Recent content by Graduate32

I'm actually hoping the Giannis and Milwaukee partnership lasts at least one more summer. That would mean the Blazers control the Bucks next three drafts just a year into the rebuild (after 2026-27). I imagine those swaps will look more attractive to Milwaukee specifically when trading Giannis...

Only Vanderbilt is a multi-year contract, and he is on the same timeline as Grant. You'd essentially be switching a $35 million contract for a $15 million contract. That's a huge difference. Regardless, I think this rumor is just fantasy.

Yep. Only that it is in the Eastern conference really.

All this tells me that Milwaukee is unlikely. Marks is awful when tried to act like an insider.

We could spend up to $14.1mil as a starting salary, yes (assuming that the buyout does in fact cut enough from the Blazers books).

Lots of legitimate reasons to question the pick of course, but I also admit that I'm not a huge Sam Vecenie guy. While I don't doubt the time he invests, he comes across as a bit of a know-it-all in his delivery. And frankly, his track record isn't all that impressive honestly... heck, I am...

Great post. Thank you. I will, however, push back on this point. I actually don't think he is that much of a project... or at least shouldn't be. He isn't the Bruno Caboclo (about whom that phrase was originally said) physical ball of clay out of which to be modeled. Rather, he has the soft...

Nope, instead they followed up the Nurkic 1st rounder with Emmanuel Mudiay the following lottery...

I think they would have hoped that he'd have made it to their early second round pick. I think he took another step forward this year and in conjunction with his reshaped body and combine performance that just wasn't as likely this year.

Is that 28 pick still allow us to swap with the Bucks? Can this be a way we ignore the bulls obligation that swap year?

I hope so. One more run-it-back run makes the Portland picks/swaps perhaps more valuable to the Bucks than New Orleans, who will control only one more of their drafts.

Love Queen with the ball, really dislike how he plays without it. He plays rather soft, he is lackluster defensively, and his screening makes Ayton look like a brick wall. He plays differently than JJ Hickson, but I thought that was an interesting comp as I think he might produce a similar...

This still feels like a Damian situation at the end of the 2021-22 Blazer season rather than 2022-23. While no one would be shocked if he asked out, of course, I'm about 80/20 on the prospect of Giannis sticking with the Bucks at least more season (which, frankly, might be good for us, as it...

I've honestly felt that this draft has been overrated since the jump. It has better top-end talent (or at least potential talent) than some years, but by the time you get to pick 5, how many of the remaining guys have even an inkling of #1 option potential? Maybe Jeremiah Fears? Anyone else you...

I've always thought the "league is struggling" narrative to be a bit overplayed, or at least too simplistic (same with the "blame it on three pointers" argument). I think it may be true that "the regular season is struggling," but we just live in a societal moment where 82 games is just too long...