The 2022 Trade Idea Thread, now with more urgency!

I’m completely fine with a straight 1-for-1 deal. Pistons got the #1 pick with him as their #1 option last year. I don’t suspect Blazers will win that much more with him as the 2nd option behind Simons. I think the Nas injury just makes it more clear we need to tank as soon as well lose more games without him.

Grant as the starting 3 would be good going into next year. If he plays like Denver Grant, great. If not, there will be avenues to trade Grant if Nas comes back and shows he’s too good to keep out of the starting 5 even on a contending team. No brainer for me if it’s straight across deal.

But why has everyone been talking about Grant like he’ll command more than 1 1st and/or young assets? Is a straight across deal even realistic for us.

 

Weird. Guess we'll have to play Dame and Ant 48 minutes a game next year then.

 

I'd trust @hoopsjock and his channel more than that one, but that's just me.

It's all about flipping those salaries to a 3rd team and getting NOP to absorb some salary back with their $17M TPE. That way Portland can save more money and create a TPE of their own.

 

meh just tweeted…” down to 6. Portland is out”
Isn’t this the guy that said a trade was gonna go down with Portland for sure like a week ago? Lol

 

Example:



Portland would get a $20.8M TPE in this type of deal. Portland could also add a deal for Grant, Sabonis, Brown, Anunoby, etc. into this deal and save that 4th team a bunch of money (a bunch of picks would obviously have to go back).

New Orleans $17M TPE presents opportunities to be creative in a CJ to New Orleans trade.

 

LOL at the projected wins (losses) from the "Hollinger analysis"....his formula is completely fucked up

 

The first point better not be fuckin true or Cronin needs to go ASAP.

 

I’m trying to be nicer so I’ll let you think on that statement.

 

it's a big if but if that's really how Cronin is thinking the whole fucking shit show needs to be burned to the ground, starting in Seattle

wouldn't that be something though....having 4 untouchable players in trade discussions and 3 of them under 6'4

let's see, between the untouchable foursome, and the injured players that will be hard to trade, that leaves RoCo, McLemore, & Snell as the trade bait. That should fetch a couple of all-stars

 

This is exactly why I don’t want Cronin as GM or anyone that has been working with Olshey.

 

I don’t see Powell’s name

 

Cronin did learn under Olshey after all — moves around the margins

 

Btw what a terrible interview. Who are those two whiny bitches? Is that what Portland radio is like? Yikes, why would anyone listen to that willingly? Also quick suggesting Powell isn’t very valuable because of his contract, just completely clueless.

 

yea lol

i think he’s a master troll or something

 

yeah Cronin really doesn’t have to do anything now outside of ducking the tax. And now with Nas out he doesn’t even have to clear minutes for him, so as much as I want him gone, I could see a Powell trade getting kicked to the offseason if he doesn’t get exactly what he wants.

 

Nas is part of the teams core going forward, doubt he was involved in any trade discussions.

 

let's all recall Quick said Olshey was bulletproof and would NOT get fired less than 12 hrs before the announcement was made.

 

Another thing — if Simons is as untouchable as Dame then why would they try to build around CJ?

Ant’s rise should earn him the starting SG spot next to Lillard.

Unless CJ finally embraces the Manu Ginobli role…

 

So ready for a new regime here.

 

It's not what Quick is saying, it is what Nurk is saying that Cronin told him. And Quick immediately asked him, "Really?", and thought it should be taken with a grain of salt.

Now, "If", that was exactly what Cronin told Nurk and he really meant it, that makes me throw up more than a little.