Exclusive Woj - Anthony Davis has Requested a Trade.

What was most interesting about that is that Dame actually tagged AD on it.

 

Well, I know it's not up to Blake but if he is requesting a trade from the Pistons I doubt he'd be happy playing for the Pelicans. He'd probably pull a Kawhi in that situation.

 

He talked about lobbying for players to join him in Portland...before last season he said he wouldn't do that...last season he started to lobby for Melo and AD on social media a bit...Dame is selling his brand here, not elsewhere

 

My point is Olshey has no excuses. He must pursue AD and put CJ on the table. Otherwise he’s incompetent.

 

I know Olshey has said CJ is untouchable in the past but AD is the type of player that could save his job and turn him into a hero in Portland. I don't believe for a second that he wouldn't make everyone but Dame available.

 

My thoughts is I go for AD and if it took CJ and some of our young players then you do it. I also think the only way for our team to be serious contenders in the trade talks is to take back a bad contract like Hill from the Pelicans.

 

Chris Stackpole to the rescue!!

 

His ego might get in the way. I wish that wasn’t something to be concerned about

 

They rank consistently poorly in the Instreetclothes tracker.

https://www.thebirdwrites.com/2016/...-injuries-grade-davis-holiday-evans-pondexter

Some damning quotes:

"A torn ACL in basketball is a torn ACL in football. An AC contusion is an AC contusion. Injuries are injuries," Brooks says. "They have to be managed different because of the schedule or because of the different type of athlete or where we are in the schedule. It's different. But at the end of the day, I've never seen anything over here [with the Pelicans] that I've never seen before. I've never had an injury before that I said, 'I've never dealt with this before. What do I do?'"


"I'm a bit old-school," he says. "We have cryotherapy. But to me, hands are the best. You have to have a good set of hands. And I think the three of us, with the experience that I have and the experience Jared and Todd both have, I think it starts with that. Manual therapy -- putting your hands on a guy. That's how you get them to trust you. You can use Fusionetics, cold tubs, cryo, whatever. That's an extension of what we do.

"We're getting there," Sumerlin says. "We're definitely moving in the right direction. We're just in the process of getting to where the Spurs are. I think once we start winning some playoff games, start getting a bigger budget, we can start going that route."

 

For a change I actually agree with Canzano. Blazers should at least give it their best shot. A deal sending CJ, Chief, and Zach for Davis and Soloman works. Probably have to give a draft pick as well, but for that talent, got to try IMO. You drafted Trent Jr. and Simons for a reason. Add the "Brow" to Dame and Nurk, with some nice supporting cast up and comers (Jake and Seth) and you have a pretty nice path to something special. If he bolts, at least you tried, and you still have Dame, Nurk, and Co. going forward.

 

Let’s say Portland made the AD/CJ trade and AD bounced in free agency. Correct me if I’m wrong but wouldn’t that mean Portland would have space for two max free agents?

 

He's no longer with the team it seems:

http://instreetclothes.com/team-analysis/portland-trailblazers/

 

Yes, pretty much every contract would be cleared except for Dame/Nurk/Layman and rookie deals.

 

Thank you for this info and the links. That's some of the interesting stuff...

 

This is crazy. Anthony Davis legitimately might be the best player in the NBA. We don’t have the assets to get him. CJ McCollum and change isn’t going to do it. Lillard for AD straight up won’t do it.

 

So the downside of this theoretical trade would be pretty minimal

 

That is insane! Perhaps Portland could be 'The Healing Place' for Davis.