Trade CJ McCollum to New Orleans

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maxiep said:
I think we're keeping him around to see if whoever buys this team wants to keep him or trade him for future assets.
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I don't necessarily think the team is for sale. If it was, you don't run the value into the ground when you're trying to sell. Ticket sales, F&B, luxury boxes, and corporate sponsorships I'm sure are down at the moment. Yes your outgoing salary is down, but the decline in team value is sure to be a multiple of any salary savings. If you sell a team, it's with Lillard and all of the bells and whistles with it. Not a team with a star, and emerging star, and an equivalent of a G-League roster to support them.
 
AldoTrapani said:
Bc it’s not their choice or the new owners choice to move the team. It’s the whole nbas choice. And their not doing that anymore after the Sonics debacle. Again look at the kings story. They were begging and pleading to have it moved to Seattle but the nba said fuck that we learned our lesson your staying put.

so what ur doing is trying to speak it to existence for them to move. I don’t even think teams will move anymore in our lifetime UNLESS the attendance is completely terrible and arena is literally falling apart. None of which applies to us. So chill out
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How good will fan support be if Lillard is irrelevant or gone and the team is in the lottery the next 5-10 years? Yeah at the end of the jailblazers there were a few of us posting here about Ha Sung Jing, but most of Portland didn't care about the team, attendance was shit, and the team had financial losses.

I'm not saying it will happen. Just that if it did, first step is a crappy owner like Jody running the franchise into the ground. That is the path we seem to be on.
 
maxiep said:
Like you, I also used to live in that area (I spent over a decade in DC). Unlike you, I understand fan support is not important. Corporate support is. And that area has tremendous corporate resources.
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There's the problem. Everytime this subject comes up some people act as if the average fan is an important consideration.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Can't trade Johnson though with other players, right?
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I think you can if you don't have to aggregate his salary.

Seems like the deal could be easily constructed with other players in his place if need be.

The main issue is why the heck Detroit does this.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
How good will fan support be if Lillard is irrelevant or gone and the team is in the lottery the next 5-10 years? Yeah at the end of the jailblazers there were a few of us posting here about Ha Sung Jing, but most of Portland didn't care about the team, attendance was shit, and the team had financial losses.

I'm not saying it will happen. Just that if it did, first step is a crappy owner like Jody running the franchise into the ground. That is the path we seem to be on.
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I think there is always this perception that rebuilds are supposed to take forever. And they can, if you are the Sixers and their "Process" that went on forever. Then you have the Cavs - this year with a few good decisions are fun to watch and winning. It happens. So I dont think losing Lillard means they are shitty for another ten years, assuming they make the right moves going forward. There is no way to grade the moves this week, in my opinion.
 
calvin natt said:
I think there is always this perception that rebuilds are supposed to take forever. And they can, if you are the Sixers and their "Process" that went on forever. Then you have the Cavs - this year with a few good decisions are fun to watch and winning. It happens. So I dont think losing Lillard means they are shitty for another ten years, assuming they make the right moves going forward. There is no way to grade the moves this week, in my opinion.
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It's possible a rebuild is really quick. But its also very possible it follows a TWolves/Kings/Knicks timeline and takes two decades.
 
Chris Craig said:
What
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The key to this thinking is this part of his column:

"Frankly, McCollum should have held negative trade value because of his contract. Instead, the Blazers are getting considerable positive value in return."

I actually think he's right. CJ's contract is nasty for the next couple of years and it makes no sense for a bubble team (Portland or NO) to pay it.
 
Trade is not done because jerami grant might be coming to Portland. Stay tuned….
 
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