The 'Next' Move

Nas isn’t a power forward, not a full time one anyway. Out of the 1,000 plus minutes he’s played this season, he only spent 70 minutes at the four.

 

I would love to know what Dames thoughts are on the trade.

 

Nurk for a bag of shit

“for cap flexibility.”

then CJ for a bag of shit and a 2RP.

 

i meant in the context of a nas + bled for grant trade. I'd prefer Nas.

 

I love Nas....when he plays. At this point I am not counting on him ever playing a full season healthy. He's going to miss games.

 

Billups understood these 3 players right now will be playing for the Blazers so I assume there no buyout on any of them.

 

Knicks get completely out of the Randle deal and pick up a first.



We end up with a potential future lineup of Dame-Ant-Hart-Randle-Nurk

with Nance and Nas off the bench. Think that's a viable top 7 to make the playoffs next yr, and a lot more flexibility to still stay under the tax with extensions to Nurk/Ant.

 

he's compared to Gerald Wallace for a reason. Crash was similarly injury prone early in his career. At his rookie scale salary, I don't see many better replacements for what he can bring.

 

Not advocating for trading him, but if you want to be a contender I don't think you can count on him. Have to have some insurance either as a backup or a fringe starter. (Not saying this is Grant)

 

WTF does that mean? What rational reason is there to take a worse deal? And that too, the very first move in your career?

With 6 days to go before the deadline? Makes very little sense if true. Can you elaborate?

 

better players cost more money. Flexibility.

 

Are you suggesting he's taking a bullet for the team? Now that's a dedicated owner.

 

How long before Dame run from the Grind?

 

Yes.....Cronin's predecessor.

 

He likes that it opens up cap flexibility to give his dinosaur ass 3 years from now.

 

If Grant can give us most or all of what Little does for a full season, it has to be considered. The Blazers will never reach their potential with a SF who's injured as much as he plays.

 

If he brings a title to Portland, I have much less of an issue spending that kind of money on a player at that age. If we still haven't won a conference finals game by then, as much as I love Dame, no way!
I've seen my Yankees overpay for ageing stars all of my life to no avail, and it just handcuffs the team.

 

Sports is a business and a rooting interest. How many athletic oriented PG’s have you seen carry a team as THE guy past the age of 32?

I’m all on board keeping Lillard. But he’ll be on the decline from here on out. He needs to be a 2nd option.

I know some people will consider me a hater or whatever. But it’s no hate at all. Lillard is the shit and great for our organization over the years. I just look at it as a Blazer fan first.