Aldridge wants to play in Chicago?

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craigehlo said:
Noah is locked up until 2016. He's one of the top defensive centers in the league and a guy that always leaves it all on the floor. He's a great veteran presence that is still in his 20's. It's not like we are talking about Tyson Chandler.
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Which is exactly why he would very unhappy being in Portland WASTING his prime years on a rebuild project in the freakin' boonies.
 
Masbee said:
He is old if you are tanking, err, rebuilding, err, retooling.
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You don't build around 28 year-olds players (but the Spurs can build around 30+ year-old players)!

Regards,

Somebody on this board
 
Masbee said:
Which is exactly why he would very unhappy being in Portland WASTING his prime years on a rebuild project in the freakin' boonies.
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Noah may be the most 'cosmopolitan' player in the NBA, given his dad, and how he lived all over the world, including NYC.

Noah in Portland would hilarious, but not in a good way.
 
This is my favorite time of the year and some of you negative Nancy's are ruining it.
 
Who can we get a 2014 1st rounder from?

These are some of the teams that own their own pick (I think):

Bucks
Cavs
Celtics
Jazz
Lakers
Magic
Pelicans
Wizards
Raptors
Suns
 
Trade our best player and the best player involved in the trade so that we can "fill some holes" on our roster.

Everybody knows that quantity over quality wins in the NBA.

It's a fool-proof strategy.
 
There was some commentary yesterday suggesting that LaMarcus Aldridge had requested a trade from the Blazers (completely untrue), but that hasn’t stopped teams from trying to tempt the Blazers into a deal. The Cleveland Cavaliers are said to have offered both the No. 1 overall pick and the No. overall 19 pick in exchange for Aldridge and were turned away, while there have been rumblings that new Suns general manager Ryan McDonough has made at least one pass at Aldridge involving Marcin Gortat. HoopsWorld

notice the qualifire (completely untrue) ?
 
blazerboy30 said:
Trade our best player and the best player involved in the trade so that we can "fill some holes" on our roster.

Everybody knows that quantity over quality wins in the NBA.

It's a fool-proof strategy.
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Do you realize how childish you look? Do I have any control over this trade? Do you? I swear some of you are acting like my wishing will make it so. Do you think if enough of us wish really hard, we can make Aldridge turn into a pumpkin?

I really can't fathom why some of you are throwing such a tantrum over this. There are rumors about Aldridge right now. We didn't make them up. We are merely speculating why and what could happen. If you don't like it, sod off.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Do you realize how childish you look? Do I have any control over this trade? Do you? I swear some of you are acting like my wishing will make it so. Do you think if enough of us wish really hard, we can make Aldridge turn into a pumpkin?

I really can't fathom why some of you are throwing such a tantrum over this. There are rumors about Aldridge right now. We didn't make them up. We are merely speculating why and what could happen. If you don't like it, sod off.
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Natebishop3 said:
Do you realize how childish you look? Do I have any control over this trade? Do you? I swear some of you are acting like my wishing will make it so. Do you think if enough of us wish really hard, we can make Aldridge turn into a pumpkin?

I really can't fathom why some of you are throwing such a tantrum over this. There are rumors about Aldridge right now. We didn't make them up. We are merely speculating why and what could happen. If you don't like it, sod off.
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Tissue?

You clearly missed the point.

Yes you are speculating over whether LMA wants out. Even if he does, your strategy of trading our best player to "fill some holes in the roster" is an absolutely terrible strategy.

From my side, there is nothing personal. No tantrums. No wishing. I have no emotional ties to LMA. I just want to see the Blazers make the team better.

You'd rather have people agree with your opinion that actually make the Blazers better. You can't handle your terrible strategy being shot down without whining, so perhaps you shouldn't be posting on interwebz forums.
 
blazerboy30 said:
Trade our best player and the best player involved in the trade so that we can "fill some holes" on our roster.

