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Should Olshey Trade For DeAndre Jordan?

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RR7 said:
It seems like if this were true, we'd see him on the floor more often with our current starting C that we plan on pairing him with for the future.
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So the rookie project who wasn't even supposed to be ready to contribute this year is showing some major advances in his game while playing the backup PF but is going to be a C because he doesn't play with the starters yet? That's pure speculation on your part. Look where playing alongside Nurk got Vonleh to this year despite playing the best ball of his career so far.
 
SwissBlazer said:
I am not too worried about this rumour to be honest. How many of those materialize after being spread in the media? Not much.
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Is it really getting spread though the media? I mean really all they are saying is the Blazers have interest in DeAndre Jordan nothing else really.
 
Minstrel said:
Yeah. I personally don't think that will be a major problem with an off-season or two of muscle/weight development. While there are still bigger centers in the league, very few of them are dominant players or even players that their teams run the offense through predominantly. If Collins proves to be as injury-prone as Davis, center may not be in his long-term future but I certainly wouldn't start from that assumption. Collins already has the rim protection and perimeter-switching potential that I consider the most valuable defensive traits at center these days.
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He could play center and I realize his positive traits there, I just think he offers more at PF.
 
BigGameDamian said:
Is it really getting spread though the media? I mean really all they are saying is the Blazers have interest in DeAndre Jordan nothing else really.
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It all started with a rumour from Mark Stein (NYT). So yes it was in the media. And once it's in the media the tractations (if any) are usually dead.
 
BigGameDamian said:
Is it really getting spread though the media? I mean really all they are saying is the Blazers have interest in DeAndre Jordan nothing else really.
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hoopsjock said:
So the rookie project who wasn't even supposed to be ready to contribute this year is showing some major advances in his game while playing the backup PF but is going to be a C because he doesn't play with the starters yet? That's pure speculation on your part. Look where playing alongside Nurk got Vonleh to this year despite playing the best ball of his career so far.
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Of course it's pure speculation! We're on a message board. Everything we do on here is speculation. I get he was a rookie. And is showing advances. And was/is a project. It just seems really odd to me that if he is our PFOTF, who is slated to be a staple next to Nurk for the next 8 years of our franchise, and he has won minutes deservedly, that he has not even played 10 minutes alongside Nurk this season. That EVERY time he is to enter in a game, it is a frontcourt line change, and he comes in alongside Davis. All the time. He's won minutes. He deserves to be playing. He's playing PF alongside Davis. He's seen time with the rest of our starters. All of them except for Nurk.

I have no idea what Vonleh has to do with anything in your post, so going to ignore that portion.
 
There's a 90 percent chance Nurk lost strength this off-season.

This off-season....

Hire Someone to work on his post game.

Add some core strength and a little upper body.

Fine tune his diet for maintenance.

It isn't that hard.

Orrrrrrrr.....

Have him and Meyers shoot threes all summer... that's probably it for these morons.
 
If we are deadset on Zach being CoTF as an organization I'd have no problem moving Nurk, and obtaining DJ in the short term win-now mode.

For example I'd like to see three trades happen if this was the case;

Trade 1)

LA: Evan Turner, Noah Vonleh, and POR 2019 First Round pick (top 8 protected)

POR: DeAndre Jordan

Trade 2)

MIL: Jusuf Nurkić, Shabazz Napier, Pat Connaughton, Meyers Leonard, and 2020 NY 2nd round protected pick

NY: Moe Harkless and rights to Dani Diez

POR: Jabari Parker, Courtney Lee, and Matthew Dellavedova

Trade 3)

UTA: Allen Crabbe TPE

POR: Joe Johnson

Dame / Delly
CJ / Lee
Aminu / Johnson
Jabari / Davis
DJ / Collins
 
we give up 3 of our tight rotation players and Noah, a bunch of draft pick considerations, and don't give up any bad contracts...for 1/3 season of DJ and whatever the hell Rose is right now? Hell yeah, sign me up.
 
I just don't see Jordan as being enough of an upgrade to make a huge difference for the team's chances.

I would much rather roll with Nurk for the next 6 years than Jordan for 1/3 a season.

If Jordan were the one missing piece that you might add to a team that's already considered a likely Finals participant, the gamble and rental might be worth it.
 
julius said:
I like how you think the video you showed is the best example of him flopping, when it's actually not.
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No, there are tons of videos of him flopping, this is the only one where his flopping leads him to get injured that I could find. Unless ur saying he’s not flopping? If a brush of an elbow makes him fly across the court than he needs to put the weight back on.
 
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hoopsjock said:
You're just making this up because it fits your agenda. There is literally zero proof that they will turn him into a center eventually. Everything they are doing shows he will be a PF.
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Making this up?? It doesn’t take a genius to realize if they trade Nurk they plan on Collins being the COTF, what else would it mean? You think they are gonna trade their 23 year old starting center to find Collins a back up at PF? Lol, Man some of you need to open your eyes.
 
If Jordan were anywhere near Nurkic's age, I'd much rather have Jordan. I'm down on a Jordan trade largely because I think he's begun his decline phase--this is either a third-of-a-season rental or Portland will have to pay a lot for every decline year he stays for. Since this isn't a title contender this year, with or without Jordan, I don't really want to give up any significant value for him as a rental or as a re-sign candidate.
 
BigGameDamian said:
Dame doesn't have forever to wait around for players to develop.
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thats true

but DeAndre Jordan wouldnt be a significant upgrade over Nurk, if upgrade at all... and he aint wining shit with DeAndre Jordan either, so Id say for the sake of this franchise we should keep talented 23 yo with upside, instead of bringing soon to be 30 yo who wouldnt take this team anywhere

god give you all a brain, use it...
 
CJ will be like..."I always shoot dummy, you go rebound in the off chance I miss"
 
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