Blazers to "eventually" trade ayton

[BigGameDamian]

 

[STOMP]

We should trade him for that Wemby guy.

I'd do that swap if they include their 2025 1st unprotected

STOMP

 

[Phatguysrule]

He's only worth what you can get for him. The Suns didn't get much, did they?

We don't really need to trade him. He fits our timeline pretty good and has potential to get much better.

We haven't had him very long, so I have a bit more patience with him.

 

[RR7]

Kind of the same as I am with most our guys. Can he get us a good return? Sure, do it. Is he netting just an expiring, then no thanks. I still think NOP makes a lot of sense for him, but would need an Ingram move for it to make sense

 

[wizenheimer]

I understand the need to suck in order to keep getting lottery picks, but rebuilding a team can't work if you keep trading all the players away.

off the top of my head...since the Dame trade, the only player Portland has traded is Brogdon

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Breaking News: At some point, the Blazers will part ways with every player on the roster.

Thread shoulda stopped right here….

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Until KlingKong proves to be starter quality dependable, Ayton ain't goin nowhere.

And im perfectly fine with that. i think him Nd scoot were clicking at the end of the season last year and i think him and Klingan can provide a powerful one two punch. No need to get rid of Ayton until Klingan King Kongs Konsistently.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I guess I have seen enough of Ayton to be exasperated by him. As I've said before, in the continuum of very athletic seven-footers, he's much closed the Michael Olowokandi end than the David Robinson end. Whatever "it" is, he doesn't have it. He should be dunking on fools constantly, but he's out there shooting mid-range jump shots. I just don't see him as justifying his salary and the outsize role he requires in our offense to be effective. I'd rather have a better defender who doesn't need touches so he won't sulk. Oh look - we just drafted him.

I think there's a reason he and Chris Paul don't get on. Chris Paul doesn't just want to win, he needs to win, and he recognizes players who aren't on board with this project and just cannot disguise his contempt. If he was useful for a team seeking a title, he'd still be on the Suns. I was all in favor of acquiring him because I thought he could be a Bam Adebayo type - nimble enough to guard 1 through 5. Well, he might in theory be that nimble, but that ain't his game, and I'm not entirely sure what is.

He's a good rebounder, I'll give him that, but even in that regard, Clingan may have him beat. I hate the phrase "needle-mover" but if that's what you want, you don't want DA.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Somebody with access look up our best lineups on whatever stat site keeps those. Is Ayton in any of the good ones?

 

[HailBlazers]

I guess I have seen enough of Ayton to be exasperated by him. As I've said before, in the continuum of very athletic seven-footers, he's much closed the Michael Olowokandi end than the David Robinson end. Whatever "it" is, he doesn't have it. He should be dunking on fools constantly, but he's out there shooting mid-range jump shots. I just don't see him as justifying his salary and the outsize role he requires in our offense to be effective. I'd rather have a better defender who doesn't need touches so he won't sulk. Oh look - we just drafted him.

Could say the same for LMA. He is who he is. Hopefully the market will be low enough he'll resign a fair contract. I for one am excited to now have a masterful defensive center to swap out with him based on matchups.

 

[beast blazer]

Are you kidding me? He’s a young 18/10+ center who is fitting in well here. He’s worth at least several picks. Holy moly the DA hate is getting real

He's on a max contract and is a not much better than average player.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Could say the same for LMA.

Get back to me when he has back-to-back 40 point games in a playoff series. Ayton does not have an unstoppable low post move like Aldridge's. He is a better rebounder, though.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Been wondering the same thing about Dwight...

 

[wizenheimer]

Somebody with access look up our best lineups on whatever stat site keeps those. Is Ayton in any of the good ones?

he's on a lot of them; he's also on some of the worst

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2024/lineups/

you can sort by any category

 

[Natebishop3]

We aren’t trading him this year. It would be next summer after DC has a year under his belt.

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

He's on a max contract and is a not much better than average player.

A max free agent offer at that time from Indiana, yes. He was not getting get max years, max amount and raises from Phoenix. To Phoenix, it was protecting an asset (like Grant) and hoping he got even better.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Eddie A Johnson
@Jumpshot8
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Aug 5

DA has to find a way to truly fall in love with the game to match his very good skillset and if not he will become a journeyman until year 10 or 11 and be gone.

 

[Foxx]

Eddie A Johnson
@Jumpshot8
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Aug 5

DA has to find a way to truly fall in love with the game to match his very good skillset and if not he will become a journeyman until year 10 or 11 and be gone.

dude carried the Bahamas for..? Nothing but love, passion and fun for the game. Hit me with something else.

 

[Ha Seung-Boumtje-Boumjte]

dude carried the Bahamas for..? Nothing but love, passion and fun for the game. Hit me with something else.

His journey to donning the Bahamian jersey is not one of childhood dreams, driven by a relentless passion for the sport, but rather by an insatiable craving for conch fritters—those delectable Bahamian snacks that epitomize the archipelago's culinary soul. Ayton found himself lured not by the echoes of bouncing balls or the swish of the net, but by the promise of endless trays of conch fritters.

The Bahamian basketball court is less an arena of athletic conquest and more a banquet hall where the sweet, briny aroma of conch fritters wafts through the air, pulling him in with an irresistible force. Thus, his story becomes a culinary odyssey, with basketball serving merely as the backdrop for his true passion: the endless delight of Bahamian conch fritters.

 

[Samuel]

Eddie A Johnson
@Jumpshot8
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Aug 5

DA has to find a way to truly fall in love with the game to match his very good skillset and if not he will become a journeyman until year 10 or 11 and be gone.

He looked pretty inspired in the qualifiers.

 

[Whyachi]

off the top of my head...since the Dame trade, the only player Portland has traded is Brogdon

that trade was 4 outgoing Blazers, + temp Blazer Jrue Holiday. They were all starters & role players.

33% of the roster in the blink of an eye. Trade more! Trade more! We gotta give Cronin a break, he's trying his best to get a new lottery rookie.

 

[jlprk]

dude carried the Bahamas for..? Nothing but love, passion and fun for the game. Hit me with something else.

I asked Mr. Knuckles. He does not want to meet you, so I returned him to my pocket.

You must be very lonely!

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Get back to me when he has back-to-back 40 point games in a playoff series. Ayton does not have an unstoppable low post move like Aldridge's. He is a better rebounder, though.

On that team, wasnt LMA our first option? Also didnt he sell out the very next season?

I don't want ayton as out first or second option, but a third or fourth is just fine as long as he is happy. If not, trade him. If so, he and KlingKong might prove to be a very formidable duo.

I love how weirdos throw around the word "elites" and somehow they don't mean billionaires - mostly they mean "people who seem Jewish" or "people who look like they go to the Opera." Did George Bush Sr. start this? Mind boggling that he was trying to portray himself as a man of the people, but even more mind-boggling that it seems to work on the crazies.