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Glazeduck2 said:
At present, he's not a great fit next to Shae and Scoot, but every indication seems to be that the franchise is leaning into a total rebuild, which makes sense given that we're nowhere near competitive and next year's draft looks like it could be a good one. That gives a guy like Salaun and/or Holland at least 2 years of development before we would really need them to be difference makers. I'd be ecstatic if we ended up with the two of them next week.
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Two dogs. I don't mind it at all.
 
Glazeduck2 said:
At present, he's not a great fit next to Shae and Scoot, but every indication seems to be that the franchise is leaning into a total rebuild, which makes sense given that we're nowhere near competitive and next year's draft looks like it could be a good one. That gives a guy like Salaun and/or Holland at least 2 years of development before we would really need them to be difference makers. I'd be ecstatic if we ended up with the two of them next week.
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Would like getting both of them, but i think we need to move up from 14 a few picks to get both. 7 take salaun and then move a few up for holland
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I had Williams at 7 so I agreed with him there. But DaSilva at 14? Other than the obvious Colorado connection with Chauncey...No way.
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Da Silva's appeal has to be higher to teams looking to contend right away. I love his game, but he just doesn't have a high ceiling, it seems. But, he's a very good defender, 3 level scorer, VERY underrated playmaker/passer and very intelligent. We could do a lot worse. He just doesn't fit a rebuild.
If he is our pick, I'd say the direction of this team is a mess.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I had Williams at 7 so I agreed with him there. But DaSilva at 14? Other than the obvious Colorado connection with Chauncey...No way.
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I would hope that if after we pick at 7, if Cody is our guy there, that we would move up to get Salaun. The Bulls only have one pick in this draft so moving back from 11 to 14 might make sense to them if it netted them pick 34 or even both 34 and 40.

Coming out of the draft with Williams and Salaun would make me pretty happy.
 
cheesehoff said:
Da Silva's appeal has to be higher to teams looking to contend right away. I love his game, but he just doesn't have a high ceiling, it seems. But, he's a very good defender, 3 level scorer, VERY underrated playmaker/passer and very intelligent. We could do a lot worse. He just doesn't fit a rebuild.
If he is our pick, I'd say the direction of this team is a mess.
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Is he that much better than Jalen Bridges and Schleierman?
 
I am very tempted by Jared McCain if he drops past Sacramento. He's very young and he's been a winner at every level, and he's a knockdown shooter. Yes, he's a bit of a CJ/Seth Curry, but either one of them at #14 in this draft is a score, and he's also got great intangibles.
 
New CBS. Still have us taking Clingan at 7 but new at 14: Isaac Collier, "The Blazers need to hit home runs, not singles, and Collier is a high-upside swing as a power guard who was once considered the best player in his draft class. With a strong frame and relentless offensive motor, Collier gets into the lane at will, where he's adept at drawing fouls and getting to the line. The turnover issues and defensive lapses need to be cleaned up, but there's a nonzero chance that Collier is the best player in the draft when all's said and done. Definitely worth a shot for Portland here.:
Holland goes at 17 for them. Ware at 15, Dadiet not in fist round.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...ers-take-big-swing-knicks-go-offense-defense/
 
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UKRAINEFAN said:
New CBS. Still have us taking Clingan at 7 but new at 14: Isaac Collier, "The Blazers need to hit home runs, not singles, and Collier is a high-upside swing as a power guard who was once considered the best player in his draft class. With a strong frame and relentless offensive motor, Collier gets into the lane at will, where he's adept at drawing fouls and getting to the line. The turnover issues and defensive lapses need to be cleaned up, but there's a nonzero chance that Collier is the best player in the draft when all's said and done. Definitely worth a shot for Portland here.:
Holland goes at 17 for them. Ware at 15, Dadiet not in fist round.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...ers-take-big-swing-knicks-go-offense-defense/
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I get that most of these mocks won't incorporate a lot of trades, because that's just too much work/brainpower, but I'll be really shocked if we just sit at 14 and draft. We don't need 4 rookies, even when 2-ways are a thing. If Salaun or one of the wings we like fell to 11, like in this one -- to a team in Chicago with limited draft assets -- using 34 or 40 to go get them just makes too much sense not to.

So sure, I'm fine with the justification, plethora of short scoring guards be damned, but I just don't think it comes to that (would also take Holland in that stay-put scenario, but that's secondary to the point...)
 
I don't think teams should sleep on Collier, but the only way I take him over Holland in that scenario is if our front office has concerns with Scoot.

As for Clingan at 7....still too high for me. I am very happy with Ayton's offense and would prefer to put a defender next to him. (like Salaun)
 
Glazeduck2 said:
I get that most of these mocks won't incorporate a lot of trades, because that's just too much work/brainpower, but I'll be really shocked if we just sit at 14 and draft.
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I'll be shocked if Cronin makes a draft day trade. I believe it would be his first. In fact, outside of the Grant acquisition and Dame/Jrue deals, he's never made a trade outside of deadline week.

I don't think he has the chops to actually accomplish anything in the next few weeks with our current assets.
 
I really like Collier in a vacuum but would seem to need some player movement outside of him, and even then... hmm. He certainly is an upside swing--that USC organization was a tirefire this year.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I'll be shocked if Cronin makes a draft day trade. I believe it would be his first. In fact, outside of the Grant acquisition and Dame/Jrue deals, he's never made a trade outside of deadline week.

