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santeesioux said:
this dude really wants us to draft him
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Obviously he makes more sense in the second round based on mocks and stuff but I'd absolutely love to get him. His mentality and personality couldn't be any better, and while he's a little bit of a tweener, I think he'll be a great bench player for sure.
 
I like when I seen him during the year. He is 2nd rounder so if the Blazers wants him I suppose they actually could get him.
 
I've been pondering.... With Boston & Atlanta having so many picks, would anyone be willing to trade the 2020 pick for #17, #20, #21, or #22 (so then we have 2 picks this week)?

If so, what players would you trade the 2020 pick for?

Personally, I think if you can draft Bol Bol with Boston's 20 pick, you do it. I don't think there is anyone else that I'd trade up for in this draft.
 
This time last year Simons was linked with Portland -- the only player that they worked out twice.

Dead silent this year.
 
tester551 said:
I've been pondering.... With Boston & Atlanta having so many picks, would anyone be willing to trade the 2020 pick for #17, #20, #21, or #22 (so then we have 2 picks this week)?

If so, what players would you trade the 2020 pick for?

Personally, I think if you can draft Bol Bol with Boston's 20 pick, you do it. I don't think there is anyone else that I'd trade up for in this draft.
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I wouldn't want a second pick higher than we have right now. I think you lose value in this draft, where the 35th player doesn't seem much different than the 15th. You might get a lot better player at say 25 next year than you would at 17 this year.
 
Fez Forthright said:
This time last year Simons was linked with Portland -- the only player that they worked out twice.

Dead silent this year.
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We’re moving up or out imo. It makes very little sense to stick at #25 considering where we are as a team, the amount of expirings we have, the cap situation, and the rotation players we could lose. I think the plan was to trade out last year as well, until they realized no one was interested. We’re in a much better position now. Turner, Moe, and Leonard are all assets.
 
Wild thought on my part, but I was thinking they will purchase another second rounding in memory of PA? As long as sis owns the team she could see this as a way to continue to allow his influence in the draft which he always coveted.
 
Hoopguru said:
Wild thought on my part, but I was thinking they will purchase another second rounding in memory of PA? As long as sis owns the team she could see this as a way to continue to allow his influence in the draft which he always coveted.
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I can’t see Portland getting a second because they’d have to dip into their MLE to sign them. It worked last year because we pretty much had a full roster and could afford to do it. This year we’re losing multiple rotation players, it’s inevitable.
 
Scalma said:
I can’t see Portland getting a second because they’d have to dip into their MLE to sign them. It worked last year because we pretty much had a full roster and could afford to do it. This year we’re losing multiple rotation players, it’s inevitable.
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This isn't necessarily true. 2nd round picks can be signed for the minimum without using the MLE but you can only sign them for 2 years that way. By using the MLE to sign Trent to slightly more than the minimum we were able to sign him to a 3-year deal. Obviously we'd probably want to have control over a 2nd round pick for more than 2 years but that is an option if we were preserving the MLE.
 
hoopsjock said:
This isn't necessarily true. 2nd round picks can be signed for the minimum without using the MLE but you can only sign them for 2 years that way. By using the MLE to sign Trent to slightly more than the minimum we were able to sign him to a 3-year deal. Obviously we'd probably want to have control over a 2nd round pick for more than 2 years but that is an option if we were preserving the MLE.
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That would make even less sense for Portland.
 
Fez Forthright said:
This time last year Simons was linked with Portland -- the only player that they worked out twice.

Dead silent this year.
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Technically you're the one jumping the gun. Simons was brought in for a 2nd workout Tuesday before the draft, it's only Monday today. So last year was pretty similar at this point.

Also, last year the Blazers tried to trade up because they thought other teams were going to try and jump them for Simons or pick him before hand since those other teams knew we brought him in for a 2nd workout. My guess is that they are trying to hide their interest in certain players to avoid having to worry about it this year.
 
Scalma said:
That would make even less sense for Portland.
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Yes, but it doesn't for sure mean we'd lose them in two years. It could be that we'd have a better cap situation to lock them up longer in two years.

I wasn't trying to say it made sense, just letting everyone know the details.
 
blazerfan11 said:
To me, a "bust" clearly means a player who didn't meet expectations. That is different than a bad pick. Anthony Bennett was a bad pick. Andrew Wiggins is a bust (so far).
I had no expectation for Swanigan. So for me he could not be a bust.
If it was widely acknowledged that Swanigan was a reach at 25, then I would say he was a bad pick. But you can't play that game in hindsight.
So I would ask, what were your expectations for Swanigan? Or was he a bad pick?
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I literally said "FCK.. NOOOO.. WHY?!?!" at my TV. My GF was like "Wtf?!" haha.
 
Something tells me Neil will do something big, i think he waited 3 years for this moment when the Warriors are beatable. He knows Dame's prime clock is ticking
 
Beating the dead horse here, but a forward who can defend, shoot and make decisions in 4 on 3's is who I want.

Grant Williams and Darius Bazley both have the potential to do that.
 
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