Everybody knows that quantity over quality wins in the NBA.

It's a fool-proof strategy.
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STOP CHEAPENING THIS MOMENT FOR ME.

you are ruining this.

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Let's pretend this is true. Let's then pretend that Chicago would give us Deng/Gibson/Teague for Aldridge. Then let's pretend the Clippers would give us Jordan for Batum/Freeland. We could, conceivably, make this 3-way deal:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oo94rf9

Lillard/Teague
Matthews/Barton
Deng/Claver
Gibson/Zeller (#10)
Jordan/Leonard

Mediocrity-land?
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Let's pretend this is true. Let's then pretend that Chicago would give us Deng/Gibson/Teague for Aldridge. Then let's pretend the Clippers would give us Jordan for Batum/Freeland. We could, conceivably, make this 3-way deal:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oo94rf9

Lillard/Teague
Matthews/Barton
Deng/Claver
Gibson/Zeller (#10)
Jordan/Leonard

Mediocrity-land?
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I just threw up in my mouth.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Let's pretend this is true. Let's then pretend that Chicago would give us Deng/Gibson/Teague for Aldridge. Then let's pretend the Clippers would give us Jordan for Batum/Freeland. We could, conceivably, make this 3-way deal:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oo94rf9

Lillard/Teague
Matthews/Barton
Deng/Claver
Gibson/Zeller (#10)
Jordan/Leonard

Mediocrity-land?
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I will fly all the way to PDX to punch Olshey in the face if he did something like this.
 
Did anyone listen to 750 the game?

Apparently Aldridge asked out during the exit interviews and wanted to go to Chicago or Dallas.
 
i remember about a month ago, Aldridge took a selfie on instagram of him in a bulls hat.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Let's pretend this is true. Let's then pretend that Chicago would give us Deng/Gibson/Teague for Aldridge. Then let's pretend the Clippers would give us Jordan for Batum/Freeland. We could, conceivably, make this 3-way deal:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oo94rf9

Lillard/Teague
Matthews/Barton
Deng/Claver
Gibson/Zeller (#10)
Jordan/Leonard

Mediocrity-land?
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I don't think that team makes the playoffs. A tax team that probably has 2 years of 12-14 picks.

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While on its own this may seem like nothing more than conjecture, the more and more of these that come up, the more "where there is smoke, there is fire" becomes a reality...
 
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craigehlo said:
Noah is locked up until 2016. He's one of the top defensive centers in the league and a guy that always leaves it all on the floor. He's a great veteran presence that is still in his 20's. It's not like we are talking about Tyson Chandler.
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First: this "source" is bullshit.
Second: the article says the Bulls WOULDN'T do Noah (he's the heart and soul of their team).
But third: if the above two were false, I would be okay with that. Noah is a more transformative player than Aldridge. He's the kind of player that wills you into the playoffs or into the next round.
BUT: that's a healthy Noah, and he has troubles staying healthy.

Long story short: tell Chicago don't bother calling again unless you're offering Noah AT LEAST.
 
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Looked at Dallas' roster and I must say - it depressed me.

Gross.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Let's pretend this is true. Let's then pretend that Chicago would give us Deng/Gibson/Teague for Aldridge. Then let's pretend the Clippers would give us Jordan for Batum/Freeland. We could, conceivably, make this 3-way deal:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=oo94rf9

Lillard/Teague
Matthews/Barton
Deng/Claver
Gibson/Zeller (#10)
Jordan/Leonard

Mediocrity-land?
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If we're pretending, why do we come out so shitty? I want better fantasies.
 
If we trade LMA to CHI for anything less than Noah/Deng/Jimmy B. I'll be furious.
 
I guess I'm confused then. In my little scenario, we:
  • trade one all star for another, plus two decent reserves,
  • trade one starter for another one at a more important position,
  • draft a player who's being compared to the player he'd replace, and
  • preserve nearly all of our cap space.

Why is that all so bad?
 
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