Trade Blazers trade for Robert Covington!!

[illmatic99]

 

[RR7]

 

[illmatic99]

Awesome trade, pending protections on that 2021 pick! I love ROCO

 

[OneSport3]

According to Woj

 

[Scalma]

YESSSSSSS

 

[B-Roy]

We traded 2 FIRSTS WTF?

 

[Driew]

I'm so fucking happy right now. I need to go to bed but I won't be able to now.

 

[Scalma]

Fuck yeahhhhhhh

 

[RR7]

But...but...but..Neil is just sitting on his hands! How could he make a deal sitting on his hands? Does he have speaker phones?

 

[craigehlo]

We'll see what the protections are in 2021, but that's a deal I'm down with. Win now move.

 

[illmatic99]

We traded 2 FIRSTS WTF?

the 2021 is the concerning one for me. Need to see protections on that. that draft is supposedly loaded.

 

[LayneStaley]

So am I, we have enough first rounders sitting at the end of the bench.

 

[Scalma]

Covington is locked in for two seasons. That pick next year isn’t gonna be a good one unless there’s a massive collapse, and even then it’s protected. Covington is exactly what we fucking needed. Neil just turned Bazemore and Tolliver into the guy we’ve been begging for for years hahahah

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Who?

 

[illmatic99]

Covington is locked in for two seasons. That pick next year isn’t gonna be a good one unless there’s a massive collapse, and even then it’s protected. Covington is exactly what we fucking needed.

Roco is literally THE PERFECT fit on this squad.

Guessing the writing on the wall for Rockets now.

 

[B-Roy]

Covington is locked in for two seasons. That pick next year isn’t gonna be a good one unless there’s a massive collapse, and even then it’s protected. Covington is exactly what we fucking needed. Neil just turned Bazemore and Tolliver into the guy we’ve been begging for for years hahahah

Not really. The two firsts are a lot. This year's pick is whatever, but I would have much rather sent Simons or Little instead of next years.

 

[Scalma]

Oh no what will we do without two non lottery picks, hope Dame is ok.

 

[TBpup]

Ariza AND 2 1sts? Damn...I like RoCo, but that seems like a lot!

 

[James lamphear]

Very good trade by the blazers due to our 1st round wouldn't have help us year good job Neil.

 

[BlazerBeav]

This is a great move! Surprisingly good!

 

[Tince]

This is the biggest gamble trade Olshey has ever made in Portland. It's a single, or stretch double, but giving up the picks is a sign he's to put together a roster to win right now.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

@BonesJones et al. What does this mean in terms of cap and trades? I assume this is roughly equivalent to
picking up Ariza contract, but would like more info.

 

[Scalma]

No wonder we’ve been so connected the most to Scrubb, Neil wasn’t planning on joining the draft until late lol

 

[Scalma]

@BonesJones et al. What does this mean in terms of cap and trades? I assume this is roughly equivalent to
picking up Ariza contract, but would like more info.

Ariza 12.8M
Covington 12.1M

 

[illmatic99]

gotta say, im glad I didn't get too invested in draft research.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Dame
CJ
Covington
Millsap?
Nurkic

Now that's a winning starting five!

 

[B-Roy]

We probably could have had Covington at many points for 2 firsts. Wonder what sprung the decision to do it now?

Either way, ballsy gamble finally by Olshey. It's a lot, but they should be able to recoup at least one first for Covington if things go south. Thinking about this a bit more, something like this needed to be done.

 

[Scalma]

Dame
CJ
Covington
Millsap?
Nurkic

Now that's a winning starting five!

Probably our best lineup since Dame/Matthews/Batum/Aldridge/Lopez

 

[illmatic99]

 

[Tince]

i thought you couldn't trade consecutive 1st round draft picks?