Blazers interested in Aaron Gordon

aaron Gordon would run the offense sometimes like nico or Evan did

 

I completely disagree that this isn't a contending team.

Dame/Simons
CJ/Bradley
Covington/Harkless
Gordon/Melo
Nurkic/Kanter

Also, note the proposal I put out there keeps Simons and trades Gary (who we will lose for nothing or massively overpay for putting us in cap hell).

 

if thats true, either simons or trent jr (maybe collins, but im not sure cause of his health) might do the trick

what about our picks, where do we stand with those

 

I'd bet most of the time there is a significant difference between what the team is asking for, and what they will settle for

in this case, Orlando can suck on it as far as I'm concerned.

 

lol... well played!

 

since cj came back, Ant's gotten two DNP-cds. why do even need him?

 

I'm hoping we can stop talking about him at the end of the season because I'm pretty sure most of us only talk about him because every year multiple outlets talk about how much Olshey likes him and that gets this shit going.

If we were to get him and the only starter that went out was DJ, that would be an upgrade to the starting unit. Who it would take off of the bench would likely be too valuable to make it a great trade. It's just that when you here that your GM wants a player I think most fans tend to start putting together packages that might make that GM's dream a reality. So if Olshey is our GM until Gordon retires seven to ten years from now and guys like Shams continue to report that we have interest in him... you can expect this type of thread.

 

Well if they just want someone "good" and 24 is young enough. I would bet that Neil would get on the phone with Houston, guarantee that pick and send Hoodie, DJ and a future first to Orlando in a heartbeat. That's especially if Olshey is still not sure which direction he wants to go with Gary. I think we would all be cool with that deal. Most of us want Hoodie out of the rotation to give Nas more minutes and I think most of us see Gordon as an upgrade over DJ that would justify a first rounder, especially if we are about winning right now.

 

Yeah, I would give them Hood and Jones if Neil intended to keep Trent. I honestly consider Jones a good young player.
Then sure throw in a lottery-protected pick or Simons. (but not both)

But I would not even think about including Little in a package for Gordon.
It would take a better player than that to include Nassir. He has too much potential

 

I dont love the idea of throwing ANOTHER pick out there in trade, but I wonder if Neil is thinking of it as a job saver. If you fail miserably and get fired, you won't be around for that pick anyways.

 

I would argue that as much as people don’t like Stotts he’s a players coach and he makes players look better on offense because of his system. He gives players confidence and plays to players strengths (Layman, Harkless, and to a certain extent an aging Carmelo).

 

That's fair. I think the furthest I would go if I was the GM is Hoodie, Jones, Ant and a pick. I wouldn't want to give up Hoodie, Jones and Nas even if meant keeping that pick. If we're about winning now we need Nas as a backup forward much more than we need Ant as a backup guard. Also, you can't always think short term even when trying to go all in. Giving up Nas and DJ just feels bad to me if we're not getting a bigger difference maker than Gordon in return.

 

I've said a couple of times that the idea or Gordon and RoCo as the starting forwards is intriguing, but I wonder if a large part of the intrigue is because the Olshey era has set such low standards for starting forwards over the last 6 years

 

We need to have the mindset of building to win NOW, not draft picks. Dame and CJ aren't getting younger.

 

Gordon's 38 points lift Magic past Nets, 121-113

 

Gordon was an absolute monster tonight, 7/8 from 3 tonight.