If Marc Gasol is on the block, would you make a play?

[Draco]

Yes anything outside of LaMarcus and Damian. I'm a huge Marc fan, I think he'd be our best player; but we'd have to keep a hold of those two. If Memphis was looking at rebuilding we could give them Nic, CJ, TRob, Meyers, Crabbe, and draft picks in 2015 and 2017. I don't know if thats the most Memphis could get but its a fair offer.

I highly doubt Memphis has any interest in trading him though. Marc and Conley are the two studs on that team just as we have LA and Dame. If anything they scrap the rest of the team to rebuild. Tony Allen is really the only other player I'd have interest in but not sure how a Stotts offense would work with him and don't think we'd have the pieces to make a swap both parties are happy with.

 

[Natebishop3]

So as I read it, many are wondering if LMA is worth a max or near max, but if Gasol becomes a Blazer, then both Gasol and LMA are worth overpaying on long contracts.

Just want to be sure I'm reading things correctly.

If you trade for Gasol, it means you're going all-in. It opens a window that's probably only open for a few years realistically. So yes, you pay whatever you have to pay to keep the group together.

 

[craigehlo]

If they trade Gasol. I'd bet they want rookie contracts and cap space. I don't think we have the right pieces for a team looking to rebuild.

 

[Natebishop3]

If they trade Gasol. I'd bet they want rookie contracts and cap space. I don't think we have the right pieces for a team looking to rebuild.

We've got a lot of that.

Rolo (last year of deal)
CJ
Leonard
Matthews

We have a lot of young guys on rookie contracts and a few guys on the last year of their deal.

 

[H.C.]

It's hard. I'm such a huge Marc Gasol fan. He has such a high basketball IQ to go with his talent...
Such a hard question to answer... because it brings up so many other questions.

Does Gasol fit in Stotts system? Does having two bigs like Aldridge/Gasol fit in Stotts' system?
What are the Blazers giving up? Batum/T-rob? Can we get Kufas? or Lee in the deal? If so do we give up Wesley also?

Does the team fit together?
Lillard
Lee or Wesley or ???
Batum or ???
Aldridge // Kufas?? // T-rob??
Gasol // Kufas?? // Lopez???

Personally I'd do it if they're willing to throw a wing not named Tony Allen in the deal. or let us keep Wesley or Batum.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

It's hard. I'm such a huge Marc Gasol fan. He has such a high basketball IQ to go with his talent...
Such a hard question to answer... because it brings up so many other questions.

Does Gasol fit in Stotts system? Does having two bigs like Aldridge/Gasol fit in Stotts' system?

This part I couldn't possibly care less about. If Stotts' system can't work with two versatile, talented players like Aldridge and Gasol, then it's time for a new system.

 

[Draco]

If they trade Gasol. I'd bet they want rookie contracts and cap space. I don't think we have the right pieces for a team looking to rebuild.

Nic, TRob, CJ and multiple future first round picks would get their attention. They might not accept but its in the ball park of what OKC took for Harden, Orlando took for Dwight, or Pelicans took for CP3.

 

[Sinobas]

LaMarcus for Gasol straight up.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Depends on how Stotts would use him

 

[BigGameDamian]

It's hard. I'm such a huge Marc Gasol fan. He has such a high basketball IQ to go with his talent...
Such a hard question to answer... because it brings up so many other questions.

Does Gasol fit in Stotts system? Does having two bigs like Aldridge/Gasol fit in Stotts' system?
What are the Blazers giving up? Batum/T-rob? Can we get Kufas? or Lee in the deal? If so do we give up Wesley also?

Does the team fit together?
Lillard
Lee or Wesley or ???
Batum or ???
Aldridge // Kufas?? // T-rob??
Gasol // Kufas?? // Lopez???

Personally I'd do it if they're willing to throw a wing not named Tony Allen in the deal. or let us keep Wesley or Batum.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=nna7z6b

 

[craigehlo]

We've got a lot of that.

Rolo (last year of deal)
CJ
Leonard
Matthews

We have a lot of young guys on rookie contracts and a few guys on the last year of their deal.

Leonard has negative value right now. CJ didn't show many signs of a high ceiling this year. Matthews is a role player that makes 7 million. Rolo is nice, but being on the last year of his deal he isn't a long term value.

Any team in the NBA could put together a better offer than us if they are in rebuild mode.

 

[Natebishop3]

Leonard has negative value right now. CJ didn't show many signs of a high ceiling this year. Matthews is a role player that makes 7 million. Rolo is nice, but being on the last year of his deal he isn't a long term value.

Any team in the NBA could put together a better offer than us if they are in rebuild mode.

Luckily most NBA GM's aren't completely impatient like the fans in Portland, or you would realize that CJ was just coming off an injury that had prevented him from playing for a year.

 

[KingSpeed]

Memphis is a joke right now. It seems like things are falling apart there.