I don't think he has the chops to actually accomplish anything in the next few weeks with our current assets.
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You might be right. I'm probably giving him the benefit of the doubt, assuming he'd do the logical thing. That said, I do subscribe to the thinking that we're mostly a leaderless, rudderless ship of a franchise, so applying that filter, yeah, we'll probably draft 2 more guards and 2 dudes who will never see the court.
 

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UKRAINEFAN said:
Here is a wild one fron Bleacher Report. Includes five first round trades. Portland not involved in any of them and take Williams and Kyshawn George.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10125486-2024-nba-mock-draft-with-5-trades-in-round-1
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Their guesses ....for the most part, seem pretty good.
I did find this interesting:

Per Kelly Iko of The Athletic, three teams—the Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies—"have been most vocal" about acquiring the No. 3 pick.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I'll be shocked if Cronin makes a draft day trade. I believe it would be his first. In fact, outside of the Grant acquisition and Dame/Jrue deals, he's never made a trade outside of deadline week.

I don't think he has the chops to actually accomplish anything in the next few weeks with our current assets.
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Good point. The Dame/Jrue trades had the deadline of training camp being a huge organizational problem. Cronin waited until just about the last minute to close those deals.

So really the only other trade he has made without a big deadline is the Grant one. That sounds like it was pushed mostly by Dame/Grant requesting the deal with both teams. Perhaps Cronin just isn't good with deadlines or he is trying to hold out for the perfect trade.

Blazers are going to have some pressure to cut salary under the luxury tax in early July - otherwise as teams cap space goes away it could get much harder to duck the tax. So thats probably their biggest "deadline" this summer.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Their guesses ....for the most part, seem pretty good.
I did find this interesting:

Per Kelly Iko of The Athletic, three teams—the Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies—"have been most vocal" about acquiring the No. 3 pick.
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My opinion, the Blazer vets are the most valuable players out of what would be available out of the three teams.

Unless Charlotte is offering LaMelo? Grizz offering Smart?
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Their guesses ....for the most part, seem pretty good.
I did find this interesting:

Per Kelly Iko of The Athletic, three teams—the Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies—"have been most vocal" about acquiring the No. 3 pick.
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Keep in mind, that source is likely heavily influenced by Houston (Iko is from there).

Wonder if the Rockets are simply trying boost value of their pick by increasing demand.
 
AmirIcon said:
My opinion, the Blazer vets are the most valuable players out of what would be available out of the three teams.

Unless Charlotte is offering LaMelo? Grizz offering Smart?
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I am not a big Smart fan. Not as a starter
LaMello is a bit risky IMO (Injury wise)
So yeah I think Grant is the best vet. I read all the comments in a Houston thread and they could care less about his salary.
They want him
 
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illmatic99 said:
Keep in mind, that source is likely heavily influenced by Houston (Iko is from there).

Wonder if the Rockets are simply trying boost value of their pick by increasing demand.
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Was going to say the same thing. Damn near the entire sports world has Buzelis to Detroit -- a guy they don't need to trade up from 5 to get. Charlotte needs everything and don't seem to have vet assets to compete with Portland and needs to hang onto as many of their future assets as they can because they're in as bad or worse shape than we are.

Feels very much like Houston pushing false narratives to get us to up the ante...
 
I always believed betting odds are the most accurate predictor since people are putting down cold hard cash down to back it up. The other mocks can be just to get clicks or PR spin from teams/players/agents. Here is the player with the best odds at the top5 pick as well as the player with the next best odds;

#1 Risacher -250 (Clingan +175 Sarr +600)
#2 Sarr -800 (Risacher +550)
#3 Sheppard -140 (Clingan +240)
#4 Castle +160 (Sheppard +375)
#5 Buzelis +130 (Williams +300)

So if that holds then at least 2 of these players will be available for the Blazers at #7;
Clingan
Salaun
Holland
Williams
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I always believed betting odds are the most accurate predictor since people are putting down cold hard cash down to back it up. The other mocks can be just to get clicks or PR spin from teams/players/agents. Here is the player with the best odds at the top5 pick as well as the player with the next best odds;

#1 Risacher -250 (Clingan +175 Sarr +600)
#2 Sarr -800 (Risacher +550)
#3 Sheppard -140 (Clingan +240)
#4 Castle +160 (Sheppard +375)
#5 Buzelis +130 (Williams +300)
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So Clingan is both the second-best bet to go #1 and #3, but also not the betting favorite to go anywhere in the top 5. Crazy, crazy draft...
 
SharpesTriumph said:
So if that holds then at least 2 of these players will be available for the Blazers at #7;
Clingan
Salaun
Holland
Williams
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Yep, which means the vast majority of our board will not be happy.

For me personally, I would prefer Williams or Holland. Although I do like Salaun's potential but I would rank him 4th out of that group.

If centers are not injury-prone they do tend to get better with age and Clingan is only 20. I do like Ayton's game more than most but by the time he is a free agent Clingan will only 22. So that is a consideration. But then so is taking a wing at 7 and Edey at 14.

At this point, I can probably be talked into any of them.
 
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