Plausible destinations for our vets?

I think these trades could get done.

Waive Vincent and Reddish, keep Larry for vet leadership.




If these guys are right and the Pistons want some playoff or even play-in experience this trade could make sense for them.


Then after those three trades we take all three first round picks we acquired (Kings 2025, Magic 2025 and Lakers 2031) package them with Deandre to the Pelicans for Zion. Get Zion's body right the rest of this season and be ready to trot him out next season with all of our youth and hopefully another number one pick from Duke.

I think three FRPs and Deandre would be hard for the Pels to resist for the guy they can't keep on the court.

 

Remember how we got rid of franchise legend Jerome Kersey in an expansion draft? The difficulty in the next one will be who to protect.

 

Maybe it will be more difficult by then... I'd find it pretty easy to only pick 8 Blazers I want to keep now

Sharpe
Clingan
Camara
Deni
Rupert
Banton
Scoot
Timelord

 

I meant, the difficulty will be getting UP to 8, not restricting it to 8.

 

is 4 the new 8?

 

I would make all available. Nobody is untouchable. Untouchable is Ja, Luka , SGA, Edwards etc not a bunch of role players. POR has role players a best

 

You'd make all of them available in the expansion draft? So you'd just give anybody on our team away for free?

 

For free???
No of course not. I meant in the context of this trade season and ensuing deadling and draft. If it means getting assets back like FRP, everyone on POR should be available. Two 2025 FRP might be huge for this team.

 

It's an awful idea to sell low. They need a new coach and a new system before truly assessing how successful or unsuccessful Scoot and Shae will be. Nobody is giving you a top 5 pick for either at this point.

 

I thought that's what you meant. Just wanted to make sure.

 

I wouldn't give Dalano AND Ant for Black and a pick. Overpay. They wouldn't want Dalano either with all the guards they have. They could use a cheap big though. But I think Black getting traded is long gone. He's playing really good ball on a winning team.

 

I would if it means we can rid ourselves of Simons.

With his contract that’s a bargain!

 

I don't think you must protect players?

Even with multiple expansion franchise each current NBA team can only have ONE player taken though, that is if they follow the prior structure.

 

The expansion draft is what we were discussing - and any player not protected can be taken from the Blazers by Vegas/Seattle without sending us anything. The original example was how Jerome Kersey was taken from the Blazers without compensation.

 

If we have 9 players we just can't live without by the time an expansion draft rolls around, that'll be a good problem to have.

 

iiiiiii uhhhh
I don’t really know how to respond to that. So is Grant rubbing off on Deni who seems to be a pretty good rebounder at his position.

is Ayton rubbing off on Clingan? Doesn’t seem so?

it’s not about how they play on the court? It’s about in the locker room, at practice, in the planes.
Teaching kids how to act professional.

so many armchair GMs that look at purely surface level stuff. Don’t know these guys at all except for 2 hours on the tv.

so would you have rather had Grant just sign with another team and get nothing in return for him?

all 3 of them are going to be traded.
We all knew going into the season that this is how it would go.
People have such knee jerk reactions sometimes it’s hilarious.

the only thing we should be disappointed with right now is Scoot

 

I’m okay, I’d rather be disappointed with Jerami and Ant overall with my choice of energy

 

My comment was mostly in response to you suggesting they might be good vets to keep around.

I don't think that Deni has been on the same team as Grant long enough for it to be a problem. Especially if Grant is not considered valuable enough to keep even though he's an athletic wing who has skills on both ends of the floor.

They should be traded for whatever their value is. Whatever good prospects and picks they are worth. There is no value in keeping them.

 

Some sources grain of salt saying POR interested in Kuzma. Could this possibly be true? Has to be bs

 

Blazers have a better version of Kuzma in Grant