Exclusive Blazer Trade Ideas From Other Teams' Forums

I messed up lol.

 

The thought of Jake Layman as SG is hilario.

 

@hoopsjock this is what I meant to put.

It's your trade idea plus Washington getting a 1st and saving apx. $13M by trading Porter.

 

I dont see why. Considering Blake could act as the secondary ball handlers with Otto Porter as the third, why would Layman be a problem there?

 

That looks like a similar thing, lol.

Por gets Griffin and Porter

Det gets CJ and Leonard

Was gets Harkless, Swanigan, and a 2019 1st from Detroit

Is that what you meant?

 

This is actually pretty darn funny. As i remember we had a pretty long conversation about Blake Griffin ever being a Blazer once. Times are a changing.

 

Oh KJ, that was regarding people who kept saying they thought Olshey would try a sign and trade for Griffin when he was a free agent. That had 0% chance of happening.

 

I would love this, but not sure I see Detroit or Washington doing it. Seems like Detroit needs to keep the pick and Portland's goes to DC. Maybe then it is closer.

This would definitely be a strong win now play. That team would be amazing. If you could actually get close I would even throw in Simons or Trent.

 

The only thing that gives me pause is taking on those 2 contracts and still having Turner on the roster.

 

I'm not so sure about Washington not doing it, if they get a 1st round pick in addition to saving over $55 million in future contracts and go from well above the tax line to under it which saves them a bunch more money.

 

You really sont think Washington would trade Porter for Harkless, a downgrade but Harkless has playoff experience as a starter, and to save $13M and get a pick back? Not saying they would for sure, but they definitely might.

The Detroit trade is based off what their fans are saying....

 

And gets a solid SF replacement too..

 

What do you think about a guy like Shumpert that can play D. I know we are loaded at guard but if we had to give up a Curry id be good with it, and I see that he's on his last year.

 

If you haven't noticed Layman isn't laterally quick enough to keep up with many-a-SF. Guarding SGs will be even more difficult.

 

Youd have Porter guard SGs. So I guess you could consider him the SG.

 

I know. Just crazy how the situation changes.

 

Oh fuck yeah. I'm down. (Then I think of Neil Olshey right now, lying in his tanning bed humming some holiday tunes, and I grow a bit despondent...)

 

I saw a discussion in a Sacramento forum, it's basically one that has been discussed before:

Blazers get Skal and a 2019 2nd Round Pick (Via Milwaukee)

Kings get Leonard and a 2019 1st Round Pick (Lottery Protected)

They all agree they would also do the same trade with Harkless instead of Leonard too.

While the trade gets us under the luxury tax this season I don't think I would do this. Our pick is currently 20/21 and the Bucks 2nd rounder is currently 59th. They have a few 2nd rounders that are currently higher (40 and 41) so I might consider it if it was for a better one and maybe we could get both the Wolves 2019 2nd rounder (40th) and Miami 2021 2nd rounder we gave them for Trent back too. If we're giving up a 1st though I'd rather it be more savings than just Leonard.

 

The scenerios I saw a while back with Harkless involved did not include picks. It was a straight Moe -> Skal trade.

I tend to like that one... especially if we can squeeze another 2nd out of it