Exclusive Anthony Davis Sweepstakes Entry: Blazers

[SIeepwalker]

Probably Portland's best possible offer.

Charlotte Gets:
Maurice Harkless

New Orleans Gets:
CJ McCollum
Zach Collins
Anfernee Simons
Gary Trent Jr.
Meyers Leonard
12th Pick
25th Pick
2020 POR 1st
2022 POR 1st
2020 POR 2nd
2022 POR 2nd

POR Gets:
Anthony Davis
Nicolas Batum
Solomon Hill

No thanks

 

[BonesJones]

No thanks

I wouldn't expect it to be that much, just laying the assets out on the table.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[Labinot41]

My Dream scenario: We draft Bazley, Davis wait until next offseason, we clear more cap Space and sign him. Our starting 5 will be:

Lillard
CJ
Bazley (already good player at that point)
Davis
Nurk

Bench:
Collins
Simons
Other vets for the MLE and Minimum

Let me dream fams

 

[Labinot41]

Seriously fuck this guy, NBA needs to ban him.
He has brainwashed Davis

 

[tlongII]

The odds are from Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas ..

LOL Caesar's Palace.

 

[twobullz]

This ones more realistic though (Also after the draft)

NOP Gets:
CJ McCollum
Zach Collins
Gary Trent Jr.
13th Pick (MIA)
25th Pick (POR)
2020 POR 1st
2022 POR 1st

MIA Gets:
Maurice Harkless
Meyers Leonard
Solomon Hill
2020 POR 2nd

POR Gets:
Anthony Davis
James Johnson
Dion Waiters
Kelly Olynyk

Again, resign Hood to tax-payer MLE. O'Quinn to minimum,

Lillard / Simons
Hood / Waiters
Layman / ?
Olynyk / Johnson / Labissiere
Davis / O'Quinn

Lillard / Simons
Hood / Waiters
Layman / ?
Davis / Olynyk / Johnson
Nurkic / O'Quinn / Labissiere

Wing depth would be an issue.

If Layman is our starting forward next year we are in Big Big trouble.

 

[SIeepwalker]

I wouldn't expect it to be that much, just laying the assets out on the table.

I understand that, I'm just saying that if NO is asking that much I would pass

 

[SIeepwalker]

LOL Caesar's Palace.

 

[trailblazer18]

From ESPN+

Portland Trail Blazers
Blazers get: Anthony Davis, E'Twaun Moore, Jahlil Okafor

Pelicans get: CJ McCollum, Jusuf Nurkic, 2019 No. 25 pick, 2021 Portland first-round pick


André Snellings: In this deal, the Blazers become the next team to push in all their chips for a guaranteed season with a superstar. The Davis-Damian Lillard combo would make them contenders immediately, with both stars at the peak of their powers and starving for a title. Plus, like the Raptors, Portland has an outstanding fan base that would welcome Davis with open arms. And if Davis doesn't decide to stay, the Trail Blazers have a lot of expiring deals and would then have the opportunity to almost start fresh around Lillard, who reportedly is interested in signing an upcoming supermax extension.

On the Pelicans' side, McCollum is an All Star-caliber player who has averaged 24.4 PPG during his last three playoff appearances in a secondary role. McCollum is entering his peak at only 27 years old, he's an excellent scorer who would be an outstanding fit next to Williamson and would also form a very intriguing backcourt with Jrue Holiday. Nurkic is only 24. He averaged 15 points and almost 10 rebounds in his two-plus seasons in Portland, and he was rounding into one of the better young big men in the NBA before his leg injury. Both are foundation-level players, and the two draft picks help round out the deal.

