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Jade Falcon said:
Then have fun rebuilding around a 30 year old Dame and a skeleton crew. You think our playoff record of first round exits is bad now.......
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Yeah cause Dame and Nurk is championship worthy after AD leaves but Dame and AD cant win a championship? Sorry but AD is on a completely different level then Nurk ever will be and I like Nurk.
 
LayneStaley said:
I’d take Tatum over CJ in a heartbeat and it’s been reported no C’s are off limit in AD discussions.
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Well, we don't have Tatum, we have CJ. And with our team so delicate as it is, we need the few good players we have here. Selling two high players to get a one year rental that won't get us to a Championship and then leaves us high and dry with a 30 year old All Star doesn't strike me as a winning strategy.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Yeah cause Dame and Nurk is championship worthy after AD leaves but Dame and AD cant win a championship? Sorry but AD is on a completely different level then Nurk ever will be and I like Nurk.
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Nobody is comparing the two. But do you want 3 high ranked players, or 2?
 
calvin natt said:
Blazers don’t have enough for Davis. Can we stop the pipe dream already.
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This is probably true, but wont stop me from wanting it to happen. Ill stop at noon tomorrow or when they trade him to the Lakers for way less then what the Blazers could offer.
 
Ripcity4life77 said:
I think the Blazers will get Marc Gasol tomorrow and try for a twin towers thing and i think the fact the Blazers have been linked to him says they are thinking same thing. Having 2 big guys who both can go inside and outside will really open the offense for shooter like Dame , CJ and Hood and others.

I have to be honest i am not sure how the deal happens cause i have played with the ESPN trade machine and there are some obvious combo's of Blazer players but not sure Memphis would want them so IF it happens might need a 3rd team.
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On NBA XM radio today on my drive home I heard the Raptors and Grizz where talking Marc Gasol and Mike Conley for Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Id love that, all I am saying is if they wont bite unless Nurks in the deal then Nurk would be in the deal for me.
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And we're right back to square one when Davis leaves: who do we rebuild around?

I can tell you rebuilding around Nurk and Dame would be a lot easier than rebuilding around just Dame.

And looking at it even deeper: would Dame want to stay here and rebuild at that age? Or would he seek a supermax elsewhere?

And if he left, we'd be lucky to compete with the Knicks and Suns.

I'm looking at each potential step long term. I encourage everyone else to do the same. Yes, it's a lot of "what ifs", but that is what you have to consider when this kind of implication is at stake.
 
Scalma said:
Name the trades and signings Olshey made in his Portland tenure that had you genuinely excited.

Here’s my list

Nurkic
Harkless

That’s literally it.

Here’s a refresher guide
https://www.basketball-reference.com/executives/olshene99x.html
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Nurkic didnt get me excited until he started playing the trade itself was like ok I guess they cant pay plumlee this summer.
I really liked the Ed Davis signing, guy I worked with at the time was a Laker fan and he LOVED Ed so I liked that because I liked Ed’s game AND it made a laker fan mad heh.
 
Jade Falcon said:
And we're right back to square one when Davis leaves: who do we rebuild around?

I can tell you rebuilding around Nurk and Dame would be a lot easier than rebuilding around just Dame.

And looking at it even deeper: would Dame want to stay here and rebuild at that age? Or would he seek a supermax elsewhere?

And if he left, we'd be lucky to compete with the Knicks and Suns.

I'm looking at each potential step long term. I encourage everyone else to do the same. Yes, it's a lot of "what ifs", but that is what you have to consider when this kind of implication is at stake.
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Well of course theres a lot of if’s but Id take the risk on AD and Hope I could keep him. If he leaves then you rebuild around Dame again. Heck if it looks really bad you could trade AD and try to recover assets.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Well of course theres a lot of if’s but Id take the risk on AD and Hope I could keep him. If he leaves then you rebuild around Dame again. Heck if it looks really bad you could trade AD and try to recover assets.
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Absolutely. There are no guarantees in life but at some point, you have to take some risks or just be okay with being average. That applies to life even more than to NBA Trade deadlines.
 
Jade Falcon said:
And we're right back to square one when Davis leaves: who do we rebuild around?

I can tell you rebuilding around Nurk and Dame would be a lot easier than rebuilding around just Dame.

And looking at it even deeper: would Dame want to stay here and rebuild at that age? Or would he seek a supermax elsewhere?

And if he left, we'd be lucky to compete with the Knicks and Suns.

I'm looking at each potential step long term. I encourage everyone else to do the same. Yes, it's a lot of "what ifs", but that is what you have to consider when this kind of implication is at stake.
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What if...we have an opportunity to trade for another all-NBA player to play alongside Dame, we don't take it, we never advance past the first round, and Dame bounces because he loses all confidence in the front office's ability to build a contender around him?
 
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