Dreaming if Moe was able to be traded despite his knee injury... Sacramento gets Harkless, 2019 2nd round pick from Atlanta (worse of their 3) Atlanta gets Meyers, Swanigan, and a future 1st from Portland (lottery protected) Portland gets Prince, Lin, and Koufos We dump a ton of money this summer while adding Prince for next year and getting two vets to help us this year. I could definitely get behind something like this.
I wouldn't trade him this season for that reason and also that I think he's a great bench SF for the future..I have no problem keeping Mo through his current contract....there are other guys who have gained trade value this season that could bring in a player. Teams will balk at Mo...unless they are the Knicks...I'd love to build this team keeping Mo and Chief with the second unit.
True, but the last few years with the Blazers every player traded away was made because of cap reasons. Switching Moe for Prince is almost an $8 million difference for next season plus if they add a vet like Lin that could help the 2nd unit this year it is definitely something they'd consider.
I can't gauge how much he means for the locker room; not sure that's a big factor with Dame around his measurables on the court are not good when compared to the team. 9th in PER; 11th in winshares/48; 9th in box plus/minus; 9th in value over replacement; and a defensive rating worse than the team. He may appear to have a bigger impact because he has the ball in his hands so much. Lin could replace that though but, you may be right about Olshey's POV though.
Yeah I know he can be replaced and I don’t care too much about the locker room stuff, but I’m trying to look at it through that morons eyes.
That's pretty old for a guy in only his third year in the league. Dame is one of the exceptions, but players usually peak by then. No contradictions.
He's barely played-- we don't know what Layman can do yet. Prince has played in a 162 games on a career average of 25 mpg. Apples-oranges. When was the last time a mediocre player took a monumental leap after the age of 25? Gerald Wallace is the only guy that comes to mind really. Jimmy Butler too perhaps. It doesn't happen too frequently
Dinwiddie? I don’t know, I’ve just always had an issue with arbitrary cut offs for development. Everyone’s different. Situation matters too. I’d love to see what Prince could do playing with Dame and Nurk.
Sure, but my point remains. He's no spring chicken. Oladipo is maybe another who popped after people had written him off.
Prince will be 25 but he is still only 24 and has only played 2 1/2 seasons in the NBA. He could very well improve.
Lol. No it's not. You just said Nurk is only 5 months younger. He's on his 5th season in the league and still getting better. Dame gets better every year. I fully expect him to be better next year too. I just don't think what you're trying to say is right.
