Moving up for Clingan?

[CJ_is_Gone]

Ayton, Reath and Clingan doesn’t make a ton of sense to me, unless they think one can slide to PF

Not that I am advocating for Clingan, but out of those 3 I think Reath could do it. Not against every team, but a lot of them.

Reath is a minimum level guy. No need to even consider him in the calculus of roster construction.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

They love him

Do they understand that he's a WABC?

 

[illmatic99]

Ayton, Reath and Clingan doesn’t make a ton of sense to me, unless they think one can slide to PF

Maybe they think Ayton/Clingan/Reath is the new KAT/Gobert/Reid.

They would be silly to think such a thing but who knows.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Do they understand that he's a WABC?

I don’t think they care, like they should

 

[BigGameDamian]

Maybe they think Ayton/Clingan/Reath is the new KAT/Gobert/Reid.

They would be silly to think such a thing but who knows.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[MickZagger]

Maybe they think Ayton/Clingan/Reath is the new KAT/Gobert/Reid.

They would be silly to think such a thing but who knows.

I believe the Clingan thing is all smoke. Lots of poker being played.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I believe the Clingan thing is all smoke. Lots of poker being played.

Is that good or bad for the Blazers?

I can't think of a time Cronin used bluffing or any poker type skill to benefit the Blazers.

 

[MickZagger]

Is that good or bad for the Blazers?

I can't think of a time Cronin used bluffing or any poker type skill to benefit the Blazers.

Is he learning how to play the GM game?

 

[Boomchakalaka2]

I believe the Clingan thing is all smoke. Lots of poker being played.

I’m hoping the Clingan thing is smoke - and we move up and take Risacher. We need a wing or power forward this season - not a center

 

[Natebishop3]

I believe the Clingan thing is all smoke. Lots of poker being played.

Force someone else to move up and get him if they think we love him

Marang said we have had two private workouts. I'm curious who we would be bringing in secretly.

 

[B-Roy]

Force someone else to move up and get him if they think we love him

Marang said we have had two private workouts. I'm curious who we would be bringing in secretly.

Hohldahl had a random piece on JaKobe Walter even though we've never brought him in or have heard anything about bringing him in, so that's my guess.

 

[Natebishop3]

Hohldahl had a random piece on JaKobe Walter even though we've never brought him in or have heard anything about bringing him in, so that's my guess.

Yeah, so the question is whether they were both fringe guys, or was one of them someone we wanted to keep off the radar?

 

[PCmor7]

BeljinMarang said we have had two private workouts. I'm curious who we would be bringing in secretly.

My sources are telling me one is Beljin Klevins. The other is his cousin's cousin.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[wizenheimer]

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who is in this discussion? Is it anybody worth paying attention too/ Is there any reason to believe there was no agenda behind the answer?

by that I mean that it sounded like somebody with a pro-Houston lean. Meaning there could be significant agenda behind pumping up Clingan's value as a take at #3.

 

[kjironman1]

Sounding more and more like the Blazers are going after Clingan.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Sounding more and more like the Blazers are going after Clingan.

In the end it probably doesn't matter. He's not getting past #3 and we don't have what Houston wants.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

In the end it probably doesn't matter. He's not getting past #3 and we don't have what Houston wants.

I still think Sheppard is likely more attractive to them than Clingan is.

 

[Samuel]

With the draft still a couple of weeks out i'm assuming most of the intel out there is Houston and Atlanta trying to create as much of a market as possible for their picks. Clingan seems like a hype-able type of prospect who could attract the most interest across a variety of teams.

 

[Graduate32]

Sengun

I still think Sheppard is likely more attractive to them than Clingan is.

Yeah, I actually don't envy Houston's dilemma at all. I understand that they may like Sengun, but who in the world do you pair him with in the front court? I understand that they may want some additional rim protection (in the form of Clingan), but does that mean you are asking Sengun to play the 4 and stay with guys on the perimeter? If making the Minnesota comparison, Sengun is a far cry from both Naz Reid and KAT (quicker AND longer). Not to mention the spacing on offense would be a mess.

Clingan only makes sense if you are moving on from Sengun... which frankly, they perhaps should consider despite his highly productive season.

 

[illmatic99]

I believe the Clingan thing is all smoke. Lots of poker being played.

We are think this. I think our thinking on this largely wishful in nature.

 

[HailBlazers]

In the end it probably doesn't matter. He's not getting past #3 and we don't have what Houston wants.

We have veterans. Hou wants to win now.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

We have veterans. Hou wants to win now.

But they can't just absorb salary - who are they trading us?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I still think Sheppard is likely more attractive to them than Clingan is.

I'm assuming they're trading the pick - just not to us.

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

But they can't just absorb salary - who are they trading us?

when it comes to trading the current, veteran Trail Blazers, “winning the trade” is less of an issue than getting what we want. IMHO …
1. Timeline with youth and players that fit and fit it.
2. Restructuring team salary by bringing back short term contracts.
3. Getting high draft picks — even in this draft.

Houston no longer needs either Steven Adams (SAEC) or Jeff Green (guarantee the T-opt and trade).
$20.6 million combined … for Simons … add the team-option guaranteed final year of Jae’Sean Tate and it’s over $28 million … Grant.

Keep Adams for a year. Waive the other 2.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I'm assuming they're trading the pick - just not to us.

One can only hope

 

[Rastapopoulos]

when it comes to trading the current, veteran Trail Blazers, “winning the trade” is less of an issue than getting what we want. IMHO …
1. Timeline with youth and players that fit and fit it.
2. Restructuring team salary by bringing back short term contracts.
3. Getting high draft picks — even in this draft.

Houston no longer needs either Steven Adams (SAEC) or Jeff Green (guarantee the T-opt and trade).
$20.6 million combined … for Simons … add the team-option guaranteed final year of Jae’Sean Tate and it’s over $28 million … Grant.

Keep Adams for a year. Waive the other 2.

You know who's a very mobile athletic center who could probably work as well with Sengun as anyone? Ayton. Clears up space to play our new star Clingan 48 mpg!

 

[SharpesTriumph]

In the end it probably doesn't matter. He's not getting past #3 and we don't have what Houston wants.

I hope he goes to some other team at #3.... What a reach.... Bagley/Wiseman 2.0