The biggest question for me is, assuming Cronin successfully makes the roster moves necessary to contend, and if the Blazers get off to a great start, and, finally, given the dynamics of this forum, will Denny have an empty room here?
Yeah, I'm not even talking about payroll--just talking about effectiveness on the court. And since Sharpe makes about $30M less than Klay, the payroll thing is kinda irrelevant.
I've not been silent on the fact that I dislike Ant. I find him a streaky one-dimensional player that on occasion helps but his absolute lack of defense, streakiness (inconsistency) and the fact that the offense seems to grind down when he pretend-plays "PG", I want him gone. For what he brings, I find him overpriced. If he was a cheaper, off-the-bench-sparkplug type player, perhaps but as-is; no thank you. So from my perspective, he HAS to be traded.
In this thread we have multiple people saying Ant's contract is bad (I'm not sure I agree) and then others saying we should be able to get good value for him. If his contract is actually bad, I'm thinking "good value" is going to be a lot less than what people would like, and therefore seen as him not getting good value!
Trade him for what though? That's the big question. If he's overpriced for what he brings (as you've said), what we should expect in return for him should also be underwhelming.
What we will be able to get in return for Ant, I believe, will be staggering low. Scoring guards are just too easy to come by. They are a dime a dozen. Start Dame and Shae. Use Anf as a heater off the bench.
?? Atlanta moves up in the draft 4 spots(pending lotto), and sheds a TON of salary, helping their cap picture. Orlando moves down 12 spots and gets a young lead guard to pair with Paolo and Wagner. Portland moves up and adds a starting PF.
I think Ant is going to be better than Collins. Fills a positional need but pretty lateral move talent wise. I like the way we move up in the draft and could see value in doing a subsequent move of it in another move.