Would you try to get Marc Gasol and what do you think it would take to get him?

Why are the Grizzlies a joke? And why are they falling apart? What did I miss?

 

[OneLifeToLive]

That was in response to you stating that one if LA or Gasol would most likely be gone next summer (if we traded for him). If we were successful with the two of them, you don't think PA would pay to keep them both?

Yes. I think he would. What's he doing with the Seahawks? They won the Super Bowl and he's doing exactly what it take to keep it going within the salary guidelines.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Yes anything outside of LaMarcus and Damian. I'm a huge Marc fan, I think he'd be our best player; but we'd have to keep a hold of those two. If Memphis was looking at rebuilding we could give them Nic, CJ, TRob, Meyers, Crabbe, and draft picks in 2015 and 2017. I don't know if thats the most Memphis could get but its a fair offer.

I highly doubt Memphis has any interest in trading him though. Marc and Conley are the two studs on that team just as we have LA and Dame. If anything they scrap the rest of the team to rebuild. Tony Allen is really the only other player I'd have interest in but not sure how a Stotts offense would work with him and don't think we'd have the pieces to make a swap both parties are happy with.

Not sure I would move Nic for him. There are obviously players I would move Nic for, don't think Marc is one of them.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Luckily most NBA GM's aren't completely impatient like the fans in Portland, or you would realize that CJ was just coming off an injury that had prevented him from playing for a year.

I doubt CJ will be any better than Jerryd Bayless.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

It's hard. I'm such a huge Marc Gasol fan. He has such a high basketball IQ to go with his talent...
Such a hard question to answer... because it brings up so many other questions.

Does Gasol fit in Stotts system? Does having two bigs like Aldridge/Gasol fit in Stotts' system?
What are the Blazers giving up? Batum/T-rob? Can we get Kufas? or Lee in the deal? If so do we give up Wesley also?

Does the team fit together?
Lillard
Lee or Wesley or ???
Batum or ???
Aldridge // Kufas?? // T-rob??
Gasol // Kufas?? // Lopez???

Personally I'd do it if they're willing to throw a wing not named Tony Allen in the deal. or let us keep Wesley or Batum.

He's good offensively, but how good defensively is he? Is he as good as Rolo. So whatever you gain with Marc, you lose with Rolo. Defense needs to be as much of a priority for this team right now since defense is an area the team needs to improve this offseason.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Not sure I would move Nic for him. There are obviously players I would move Nic for, don't think Marc is one of them.

Who are the players realistically that you would move Nic for?

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Why are the Grizzlies a joke? And why are they falling apart? What did I miss?

Their president is gone. The owner is getting ready to run another coach out of the organization. They are very poorly run at the top.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Who are the players realistically that you would move Nic for?

I think Nic IN A PACKAGE of players can draw a top 25 player. I think he could bring Carmelo Anthony. Not that I want Melo, but I think he can bring that kind of player.

 

[RR7]

He's good offensively, but how good defensively is he? Is he as good as Rolo. So whatever you gain with Marc, you lose with Rolo. Defense needs to be as much of a priority for this team right now since defense is an area the team needs to improve this offseason.

Gasol was DPOY not this past season, but the season before .

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Gasol was DPOY not this past season, but the season before .

Oh.

 

[Draco]

He's good offensively, but how good defensively is he? Is he as good as Rolo. So whatever you gain with Marc, you lose with Rolo. Defense needs to be as much of a priority for this team right now since defense is an area the team needs to improve this offseason.

Not sure what you mean, are you asking if the defensive player of the year is as good as Rolo? Hahaha

 

[BigGameDamian]

I think Nic IN A PACKAGE of players can draw a top 25 player. I think he could bring Carmelo Anthony. Not that I want Melo, but I think he can bring that kind of player.

Your sure you aren't Neil Olshey?

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Not sure what you mean, are you asking if the defensive player of the year is as good as Rolo? Hahaha

I deserved that.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

Your sure you aren't Neil Olshey?

Ain't it about time to meet up with Larry at the Reagle Beagle?

Don't you think Neil Olshey would have known better than to think that Rolo was the superior defensive player to Marc Gasol?

 

[blazedanugz]

i really think everything in this league depends on fit. i trust neil to make decisions based on how our teams fits together..if he thinks gasol fits...then yea by all means

 

[H.C.]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=nna7z6b

do not want anything to do with tony allen. I do not do that trade.

 

[Natebishop3]

do not want anything to do with tony allen. I do not do that trade.

What? Why? Allen did a great job on Kevin Durant in the playoffs.

 

[H.C.]

What? Why? Allen did a great job on Kevin Durant in the playoffs.

I don't think Allen fits the Blazers system. Not to mention by the end of his contract he'll be 36. As he ages I feel he'll decline more than the average Guard because of his lack of offense. Not to mention he tore his ACL with the Celtics in 07.
If it was Courtney Lee instead of Allen, pull the trigger.