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[blue9]

As much as I like the idea of having a player like Monroe who can score in the post, I'm not sure he's the player we need. I mean, isn't he basically Al Jefferson? He can get points in the paint, but he might drag us down in other areas. Does he make his teammates any better on either end? I'm not convinced that he does. He just has a good post scoring game. We need someone who can be a threat on the block, but I don't think it's worth what we'd have to give up to get him.

To play devil's advocate, people said Z-Bo could never play defense and for the past several years he's been the starting PF on a great defensive team.
Defense is one thing that CAN be taught. You don't need to be a great athlete to play great defense, all you need is a great system and willingness to buy into the system.
If a player sucks at defense there's nobody to blame but the coach.

 

[BonesJones]

What if they're trying to clear Monroe off their books so they can make a run at a big name this summer?

It's Milwaukee, nobody will want to go there unless there's some big name players there, and Monroe is the biggest name they have. They just got lucky and signed a big name free agent so why would they sell him off hoping to get lucky again, but with a below .500 tem instead of one coming off a year in which they were a 6 seed

 

[craigehlo]

I'd take Monroe if they were just looking to shed Salary and take a bench player like Meyers back. Greg isn't good on the pick and roll and can't shoot further than 8 feet out. He is however a tenacious rebounder and a solid post player that can get to the FT line. I think he could fit in but wouldn't be the missing piece we are looking for.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=gkpg3do

I wonder if we could pull this off.

Yes I know Noah is out but we can afford to eat salary.

 

[Natebishop3]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=gkpg3do

I wonder if we could pull this off.

Yes I know Noah is out but we can afford to eat salary.

I would nut....

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

That trade makes no sense. Vonleh and McDermott haven't shown anything valuable. And Indy is giving up Ellis and George for McCollum? I'm not buying that

 

[Natebishop3]

That trade makes no sense. Vonleh and McDermott haven't shown anything valuable. And Indy is giving up Ellis and George for McCollum? I'm not buying that

My pitch was CJ/Meyers/Plumlee for George. Vonleh went to Indiana, so I think that's why he included him.

 

[illmatic99]

Neil said something interesting. We can absorb salary between when the season ends and the official end of the calendar season (July). Then we won't just save 2/3rds of the $ by absorbing salary at the deadline to get to the floor, but all of it. And the other team still gets out of lux tax for shedding salary

Interesting thought.

http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/do-bla...eadline?guid=3uI_f9eTgEGp3D_4LFMoa0EOeaxR9dl3

 

[BigGameDamian]

Would you trade CJ in a trade for Monroe if the Blazers could also get back Parker or Middleton?

 

[BonesJones]

Would you trade CJ in a trade for Monroe if the Blazers could also get back Parker or Middleton?

That would never ever happen

 

[illmatic99]

10 days til the deadline.

Let the trades begin now that the distraction that is the Superbowl is over. So much convo about Whiteside right now in the national podcasts. I'd be all over trying to get him.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

That would never ever happen

But that wasn't the question. The question was "would you?". As in, "We know CJ's value is higher than Monroe's, but how much higher in your mind?"

 

[Blazinaway]

But that wasn't the question. The question was "would you?". As in, "We know CJ's value is higher than Monroe's, but how much higher in your mind?"

IMO Monroe's trade value is barely positive given salary and team performance and the possibility Bucks who just signed him may be ready to dump him. No way I trade CJ for Monroe, I don't want Monroe in any case but "if" we did try to trade for him I offer Meyers and capspace, that is it

 

[Sinobas]

I don't know if I'd even want Monroe for a salary dump. I never understood why he was coveted.

 

[BBert]

Weren't we trying to get Monroe to placate LaMarCooch?

 

[Natebishop3]

Weren't we trying to get Monroe to placate LaMarCooch?

I thought we were trying to get him as a replacement for LMA.

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

I'd take Monroe if they were just looking to shed Salary and take a bench player like Meyers back. Greg isn't good on the pick and roll and can't shoot further than 8 feet out. He is however a tenacious rebounder and a solid post player that can get to the FT line. I think he could fit in but wouldn't be the missing piece we are looking for.

