With Afflalo opting out, that means Portland potentially got nothing for their 2016 1st round Draft pick except cap space. Two 2nd rounders spend on T-Rob also are part of that deal and two 2nd rounders were spend on Allan Crabbe as well who has so far done nothing. So Portland has no 1st pick next year and from 2014-2018 have no 2nd round picks....so far, they have got nothing out of those. Am I missing any other picks that got traded? One could fairly easily question NeO's use of those assets so far. Makes me a little leary of what he might do with #23 this year.
Imagine a team with those three as starters. Look at the imaginary scoreboard: the opposing team has scored 150! Wait, now I'm imagining Porzingis in there with them... now the scoreboard says 170 for the opposing team! And we're only in the third quarter!!!
Draft picks are not the only thing missing around here. The title of this forum section is, “Normal Posts”. “Normal Posts”, I have not read one yet. However, “Normal Posts” is an awfully good oxymoron.
Who was drafted then? Is '16 going to be a good or bad draft? Based on your "yikes", I'm guessing that we got royally screwed by giving up the draft pick. Man, I should have read this thread before commenting on the Olshey thread...my opinion is slipping.
Different kind of "yikes": 1. New Jersey Kenyon Martin Cincinnati 2. Vancouver Stromile Swift LSU 3. LA Clippers Darius Miles E. Stl Louis HS 4. Chicago Marcus Fizer Iowa State 5. Orlando Mike Miller Florida 6. Atlanta DerMarr Johnson Cincinnati 7. Chicago Chris Mihm Texas 8. Cleveland Jamal Crawford Michigan 9. Houston Joel Przybilla Minnesota 10. Orlando Keyon Doolins Missouri 11. Boston Jerome Moiso UCLA 12. Dallas Etan Thomas Syracuse 13. Orlando Courtney Alexander Fresno State 14. Detroit Mateen Cleaves Michigan State 15. Milwaukee Jason Collier Georgia 16. Sacramento Hidayet Turkoglu Efes Pilson (Turkey) 17. Seattle Desmond Mason Oklahoma State 18. LA Clippers Quentin Richardson DePaul 19. Charlotte Jamaal Magloire Kentucky 20. Philadelphia Speedy Claxton Hofstra 21. Toronto Morris Peterson Michigan State 22. New York Donnell Harvey Florida 23. Utah DeShawn Stevenson Washington Union (HS) 24. Chicago Dalibor Bagaric Benston Zagreb (Croatia) 25. Phoenix Iakovos Tsakalidis AEK (Greece) 26. Denver Mamadou N'Diaye Auburn 27. Indiana Primoz Brezec Olympija Ljublijana (Slovenia) 28. Portland Erick Barkley St. John's 29. LA Lakers Mark Madsen Stanford 30. LA Clippers Marko jaric Fortitudo Bologna (Italy) 31. Dallas Dan Langhi Vanderbilt 32. Chicago A.J. Guyton Indiana 33. Chicago Jake Voskuhl Connecticut 34. Chicato Khalid El-Amin Connecticut 35. Washington Michael Smith Louisiana-Monroe 36. New Jersey Soumaila Samake Mali 37. Miami Eddie House Arizona State 38. Houston Eduardo Najera Oklahoma 39. New York Lavor Postell St. John's 40. Atlanta Hanno Mottola Utah 41. San Antonio Chris Carrawell Duke 42. Seattle Olumide Oyedeji DJK Wurzburg 43. Milwaukee Michael Redd Ohio State 44. Detroit Brian Cardinal Purdue 45. Sacramento Jabari Smith LSU 46. Toronto DeeAndre Hulett Las Vegas 47. Seattle Josip Sesar Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) 48. Philadelphia Mark Karcher Temple 49. Milwaukee Jason Hart Syracuse 50. Utah Kaniel Dickens Idaho 51. Minnesota Igor Rakocevic Red Star Belgrade 52. Miami Ernest Brown Indian Hills CC 53. Denver Den McClintock N. Arizona 54. San Antonio Corey Hightower Indian Hills CC 55. Golden State Chris Porter Auburn 56. Indiana Jacquay Wells Colorado 57. Atlanta Scoonie Penn Ohio State 58. Dallas Pete Mickeal Cincinnati (Huh - Pete Mickeal had one of the all-time great careers... in Europe.)
Going by the playoff 4-man lineups, CJ, Lillard, and Meyers outscore their opponent by 22 points per 100 possessions...
We have the Bird rights and could sign and trade AAA. His cap hold is over 11 million so there's cap relief as well. That's something. We could still sign him to a longer contract which is what he's looking for.
Meh... We have New York's second rounder next draft. There will be a ton of draft and stash guys around there like Kaba, Fuzaro, Vezenkov, Luwawu, etc. After that there are good upper classmen like Gary Payton II.
I miss the days when Paul would buy an extra pick every year. He sold a painting a couple years ago that would pay for extra pick for the next couple decades.
You can only use $3million per year in total trades now. so if we bought a pick for $3 million, we couldnt add cash to any deals for a full year
In 2018, we have a #2, but it may be the Kings' #2 if they want it to be. To cement his legacy, Olshey better get a lot for that #2! http://prosportstransactions.com/basketball/DraftTrades/Future/Blazers.htm
The Allen Crabbe Gallery...12 pictures of a genius! http://www.nba.com/blazers/gallery/allen-crabbe-2014-15-gallery