I voted trade Jerami, because I think we can actually get assets for him. Otherwise I would select Ayton, but I think that'd just be a straight dump, and also, I'd like to see him and Scoot play together a little more than they have been able to.
Well, if we’re allowed to use a time machine, I would fire Olshey six years earlier and hire a GM who would actually make moves needed to build a contender around Dame.
I would change not winning a championship, that’s my big change. Honestly I used to be a huge blazers fan, watching almost every game, following then closely… but after the last few years of CJ+Dame I completely lost interest and have hardly watched the team or follow them since. It was just too boring and frustrating watching the same thing over and over.
Portland needs several big changes, not just one I think the Blazers should be vigorously shopping Grant, Ant, Brogdon, and Ayton for the best return approaching this trade deadline, I'm guessing that Brogdon would have the widest appeal because of what he has established. Grant might have the most value though. I don't think any team, besides Portland and possibly Indiana is fooled into believing Ayton is any good relative to his contract And I doubt that teams are that impressed with Ant's raw numbers, although the fact he has increased usage without a loss of efficiency might make teams take a 2nd look. But my hunch is that he'll have a pretty limited market. Teams with a big floor general like LaMelo or Doncic Blazers are a mess right now and if they have any opportunity to start correcting the flaws over the next month they should take the leap
This is a flawed thread. We need way way more than one big change so I just marked the change I see as least likely but still necessary. I think Jerami will be traded. I think Malcolm will be traded. Both of those players have a lot of value for win now teams and don't fit the window when our franchise has to be hoping Scoot and Shae will be at their best. So I picked trading Ant. While Ant fits the window he is a bad personnel fit and I think he probably has the most trade value on the team. So I'm hoping that we see Jerami, Malcolm and Ant traded by the deadline for picks, prospects and expiring contracts. FULL YOUTH REBUILD.
One change? Ridiculous, 2 or 3 at least should happen. I'd trade Grant/Brogdon and Ant and fire Chauncy.
I don't think I would fire Chauncey right now. This team isn't built to win and the guys that Chauncey is losing are the vets that you listed that you'd trade. Give Chauncey an even younger team that has more depth. See what you can get in the draft and other off season moves and then evaluate Chauncey. I don't see Scoot, Shae, Toumani, Kris or Jabari's efforts being killed by all of this losing. They lose some focus at times but they're trying. I think the guys like Ant, Jerami and Malcolm are the ones who have been really inconsistent with their effort because at this point in they're careers they want to win some games or may even need to win games to stay engaged, move those guys to teams where they'll win games.
Ant, Grant, Ayton are staying. I think the Blazers really like Matisse. If a playoff team has future capital on a hook for Thybulle, then this office can't resist taking a bite. Imagine Cronin trading Matisse for 3 second rounders. He only paid 2 to get him. Wow, wow, such amazing GM skills. Wow Brogdon is absolutely tradable. The Blazers media have completely ignored him in post game interviews. Don't want fans to fall in love with Brogdan like they did Josh Hart, so set Malcolm on "ignore".
I would only make one trade before the deadline. And see how things shake out from there. Something is off with this roster. For a while, they had MOJO and were fun to watch. Even when they lost. No stats or reason to support my thoughts, other than my gut says trade Ant. And start Sharpe at SG.
i would change the idea that stuffing this team with guards is the right move towards success. I see a lot of mock drafts with Portland grabbing USC's point guard. Just stop the nonsense, Blazers need to start packing in frontline players. It's how the Magic & Thunder escaped the losing trenches. They drafted bigger dudes.
How selling the team (to someone, not just phil knight) wasn't an option on here is a gross oversight.