I agree fully with this. Only take on Monroe IF no starters going out. Just a bench player or two and cap space. He'd be a nice add for that price.

Would you trade CJ in a trade for Monroe if the Blazers could also get back Parker or Middleton?

Yes, if Parker included somehow. No, for Middleton.

I really love our guards right now. Don't want to trade them for "almost" anything. Keep looking for the right deal.

 

[Natebishop3]

I agree fully with this. Only take on Monroe IF no starters going out. Just a bench player or two and cap space. He'd be a nice add for that price.



Yes, if Parker included somehow. No, for Middleton.

I really love our guards right now. Don't want to trade them for "almost" anything. Keep looking for the right deal.

Middleton has been very solid this year. Much more so than Parker.

17.7 ppg, 3.9 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and he's shooting 41% from three, but Middleton is essentially Allen Crabbe with a starting role. Because of that, I'd rather have Parker.

 

[BBert]

I thought we were trying to get him as a replacement for LMA.

Yeah I can't remember the timing. I thought we wanted him and tried to sell him on playing with LMC, but it seemed to me that he, like everyone else, knew LMC was leaving, and he didn't want to come to our gutted team. Maybe I remember wrong.

 

[santeesioux]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/240699/Magic-Willing-To-Listen-To-Tobias-Harris-Offers

People wanted him last summer too.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah I can't remember the timing. I thought we wanted him and tried to sell him on playing with LMC, but it seemed to me that he, like everyone else, knew LMC was leaving, and he didn't want to come to our gutted team. Maybe I remember wrong.

Hmmm.... I thought he picked Milwaukee after LMA had made it clear he wasn't returning. I think Neil was approaching it as a replacement for LMA, but Monroe wanted nothing to do with it.

edit - I guess Monroe picked Milwaukee on 7/2 and Aldridge committed to San Antonio on 7/4, but hadn't he essentially ruled us out before that?

 

[BBert]

It's possible we are both right, but technically you are: Because I think Olshey knew at some level that LMC was leaving. So, probably Olshey wanted Monroe first to try to keep LMC, and second to replace him.

Either way, once LMC was gone, Monroe wasn't interested in replacing him.

Maybe now he'd reconsider?

Maybe now Olshey would too, LOL.

 

[Blazinaway]

Tobias Harris may be on the block, 23 yr old forward with 3 more yrs after this near 15.5 mil per, his stats are down from his contract yr last year and I'm not impressed and have not watched him at all, I would not give up that much

 

[illmatic99]

Tobias Harris may be on the block, 23 yr old forward with 3 more yrs after this near 15.5 mil per, his stats are down from his contract yr last year and I'm not impressed and have not watched him at all, I would not give up that much

Not a good sign that they're looking to move him less than a year into his contract.

 

[Natebishop3]

Not a good sign that they're looking to move him less than a year into his contract.

Well, they need to do something. They're currently 11th in the east and all that young talent simply isn't translating into wins.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

He may be having a rough year in Orlando, but I think he'd be a perfect fit as a third option here.

 

[illmatic99]

He may be having a rough year in Orlando, but I think he'd be a perfect fit as a third option here.

@ PF?

It's intriguing.

 

[illmatic99]

http://bkref.com/tiny/hPC6L

 

[PtldPlatypus]

@ PF?

It's intriguing.

PF, or SF. He's certainly got a more complete offensive skill-set than Aminu. Don't know what it'd take to get him, though.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Amazing that they can't figure out a way to make that group work. Payton/Oladipo/Fournier/Harris/Gordon/Vucevic sounds like a great young core. Balanced group, and Vucevic is the oldest of the bunch at 25. Plus they have Hezonia and Napier who both seem to have potential as well, in addition to being on track to get another lottery pick this year. Maybe I'm missing something, but if I were them, Harris wouldn't be going anywhere until they were certain it couldn't work with him and Gordon at the forward spots. Deal Channing Frye to a contender who can give you another asset--maybe a tough defensive PF/C--and keep building.