1. Draymond Green is going to choose between Golden State and Detroit, who has made no secret that he will be their #1 target, so forget that. 2. If LaMarcus bolts, we're tearing this motherfucker to the ground, so no big investments on players that might bump us down in the draft.
Forget that. If LA bolts, you want to bring in Draymond Green and win around 35-40 games and have like the 10-13th pick of the draft and be stuck in purgatory? If LA bolts, bring none of the FAs back and bottom out. Starting lineup should be Lillard, McCollum, Batum (and put him on the trading block for young pieces), Leonard, and Kaman (trading block like Batum with that expiring contract) Win 20 games and contend for top lottery picks. You either want to be a legit playoff team or one of the worst teams in the league to get great draft picks. In between is the worst place to be.
Yep, we must rebuild around Lillard then. Grabbing a player at the same age as Aldridge won't do that, especially one that is a stat padder
Do you really think that this team can be a contender with Draymond Green over LA? Or Greg Monroe over LA? Even Brook Lopez over LA? If LA leaves we no longer have a chance of contention. Franchise will hit the tank button, as they should.
"After game 2 in Memphis, Olshey gave the team the option to stay the night and fly home on the team charter, or return to Portland on their own. Take it for what it’s worth, but only one player wasn’t on the team charter: Aldridge." Fuck!
If LA leaves I wish him well. I don't think he will but I don't want anyone on the team who doesn't want to be here
Agreed. Myers has shown a really nice touch around the basket. I think he can become a really nice offensive player in the next couple of years.
If LA decides to leave the first thing we do is draft a big center with our pick so Robert Upshaw it is. Then we do the sign and trade to San Antonio for Danny Green (on a 4 year/38 mil contract), Patty Mills and their 2016+2018 draft picks. At that point if Wes doesn't come cheaper than Green we say bye, if he does, we move him to backup 3 where he should play after this injury. We can let Afflalo walk if Wes re-signs cheap and/or Afflalo takes his player option, he is a good option off the bench still. We move Leonard to the starting 4 position, re-sign Freeland to be one of his backups. Re-signing RoLo cheap would be nice but if he wants over 11, we desperately should try to sign and trade him to somewhere like Boston for Dallas' 2016 first and Wallace's expiring deal. If my plan b went through the way I'd like we'd look like this: Lillard / Mills / Blake Green / McCollum / Crabbe Batum / Afflalo (PO) / Wes (Dirt cheap) Leonard / Freeland / Wright Lopez / Kaman / Upshaw Maybe a 6-8 seed if healthy but still young and set up to be good for the future.
No one outside of Wes has been amazing at D, so he'd fit right in! Still though, if you brought in a guy like Hibbert, I could see it working.
I am not sure there is a better all around shooting PF than LA. Trust me if Leonard was the number 1 or 2 options for teams like Memphis to key on, you would not being saying that. Leonard is a good shooter, but people don't realize how much more difficult things get when the defenses are designed to stop you.
I agree; start Meyers, CJ, Crabbe, Freeland, and Lillard. Any vet who wants to come back can, but they'll come off the bench in a role designed to help make our youth better.
