Trade 2021 Off-Season Trade Ideas

[BoomChakaLaka]

Collins is a Rfa he can't be traded until later in the year.

Even in a sign & trade?

 

[B-Roy]

One thing that I just realized is that we have MAX cap space next year. (Only Dame/CJ/Nassir on the books)

I mean, sure, Portland has never signed a major free agent before, but it's a possibility if Dame does some hardcore recruiting.

Here is the current FA class:

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/2022/

If certain factors break right these could be guys coming off their contracts that year:

Steph Curry
Jimmy Butler
Kawhi Leonard
James Harden
Kevin Durant
Bradley Beal

I mean, KD really loves Dame...

Of course it's never going to happen, but they may try to pursue this route in the summer of 22 before deciding whether or not to trade Dame.

 

[James lamphear]

Even in a sign & trade?

You can as long he doesn't sign a offer sheet. But I don't think he can be with other players though.

 

[GDiama]

Ayton overtook Nurk in one year...

During our series I almost believed fouling out cannot be avoided against Jokic... Ayton 20/10 with 1 foul

 

[wizenheimer]

One thing that I just realized is that we have MAX cap space next year. (Only Dame/CJ/Nassir on the books)

that would be for the 2022-23 season and it may not be as much space as you believe

start with the assumption the salary cap is 115M. Probably a safe assumption

then you have the 'certain' guarantees:

Damian Lillard $47,250,000
CJ McCollum $33,333,333
Nassir Little $4,171,548
Andrew Nicholson $2,844,429

that's about 87.6M

but it's only 3 players, so there would be 9 roster charges at about a million each. Call it 96M in guarantees and charges. That leaves 19M in cap-space

now, let's say the Blazers have a 1st round pick. Assume something like the 22nd pick. That would approach 3M in salary, leaving 16M in cap-space

then, the biggies, which are the cap-holds for Portland's free agents:

Anfernee Simons $11,816,454
Robert Covington $19,463,207
Norman Powell $17,422,992
Derrick Jones $12,637,170
Jusuf Nurkic $18,000,000
CJ Elleby $1,919,247

any one of those guys could wipe out the balance of space, or at least make it so small as to be irrelevant

so no....sure doesn't look like much of a shot at cap-space. But there could be a lot of changes between now and then. Still, whenever you start doing this kind of calculation, the monkey wrench is always CJ's contract...IMO

note: BB Insiders says Dame's salary is about 5M less than BBREF. So there could be a little more margin, Still, those cap-holds are pretty daunting

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Love the CJ-->NY, youth/picks-->TOR, Pascal-->POR idea. Don't really see it happening, but love it.
If TOR did commit to a youth-based rebuild, I'd say sell the farm to get Boucher as well. (He is 28, you know; clearly too old for a rebuild)
Seen DFS mentioned as a bench wing. I think he'd fit a whole lot better than DJJ ever did.
Don't know how available Brandon Clarke might be, but it seems his role/production dipped a bit last year. I'd love him here; no idea what it'd take to get him.

 

[RR7]

Stolen from a non-blazers fan on realgm,

Pacers trade: LeVert/Lamb
Pacers get: CJ

Blazers trade: CJ/DJJ/23 1st (lotto, top 10, top 7, 2 2nds)
Blazers get: LeVert/Barnes

Kings trade: Barnes
Kings get: DJJ/Lamb/23 POR 1st

 

[BigGameDamian]

You know Dallas has to make moves so that is the best trading partner in terms of willingness. You would have to consider CJ for Porzingis even if he is not a perfect player with injuries etc. Brunson would be a killer backup PG.

CJ for Porzingis sounds good if we brought in a couch like Mike D'Antoni.

