From what was reported at the time of the trade, the Blazers insisted on Williams. They knew what they were getting into.
It was a joke. Pretty sure Golden St knew about GP2's injury history when they traded for him as well. Didn't stop them from complaining to the league.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38863846/sources-blazers-robert-williams-season-ending-surgery "Williams, who arrived as part of the Jrue Holiday trade with the Boston Celtics in September, had been a target of several teams that hoped the Blazers would consider moving him before the February trade deadline." If this really is the case then we should have moved him immediately. Everyone knew the guys knees were ticking timebombs. That's a real missed opportunity.
If what you say is true: "everyone knew his knees were a ticking timebomb", then the trade offer would've been greatly discounted anyway. Best case scenario moving forward is he comes back next year, appears to be fully healthy, and come February we get a team in desperate need who also buys into the theory he's fully recovered.
Tavares has one year left on his contract in Spain, he would qualify for an injury exception pickup to fill Williams spot
I don't anticipate we'll use it for a meaningful player. MAYBE to take on a contract for another team who is throwing in a pick, but even then I wonder.
This is way worse. Collins injuries were all just freak accidents. This dude has medically bad knees like broy
Guess you missed the part where I said they should have traded him immediately ... I get he needs the surgery now, it's why you don't hold on to him as an asset at any point but instead flip him back when the trade was made.
He's already had surgery and it was successful I believe I read yesterday. He's worth fixing and we have him for 3 yeears as it is.
