Are there any players in this draft you would really like to see the Blazers trade up to get? Realizing that the top picks probably mean trading someone of value to get that pick. I'm leaving off small guards as I don't see Portland trading up for another 6'3" guard. The only one I see a somewhat realistic chance on is ZCollins at 10. But, I'm starting to see how nice Isaac could fit on this team--I'm just not sure how to get him. He would also fit nicely between KAT and Wiggins, so you might have to jump to 6 to get him. Not sure how to do that.
I wanted Dennis Smith Jr. but cooled on him. Didn't watch many prospects but I would obviously trade up for Lonzo Ball
I'm hoping we trade Lillard (and any picks necessary to sweeten it) for the right to select Lonzo Ball.
I wouldn't trade Dame for Ball. Ball will be school so much next year due to his father put a target on his back.
I would love to move up to get Tatum or Jackson. What would it take to trade up to Philly at #3? Would #15/#20/#26 plus next year's first rounder be in the realm of interesting to them? They don't have much dead weight to take on (some version of Crabbe + those 4 first rounders for #3 and Splitter?)
I didn't see any green font, but can't tell if you guys are serious. Ball, the committed L@ker fan, and his broken jump shot, his poor defense, inability to score on quick guards and his psycho father? It thought most of us wanted him to go to the L@kers. And where does Ball play on this team? Backup point guard?
The biggest challenge is we have enough to easily get to 10, but getting up higher than that would probably require giving up a player. We seem to have only two types of players on the roster right now: 1) Dame, CJ, Nurk untouchables; and 2) overpriced underperformers. The first we won't trade and the latter we cannot. Hard to see how to move up above 10 unless somehow another team sees untapped value in Crabbe, Harkless or Biebs.
He doesn't want to go to Boston so we trade them our picks, select him number 1 and if he doesn't play for us he goes to europe
Considering the way his dad stared down the shoe companies, I guarantee he'd be willing to sit out a year and re-enter the draft if he were drafted to a team for whom he was unwilling to play.
And we get nothing? How does him playing in Europe help us win more games? Great plan. We over pay for an over rated player who does not address any of our needs. BNM
Error on my part--he'd actually have to sit out a full three years before we'd lose his rights. http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q51
I'd move up to get Collins for two of our picks. Would comfortably trade all of them for Isaac, Tatum or Jackson. I'd trade CJ and #15 if it allowed us to get both Jackson (stick him at 2) and Tatum (3), somehow.
