Trades possibilities....and what teams are open for business

I don't care for Barnes.

I like Huerter as a Simons replacement (as a shooter), but I think Ayton currently has more value to the team than Huerter.

 

Would you want that to happen?

 

I don’t think Ayton is going anywhere.

I’d rank our trade priority as:

Simons
Timelord
Grant
Thybulle
Ayton

I could see Grant and Ayton both on the team in the fall. I think Simons and Timelord are both gone.

 

If you want to tank then I think Grant is priority #1.
I think if the Cap is important to you then Grant is #1

 

Maybe, but if we keep Paul, I will no longer be a Blazers fan, so I wont care at that point.

 

Deni will take every Thybulle minute, making him top trade priority. If we lost his salary, we'd have full mle.

 

Apparently Pelicans are a favorite to land Ayton according to the sportsbooks.

 

it would have to be a 3 team deal and Ingram would have to be moved...somewhere

 

We don't have a clear replacement for Grant yet. I think Deni can play the three for now.

Simons is in the way of Scoot.

Timelord needs to be deal if he's healthy. We can't afford to play him and have him get hurt again.

 

I think we'll move all three before camp. I just think there's going to be a ton of demand for both Jerami and Ant from teams trying to win now. The teams knocking on the door and desperate for a title will go hard after Jerami and I think some of the young teams who need shooting will go hard after Ant and I don't think there's any reason for us to keep them if the deal brings back good value in picks and/or prospects.

Also your damn right we should trade Rob. If a team offers a few seconds for that dude we should pounce. If they'd give us a FRP for Rob and a future second we should pounce on that too.

I just think there will be deals that will make it easy for us to move these guys. There might also be a deal that makes moving Tisse easy. I think a team would really have to get up to get Ayton before we're able to see him and Clingan in a rotation together but I just think if teams give us fair value for Jerami, Ant and Tisse then they're gone. Rob they might get for a bargain.

 

I'd love to see if Memphis would do this:

 

Actually, right now here's the three trades that I think make sense:







Out:
Simons
Grant
Timelord

In:
Black
WCJ
Kennard
2025 Denver FRP
2026 GSW FRP
2028 GSW FRP
2025 Mem FRP (lottery protected)

I'd try to flip WCJ and Kennard.

 

Yeah if you are going to flip WCJ and Kennard these would be nice trades for us and trades I could definitely see the other teams being interested in. Are you thinking that we buy CP3 out because I think he might be able to be flipped too?

 

So much for Kennard as salary filler

 

Yeah… Nevermind then lol

 

I am so confused. So you don't want to tank another year? I am fine with that, but the consensus seems to be to get rid of any players who won't be here for the long haul.
And since Grant is the oldest and has the biggest contract this seems to be conflicting. Yes, we still probably won't make the playoffs even with him, but with other teams tanking, we might not be in the bottom 10.

 

Grant doesn’t seem to have even a small impact on our tanking lol

But having him can help Scoot develop. Give him someone to pass to. Simons and Timelord are standing in the way of young guys getting minutes, but I don’t see a clear replacement for Grant.

 

Come on Nate how the hell is Ant keeping him from getting minutes? I keep reading this from other posters and it makes no sense.
If he got 28.5 minutes per game as a rookie, do you expect that to go down?

 

By far most accurate indicator.

Can also see odds swing once legit info starts getting leaked.

 

Who starts next season?

Do you think Simons comes off the bench? I would find that highly unlikely. If I had to guess, if no moves are made this offseason (and I doubt that's the case, but if it is) here is who the starting lineup would be on opening day:

Simons
Sharpe
Avdija
Grant
Ayton

Bench would be

Scoot
Thybulle
Camara
Walker