Asik to Portland - DOA

So you would take your unseen rookie offensive jauggernaut in a package and move them for Hawes?

That what your sayin'?

 

we KEEP LOPEZ under any of those scenarios, we ADD DEPTH and do not touch our starters

 

I'd "consider it", but prefer to try to get Hawes for a Trob/Leonard combo, I think CJ and change (for salaries) it a bit of an overpay so if I did I'g want more back from Philly

 

Misread. Agreed.

 

I just don't see what we have to offer. Almost every player we have is crucial to us. Blazers won't trade CJ because they haven't seen how good he is. Leonard isn't going anywhere for the same reason. We don't have a first round pick or even a second round pick this year. What's to offer?

 

are we in serious "win now" mode or just playin around, you have to give to get. My opinion is we are one good piece from really contending, Leonard I'd trade in a heartbeat, CJ I am not so sure, depends on the fit

 

I see two "crucial" players, three "tough to replace." and everybody else is and should be movable for the right deal.

 

Yeah. Don't mess with team chemistry at all. It's our star power that's keeping us together right.

 

Agree, You can't just sit back and say we have a good thing going and fall in love with players. You have to be a little be risky to get to the top.

 

This is a little premature. McCollum is a 6'3" shooting guard - mystery meat like 98% of rookies (minus guys like Lebron, Durant, etc. that people know are going to be impact players). For all we know he won't be able to make the leap.

Not to say you should be trading him for Hawes and I can't see Olshey using him in a trade, without at least getting to see him on the court and how he fits with this roster, but if there was an attractive enough trade offer on the table, he should be considered a movable asset. I say that because I see McCollum's ceiling on this roster as nothing more than a sixth-man scorer (not big enough, not enough of a point-guard, nor defensively oriented enough to pair with Lillard in a starting back court.)

 

Speaking of chemistry and unselfish basketball, please remove CJ from the trade conjecture above and replace with Mo "Freaking" Williams (aka MoChuck). I've seen all of that guy I care to.

Mo+Freeland+Claver for Asik+scrub of your choice. That's the best you're going to get Morey, and more than you deserve. We ain't no OKC.

 

I guess this is sarcasm?

Trades and roster moves are a part of life in the NBA. Every player in the league understands that and while chemistry is a delicate thing, if this roster is so fragile that it can't bear even a little adjustment or tinkering then it's basically a house of cards and not a real contender anyway.

 

Mo is one of the guys that I see as movable and replaceable. Hopefully CJ comes off of his injury and plays so well that it makes him expendable.

 

Let's make the playoffs first. Then we can talk about the '77 Blazers.

 

Leonard, Claver, Crabbe for Hawes works. I know Hawes is a FA after this year so he may walk. Philly is also desperately trying to tank. Is this a fair package?

 

Possibly... but why do people think that the frontcourt is the weakness right now?

 

I don't think so, in seeing many trade threads at another site Leonard has VERY little trade value around the league, "maybe" a Leonard and Trob combo could get it done, though IMO they'd likely ask for CJ

 

front court scoring off the bench is a big weakness IMO

 

I think if we're going to make a move, we need to target the tanking teams. Go after guys they know they aren't going to be able to bring back and offer up Leonard and change to see if they bite.

 

I don't agree. I thought Robinson did well for us last night. He was tied for our leading scorer off the bench with 6 points and 3 boards in 10 minutes.

I don't expect our bigs to score a ton. We need a consistent perimeter threat, and right now we don't have that.