I believe he might take those 2 late draft pick and trade up or get some over sea player and keep him there. I believe if he trade with another team somebody with a big contract must go if it Crabbe turner or Myles and even Harkless. That can bring him back to try to get under the LT.
That's totally the opposite from what I want to hear. Screams developing young and starting from the bottom again. I can't see Paul being thrilled to go in that direction.
I know Paul wouldn't care about keeping his players but he is going to pay shit loaded money keeping a team that barely or not get in playoffs to me Paul really don't want that at all. So I guess we will wait see what Neil will do.
When are you going to figure out that trading our young players for the type of veterans we could actually get would condemn us to mediocrity without assets left to build and get better. We have to buy low and sell high which equates to adding young unproven players. There are times to make moves for veterans but now isn't that time.
We are in a weird window right now, because Dame and CJ aren't really kids anymore. They're just entering their prime. So we need players that can help win now. Adding young guys doesn't really fit in that window. This is a big reason why I think eventually one of either Dame or CJ will have to go.
I respectfully disagree. There's still time to build around them, and I'd like to see both of them stay here. Once they hit 30, then we should begin to worry.
Next year, teams can have 17 players under contract if 2 of them are in the G-League (formerly D-League). So for everyone saying we won't keep 3 picks, I wouldn't be so sure.
Plumlee got us TWO first round picks: the 16th pick in the 2014 draft and a pick that will be in the 17-22 range in the 2017 draft. Both of those picks will be higher than the 23rd pick we gave up in the 2015 draft and both of those drafts are much deeper. So, we got two better picks in two better drafts. Ignoring Connaughton and Blake (two mid-2nd rounders, one who is still in the league one who isn't), we traded Rondae Hollis-Jefferson for Jusuf Nurkic and a 17-22 pick in this year's very deep draft. I'd have to say we came out ahead on this one. BNM
Yes, but if they are under contract, won't they count against the cap and more importantly the luxury tax? If so, those could end up being some pretty expensive G-Leaguers. BNM
We can safely move below luxury tax by just trading one of Leonard, Crabbe and Harkless for someone cheaper or an expiring, no? IMO adding a pick to get rid of any of them would be incredibly bad business. Knowing how things usually pan out we'd probably then realize that a player who went with that pick is pretty awesome. I want us to draft three players next Summer. Having three new young players would be exciting. I would not want to lose that picks for nothing or use them to dump contracts. We will be able to reduce salaries without any of that crap.
Late first round picks make what, $1.5M a year? Those won't be the players who will hurt us with luxury tax.
In 2006 the blazers had 4 first round picks, and used them all, so who knows. At the time I was thinking who the hell Eurostashes an Englishman? Aldridge Roy Sergio Freeland
Plus Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has been setting the world on fire lol. http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3064291/rondae-hollis-jefferson
It all adds up. Based on Neil's actions this season, it seems like his goal is to spend up to the luxury tax threshold without going over. And again, it's not just the $ penalties, once you get into repeater tax territory, you lose exemptions and it becomes hard to make trades. I doubt if Neil wants to tie his own hands for a couple G-League players. The picks give him more flexibility to make other moves. Thye can be included in deals to dump one, or more of the contracts that will, otherwise, have us in luxury tax hell. BNM
If we can somehow play and luck our way into top three in the draft, we can make a deal without CJ or Lillard.
