Trade CJ McCollum to New Orleans

[blazerkor]

Not a lot of matching contracts. Oubre fits, or Bridges + PJ Washington.

Mason Plumlee and Kai Jones... it just fits the M.O.

 

[Chris Craig]

We already retreated

No high end talent is coming here

 

[AldoTrapani]

New owners want no commitments and a low payroll. Value is team ownership, not the players.

If we trade Dame the team is totally gonna be moved.

You want them moved don’t you? How many teams get sold these last 5-7 years and never move but of course blazers are the only ones against that exception huh? Clown

 

[Chris Craig]

Mason Plumlee and Kai Jones... it just fits the M.O.

No, we can't trade for bigs

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[TBpup]

"Hello, my name is Sell-Low Joe. What good players can I give you for crap, future crap, and cap savings for Jody's Amazon purchases for her bodyguards?"

 

[THE HCP]

So it’s come THIS!!!!!

 

[B-Roy]

Phoenix already offered ayton a 4 year max. He wanted 5. What makes Cronin think we can pry him away

 

[rotary111]

Are we still supposed to believe that they know what they're doing?

Cause I'm starting to get a head ache trying to understand the plan...if there is one.

This is looking like a tear down and sell move. "Build it your way"

 

[Hoopguru]

How is getting rid of Nance shaping a roster around Lillard?

Nance is a great guy and does have some talent but he's so damn injury prone and doesnt score. He and RoCo were similar in that regard.

 

[B-Roy]

That's not enough salary coming to Portland. That trade won't work.

Nance is it’s own separate deal

 

[Chris Craig]

When do we get to win a trade?

....asking for a friend.

We don't

 

[BrianFromWA]

Pipe dream, but with Bledsoe and Hart in the fold for the next couple of years with Dame, Ant out for a young forward makes some sense.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Dame will be asking for a trade soon

You really think Dame isn't in on every trade? You really think he's in the dark in all this? I don't think so. Not even close.

 

[DDolla]

Cronin is just bad as Olshey. Should have hire James Jones

 

[Cugel]

You musn't overlook Keon Johnson. With that 48" vertical he will be exceptional at saving errant passes from hitting fans sitting behind the bench.

 

[Norman Dale]

I'm reading folks say there are no FA's this summer, but Bradley Beal has a PO.
He's going to opt out. We'll see if he comes here.

 

[blazerkor]

So we're hoping for two lotto picks but the rest of our future picks will be tied up so that's all we'll have. We can trade them in sign and trades or just lopsided trades because of the cap space and huge TPE. I guess that's how we shape the team around Dame?!?

 

[Chris Craig]

Cronin is just bad as Olshey. Should have hire James Jones

Worse

 

[MickZagger]

Lol. So that’s why we finagled that awful trade last week so we could make this highway robbery transaction

 

[Chris Craig]

I'm reading folks say there are no FA's this summer, but Bradley Beal has a PO.
He's going to opt out. We'll see if he comes here.

Another guard

 

[illmatic99]

I still can't understand what pick we have.

 

[MickZagger]

So we might not even see this pick if it’s in the 5-14 range?

 

[Mr. Robot]

@SlyPokerDog why cant i see this thread on the front page

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Cronin is just bad as Olshey. Should have hire James Jones

Olshey looks like Masai Ujiri compared to Cronin. What are you talking about?

 

[illmatic99]

So we might not even see this pick if it’s in the 5-14 range?

That protection HAS to be 5-10. 11-30, its supposed to go to Mem

 

[MickZagger]

If you don’t think Lillard’s not going to want to force his way out you’re drunk. We aren’t going to sign any free agents to come here. We’re Portland..

 

[Cugel]

Dame--NAW
Ant--Hart
Nas--Watford
Winslow--Brown
Plumlee--Brown/Watford

Rings written all over it.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

FWIW:

WTH? This is building around Lillard?

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Some have been hoping for a different style and mentality of play with Billups coming as a new coach. Somehow, what he was preaching didn't seem to stick.

Well, with a roughly 70% team turnover in the past few days (and who knows what is yet to come), we should see a different style and mentality.

If Billups can even come close to making any of this work, he deserves serious accolades. All I see coming down the road are abysmal losses.