Blazers swap Clevelands 2018 first for 2017 first.

[Scalma]

My question is, why? Because this years class is better? Because we're trading our own pick somewhere else?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'm sure if has to do with the Atlanta deal for Korver, teams can't trade their draft pick 2 years in a row. If they give us their 2017, they can trade their 2019 to Hawks.

 

[Scalma]

I'm sure if has to do with the Atlanta deal for Korver, teams can't trade their draft pick 2 years in a row. If they give us their 2017, they can trade their 2019 to Hawks.

Glad Olshey is doing all these favors for teams. When does it come back around?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Glad Olshey is doing all these favors for teams. When does it come back around?

Lebron doesn't fit with the age of our players so we don't want him.

 

[Strenuus]

So WE get the 2017 1st round? The way they worded that confuses me.

 

[blazedanugz]

Makes sense..
Now we can trade our pick

 

[Denny Crane]

If we use it, it's a ~$1M cap hit, assuming the Cavs pick is # 25-30

 

[TBpup]

So WE get the 2017 1st round? The way they worded that confuses me.

Yes....we just get the 1st round pick a year earlier.

 

[Strenuus]

Yes....we just get the 1st round pick a year earlier.

Okay, that's what I thought - I was just confused.


Lets get all the 1st round picks!

 

[riverman]

CJ is a lifelong Browns fan....hmmm...I see a pattern...

 

[jlprk]

Glad Olshey is doing all these favors for teams. When does it come back around?

Just like when I screamed about the Anderson Varejao trade. We could have squeezed Cleveland for much more. They were desperate. Only one other team could trade with them, and wasn't very interested. Another Olshey giveaway.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Picks are usually more valuable the earlier they are. This is a good move.

 

[riverman]

Just like when I screamed about the Anderson Varejao trade. We could have squeezed Cleveland for much more. They were desperate. Only one other team could trade with them, and wasn't very interested. Another Olshey giveaway.

Ohio owes the Blazers for generations to come....Oden was from Ohio....it's like a Stephen Stills gospel song...

 

[jlprk]

Ohio owes the Blazers for generations to come....Oden was from Ohio....it's like a Stephen Stills gospel song...

"Four dead in the Dead Sea" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

 

[Cippy91]

Hopefully this pick is paired with Crabbe for Noel next week but I doubt it

 

[TBpup]

Hopefully this pick is paired with Crabbe for Noel next week but I doubt it

15th would be the earliest.....but I like the way you are thinking.

 

[illmatic99]

So now we can trade our own pick now before the draft. Hold ontoyour shorts

This screams precursor to our move now.

 

[TBpup]

So now we can trade our own pick now before the draft. Hold ontoyour shorts

This screams precursor to our move now.

Our pick is the valuable one....keep that.

 

[julius]

This pick will fix this years inside defense!

 

[Denny Crane]

At some point, NO and PA have to figure out if this team, this season, is a contender as is. If not, they would likely consider if a trade can put them over the top. If not, then we probably won't see a trade at all. Not shuffling the deck chairs around on the sinking boat.

 

[Scalma]

So now we can trade our own pick now before the draft. Hold ontoyour shorts

This screams precursor to our move now.

What do you mean? not being snarky, genuinely asking.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Glad Olshey is doing all these favors for teams. When does it come back around?

Olshey is making deals to look good for his next GM job. Cleveland's best restaurants all have valet parking.

 

[Blazinaway]

So now we can trade our own pick now before the draft. Hold ontoyour shorts

This screams precursor to our move now.

why couldn't we trade our 2017 pick if we wanted to? We still have our 2018

 

[Boob-No-More]

why couldn't we trade our 2017 pick if we wanted to? We still have our 2018

Because we didn't have a 1st round pick in 2016. You're not allowed to go two years in a row without a 1st round pick. Now we have two. So, we can trade one and keep one.

It's referred to as the Ted Stepien rule.

Edit: Actually, that is incorrect. The Stepien Rule only applies to FUTURE first round picks.

We can even trade BOTH 2017 picks (ours and CLE's) if we want. Maybe there is a potential trading partner out there that wants two additional first round picks in what is supposed to be a very deep draft.

BNM

 

[Blazinaway]

I'd like the "sweetner" to be Cedi Osman rights

http://kingjamesgospel.com/2016/10/13/cleveland-cavaliers-cedi-osman-instant-contributor/

 

[BonesJones]

I'd like the "sweetner" to be Cedi Osman rights

http://kingjamesgospel.com/2016/10/13/cleveland-cavaliers-cedi-osman-instant-contributor/

That'd be awesome!

 

[illmatic99]

Our pick is the valuable one....keep that.

Sure, but now we can trade A 2017 pick

 

[illmatic99]

Because we didn't have a 1st round pick in 2016. You're not allowed to go two years in a row without a 1st round pick. Now we have two. So, we can trade one and keep one.

It's referred to as the Ted Stepien rule.

Edit: Actually, that is incorrect. The Stepien Rule only applies to FUTURE first round picks.

We can even trade BOTH 2017 picks (ours and CLE's) if we want. Maybe there is a potential trading partner out there that wants two additional first round picks in what is supposed to be a very deep draft.

BNM

Really? Thought the Stepien thing still applied.

 

[Cippy91]

So I am wondering if this move is indeed leading to another move we make or if Cleveland hit us up just to make the deal. We need to grab Nerlens if we can man, he is young and is what we need. Paul milsap would be great to but it looks like all these other teams are gonna go after him, we could swoop in under the radar and grab nerlens if philly wants to hear offers

 

[BonesJones]

Because we didn't have a 1st round pick in 2016. You're not allowed to go two years in a row without a 1st round pick. Now we have two. So, we can trade one and keep one.

It's referred to as the Ted Stepien rule.

Edit: Actually, that is incorrect. The Stepien Rule only applies to FUTURE first round picks.

BNM

I was about to teacher the golden opportunity to correct you for once.

Some we have CLEs 2017 1st, could we trade our own 2017 and 2018 1st round picks, since we wouldn't be left without 1sts in consecutive years? (We'd have CLEs 2017, POR 2019)