Exclusive In case you didnt know: Blazers need to trade Nurk to contend

Nurk for Giannis please lol

 

Great article ! I love how the writer mentions a lot of realistic trade targets for Nurk that would make the Blazers better !

"Hey if they managed to trade Nurkic for Siakam they would be better !" yeah no shit

 

I don't know about that. Ant hasn't had an all-star level game in a month. Over the last 12 games he's averaged 18 points and 3 assists while shooting 43% on FG's and 35% on three's. That's nearly 40% of his season. He's 24th in scoring but 19th in FGA. He's tied for 53rd in assists....with Josh Hart; he's 60th in 3ptFG%. He doesn't get to the FT line, doesn't rebound well for a guard, and he doesn't play good defense. His PER is barely above average and his winshare rate is below average

none of that is all-star trajectory.

He's 23 and he's only spent a year as a starter so you can project some upside because of age. But it is his 5th season so that upside is tempered a little. So I doubt the rest of the league sees Ant as having all-star trajectory any more than they saw CJ as having all-star trajectory...and we know what trade value CJ had. Maybe Ant would return a little more because of youth and contract; but CJ had thoroughly established what he was while Ant's season has generated lots of questions about his game

now that is just my evaluation of Ant's season. I'm actually a little higher on him than all that implies. But he has nowhere near the value of SGA or even Fox IMO.

 

It seems we have different definitions of the word "incredible".

 

Or defense. (and I like Ant quite a lot).

 

If one anticipates a better solution, then they should suggest it.
Would that provide an antivirus for the ill we are facing?
I think it would be antisocial to provide an anthology on the subject, whilst simultaneously coming across antiquated.
I may have failed antidotally, but at the risk of providing an anticlimax, I'll show myself out through the anteroom.....

 

I have no idea but Joe hired a bunch of folks who probably do. I'd be looking at DeRozan, Jimmy Butler..those type of impact playerss but Siakim, Jrue Holiday, OG etc are the type guys we need..allstars...consistent impact players. We need an insurance 7 ftr...a bench 3 pt sharpshooter and an upgrade at SF and SG...however they do it we need guys who can run and we need size.

 

Hard to imagine Milwaukee trading Holiday for Ant. Same with Miami and Butler. The others, we'd have to include more than Ant, and even then I wonder.

 

because that's his last all-star level game, that's why. It was pretty clear what I was saying

and I didn't "ignore" those two 30 point games. They were part of that 12 game stretch. He also had a 6 point and 7 point game in that stretch. And in those two 30 point games, he averaged 1.5 assists and 2 rebounds. Those really aren't all-star worthy games. Those are Lou Williams/Jordan Clarkson type games; scorers bringing just scoring to the mix. And those two guys have combined for 27 seasons and exactly 0 all-star games

Simons has seven games of 30 or more points this season. Jordan Poole has 7 games of 30 or more points. Julius Randle has 10. I doubt any of the three will be in the all-star game

 

Is Ant for DeRozan in the right package worth discussing?

 

I dont think so

 

if DeRozan was a lockdown defender and 5 years younger, sure. But he's neither of those things. He's a better player than Ant, at the moment, but that's not going to last. So, I'd say no

 

Bump

 

Not in a million years could we get Holiday for Simon’s. Come on now

 

Yep, that's what I said.

 

I think OG could be had for Ant if the Raptors have a trade partner for FVV.

 

Even when Nurk puts up a 20/10 game the impact is minimal.

Shades of Hassan Whiteside

 

I don't think it's wise to talk shit about guys we want traded. Rival GMs probably read every post on this board and this could really hurt Nurk's trade value.