Notice Trail Blazers willing to trade 1st round draft picks to shed salary

Then explain your proposal of Crabbe, the 20th pick, and Leonard for Terrance Ross and a couple of second rounders.

 

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...to_trade_first_round_draft_p.html#incart_2box

The Portland Trail Blazers are willing to trade away one or more of their three first round draft picks if they could land a proven veteran or other valuable assets, a league source told The Oregonian/OregonLive. Despite a large payroll heading into the 2017-18 season the team isn't interested in a simple salary dump.

 

Thank god

 

Because you're dumping two bad contracts and a pick for good value? I'd really value being able to get a return of Ross and early 2nds for that package. I'm basically saying don't shed salary for nothing in return, whether it be no free agents in return or nothing back in the trade.

 

Nobody knows whats gonna happen, not even Olshey.

 

How is that good value? Ross is an older, shittier version of Crabbe, who's locked in for only two more seasons. Second round picks can be bought whenever. Look at Layman last year. That trade doesnt put us under the cap either. So what does it do exactly besides save Paul Allen some luxury tax payments?

 

I'm pretty sure that the idea is that an Olshey requirement for a trade is that we take back less salary than we send out. Some have interpreted this as a "simple" salary dump, but I don't think it ever was that.

 

If it's to get a veteran or somebody valuable that makes a lot of sense. But a simple salary dump? Then we are just pawns for the rest of the league to do business.

 

Ross at $12M is better value than Crabbe at $18M, and I'd rather have 33 and 35 than 20 and Leonard.

 

The entire NBA is apparently "far away from competing with Golden State."

 

not even close. A sirlion at 12 a pound isn't better then a New york at 18 a pound just because they are both streak and both overpriced but one is slightly less overpriced then the other.

 

I would absolutely hate it if we used a pick to get rid of Leonard. He's $10M, it's not the end of the world. I'd also hate it if we attached a pick to Crabbe to get rid but a bit less than in Leonard's case. I think there's no chance we will move Turner.

 

We should be trying to compete for a WCF appearance... That would be loads of fun! And that's the best we could get.

 

Competing for the WCF?

I don't like it. I mean GS has won the last 3 WCF without looking it up, can you recall who their opponents were?

Let's build to win at some point, not settle

 

Thunder last year. Great, great series.

 

Well if were building for the WCF and something happens to the Warriors...

 

I'm sorry but I just can't see Olshey trading draft picks JUST to move salary. It literally goes against everything he has said and I know how hard he values his own players. It literally only plays into to a league assumption about where this team that has no basis in reality. If we had an owner that valued cash over everything else it would make sense, but "that dog don't hunt."