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The Blazers trade #7 for?

  • Multiple picks - keep one, trade one for Grant

  • Multiple picks - keep one, trade one for Collins

  • Down to #11 and get Randle

  • Down to #17 and get Wood

  • Include #7 with Nurk (S&T) for Ayton

  • OG Anunoby

  • Plus other assets to move up

  • Other - please specify

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Freshtown said:
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This does make me wonder if John Collins is a good fit with Lillard. Throw in Ant on that roster and I lean from slightly to strongly say no. It would have many of the problems of the Dame/CJ/Melo trio.

Dame needs defenders in the frontcourt who have enough offensive skill to keep the defense from trapping. They don't need 20+ ppg scoring forwards. The best Blazers rosters have been with Aminu and Harkless at forward. If the Blazers can get those types of defensive players at a more acceptable starting level quality maybe they can build something with Dame.

Trading the #7 pick directly or indirectly for a new version of the Dame/CJ/Melo experiment would be a huge mistake.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
This does make me wonder if John Collins is a good fit with Lillard. Throw in Ant on that roster and I lean from slightly to strongly say no. It would have many of the problems of the Dame/CJ/Melo trio.

Dame needs defenders in the frontcourt who have enough offensive skill to keep the defense from trapping. They don't need 20+ ppg scoring forwards. The best Blazers rosters have been with Aminu and Harkless at forward. If the Blazers can get those types of defensive players at a more acceptable starting level quality maybe they can build something with Dame.

Trading the #7 pick directly or indirectly for a new version of the Dame/CJ/Melo experiment would be a huge mistake.
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Collins is 24. Are we talking about a 24-year-old Melo? I would take that.
Seriously though what if Hart starts with Dame and Collins and either Winslow/Little? Simons can come off the bench and still get his minutes.
 
Ask the question on whoever we draft or trade for whether he is a CHAUNCEY type player? I think Billups has a lot of input on who gets drafted or traded for or away
 
Fischer: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...en-will-sign-short-term-extension-with-sixers

  • Portland does not appear to be a legitimate landing spot for restricted free agent Deandre Ayton, sources said. The Trail Blazers are expected to retain starting center Jusuf Nurkic, and they are prioritizing Toronto Raptors swingman OG Anunoby in any return for the No. 7 pick in next week's draft, sources said. But there has been increasing talk about Portland potentially targeting the seventh selection to Oklahoma City for No. 12 and a package that could include Lu Dort.

  • One early candidate to fall in the lottery: Shaedon Sharpe. After not playing at Kentucky, Sharpe has been said to underwhelm multiple teams in pre-draft workouts. His range may begin with the New Orleans Pelicans at No. 8, but Sharpe could also feasibly be the target for any team that trades with Portland for the No. 7 pick.
 
Dort could potentially make Hart expendable but is still a bit uninspiring for those of us who want size on the wings. His offense is a complete question mark but he's a tenacious defender at the guard positions. It's easy to see a scenario where he gets around 30 mpg off the bench
 
Scalma said:
I would do 7 for dort and 12 in a second. Then get Duren there.
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I like Dort but do we need more guards? Wonder if Detroit would take Dort for Grant? Or sign and trade Simons to Detroit for Grant, keep Dort who is a very good defender to play SG with Hart? Wonder what pick Dort is worth by himself?
 
Kenrich Williams is an interesting SF from OKC, yest he is 27 but a helluva defender and decent 3 pt shooter - glue guy. How about 7 for 12 and Kenrich Williams and #34?
 
Blazinaway said:
I like Dort but do we need more guards? Wonder if Detroit would take Dort for Grant? Or sign and trade Simons to Detroit for Grant, keep Dort who is a very good defender to play SG with Hart? Wonder what pick Dort is worth by himself?
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No way I am trading Simons for Grant. We do need some offense.
But yeah Dort and Winslow might be a bit of duplication. If they feel good about Winslow's health I would rather have him. (A little longer, heavier and can also guard PFs)
 
illmatic99 said:
One early candidate to fall in the lottery: Shaedon Sharpe. After not playing at Kentucky, Sharpe has been said to underwhelm multiple teams in pre-draft workouts.
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I just wonder how much of this is smoke because teams are hoping he will fall. He very well might be underwhelming. We don't know much about him at this point, but I also wonder if teams are trying to use that in their favor by saying he's not that great.
 
