Epic ... Failure. As I said before, Draft: A. Everything else... solid F. Overpaid Ant. Overpaid Nurk. Dame got his extension, but I lean toward it being a 'good move now; bad move for later' Grant - Meh. Payton - Boo. Solid F. Epic. Failure.
A+ Drafting Jabari Walker at 57. Yes, he was there after others had passed, and they did trade away 46 when another player, reportedly, got snatched up. Still, they get the A+ A Drafting Sharpe. They went for it. I liked Daniels more and even was close on Duren, and no additional 1st rounder … they took the highest impact shot. B Re-signing Nurkic and Simons after shutting them down … Clutch … value players … and the size of the contracts being up there but not irresponsible. B Getting Grant in an extremely reasonable trade. What he gets on his next contract based on performance is a different conversation. It’s a B as he’s not at the top of targets where there was chatter. B-/C+ GP2 for his impact on the D, and lower $$$ wasn’t going to get it done. It would be HIGHER if not for the hard cap. C- Not getting a deal done for a quality SF even with a bit of overpay. An incomplete pending the February deadline or next summer? Nope. It wasn’t an easy get, but so what. D Availability of a good back-up C or PF/C and wanting to be in Portland be damned. They didn’t get one. FINAL GRADE: B/B- When recently signed players can be traded prior to the deadline, the grade could go up. Just saying. I’m not grading management changes/additions, but they did a strong job.
Solid A for me...no complaints at all. .with this roster expect trades at the deadline when the cream rises to the top..... Thrilled they didn't trade Hart and now signed Jabari
Can’t wait till people come back and revisit this getting both Grant and Payton immediately puts us 8-10 spots better on D add in Hart and I feel this is our best defensive squad in years. Looking forward to the season as I said only way we win championship is for two of these young guys to pop big. Nice part is they have potential for this to happen
Management took two different paths of building for the future while also trying to contend now. I'm expecting border line playoff team mediocrity for today but have some hope for the tomorrow seeds planted. I would have preferred committing to one path or the other but appreciate that they swung for the fences with the lotto pick. I hope that they blow it up midseason and commit to the future after selling the team to Uncle Phil, but today my grade for their moves this offseason is a C STOMP
So you gave them a C but want to blow it up? I assume that includes trading Dame for picks and flexibility?
Simons, Little and Sharpe become lights out legit contributors is about the only way I see this team being a top 4 seed. I think Little can be a really solid player. He just needs to stay healthy. But he is still just 22 years old so maybe he can put this injury bug behind him. I remember CJ being constantly injured early in his career. My biggest reservation with this team is that we’re really lacking in size.
Heard Chauncey in a interview last weekend in Sirius. He flat out said "this is not a championship team". Verbatim. He confirmed what we all (?) know but it still stung to hear it from him. These offseason moves don't move the needle much in anyone's eyes. He only mentioned Ant and Nas having great potential and I think he said something about Grant. I didn't hear him say anything about Sharpe when I was tuned in.
you mean contrary to all the people saying it is a championship team? Does that list of people have less than one name?
I'm not sure if I like this or not. Sounds good he has realistic expectations. Still I feel like the coach and players should give it 100% and not set an upper limit on how much they can accomplish.
