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The market has been set. A 1st should be enough to clear ET's contract for expiring ones or Harkless AND Leonard. If we give up a 1st and only give up one of those last two without getting back anything that can help it would be a failure in my mind.

If we're going to salary dump at least get market value please.
 
Hoopguru said:
OK, all you (its HUGE block buster or nothing) trade freaks, would you include Dame in a trade for anyone in the league?
He's our #1 asset that would also bring us the MOST in return, so unless you are willing to include him for ANY SUPER STAR be realistic in what we can actually acquire in terms of that (impactful super star trade).
This consideration alone separates the real gamblers from those with a safety/oh I'm not trading him, zone!
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What superstar do you think would be worth trading Dame for, considering his all-NBA status and his clear intention to remain here the entirety of his career? Curry and Giannis are probably the only ones I can think of. I'd probably be willing to deal him after the lottery for the #1 pick.

Outside of that, I can't see a Dame deal that would return something greater than what Dame already provides.
 
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Olshey is not going to do anything. Quit setting yourselves up for disappointment.
 
B-Roy said:
We couldn’t match any of those offers. Barnes maybe if we tossed in two firsts, but I’d you notice expiring were passed in all three deals and we don’t have any besides Aminu.
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Yeah Barnes just would not have been a good move. He is owed 25 million next season and is most likely going to opt out and ask for more..
It is debatable how much better he is then Jake. (but yes he is better )

Harris on the other hand I would have wanted even though the scenario is similar in terms of a huge payday next year. Just because he is the type of PF I think we need.

Neil is trying to clear cap space by using the #1 pick as the prize looking for an expiring contract. I think he would move ET, Meyers, or Harkless with it, but more than likely teams like New Orleans are holding out for Aminu and the pick, just because his is also expiring.
 
B-Roy said:
I’m being facetecious.

Neil makes trades, just not difference making trades. If we’re talking starter level players there have only been two. The one for Nurkic and the one for Plumlee since he got us Nurkic. I guess the Harkless trade counts in principle but Harkless isn’t really a starter quality player.
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Lopez is another one.
 
There is literally no realistic trade the Blazers can make today that makes them a title contender this season. The landscape of the NBA is going to have a pretty significant shakeup this summer, so the Blazers should be looking at consolidating with a minor upgrade trade for the starting lineup, but they dont need to till this summer. Sticking around the 3/4 should be the primary focus now with in mind the understanding that the team will have around $40mil in expiring contracts that can be moved next season when teams try to cut salaty.

Now with that said if they can swing for a big time player without losing Dame, they should. But the primary focus should be shopping a package of Aminu (Cap Relief) Harkless (short contract still young) and 1st round pick(s).

There is a time and place for addition by subtraction this is not that crossroad.
 
Hoopguru said:
OK, all you (its HUGE block buster or nothing) trade freaks, would you include Dame in a trade for anyone in the league?
He's our #1 asset that would also bring us the MOST in return, so unless you are willing to include him for ANY SUPER STAR be realistic in what we can actually acquire in terms of that (impactful super star trade).
This consideration alone separates the real gamblers from those with a safety/oh I'm not trading him, zone!
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Who said "huge blockbuster or nothing"? A number of players better than Hood changed hands this season, and none of them were in "blockbusters."
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
lol, yeah but that's not addressing the point and you know it. :)
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What is the point?
People want to bitch and it's their right?
People want to say Neil would never.... and have zero basis for saying that?

I let it slide most all of the time, but people's anxieties at the deadline are making them crazy, and their response is to try to make me crazy... and it's somewhat working.
 
Daryl Morey made a trade for Chris Paul that had them up 3-2 on the Warriors before Paul got hurt.

That is an impact trade to me.
 
TBpup said:
Daryl Morey made a trade for Chris Paul that had them up 3-2 on the Warriors before Paul got hurt.

That is an impact trade to me.
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F0rget a player on CP's caliber.

I'd settle for a starter. Our holes on the roster are obvious and have been the same for three years now. He still hasn't done a damn thing to address them.
 
TBpup said:
Daryl Morey made a trade for Chris Paul that had them up 3-2 on the Warriors before Paul got hurt.

That is an impact trade to me.
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Chris Paul would NEVER agree to come to Portland. So, it sounds like you're saying that Portland, by its very nature, can't make what you consider an impact trade. So, why bitch about Neil? If Jesus was our GM, Chris Paul still wouldn't come.

Neil HAS done some things to irk me - he's far from perfect. I think what everyone wants is for him to trade for a starter. Yes, he did so with Nurk, and congrats. But, Harkless and Aminu, as good as they are, are not championship team starters, IMHO. I (and probably you) have been waiting for a consolidation trade, and yes, it feels like waiting for Godot.
 
I love how the Pels are straight up trolling/sabotaging the Lakers as payback for tampering with their team. All of their offers have been made public, now the entire young core of the Lakers basically feels expendable. I’m sure that will do wonders for team moral moving forward. Lakers fans are shitting their pants at the prospect of not getting whatever they want. I love it.

@Jade Falcon we might need a special edition of the other side thread for the Lakers fans meltdown if they (fingers crossed) don’t get Davis.
 
Cippy91 said:
I don’t think anybody expects a blockbuster trade. Just something that will make us better going forward. That’s all
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Moving forward or the 25 games after the allstar break? That to me is the dilemma for Neil. A blockbuster obviously would take care of both but as you said won't happen. What helps us moving forward? Keeping our pick? Getting out of the luxury tax? a young player with potential (i.e Prince) a starter next year at PF? I am not sure we will be happy with any of these but I would take a chance on Mirotic
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Chris Paul would NEVER agree to come to Portland. So, it sounds like you're saying that Portland, by its very nature, can't make what you consider an impact trade. So, why bitch about Neil? If Jesus was our GM, Chris Paul still wouldn't come.
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^^ this is true.
 
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