Notice 2023 Blazers Free Agency (3 Viewers)

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
Natebishop3 said:
Do we try to sign a small forward or do we try to sign a center?
Click to expand...
You trade for one of them or both and then if you only get one of them in a trade you spend the TPMLE on the other... or and just hear me out on this one, Joe doesn't land anyone that meets Dame's standards and... you guessed it we're back to the Dame drama.

I want Joe to pull off a big trade for an impact player using Ant and even possibly Nurk and likely one or more of the future firsts we could free up by trading a second or two to the Bulls along with guaranteeing our pick to them in this upcoming draft (a year from now). Get a legit impact player to play starting forward, starting C or get two players one to start at forward and the other at C. Joe has said he wants to do a lot of things, he has said he wants to push all our chips in a few times now and the dude hasn't gotten it done. Let's hope this is the first of many times he does.
 
blazerkor said:
You trade for one of them or both and then if you only get one of them in a trade you spend the TPMLE on the other... or and just hear me out on this one, Joe doesn't land anyone that meets Dame's standards and... you guessed it we're back to the Dame drama.

I want Joe to pull off a big trade for an impact player using Ant and even possibly Nurk and likely one or more of the future firsts we could free up by trading a second or two to the Bulls along with guaranteeing our pick to them in this upcoming draft (a year from now). Get a legit impact player to play starting forward, starting C or get two players one to start at forward and the other at C. Joe has said he wants to do a lot of things, he has said he wants to push all our chips in a few times now and the dude hasn't gotten it done. Let's hope this is the first of many times he does.
Click to expand...

Let's hope OG's new agents at CAA can get him out of Toronto to Portland.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
Interesting that we are waiting until the last second to decide. It is pretty cheap.
Click to expand...

One would think it would be good value and something we could easily use for trade if we did not want to keep him. We do have more than one player like him under contract already though.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Who’s minutes is he getting?
Click to expand...

Do we have a starting SF? I'm literally watching the coverage on the Nuggets say they were making mistakes drafting big guys who can swing down, when the better idea for defensive versatility is guards who can swing up. ie Bruce Brown and KCP.

Last I checked, we didn't have a starting level SF. He is the best option far and away.
 
AmirIcon said:
Do we have a starting SF? I'm literally watching the coverage on the Nuggets say they were making mistakes drafting big guys who can swing down, when the better idea for defensive versatility is guards who can swing up. ie Bruce Brown and KCP.

Last I checked, we didn't have a starting level SF. He is the best option far and away.
Click to expand...
Honestly, that is Miami's secret weapon too. Also, why PJ Tucker has stuck around so long.
 
Blevins sounds like a dirty sex act that Sly gets paid for.

(or maybe does for free - I don’t judge.)

#justsayinFAMS
 
AmirIcon said:
Do we have a starting SF? I'm literally watching the coverage on the Nuggets say they were making mistakes drafting big guys who can swing down, when the better idea for defensive versatility is guards who can swing up. ie Bruce Brown and KCP.

Last I checked, we didn't have a starting level SF. He is the best option far and away.
Click to expand...
Like with Mrs. HCP, size matters. Swinging up isn’t a huge issue if your PF and C control the glass. Ours don’t
 
Does anyone actually think we’re going to do anything besides sign Grant and Thybullea?
 
B-Roy said:
Does anyone actually think we’re going to do anything besides sign Grant and Thybullea?
Click to expand...
I don't think we will sign them if Dame hasn't said other things we do are good enough for him... at least not Grant. I get where you're coming from because Joe has said he was going to push all of his chips in and then done nothing every time (three times so far) that he's said it. I just don't think Dame will go for it this time but I could be very wrong because Dame has put up with it up to this point.
 
B-Roy said:
Does anyone actually think we’re going to do anything besides sign Grant and Thybullea?
Click to expand...

50-50 Portland trades Ant or Nurk, maybe 60-40

20-80 they trade Dame.

50-50 they trade Little

70-30 they use at least the tax-MLE

40-60 they use the Payton TPE

handle those odds carefully, they came directly from my colon
 
B-Roy said:
Does anyone actually think we’re going to do anything besides sign Grant and Thybullea?
Click to expand...

I don't think they have a choice. If we go into next season with Dame/Ant/Scoot/Shae..... that's going to be a nightmare.
 
B-Roy said:
Does anyone actually think we’re going to do anything besides sign Grant and Thybulle?
Click to expand...

Yes, but the move this summer will be appetizer, the move at trade deadline in February will be the main course

Right now many teams are hopeful to compete and do not want to trade their good players, but by February when they underperform, the likes of Bam and Joel will be available as their teams decide to start over
 
Natebishop3 said:
I don't think they have a choice. If we go into next season with Dame/Ant/Scoot/Shae..... that's going to be a nightmare.
Click to expand...

Not true, the nightmare would be if we trade Ant for an irrelevant vet, overpay Grant, Dame asks out so we trade him where he wants for a poor return, one of Scoot or Sharpe never develop, and we have huge holes all over this team with the only good player being a single guard.

I'll be fine with keeping that quad group together, Sharpe can play at the 3 and the odds everyone is healthy is rare. My fear is we see a stupid move done soon. Recent trades or signings haven't been promising.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Not true, the nightmare would be if we trade Ant for an irrelevant vet, overpay Grant, Dame asks out so we trade him where he wants for a poor return, one of Scoot or Sharpe never develop, and we have huge holes all over this team with the only good player being a single guard.

I'll be fine with keeping that quad group together, Sharpe can play at the 3 and the odds everyone is healthy is rare. My fear is we see a stupid move done soon. Recent trades or signings haven't been promising.
Click to expand...

It doesn't sound like Ant has much value around the league though.
 
Natebishop3 said:
It doesn't sound like Ant has much value around the league though.
Click to expand...

The same problem we had with CJ. An undersized SG who doesn’t play defense for a damn. At least Simons has a reasonable contract.
 
I see Joe making incremental Anthony Tolliver type moves. I think his options are really really limited, esp. in FA
 
Can't wait to sign another player under 6'6.

You know it's gonna happen!
 
MickZagger said:
The same problem we had with CJ. An undersized SG who doesn’t play defense for a damn. At least Simons has a reasonable contract.
Click to expand...
We got good value for CJ, at one point the result of that trade was Hart and Grant. We should be able to get solid value for Ant maybe not in a way that makes everyone extremely happy but at least in a way that we make this roster better with less redundant pieces... and I'm not saying addition by subtraction I'm saying we take what the league thinks Ant is worth in the form of a lateral movement Ant for a player the league deems to be his caliber at a position of need.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 4 (members: 0, guests: 4)
Back
Top