Ant/Dame/CJ Thought

[illmatic99]

Call me crazy (and you probably will), but I really feel like Portland and Philly are destined to make a trade to balance out both rosters. They have a surplus of high quality bigs. We have a surplus of quality guards. Different conferences, same win-now timeline (while Embiid is still healthy). It all just kind of lines up.

After Dec 15 both CJ and Tobias Harris are tradeable. Portland could start Ant or just give him a more featured role off the bench by starting Bazemore.

Of course, I've been predicting a trade between Portland and Philly for around 3 years now. Kind of reminds me of the saying that economists have predicted 8 of the last 3 recessions. I'm bound to be right eventually!

I think Philly acquiring CJ for Tobias would make them the prohibitive favorite to win the title. Not certain I can say the same for us with Harris, especially in the west.

 

[kjironman1]

Call me crazy (and you probably will), but I really feel like Portland and Philly are destined to make a trade to balance out both rosters. They have a surplus of high quality bigs. We have a surplus of quality guards. Different conferences, same win-now timeline (while Embiid is still healthy). It all just kind of lines up.

After Dec 15 both CJ and Tobias Harris are tradeable. Portland could start Ant or just give him a more featured role off the bench by starting Bazemore.

Of course, I've been predicting a trade between Portland and Philly for around 3 years now. Kind of reminds me of the saying that economists have predicted 8 of the last 3 recessions. I'm bound to be right eventually!

Question here is do you think CJ will retire a Blazer? He is 28 and this is his 7th season on the Blazers. That is a long time on any roster in the NBA. There are League MVP's that get traded. Stands to reason that eventually CJ is going somewhere else. Philly would be as good a place as any.

 

[mook]

I think Philly acquiring CJ for Tobias would make them the prohibitive favorite to win the title. Not certain I can say the same for us with Harris, especially in the west.

It wouldn't make us the favorites, but it probably would make us more competitive than we are now.

There's no realistic scenario I can see where we are the prohibitive favorite in the west. But this scenario probably puts us in the upper echelon. If Philly benefits in their conference more than we do in ours, well, good for them.

I think a lot of Philly fans would look at a swap for CJ as a downgrade, TBH. He's a better crunchtime scorer on a cheaper (relative to Harris) contract, but a lot of the stats favor Tobias Harris.

 

[hoopsjock]

Call me crazy (and you probably will), but I really feel like Portland and Philly are destined to make a trade to balance out both rosters. They have a surplus of high quality bigs. We have a surplus of quality guards. Different conferences, same win-now timeline (while Embiid is still healthy). It all just kind of lines up.

After Dec 15 both CJ and Tobias Harris are tradeable. Portland could start Ant or just give him a more featured role off the bench by starting Bazemore.

Of course, I've been predicting a trade between Portland and Philly for around 3 years now. Kind of reminds me of the saying that economists have predicted 8 of the last 3 recessions. I'm bound to be right eventually!

CJ can't be traded until January 30th. I just don't get the point of signing him to an extension with 2 years left on his contract if the Blazers were going to trade him. They are riding with Dame and CJ.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

CJ can't be traded until January 30th. I just don't get the point of signing him to an extension with 2 years left on his contract if the Blazers were going to trade him. They are riding with Dame and CJ.

I only see if it if things go really, really sideways and maybe locker room issues spring up (SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN).

 

[Blazers Roy]

Who cares about the starting guards?
It's more important that Dame won't play the entire 1st quarter every game.