LA gone before or on draft day

Who knows what is true or not. If he really wants out, send his ass to Cleveland with Freeland for a bunch of cheap assets and try to sign al Jeff or millsap.

Lets see how much he likes Cleveland if he really does not like Portland.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=pdvh7or
Plus DET's draft pick.

 

I would say its true but probably blown out of proportion. I mean who wouldn't rather spend their millionaire 20's and early 30's in a major market instead of Portland? Also LA's luck has been bad since he has been here, so he hasn't really had the chance to win here. My assumtion is that if we were winning right now it wouldn't be an issue, and that LA is just starting to light a fire under management with a sense of urgency. This draft is a big turning point for us IMO. If we draft a big who is a project I dont think LA will be happy with our team next year and probably want out, if we can get someone who is an instant help and then somehow get him a center in the mold of Hibbert or Oden then I suspect LA will be satisfied and even happy to resign.

 

Getting Hibbert would have solved A LOT of this issue and made out team so different. Olshey was on the right track. Just sucks that Indy knew that too.

 

Gee, what a great idea. Send LMA away while making the Blazers much worse. That will show him!!

 

I doubt Detroit would do that with Drummond involved.

 

Or Ya know, we could keep him for two Years and let him walk if he really wants out. That would set this franchise up nicely!!!

 

This "92% certainty" and the corresponding "analysis" is comical.

 

We'd get $16M in cap space to use.

You would rather:

Yeah, a great strategy for improving the team is to trade somebody out of spite and revenge to prove a point.

 

The cap space might actually be nice, as opposed to a bunch of role players like Millsap on a contract.

 

Lol. Guess you missed the whole getting cheap young assets back portion of that. No spite, would be funny watching what he says about Cleveland.

 

What "cheap young assets"? Draft picks? They will eat up cap space if the Blazers use them this year for the next 4 years. Unless, of course, another Babbitt or Nolan Smith is drafted with the 19th spot, with is as likely as getting a solid player at that spot.

 

I do too. But that'd be my dream target. I'd also consider Monroe. But barring one of those, I think the rumored CLE deal is still the best.

 

Yes. Cap space means we can sign guys like Andre miller and hedo turkoglu.

Sorry. Id rather have the #1 pick this year along with waiters and gorgui Dieng, while have space than just space in two years.

Don't get me wrong, I do not want to trade lma, but if he really wants out, I'd like to get assets back instead of simply letting him walk.

 

Nice try. Years three and four are team options on rookie deals.

 

So the report comes out that we need to improve the team or LA will demand a trade? Posters here have been saying that for over a year and LMA has hinted at that multiple times. Its the big reason why I don't' want to trade him for these packages that I don't see that great a value in. Keep him let him play this year, if we suck by the trade deadline there will be a TON of deals for him, and if were going decent we don't trade him see where we go and if we make the playoffs and lose in the first round evaluate the roster after the season. If Olshey thinks our cap is 1 and done then move LA, if he thinks our cap is much higher then we keep LA.

 

Sorry. I'm not interested in the perceptual fantasy league, playing GM thing. That's why people constantly want "young assets" so they can sit on the interwebz trying to come up with more trade scenarios for next season.

I'd rather acquire a player that is ACTUALLY good, not maybe, possibly, potentially, a "roster hole filler".

 

Sure, id rather trade lma for a guy that can play now too. I just don't see Much opportunity for that. Lma for Noah, if lma really wants out? Sign me up. But I'd rather take cheap young assets instead of letting him walk. Letting him walk for nothing if he really wanted out would be idiotic

 

Not idiotic. You're putting zero value on $16M in cap space.

Even our own GM agrees with me. He tried to sign a high-impact, max player in Hibbert. When that didn't work, he didn't go blow the cap space on a collection of mediocrity.