Oregonlive forum trade rumor

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/team/1391974036-102-598/somebody-on-my-facebook-page.html

Now if we can just get someone else who heard something from someone who heard something from someone that knows a guy then we'd have conformation.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We'd need more than that naturally

 

[HailBlazers]

Deng for Batum? How old is Deng?

 

[santeesioux]

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/537898/20140209/cavs-rumors-blazers.htm#.Uvfc7fldV8E

 

[KingSpeed]

Batum for Deng would be awful.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Batum for Deng would be awful.

Agreed

 

[HailBlazers]

Batum for Deng would be awful.

Especially because he's a free agent after this year.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'd trade Batum for Durant.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Especially because he's a free agent after this year.

That's what I was thinking. Now, if we got a first round pick in the deal, Deng could go freeing up cap space and we have a pick as well. I think we are becoming a much more attractive team to free agents.

 

[Sinobas]

What about this?
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6423933

Batum, Wright, Williams, Leonard
for
Deng, Varejao.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

What about this?
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6423933

Batum, Wright, Williams, Leonard
for
Deng, Varejao.

Are you nuts?

And lose what little of a bench we have?

 

[e_blazer]

I'd trade Batum for Durant.

Geez, Sly, Durant is not nearly the playmaker and defender that Nic is.

Learn the game and then post.

 

[BigGameDamian]

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/team/1391974036-102-598/somebody-on-my-facebook-page.html

Now if we can just get someone else who heard something from someone who heard something from someone that knows a guy then we'd have conformation.

Holy shit it's true!

 

[Sinobas]

Are you nuts?

And lose what little of a bench we have?

Uh, Wright and Leonard totally suck and have been cut from the rotation much of the season. They are both under contract next year and are basically dead weight to us, so it's to our benefit for Cleveland to take them. I don't think Mo is that great of a backup PG, I'd rather have Varejao coming off the bench to play backup center and let Watson be our backup PG.

Lillard/Watson
Matthews/McCollum
Deng
LA/Robinson
Lopez/Varejao

At least our bench wouldn't get killed on the boards like they do every night.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Batum for Deng would be awful.

How would it be awful? I think someone is falling in love with our players.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

What about this?
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6423933

Batum, Wright, Williams, Leonard
for
Deng, Varejao.

ESPN's trade machine says Deng can only be traded alone.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Batum for Deng would be awful.

No offense, Eric, but this is a soccer mom reaction.

By every metric, Deng is a better player than Batum. Yes, Nic has a "higher ceiling", but how long do we have to wait for it?

 

[BigGameDamian]

If we do a 2 for 1 Nic+ for Deng the Blazers could also go shopping in the free agent market.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/team/1391974036-102-598/somebody-on-my-facebook-page.html

Now if we can just get someone else who heard something from someone who heard something from someone that knows a guy then we'd have conformation.

lol. Hilarious

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

ESPN's trade machine says Deng can only be traded alone.

However it could be conditional on a second trade. Varejao and Jack for Wright, Mo. Claver, Leonard, Watson, and Crabbe. But that might be a little too crazy.

 

[BigGameDamian]

However it could be conditional on a second trade. Varejao and Jack for Wright, Mo. Claver, Leonard, Watson, and Crabbe. But that might be a little too crazy.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mqfu267

 

[OneLifeToLive]

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/team/1391974036-102-598/somebody-on-my-facebook-page.html

Now if we can just get someone else who heard something from someone who heard something from someone that knows a guy then we'd have conformation.

Kind of like the dude that used to post their named OnTheInside. lol

 

[KingSpeed]

No offense, Eric, but this is a soccer mom reaction.

By every metric, Deng is a better player than Batum. Yes, Nic has a "higher ceiling", but how long do we have to wait for it?

Batum has chemistry with our current team. As you said, Batum has higher ceiling. Deng is FA this summer. And Deng did nothing to improve Cavaliers.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mqfu267

What do we get when Deng walks as a free agent this summer?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This is worth a thread? Really?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Batum has chemistry with our current team. As you said, Batum has higher ceiling. Deng is FA this summer. And Deng did nothing to improve Cavaliers.

Nic's "Ceiling" has been promised for years. At what point does the team cut their expectations. Batum can look like a superstar. He can also look like a bench scrub. Only his mind decides between two. Deng is a proven all-star in the prime of his career. If Cleveland is willing, this should be a no-brainer.

Deng did nothing to help the Cavs? What do you expect one player to do to make a shitpile smell better?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mqfu267

I'm a little confused; why would we want to give them another player when they are already getting Batum who is better and is tied up for a few years?

 

[B-Roy]

Deng is a free agent. There's no guarantee he would even resign. Why is this worth a thread?

At the very least, they should wait until the offseason to do a sign and trade.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Batum has chemistry with our current team. As you said, Batum has higher ceiling. Deng is FA this summer. And Deng did nothing to improve Cavaliers.

Well to be fair I don't think Nic is the type of player that could improve a bad team either. I think Nic and Deng are in the same boat where Deng is a better scorer. they are both the type to complement the winning teams.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Yeh, the only way I would even think about this if it was conditional on a second trade. Varajeo and a first round 2014 pick for Wright, Leonard and Claver. But Batum seems too central to what we do to trade him. There are ways to get Varajeo without trading Batum.