Do you go all in with Dame?

[Natebishop3]

Curious what people think.

Would you see what kind of star you could get for Scoot/Sharpe/all the picks?

Dame
Jrue
Tou
Deni
Clingan

What stars could be out there? Would be kind of hilarious if we traded for LeBron (not for that package)

 

[Blazinaway]

His D was already putrid, how much worse after his Achilles injury?

 

[Natebishop3]

His D was already putrid, how much worse after his Achilles injury?

Really can't get any worse. More curious about how his offense will be affected.

 

[Natebishop3]

Stars who could maybe be available:

Jaylen Brown
Devin Booker
Bam
Embiid
LeBron
Sabonis
Zion
AD?

 

[B-Roy]

Giannis.

 

[julius]

Let's let him play a game before we decide to go nuts.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

No, i don't think he will be a star anymore when he comes back and so not a good idea to build around him,

 

[wizenheimer]

Let's let him play a game before we decide to go nuts.

that sure wasn't the playbook with Yang

 

[julius]

that sure wasn't the playbook with Yang

People weren't talking about going all in around Yang

 

[Natebishop3]

Let's let him play a game before we decide to go nuts.

Technically.... what kind of nuts?

 

[B-Roy]

that sure wasn't the playbook with Yang

True, this thread is not really needed, because we already have a superstar next to Dame.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I think we need to see how these players perform.

1. Unclear if Jrue/Grant can get back to their 2023 production.

2. Unclear what improvements are young Scoot/Sharpe backcourt make.

Then of course #3 no idea what Dame will look like when he returns. Hope would be a Durant level recovery. My suspicion is it's more like a washed up Kobe.

We need at least 1 of the 3 above answered before making a move. Might be best to get 2 or all 3 answered.

 

[julius]

Technically.... what kind of nuts?

Brazilian

 

[kjironman1]

Brazilian

That’s WAX. Not nuts.

 

[Natebishop3]

No, i don't think he will be a star anymore when he comes back and so not a good idea to build around him,

I'm not saying build around Dame.

I'm saying do you move the young guys and go for it with Dame/Jrue/Tou/Deni/Clingan/Grant/etc

How good is this team if you add another star?

 

[kjironman1]

Of course nuts can be involved.

 

[julius]

That’s WAX. Not nuts.

Got my jokes mixed up

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I'm not saying build around Dame.

I'm saying do you move the young guys and go for it with Dame/Jrue/Tou/Deni/Clingan/Grant/etc

How good is this team if you add another star?

Dame and Jrue doesn't sound like a playoff backcourt. Have two 36 year old starting guards ever won a series? Actually have they ever even won a playoff game?

 

[Natebishop3]

Dame and Jrue doesn't sound like a playoff backcourt. Have two 36 year old starting guards ever won a series? Actually have they ever even won a playoff game?

I don't think Jrue starts.

Dame
Tou
Deni
Grant
Clingan

Or what if you could go get someone like Brown?

Dame/Jrue
Brown/Thybulle
Tou/Murray
Deni/??
Clingan/Yang

Is that a championship team?

 

[blazerkor]

That’s WAX. Not nuts.

Some people wax their nuts.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Giannis.

If the Bucks decide to trade Giannis the Blazers could put together a good package.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I'm not saying build around Dame.

I'm saying do you move the young guys and go for it with Dame/Jrue/Tou/Deni/Clingan/Grant/etc

How good is this team if you add another star?

I read through your post too fast, I was thinking you wanted to trade one of those guys. Yes, 26-27 if he proves fully healthy by then, why not go for it all?

 

[blazerkor]

I don't think Jrue starts.

Dame
Tou
Deni
Grant
Clingan

Or what if you could go get someone like Brown?

Dame/Jrue
Brown/Thybulle
Tou/Murray
Deni/??
Clingan/Yang

Is that a championship team?

Maybe pre-injury Dame but I don't see how he comes back at that level. I hope Scoot, Shae, Tou and Deni make this really simple and we stick with them as our core. Trade Jrue at the deadline once he's shown that he can stay healthy, trade Jerami at the deadline after he shows that he can make shots again. Let Dame come off the bench when he first gets back and play it by ear from there. That's my ideal situation.

If Scoot and Shaedon haven't made the jump necessary to start on a team attempting to make the playoffs when training camp rolls around then maybe... maybe we go all in on trying to win it all right now at or before the trade deadline.

I'm assuming if we do go all in and try to win it all right now that it will be short lived and come up markedly short of the goal.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Natebishop3]

It's really not that expensive.



8.6% of our cap. Big whoop.

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

Completely agree.

 

[blazerkor]

Completely agree.

Having just acquired Jrue it’s kind of a head scratcher but if Joe mostly wants Jrue for training camp and envisions trading him at the deadline then the Dame move makes more sense.

Regardless, having Dame back home feels right.

 

[julius]

It's really not that expensive.

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8.6% of our cap. Big whoop.

Jay is a whiner who is still holding a grudge that they shit canned MB.

He's a bitter has been

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

If a star is available, sure. But, I think the game plan is one more play in type year, then hoping Dame and Jrue still can be strong contributors the year after next when Dame should be healed.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Absolutely not. Dame is already old, and he will not be as good as he was in Milwaukee let alone Portland before the trade. All that said! He will be a huge positive in the intangibles department, and will be a secret weapon in our playoff run.