What has happened to him to fall so low in the mocks? I usually saw him in the mid-first before but right now he's projected either at the tail end of the first round or in the second round. Kind of the same with Chandler Hutchinson, he was shooting up to 18 or so but right now most mocks don't even have him in the first.
So are you banking on addition by subtraction then or will you be happy with the same team back next year trying to duck the luxury tax? Using a pick to unload a contract doesn't help us get better this summer.
No, but it well help us get better later on, going to be another year or so to get rid of shitty contracts so we can start paying guys that will actually help us the proper amount of money
But all of the bad contracts become expiring in a year anyway so if the goal isn't to achieve something that helps this summer then trading away your draft pick does nothing to help now or the future.
Let me get this straight... Allen tells Olshey to "get better" this summer but you are predicting a move that would basically signify giving up on trying to get better? As of right now the Mavericks are the only team in the ENTIRE NBA that can accept Leonard's contract and a pick for nothing in return. In doing so they would reduce their available cap space from about $30 million to about $20 million before free agency even starts. Why would they do that? It makes no sense to say the Blazers will trade their pick to dump a contract.
Every year, our "bad 2" contracts get a little less bad. There is going to be some large contracts handed out this year.
Speaking of this Jalen, his father made the news today. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...stant-resigns-following-harassment-complaints
We said that last year too. But I think PA cares more about the pick than the extra money he is paying out. Last year there were SF's drafted in the 20's that could have helped. No doubt we need a little luck but every year someone falls. Now if Neil can identify the right player that does fall. .......
Blazers can't currently trade Nurk for Whiteside and it would be near impossible with Griffin aboard.
as well as why would we even want to do that. Whiteside has been an enigma in the NBA and I see Nurkic turning out to be a much better value, especially considering his age. People seem to forget just how young he still is.
