You rebuild. We won't contend for sometime without assets to trade. We would need to be in asset acquiring mode. Batum would also likely be dealt if LA leaves.
Rebuild; you have some young asset and an offensive system that makes them look good. You either make sure they're good, or feature them in a potential trade.
If Lamarcus Bolts I say you play heavy for Greg Monroe. I know he's not an equal replacement, but he's young enough to be a long term fit with Dame.
If Lamarcus bolts maybe it's time the Blazers think about building around a different position (Dame). The Blazers have been building around there the PF for years now and it hasn't worked. Therefore Monroe might be the perfect fit.
Contend... Because that's a lot of cap space... And a pretty nic batum expiring contract that might be able to land yourself a decent player. I wouldn't be surprised if we heard a nic batum for Roy hibbert scenario...
Contend! Olshey says this is the summer the franchise has been building towards. He stated he has plans for every contingency. A rebuild would be a huge failure. Reminds me a little of the Raef LeFrantz Expiring Contract. KP talked about it to the press and us fans during the Meet and Greet. The RLEC was this wonderful thing that could get us a good player. It's magical rune that can be used in trades!
And it could have been used in a trade, had the right trade been available. People (not necessarily you, Sly) thought that the fact we didn't use it in a trade meant we failed, and that's simply not true. All that money falling off our books turned out to have more value to us than any player that was available to us at the time. Stupid damn people...
He would have selected Durant but would have taken 3 years to develop him into a 3pt shooting center.
Retool, we already have a pillar so that would make it easier. With all the cap space we'd have, we could sign some pretty good players.
I voted rebuild because the current team is built around Aldridge. It wouldn't make much sense to try and retool without the centerpiece of the offense gone. I would try and build around Dame, using CJ and Leonard as the pieces to build around them. Use whomever is left to find picks, young players and role players
