Trade Blazers trade for Robert Covington!!

I'd be good with either.

 

I'm sure you are all on the edge of your seats, waiting to see what John Canzano has to say. Well, here it is:
"I like that the Blazers showed ambition. I’ve grown weary with a franchise that too often appears content to waste Lillard’s best years. Portland got the wing defender it has coveted for years. Covington will land somewhere around the No. 114 highest-paid player in the league (~$12 million next season). That’s a contract you can live with.

The Blazers gave up their first-round pick in 2020 (No. 16 overall) and a protected future first-round pick, per the report. That’s not cheap. But as a die-hard Blazers' fan colleague told me on Monday night, “Bargain shopping is for teams with time.”

The trade raised some eyebrows with executives from other NBA teams. One Western Conference suit saw the deal orchestrated by Portland general manager Neil Olshey and said, “They paid retail.” But maybe that’s what you do when you’re a chronic non-factor in free agency and you hear the sound of Damian Lillard’s biological clock ticking.

https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/j...high-price-in-trade-for-robert-covington.html

 

Canzano did Canzano in that column. "I kinda like it, but you know it cost something. It might be good. It might be bad. I would have roasted Olshey for not making a move, but I reserve the right to roast him for making THIS move if it doesn't work out."

 

Probably more this ^

RC will no doubt help against bigger wings that they struggled to guard last year.

Millsap would give us that wise old vet that would bring some intangibles. It is a shorter season but I still would not overuse him during the regular season if we were able to get him. Get the young legs like Little and hopefully Gabriel some time.

But I would feel good about the playoffs with that group. We would still need Zach to step up though at both C and PF

 

I'm worried that next year's pick may not be very heavily protected. If it was, Olshey would have made sure Woj put it out there, wouldn't he?

 

My guess/hope is that it is lottery-protected

 

what I would like to think is...
They are still trying to nail that part down because:
We are also getting pj tucker with the trade exception because (I believe) you can’t attach trade exceptions with other pieces in a trade.
Hence the two first rounders in the trade
Have to make two separate deals

wouldnt that be great?

 

I don’t believe Portland has a big enough TPE to absorb Tucker.

 

Hollinger on the trade

 

Hollinger has the best take on this I've read so far today. Covington is straight up disruptive on defense in a way we haven't seen since Gerald Wallace. He can obviously help on perimeter shooters, but put him at the top of the key and he will steal passes and block a ton of shots as a help defender. Shooting 3's is just icing on the cake.

 

So how does the Full MLE work. Can we use it to sign a player while we are under the tax line, and then immediately go over by using the TPE and resigning Whiteside?

 

Care to quote him for those of us too cheap to pay?

 

And HALF the age of your girlfriend!

 

Forgot the #BAM. Otherwise. perfect.

 

Damn......