibility, high pick, etc. I fail to see an offer there where they're substantially better with a great future. And, that they couldn't have had(Brook Lopez) last summer.

 

In retrospect, the Magic could have avoided the Dwightmare and arguably gotten a better haul. However, when teams tank for years to get a player like D12 they had to give it a year and hope they could make moves to make him stay.

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I'm getting your frequency Denny.

 

I would say we have a year to decide on LMA. Players do change their mind. That is the one thing we know for sure.

Right now his rumored first choice (Dallas) has no assets to trade us. Next summer can only be better. Hell you never know they may have better assets in two years to trade us. If they use their cap space next summer like expected, a trade in two years may be the only way they can get LMA. There are a lot of ways this could go down.

Other teams hoping for Lebron or Melo will have cap space next summer and will be easier to trade with. Say their #1 pick. You trade with them now and that #1 pick will not be as good.

Olshey does not strike me to be one that will foolishly panic. The Blazers have time.

 

Blazers have a better chance getting an all star by trying to convince their current all star to stay and resign than trade him in for an bunch of long shots and hopeful dreams on lottery picks, IMO. If not, they clear the cap space and make a move for a big FA in a couple of years . . . hopefully they won't use that cap space of a bunch of other team's rejects this time.

 

The advantage is olshey didn't handcuff the team with high priced players that are only designed to play with Howard.

Even if Aldridge left for nothing; which I seriously doubt; we still have good assets on our roster. Players with very manageable contracts; that can be used if we need to go a different direction.

Use the Howard scenario all you want, but Aldridge isn't Howard. He isn't some primodonna that wants bright lights and big city. He's a dude that is reserved and keeps to himself. He just wants to win.