 

[B-Roy]

that would be for the 2022-23 season and it may not be as much space as you believe

start with the assumption the salary cap is 115M. Probably a safe assumption

then you have the 'certain' guarantees:

Damian Lillard $47,250,000
CJ McCollum $33,333,333
Nassir Little $4,171,548
Andrew Nicholson $2,844,429

that's about 87.6M

but it's only 3 players, so there would be 9 roster charges at about a million each. Call it 96M in guarantees and charges. That leaves 19M in cap-space

now, let's say the Blazers have a 1st round pick. Assume something like the 22nd pick. That would approach 3M in salary, leaving 16M in cap-space

then, the biggies, which are the cap-holds for Portland's free agents:

Anfernee Simons $11,816,454
Robert Covington $19,463,207
Norman Powell $17,422,992
Derrick Jones $12,637,170
Jusuf Nurkic $18,000,000
CJ Elleby $1,919,247

any one of those guys could wipe out the balance of space, or at least make it so small as to be irrelevant

so no....sure doesn't look like much of a shot at cap-space. But there could be a lot of changes between now and then. Still, whenever you start doing this kind of calculation, the monkey wrench is always CJ's contract...IMO

note: BB Insiders says Dame's salary is about 5M less than BBREF. So there could be a little more margin, Still, those cap-holds are pretty daunting

The assumption is Dame + CJ + Max guy + minimum deals and rookies filling out the roster. Drop Nurk, drop RoCo, drop Ant etc etc. Yeah, not likely, but a possibility. And if they were able to drop CJ (somehow), it would open up room to balance the roster.

 

[wizenheimer]

CJ for Porzingis sounds good if we brought in a couch like Mike D'Antoni.

if it was Porzingas, it would have to be 2 couches, or at least a sectional couch

 

[Natebishop3]

Stolen from a non-blazers fan on realgm,

Pacers trade: LeVert/Lamb
Pacers get: CJ

Blazers trade: CJ/DJJ/23 1st (lotto, top 10, top 7, 2 2nds)
Blazers get: LeVert/Barnes

Kings trade: Barnes
Kings get: DJJ/Lamb/23 POR 1st

Woof... we give up CJ AND a pick for those two guys....

 

[JDC]

Feel like the only way we get value in dealing CJ, is that we get some way in the future asset that we get lucky on...

 

[Hoopguru]

I realize that memphis just extended Brooks, would they be interested in CJ and/or some?

 

[illmatic99]

Send whatever picks NY wants to send out to HOU.

This should work after NY gets under the cap in the summer.

Bring back Zach and Norman using bird rights.

Dame/ Simons
Powell / Gordon
Roco/ Little
Wood / Jones
Nurk/ Collins

We also still have our MLE/ BAE to fill out the roster.

 

[RR7]

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Send whatever picks NY wants to send out to HOU.

I think if NY sends out 2 picks, 1 should come here, and 1 to Houston. That Gordon deal is ugly for a guy who can't play much.

 

[illmatic99]

I think if NY sends out 2 picks, 1 should come here, and 1 to Houston. That Gordon deal is ugly for a guy who can't play much.

ya he was the price for trading away Wood.

 

[B-Roy]

I've been thinking about the NYK situation, but I don't think they would add two picks on top of Toppin for CJ, at least not immediately. They can try signing someone with their capspace first before trading what is basically the equivalent of 3 first round picks for CJ McCollum. Just seems like bad value unless there's nothing else available out there.

 

[Graduate32]

Stolen from a non-blazers fan on realgm,

Pacers trade: LeVert/Lamb
Pacers get: CJ

Blazers trade: CJ/DJJ/23 1st (lotto, top 10, top 7, 2 2nds)
Blazers get: LeVert/Barnes

Kings trade: Barnes
Kings get: DJJ/Lamb/23 POR 1st

I think you could do a whole lot worse than this, and I do think it improves the team in terms of versatility and depth if not overall talent. It may not be the homerun of which everyone dreams, but I'd take it if that's the best on the table.

 

[Jayblaze]

I think you could do a whole lot worse than this, and I do think it improves the team in terms of versatility and depth if not overall talent. It may not be the homerun of which everyone dreams, but I'd take it if that's the best on the table.[/QU

I think you could do a whole lot worse than this, and I do think it improves the team in terms of versatility and depth if not overall talent. It may not be the homerun of which everyone dreams, but I'd take it if that's the best on the table.

