(Merged) Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

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  1. B-Roy

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=TradeOptions-090217
    YES YES, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD YES
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Have their choice of players? Good. Then pick Butler.

    I love G. Wallace, but his injuries worry me. Butler would be fantastic.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    I'd take Caron, Wallace, Jefferson in that order.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    I love me some Gerald Wallace, but good god if we could get Caron Butler I would do it in a heart beat
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Yes to Wallace.

    No to trading Batum.

    Please trade Outlaw and/or Webster!

    Btw, Caron is by far the best option of the three.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    While I would be sad if we traded Batum, It wouldn't stop me from getting Butler or Wallace, not in the slightest
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Yes trade Batum.

    He's overvalued.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    I'd make this between Butler and Wallace depending on what's being asked for by all 3 teams.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    I just puked.

    No way Blazers go for that. Hell to the no fucking way. They'd be stuck in lux tax hell for a LONG time.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Same. Jefferson's not terrible, but a better (and younger, cheaper) version is possibly available in the off-season, in Childress.

    I see Wallace and Butler as clearly better than Childress, so they're the ones I'm interested in trading for.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    "Luxury cap hell" has no relevance in limiting the competitiveness of the team. Portland will be over the cap either way...in terms of signing free agents, it makes no difference how far over they are.

    If Allen is willing to pay the money, it makes Portland a far better team.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Agreed.

    Any chance you have to turn an expiring contract like raef + Batum (an unproven commodity at this point) in exchange for a former all-star SF under the age of 29, you do it. Especially if their name is Butler or Wallace.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    We essentially take all their movable bad contracts.

    Yes, Allen could eat it, but I think he's trying to be more fiscally responsible this time around.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    If he is, then he is. But I think he also wants to win a championship, and he's not getting any younger.

    barfo
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Are you sure about that? He's 19, and he's got some pretty unique skill sets.

    I've seen some flashes from him that were scary good. I have a feeling he can be an All Star type player. A lot of people have compared him to Pippen.

    On the other hand, he's probably 3 years away from approaching that type of level.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Sure, but two of them (including the biggest) are only two seasons, so one more after this one. It's not terribly long-term badness. Songalia is the longest, and he'd be 15th man for two seasons after this one.

    No idea whether that's true or not. Doing this would be a financial hit, but would essentially turn Outlaw and Webster into a stud small forward, part of the core. That sort of upgrade wouldn't be possible otherwise without giving up a fair amount of talent.

    So, it all depends on Allen's willingness to spend a lot. It wouldn't hurt the team at all, just help.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Batum's is the teams future SF imo. He'll be able to guard the other teams best guard on a nightly basis so Roy won't have to, and a damn good job he'll do.

    I also don't see him as being a player that will need a lot of touches which is fine since the Blazers have Roy, Aldridge and Oden, and I think he just fits in perfectly. He's just a little too raw at this point.

    Considering how much he's already improved from SL to the regular season, he's worth keeping and seeing how much he improves going into next year.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Don't start falling in love with our young talent....

    If you have a chance an semi-young all-star caliber player, go for it.
     
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    Re: Five deals that should happen at the trade deadline!

    Batum is already a good defender. He's going to be a great defensive player. He's not Telfair, Sergio, Khryapa, where they showed flashes but otherwise did nothing well.

    Btw, if those players are truly on the table I really don't see how KP could choose any other player over Butler. I said it earlier this year that Butler would be our Pau Gasol. He'd give us a legit 2nd option right off the bat.
     
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