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  1. handiman

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    Perfect opportunity for us to act as middleman, moving them up 3 of the 6 spots to better entice Sacramento, and getting additional assets while still having our likely choice of Duren and Sochan at Washington's old spot.
     
    handiman, Jun 16, 2022
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    I still think Boston is the best landing spot for Dame.

    I'd try to get Brown/filler/picks out of them.

    Dame/Tatum is a lethal combo.
     
    Natebishop3, Jun 16, 2022
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    PtldPlatypus, Jun 16, 2022
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    If we are blowing it up I want high end picks and players under 22. You’re looking for a foundation piece you can build everything around, not Brown/Middleton second/third bananas.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Ant at PG would be that foundation piece we're building everything around, with Brown as his Robin, and then developing whomever we draft at 7. Or, maybe these additional pieces give us the capital needed to be able to trade up for Banchero. 7+Bos23+Mil25 for 3? Then rebuild around an Ant/Brown/Paolo triumvirate?
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jun 16, 2022
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    Exactly. This would be the move.
     
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    Simons is the foundation? A 25 game stretch in his 4th season makes Ant a franchise player?
     
    wizenheimer, Jun 16, 2022
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    Really the goal would be to hopefully acquire more talent through the draft over the next several years. By the time Brown is at his peak we should hopefully have a contending team.
     
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    Brown/Tatum is more lethal on both sides of floor and younger. If I was Boston, I wouldn’t trade Brown for Dame straight up. Boston doesn’t need a fix. Just more experience. Their 8 man rotation is all under contract next year and only Horford is over 27.
     
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    KSF-ERIC, Jun 17, 2022
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    No.
     
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    What's your draft day prediction for the blazers?
     
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    Brown cannot dribble. nfw.
     
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    No doubt the more ball handlers on the floor the better. The hard part is achieving this without going small. I think you need at least 3 ball-handers on the floor. I like that both Watford and Winslow can do this from the PF position. That will work if they are on the floor with multiple shooters. Also why I would be OK with Daniels or Sochan at #7.

    I like Brown, but I think he might be better as SF rather a SG.
     
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    Maybe if he learned to swing his arms when he moves...
     
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    well then, if the goal is to land talent via the draft, you dump all the older players and leave a shitty team. If Simons is the guy you don't add somebody like Brown. You dump Dame and Hart and Nurkic and any other veteran that might add pointless wins, and you dump them for draft picks

    Simons + Brown might not get you into the playoffs but it's unlikely to get you any top-10 picks and that's what you want

    if Boston would trade Brown + filler + lotsa picks for Dame (they wouldn't), you reroute Brown to another team for lotsa more picks. That at least would make a little sense to me. Flipping Dame for lesser players on long contracts doesn't...at all
     
    wizenheimer, Jun 17, 2022
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    We're not trading Dame in the offseason. Just stop. Use common sense.
     
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    Of course we are not. But we will also not win a championship while Dame is here, so I understand those that want to get as much as possible while he is at the height of his value to try to make a better run next time.
     
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