Meh

 

[RR7]

I think you could do a whole lot worse than this, and I do think it improves the team in terms of versatility and depth if not overall talent. It may not be the homerun of which everyone dreams, but I'd take it if that's the best on the table.

Maybe I try to get more protections on the pick. And it's not the first trade I would run for, but if we were to sign Powell, I like a lineup of
Lillard/Powell/Barnes/Roco/Nurk
With Simons, LeVert, and COllins as our main 3 off the bench. I think the lineups give you a lot of switchability on defense. Powell could guard 1 through 3. Barnes and Roco can both guard 2-4. Collins(if healthy, ha!) gives us a good backup 4/5 that can play alongside Nurk in stretches, but also hold his own at the 5, especially against bench bigs.
LeVert could play 2- small ball 4, and be a 6th man of the year candidate easily. And dishes out more assists than CJ does. His biggest drawback is his shooting. But Barnes and Powell in the starting lineup makeup for the loss of CJs shoting.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

You can as long he doesn't sign a offer sheet. But I don't think he can be with other players though.

I was wondering if he could only be a sign & trade as a solo trade and not with others..

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

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Send whatever picks NY wants to send out to HOU.

This should work after NY gets under the cap in the summer.

Bring back Zach and Norman using bird rights.

Dame/ Simons
Powell / Gordon
Roco/ Little
Wood / Jones
Nurk/ Collins

We also still have our MLE/ BAE to fill out the roster.

For Melo, of course! And we need to keep Kanter around too

 

[PtldPlatypus]

View attachment 39013

Send whatever picks NY wants to send out to HOU.

This should work after NY gets under the cap in the summer.

Bring back Zach and Norman using bird rights.

Dame/ Simons
Powell / Gordon
Roco/ Little
Wood / Jones
Nurk/ Collins

We also still have our MLE/ BAE to fill out the roster.

Can't see Houston giving up Wood for anything less than an all star.

 

[BonesJones]

Stolen from a non-blazers fan on realgm,

Pacers trade: LeVert/Lamb
Pacers get: CJ

Blazers trade: CJ/DJJ/23 1st (lotto, top 10, top 7, 2 2nds)
Blazers get: LeVert/Barnes

Kings trade: Barnes
Kings get: DJJ/Lamb/23 POR 1st

No way In giving up the best player in a deal as well as the best young asset (2023 1st) for a LeVert package.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Probably a good idea to move all the other trade threads onto this one? Some of this is getting hard to follow?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I wish CJ was younger. We sat on him way too long.

This might be true? But he still has value.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I just cannot see the Blazers parting ways with ROCO at this point.
Not if they want to improve on defense?
I also cannot see them giving up Nurk without seeing what a new coach can do with him and possibly Collins back in the rotation.
Seems like a bunch of improvement can come with much less extensive moves?

 

[James lamphear]

I was wondering if he could only be a sign & trade as a solo trade and not with others..

Yes but he probably wouldn't bring back as much as you want.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Stolen from a non-blazers fan on realgm,

Pacers trade: LeVert/Lamb
Pacers get: CJ

Blazers trade: CJ/DJJ/23 1st (lotto, top 10, top 7, 2 2nds)
Blazers get: LeVert/Barnes

Kings trade: Barnes
Kings get: DJJ/Lamb/23 POR 1st

I might prefer Lamb in that trade. Apparently injured this year but LeVert has not played more than 47 games a season in five years and Lamb the better defender, and a more efficient shooter.. But I wouldn't add any draft picks.

 

[julius]

Stolen from a non-blazers fan on realgm,

Pacers trade: LeVert/Lamb
Pacers get: CJ

Blazers trade: CJ/DJJ/23 1st (lotto, top 10, top 7, 2 2nds)
Blazers get: LeVert/Barnes

Kings trade: Barnes
Kings get: DJJ/Lamb/23 POR 1st

Isn't the point to get better defensively?