I think the plan is to trade the pick

I agree.

EDIT: I am always late to the party on wanting coaches fired or specific, young players traded. Shaedon is no exception. So a trade for a guy who refuses to keep his weight down and stay healthy is unwise …

 

Agree, but that does not mean other teams won't offer more to get him.

 

I mean... We have great food...

 

Think about all the knocked up strippers in Portland if we bring Zion to town.

The child support alone is going to be a boon to our economy for decades...

 

Great food?

 

In Portland. If New Orleans is sick of him he can at least still enjoy some good food in Portland

 

three negative assets and a pick is not bad!

 

Gotta attach a pick to get rid of Ayton. I think Ant is an asset that can be traded for assets. Jerami IMO would have to go to a team looking for a last piece to fit a championship puzzle.
That team would have to not care about going over the cap.

 

feel like this backwards.
Use the Zion situation
Ayton would give them significant cap relief going into 2026
A lot of free agents that summer

Grant has 3 years left..a contender would have to be desperate, have a need for Grant and have a window of at least the next two years.
Lakers come to mind but center is a bigger hole for them.
Maybe a team like Indy?

 

If we really want rid of Ayton just let him expire next year. No need to give up anything.

 

Those who have offered up sharpe in potential moves, what are you seeing that I am not that would make you even consider moving on from him? He is my number one hands off most important developing piece. If anyone asks for Deni, Toumani or Donovan or sharpe it better be for an amazing player in return but I would likely say no. This draft is decently deep into the early teens by what all of the talking heads are saying so that pick and a combination of Vetrans should be what is moved.

let the rest of that cake bake!

 

So the thought is Portland has as good of food as New Orleans?

 

No. The thought is that New Orleans is no longer an option if they are done with him.

 

can they can be sick of him and stick get a kings ransom considering teams know his star potential. All it takes is a couple of teams to be interesting and it becomes a bidding war. Can’t tell me there aren’t at least 5 teams interested in him

 

Agree can’t believe fans would want to trade him. Kid has all the tools to be superstar or at very least an all star

 

Wanting to trade Sharpe? I don’t understand that, either. I agree he has the abilities and has worked on his skills and play.
Including him in trades for a star? Reasonable depending on who it is, but there aren’t that many who make sense, fit the timeline, etc.

… and I really like the draft … and getting extra picks …

 

I can tell you if a fanbase like ours who is starving for a superstar feels iffy about giving up a couple of FRPs for the guy, most likely all of the teams interested are going to be hedging their bets.

Sure there could be a bidding war but I don't think it gets too high... I doubt he gets enough that if we really wanted him that we'd have to get the Bulls involved to unlock the future picks the deal with them keeps from being dealt. Who knows though?

 

If that's true, I would not want to get in a bidding war. Would only want to take a chance on him if the price was not too high.

 

For decades, I have been going to New Orleans several times a year for work, and I love their food, mostly because you can't find it anywhere else. But it is not for everyone. I think Portland has more eclectic food than New Orleans.

 

Or we could just….. let him walk away after next season?