Trade Idea How We can Fix this Team, both Short Term and Long Term, by the Trade Deadline

If you could put Turner's defense and Crabbe's shooting into one of their bodies, then you'd have a passable Wes Matthews.

Of course, the body that got Crabbe's defense and Turner's shooting would be almost as bad a player as Meyers Leonard. (I kid, Leonard fans...only a little, though.)

 

"The man who would trade brainpower for mini-quiches deserves neither." -Gandhi

 

Thanks! Unexpected, but I definitely appreciate it.

 

I'd accuse both of you of hijacking my thread, except for one thing. You made it better.

BNM

 

You forgot the most important part. Wes' heart.

Oh, and can we keep Turner's ball handling and passing, too. Then we'd have an even better version of Wes Matthews.

BNM

 

Right. They basically tanked for 11 years, and even then it took some truly extraordinary circumstances to finally win a championship.

So, this is all we'd need to do to replicate Cleveland's success.

1) Identify the next LeBron James. Let's call him the LeBron James of the Future, or LBJotF or short.

2) Make sure he's from the Portland area, grew up a Blazers fan and always dreamed of winning a title for his hometown team.

3) Suck for five years before he will be draft eligible so you have 5 top 8 draft picks to stock your roster with (hopefully) cheap, young talent to build around LBJotF, or trade for more proven veteran talent (you know, like Ricky Davis).

4) The season before LBJotF becomes draft eligible, deliberately suck and lose as many games as absolutely possible so you will have a 25% chance of drafting LBJotF.

5) Defy the odds and win the lottery and draft LBJotF.

6) Lose enough games to be in the lottery for the 7th straight season, because you STILL don't have enough talent to actually make the playoffs.

7) Fail to surround LBJotF with enough talent to win a title so that after seven seasons he flees south for a warmer, sunnier climate to form a super team to learn how to win it all.

8) Have Paul Allen take out a full page ad in the Oregonian calling LBJotF a traitorous, backstabbing coward.

8) Since this is the West Coast/Western Conference version of this fairy tail, watch in disgust as LBJotF leads the Lakers to four finals appearances and two titles over the next four years.

9) Suck badly enough during those four years to get five more top 4 picks, including THE No. 1 pick in three of those four years.

10) Rejoice in splendor as LBJotF returns to lead your team to first a finals appearance, and then, finally, 13 years after drafting him (and 18 years after putting your plan in motion) winning that elusive championship.

Sure, it can happen. Lighting can strike twice. That is the perfect version of this fairy tale.

Unfortunately, this is what would actually happen:

1) Identify the next LeBron James. Let's call him the LeBron James of the Future, or LBJotF or short.

2) Make sure he's from the Seattle area, and always dreamed of triumphantly returning a team to his hometown and leading them to a championship.

3) Suck for five years before he will be draft eligible so you have 5 top 8 draft picks to stock your roster with (hopefully) cheap, young talent to build around LBJotF, or trade for more proven veteran talent (you know, like Ricky Davis).

4) The season before LBJotF becomes draft eligible, deliberately suck and lose as many games as absolutely possible so you will have a 25% chance of drafting LBJotF.

5) Defy the odds and win the lottery and draft LBJotF.

6) Lose enough games to be in the lottery for the 7th straight season, because you STILL don't have enough talent to actually make the playoffs.

7) Fail to surround LBJotF with enough talent to win a title so that after seven seasons he flees south for a warmer, sunnier climate to form a super team to learn how to win it all.

8) Have Paul Allen take out a full page ad in the Oregonian calling LBJotF a traitorous, backstabbing coward. Refuse to click on link to John Canzano's click-bait column applauding LBJotF's decision to seek a title elsewhere.

8) Since this is the West Coast/Western Conference version of this fairy tail, watch in disgust as LBJotF leads the Lakers to four finals appearances and two titles over the next four years.

9) Suck badly enough during those four years to get five more top 4 picks, including THE No. 1 pick in three of those four years.

10) Watch in horror as attendance at home games sinks to an all time low, that 30-year iron clad lease expires, and Paul Allen moves the team to Seattle.

11) Vomit in disgust as LBJotF returns to his hometown of Seattle to lead his team to first a finals appearance, and then, finally, 13 years after drafting him (and 18 years after putting your plan in motion) winning that elusive championship for the city of Seattle.

Sure, sign me up!

BNM

 

I hope Neil does a trade that pisses people off but is good for the team in the long run!

 

The first part is a given.

 

Hope so!

 

Why do you want a trade that pisses people off. That seem childish and counter productive. Don't you want the fans firmly behind any new players we acquire, especially if we will need to re-sign them in the upcoming off season.

Unless by "people" you meant Dwight Jaynes and John Canzano. Then yeah, fuck those guys.

BNM

 

I don't have another 40 year stretch to tank waiting for a championship so let's just win one in the next few years for the old guys around here!

 

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My point was that no matter what trades are made there will always be some fan pissed off about it. I'm sure somebody broke their keyboard in rage when Sergio got traded.

Hoping that a trade pisses people off accomplishes nothing; the only thing that matters is getting value. We shouldn't give two shits about how it makes people feel, that's moronic.

 

I exhausted myself for a couple years telling people how good Batum was and how bad Felton was......looking back it didn't add up to a sack of beans

 

Marcus Smart.

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