Notice Moe Harkless Fighting For A Spot In Blazers’ Rotation - Again

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    http://www.blazersedge.com/2016/9/1...rs-moe-harkless-rotation-2016-nba-free-agency


    The last six months in the career of Trail Blazers forward Moe Harkless can be summed up by one cruelly ironic statement: It was the move to start Harkless, in late March 2016, that marked the turning point of the Blazers becoming a truly competitive basketball team, and yet that competitiveness is the very reason Harkless is likely being relegated to the Portland bench again this fall. In a vacuum, none of this makes any sense, but it's sadly true...
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Sorry for the bold it's just the way it came out.
     
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    Everyone should fight for rotation spot that would make the team better.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I'm sure he's up for the challenge.... But he should defintetly get a good look this year... I love that guy!
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Neil's waiting on the Philadelphia 76ers to decide on Nerlens Noal or Jahlil Okafor trade. That won't happen till the trade deadline.
     
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    No he's not. What would we trade there? Nothing they want and nothing we should give up.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Please provide sources.

    Wait, you have none.
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    They have both been linked to the Blazers in the past as a player of interest.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Right. So it's still true now with no more information since.

    Keep up with the times, sport.
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Just because it's not being talked about doesn't mean that there's not any interest. It's called keeping it low key or keeping it in the vault.
     
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    Pops has his guys accept less playing time and they say, "thank you." Moe will find his role and we'll read a piece in the Oregonian about how "he's found his niche."



    (Jokes on you. Like I would ever read a crusty gym sock rag like the Oregonian.)
     
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    Nice try.
     
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    Absolutely. Plus you have to have depth to survive a long season.

    Yes Mo, ET and Crabbe are all fighting for minutes, but 2 of those will get minutes at SG as well. We need 4 players for the 2 wing spots, and as far as I can see CJ, Crabbe, ET, and Harkless are those 4. I can't see him not being in the rotation to start the season.
     
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    Your right and i do believe Harkless will be in the rotation and depth is a plus due to injuries and given someone rest for the night.
     
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    We are very deep, there are multiple people that will have to fight for any and all playing time and thats a big reason a consolation trade is pretty much written on the Blazers schedule this year.
     
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    Yeah but only in the front court. PG, SG, and SF we really don't have any extra players to trade unless Layman comes out of nowhere to earn SF minutes. (Which is possible but unlikely)

    So that leaves the C/PF spot for a consolidation trade where we have Ezeli and Plumlee at center......and Leonard.
    And Aminu and Davis at PF.......and Vonleh

    I guess you could do a 3 for 1 trade, if the player coming back was a big man.
     
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    Leonard(against my better judgment) Plums, Vonleh for DMC, plus a pick or two? Would that get it done?


    Dame/CJ/Napier
    CJ/Crabbe
    Turner/Harkless/Laymen
    Aminu/Davis/Harkless
    DMC/Ezeli

    Is that a contender in the west?

    I think so.
     
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    Is that a contender... yes
    Is that package going to get us DMC? HA! for the best big man in the game?!... uhh no.... gunna require at least cj on top of that even then thats probably not enough these hypotheticals are only interesting if they actually live in the realm of possibility.

    If we package AC and lenoard and plums for Adams and maybe Sabonis or a 1st that might live in the realm of possibility. Anything getting us DMC without giving up a core piece is just laughable.
     
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    Maybe it was the international game that made it him look ineffective on defense, or maybe he was not trying, but for whatever reason I was not impressed with DMC in the Olympics. Can he be the best big man in the game if he is average at best on defense?

    I do think it is hard for bigs to exert a lot of energy on defense when they are working so hard on the offense end. This is one reason why I am a fan of the center by committee strategy. We might be better off with having lots of depth at that position instead of consolidating.
     
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    Not if he is demanding a trade and Sac wants him out. Then his value in the trade decreases significantly even if his value to the team he is traded to is really high.

    Lopsided trades have happened because a guy demands it and usually that team gets little in return or not even close to fair value because of the public demand.
    Highly unlikely, sure. Laughable and a pipe dream? I dont think so.
     

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