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wizenheimer said:
I'm sick of Olshey, but in this area you are short-changing him

when talking about the bargain-bin and players other teams were looking to dump, off the top of my head:

Steve Blake
Eric Maynor
Mo Williams (is the BAE a bargain-bin move?)
Robin Lopez
Thomas Robinson
Brian Roberts
Mo Harkless
Mason Plumlee
Jusuf Nurkic
Shabazz Napier
Skal
Nic Stauskas
Seth Curry
Hezonja
Tolliver
Melo

I'd also consider the 2nd round of the draft a bargain-bin of sorts: Allen Crabbe, Pat Connaughton, Jake Layman, Gary Trent are all 'successes'

now, some of these weren't good moves. TRob essentially cost 4 second round picks. Stauskas, Hezonja, and Tolliver were busts. Crabbe was a disaster because of the matched offer sheet. Curry was a bargain but that bargain kept Portland from re-signing him

but yeah, when another team is looking to dump a player, Olshey is often first in line
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I wasn't talking about just getting players that way, I was talking about getting USEFUL players. Of your list I will grant you RoLo, Shabazz and Curry. I don't count Nurk because I don't see him as a "cast-off" because they really liked him but realized he and Jokic didn't work together. And the draft is a separate issue.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
So according to you it shouldn't matter what we do.
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Dame was a pretty nice lottery pick. So was McCollum.

Again, I’ll take the better opportunity to draft the best player, rather than be decent enough to make the playoffs
 
Mediocre Man said:
Dame was a pretty nice lottery pick. So was McCollum.

Again, I’ll take the better opportunity to draft the best player, rather than be decent enough to make the playoffs
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So you'd rather be Sacramento than Toronto, Miami or Dallas. Got it.
 
We should go after that Lebron dude, he's old and a Laker but he could still give us a few minutes coming off the bench.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Love me some straw man.
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Well, you kind of invite it with your constant moaning. You started off by complaining about getting cheap players that would improve the team. Really?

Mediocre Man said:
And Dallas, really?
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Fair point, given Doncic. I was thinking about all the years they rebuilt year after year without going into the lottery.
And don't forget, getting cheap players and developing them is a way of getting assets that can be TRADED for lottery picks. That's essentially how we got the pick that turned into Roy. And we moved up a few places to get Aldridge instead of whatsisname who went to the Bulls and was out of the league in short order by throwing in Khryapa, who was taken in the 20s.
 
Scalma said:
Harry Giles
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We can't keep returning to that Sacramento well, surely. (Although that reminds me of a player we'd all failed to mention so far as an example of Olshey's dumpster-diving - Wenyen Gabriel.)
 
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Off the OP, TLC would be choice. As mentioned, he finally did what I thought he might be able to do when he was originally drafted.
 
Giles another player that's the king's just miss on. Giles actually is pretty nice player when he got to play. He can play either PF or center and he got good hands and he is good passer. Injuries been his big problem but could be had plus it probably wouldn't cost much due to he is UFA.
 
wizenheimer said:
I'm sick of Olshey, but in this area you are short-changing him

when talking about the bargain-bin and players other teams were looking to dump, off the top of my head:

Steve Blake
Eric Maynor
Mo Williams (is the BAE a bargain-bin move?)
Robin Lopez
Thomas Robinson
Brian Roberts
Mo Harkless
Mason Plumlee
Jusuf Nurkic
Shabazz Napier
Skal
Nic Stauskas
Seth Curry
Hezonja
Tolliver
Melo

I'd also consider the 2nd round of the draft a bargain-bin of sorts: Allen Crabbe, Pat Connaughton, Jake Layman, Gary Trent are all 'successes'

now, some of these weren't good moves. TRob essentially cost 4 second round picks. Stauskas, Hezonja, and Tolliver were busts. Crabbe was a disaster because of the matched offer sheet. Curry was a bargain but that bargain kept Portland from re-signing him

but yeah, when another team is looking to dump a player, Olshey is often first in line
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Don’t forget Kanter. Also Stauskas/WB4 for Hood.
 
3 out of your 5 players we'd have to (and should not) trade Hood or Ariza for.
 
Before we go bargain hunting, we need to first figure out our expectations for next season.

Are we just gonna be satisfied with making the playoffs and winning a round, or do we want to legitimately compete for the title?
 
illmatic99 said:
Before we go bargain hunting, we need to first figure out our expectations for next season.

Are we just gonna be satisfied with making the playoffs and winning a round, or do we want to legitimately compete for the title?
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Not sure why that would affect bargain hunting.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
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I posted this because Slo Mo looks good, but I wonder if Caleb Martin or Isaac Bonga are gettable? Probably not, because Washington and Charlotte both need good young players even more than we do.
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More on Isaac Bonga - he seems to make a big impact in very limited minutes. If we were ready to give up on Anfernee, the Wizards would probably swap Bonga for him, and I think that might be a swap that benefits both teams.
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Sort of seems like a slightly-richer-man's Wenyen Gabriel. But I say you can't have too many Wenyen Gabriels!
 

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Rastapopoulos said:
Not sure why that would affect bargain hunting.
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We got Moe Harkless off the trash heap as well. But he was a guy we expected to take time to acclimate and develop into a potential contributor later on.

Then you have guys like Rondo who LA got for the minimum who is helping them win a title this year.

There are different kinds of bargain hunting.
 
illmatic99 said:
We got Moe Harkless off the trash heap as well. But he was a guy we expected to take time to acclimate and develop into a potential contributor later on.

Then you have guys like Rondo who LA got for the minimum who is helping them win a title this year.

There are different kinds of bargain hunting.
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No Rondos are going to come to the Blazers as things stand. And I'm okay with that.
 
there are always fairly decent players who sign for vet minimums every off-season. Olshey managed to avoid all of them when he signed Tolliver and Hezonja. Didn't do much better the year before with Stauskas. Melo may have been a one off

so, the vet minimum bargain bin is one bin he's not been very good at rummaging thru
 
wizenheimer said:
there are always fairly decent players who sign for vet minimums every off-season. Olshey managed to avoid all of them when he signed Tolliver and Hezonja. Didn't do much better the year before with Stauskas. Melo may have been a one off

so, the vet minimum bargain bin is one bin he's not been very good at rummaging thru
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He turned stauskas into rodney hood.

Gabriel might be something.

Seth Curry was a massive addition.
 
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