 

[tlongII]

From ESPN+

Portland Trail Blazers
Blazers get: Anthony Davis, E'Twaun Moore, Jahlil Okafor

Pelicans get: CJ McCollum, Jusuf Nurkic, 2019 No. 25 pick, 2021 Portland first-round pick


André Snellings: In this deal, the Blazers become the next team to push in all their chips for a guaranteed season with a superstar. The Davis-Damian Lillard combo would make them contenders immediately, with both stars at the peak of their powers and starving for a title. Plus, like the Raptors, Portland has an outstanding fan base that would welcome Davis with open arms. And if Davis doesn't decide to stay, the Trail Blazers have a lot of expiring deals and would then have the opportunity to almost start fresh around Lillard, who reportedly is interested in signing an upcoming supermax extension.

On the Pelicans' side, McCollum is an All Star-caliber player who has averaged 24.4 PPG during his last three playoff appearances in a secondary role. McCollum is entering his peak at only 27 years old, he's an excellent scorer who would be an outstanding fit next to Williamson and would also form a very intriguing backcourt with Jrue Holiday. Nurkic is only 24. He averaged 15 points and almost 10 rebounds in his two-plus seasons in Portland, and he was rounding into one of the better young big men in the NBA before his leg injury. Both are foundation-level players, and the two draft picks help round out the deal.

No thanks. We're giving up too much.

 

[PCmor7]

No thanks. We're giving up too much.

That was my thought, too. CJ and Nurk ... I like the Pelicans' roster much better than ours after that deal.

 

[HailBlazers]

ESPN -

 

[riverman]

But don’t they usually get it right more often than not?

#23 wins!

 

[Labinot41]

Something tells me the Celtics are Frontrunners on Davis, thats why Rich Paul came out to warn them not to trade for AD. Ainge isn't scared of Clutch Sports, LeBron and the Lakers. And I honestly think even David Griffin would rather deal with Boston without getting Tatum, then dealing with the Lakers.

 

[illmatic99]

If we can't convince them otherwise, I seriously would be open to CJ + Nurk for AD + Moore + Okafor. We'd be giving up a lot, but that's the price to pay to put top 10 players together on the same team. Neither CJ nor Nurk have that potential.

I also kinda like the Collins-AD combo.

 

[Wade Garrett]

I'll be honest.
Not sure I could embrace AD if it costs Nurk.
Even though the AD/Zach could be more effective than AD/Nurk.
He's just too important to everything this team has become. On and off the floor.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Nurk is injured. Though not universal, teams often shy away from injured players.

 

[illmatic99]

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/12/r...up-lakers-pelicans-lebron-james-anthony-davis

I can't stand this guy. Full of bravado, but he's burning bridges with these teams left and right. His business isn't just in the best interest of the players no matter how much he would like to think. GMs are gonna start to blackball him and his clients.

What better place to do it than L.A.? If it was L.A.—I never said ‘L.A.’ But there’s no negative to that. Who gives a s--- what you’re talking about, about me trying to help LeBron out? No, I’m not. I’m trying to help Anthony Davis. Now, if helping Anthony Davis helps LeBron in the long run? So be it. But my goal is Anthony Davis.”

He veers off to speak of the Knicks as an equally alluring destination for AD. “The only difference is, they don’t have as many championships as the Lakers,” Paul says. “They got a tradition. It’s a big market—not that it’s only big markets. They have cap space, flexibility, they’re able to absorb more than one star. What’s wrong with that?”

“I mean: If the Celtics traded for Anthony Davis, we would go there and we would abide by our contractual [obligations] and we would go into free agency in 2020. I’ve stated that to them. But in the event that he decides to walk away and you give away assets? Don’t blame Rich Paul.”

“Where he’s going to land? I have no idea,” Paul says. “And it don’t matter. We’re going into free agency. Why does it matter to me where he goes? Earth: We’re going into free agency. He has a year, he has to play. But after that, I can’t say it no bigger: WE ARE GOING INTO FREE AGENCY. 2020: ANTHONY DAVIS WILL BE IN FREE AGENCY.”

Just toxic quotes.

 

[Scalma]

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/12/r...up-lakers-pelicans-lebron-james-anthony-davis

I can't stand this guy. Full of bravado, but he's burning bridges with these teams left and right. His business isn't just in the best interest of the players no matter how much he would like to think. GMs are gonna start to blackball him and his clients.