I wonder how Chauncey views Keon. Yes, he is still unproven but does he have as much potential as some of these other guards?
He would know best.
 
Blazinaway said:
Kenrich Williams is an interesting SF from OKC, yest he is 27 but a helluva defender and decent 3 pt shooter - glue guy. How about 7 for 12 and Kenrich Williams and #34?
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@BonesJones mentioned Williams as a decent under-the-radar trade target in one of his recent youtube videos.

 
So Dallas traded a bag of popcorns and got Bertans, Dinwidee and now Wood. Now that’s a great GM. Can Smokin Joe Cronin get some players without giving #7 pick? We shall see.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I wonder how Chauncey views Keon. Yes, he is still unproven but does he have as much potential as some of these other guards?
He would know best.
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It's possible he can match Dorts impact in a yr or two. Management certainly seems high on him.
 
illmatic99 said:
It's possible he can match Dorts impact in a yr or two. Management certainly seems high on him.
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I don't think it is just our management either. I read some good things about him that came out before the draft.
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Just say no to moving pick #7 for role players.

Hold onto your shorts. Joe is supposed to wow us this offseason!
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Does it have to be my shorts?

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Hey, just one week and we can change the discussion from trashing Cronin for what he may or may not do in this year’s draft to trashing Cronin for what he did do in this year’s draft. Good times!
 
Our dumbass gm needs a lesson from George.



PG getting covid made us lose the best trade chip we had this summer. Beyond idiotic and incredibly risky.

Talking of trading down from 7 just to recoup some assets that we lost if not the way to go.
 
Scalma said:
so is Cronin clueless or not, I’m confused.
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I dont think lu dort is all that. Hes a role player with limitations. To say Keon could project to be that... Is not the same as saying he can be a star.
 
illmatic99 said:
I dont think lu dort is all that. Hes a role player with limitations. To say Keon could project to be that... Is not the same as saying he can be a star.
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lu dort is a legit all nba type defender on a better team, definitely one of the best perimeter defenders in the nba. And he’s improved offensively every season. He’s a star in his role. If Keon gets to that level, that’d be quite the feat.
 
Dort looks the part but his advanced defensive numbers are not great. 30mpg player in the regular season but probably would get played off the floor like Thybulle did last month when teams key in on lineups. And his offensive production so far has correlated perfectly with increased usage. It would worry me to think that OKC readily gives him up to move up 5 spots.

I think Hart is a far superior player.
 
illmatic99 said:
Dort looks the part but his advanced defensive numbers are not great. 30mpg player in the regular season but probably would get played off the floor like Thybulle did last month when teams key in on lineups. And his offensive production so far has correlated perfectly with increased usage. It would worry me to think that OKC readily gives him up to move up 5 spots.

I think Hart is a far superior player.
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Dort is a free agent next year and OKC is rebuilding. He’s not a feature player, so it would make sense to use him to move up in the draft to try and get someone with more upside. But Dort would be a star role player, which every playoff team needs.
 
Scalma said:
Dort is a free agent next year and OKC is rebuilding. He’s not a feature player, so it would make sense to use him to move up in the draft to try and get someone with more upside. But Dort would be a star role player, which every playoff team needs.
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given how we are also rebuilding, we should be thinking more like OKC then and try to use a role player in a trade to get someone with more upside.
 
Dort is a legit defensive menace.

Unique size: 6’4.25” (w/shoes) and 228 lbs.

Young - just turned 23.

He can guard 1/2/3 — I’d do this deal.
 
illmatic99 said:
given how we are also rebuilding, we should be thinking more like OKC then and try to use a role player with more upside.
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do we have Damian Lillard? Then we’re not rebuilding.
 
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