Just toxic quotes.

He’s awful and is only where he’s at because he’s friends with Lebron.

That being said, his words mean nothing to me. Just another agent trying to control a situation.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/12/r...up-lakers-pelicans-lebron-james-anthony-davis

I can't stand this guy. Full of bravado, but he's burning bridges with these teams left and right. His business isn't just in the best interest of the players no matter how much he would like to think. GMs are gonna start to blackball him and his clients.





Just toxic quotes.

He's obviously just looking out for himself and his clients, but isn't that his job?
So he's only where he's at because he was friends with Lebron, lots of people only get where they're at because of knowing the right people, is anything wrong with that?

I'm not a Rich Paul fan by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like mainly he's just doing his job.

 

[Scalma]

He's obviously just looking out for himself and his clients, but isn't that his job?
So he's only where he's at because he was friends with Lebron, lots of people only get where they're at because of knowing the right people, is anything wrong with that?

I'm not a Rich Paul fan by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like mainly he's just doing his job.

Yeah?

 

[Scalma]

Just a side note; Olshey has known Lebron since before the NBA, so if there is a GM that has a good relationship with Paul, it’s probably him. I remember Olshey getting the clippers a sit down meeting with Lebron the summer he went to the Heat. The clippers were garbage back then and had no business getting one on one time with him, but Olshey made it happen.

 

[illmatic99]

He's obviously just looking out for himself and his clients, but isn't that his job?
So he's only where he's at because he was friends with Lebron, lots of people only get where they're at because of knowing the right people, is anything wrong with that?

I'm not a Rich Paul fan by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like mainly he's just doing his job.

Yes, there is something absolutely wrong with that given the kind of collusion that can occur. Silver letting this happen is a black mark on the leage

 

[illmatic99]

According to Rich Paul, a GM should not talk to his players.

“It was necessary to go public,” Paul says. “When I told you, ‘Here’s our intentions,’ and you say, ‘Hey, let me talk to ownership,’ and instead of you talking to ownership you call Anthony Davis? That’s called being ignored.” And trying to get between a player and his agent? “That’s a no-no,” Paul says. “Every GM knows that.”

So, in essence, Demps violated negotiation etiquette and Paul responded with the nuclear option. You can argue whether that served his client, but the episode may be the most telling measure of player power today. Because when you look at who actually suffered as a result of the trade demand—beyond a fleeting reputational dent—Davis and Paul and James barely make the list.

What is this guy smoking?

 

[Hoopguru]

Something tells me the Celtics are Frontrunners on Davis, thats why Rich Paul came out to warn them not to trade for AD. Ainge isn't scared of Clutch Sports, LeBron and the Lakers. And I honestly think even David Griffin would rather deal with Boston without getting Tatum, then dealing with the Lakers.

I see him being traded out west much like Leonard was to the East. JMO

 

[oldmangrouch]

He's obviously just looking out for himself and his clients, but isn't that his job?
So he's only where he's at because he was friends with Lebron, lots of people only get where they're at because of knowing the right people, is anything wrong with that?

I'm not a Rich Paul fan by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like mainly he's just doing his job.

I guess. It seems to me he is telling everyone that AD doesn't care about winning. The other possibility is that AD's best interests don't enter into it and this is all about pleasing LeBron.

 

[Scalma]

According to Rich Paul, a GM should not talk to his players.



What is this guy smoking?

To be fair, he’s right in this specific instance. Agents are there for a reason.

 

[illmatic99]

To be fair, he’s right in this specific instance.

Replace AD and Demps with Dame and Neil in this instance, or Steph and Bob Myers.

A POBO can't talk to his own players now?

 

[Pinwheel1]

Yes, there is something absolutely wrong with that given the kind of collusion that can occur. Silver letting this happen is a black mark on the leage

I would agree it is more a Silver problem than a Rich Paul problem. Agents will do whatever they can get away with.