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If someone is close to a ring, they might be willing to roll the dice that RWIII will stay healthy for the season.

There's no reason for us to roll those dice.
 
Natebishop3 said:
If someone is close to a ring, they might be willing to roll the dice that RWIII will stay healthy for the season.
There's no reason for us to roll those dice.
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How bout we just enjoy what we have while we have it? His value to the team extends beyond the minutes on court - as somebody on Reddit pointed out, he was constantly talking on D last night, telling everyone where to go. Maybe he's our Udonis Haslem. You don't trade those players.
 
If he’s not expensive and really doesn’t get you much in return I’d gamble and keep him. Honestly my 2nd favorite player on the Blazers right now
 
Rastapopoulos said:
How bout we just enjoy what we have while we have it? His value to the team extends beyond the minutes on court - as somebody on Reddit pointed out, he was constantly talking on D last night, telling everyone where to go. Maybe he's our Udonis Haslem. You don't trade those players.
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Udonis had no value at the end and Miami was a playoff team. We are rebuilding and we need assets.
 
1 Eye Jack said:
If he’s not expensive and really doesn’t get you much in return I’d gamble and keep him. Honestly my 2nd favorite player on the Blazers right now
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Why do you think he doesn’t get us any value? He’s a really good player when he’s healthy. He’s just not healthy very much.
 
If you can get a first-round pick for him you take it and run. If anything less....sure, keep him and pray he doesn't get injured again.
 
blazerfan11 said:
That's the point. What exactly are the Blazers gonna get back in return for him?
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They're completely different situations.

If the Blazers keep him, knowing his injury history, they have a currently healthy asset that's playing really well and not helping them tank. If he gets hurt, they get nothing. The chance of him having a long, productive career in Portland is slim.

If the Blazers trade him to a contender or at least a fringe playoff team, they are rolling the dice that he can stay healthy and help them make a short term push. He doesn't have a huge contract and he's still pretty young, so if he works out they add a solid rotation piece for a playoff run, and if he doesn't work out they're not really out that much.
 
I wonder what exactly is his medical diagnosis with his knees. Is this a B-Roy scenario?
 
Samuel said:
If other teams are throwing 1+ firsts at us, 'nothing' sucks, I agree.

But I'm imagining RWIII's valuation is somewhere in the Steven Adams zone, which is a couple of seconds. Is a couple of seconds 'that' valuable to our rebuild?
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If healthy, RWIII is a much better player than Adams. DPOY caliber defender. And he has shown to be an extremely efficient scorer for us.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I wonder what exactly is his medical diagnosis with his knees. Is this a B-Roy scenario?
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Exactly, when healthy I love his game. If somehow the Docs say his knees are magically all healed up and good to go going forward, then the only scenario you trade him is for a King's ransom. If the medicals are what you'd expect from a guy with persistent knee issues dating back to college, then baby his minutes profiling him for a trade to a contender at the deadline hopefully with whatever value coming back being in draft capitol.

STOMP
 
When he was healthy, the Celtics designed their defense around Robert Williams III.

So he's at a different level (when healthy) than a Josh Hart.

He has lost some of his leaping ability since then, but that means his athleticism should not degrade. What we see now when he is healthy, I think he'll be that guy for the rest of his career.

A very smart player on both offense and defense.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
If they intend on trading Grant, I say keep all 3 centers unless there is a trade we can't refuse. I still want to see a twin-tower lineup for a few minutes each game. Maybe it will suck but maybe it will work. But a lineup of Clingan, DA, Deni, Sharpe, and Banton would be kind of fun (or possibly "funny") to watch. Assuming Banton keeps his 3-point shooting at a decent percentage.
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It won't work - They're a bad 3pt shooting team already and have two bigs that don't space the floor hurts even the has been working for them lately
 
Samuel said:
If other teams are throwing 1+ firsts at us, 'nothing' sucks, I agree.

But I'm imagining RWIII's valuation is somewhere in the Steven Adams zone, which is a couple of seconds. Is a couple of seconds 'that' valuable to our rebuild?
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Certainly not if we just sell them again...
 
Samuel said:
If other teams are throwing 1+ firsts at us, 'nothing' sucks, I agree.

But I'm imagining RWIII's valuation is somewhere in the Steven Adams zone, which is a couple of seconds. Is a couple of seconds 'that' valuable to our rebuild?
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Yeah totally agree. It's only a mistake to hold onto Timelord if we leave a deal with a decent FRP on the table. If it's just 2nds or a heavily protected pick or such then let's just keep him.
 
BonesJones said:
It won't work - They're a bad 3pt shooting team already and have two bigs that don't space the floor hurts even the has been working for them lately
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You are probably right but I still want to see it for a few minutes a game. They don't need to shoot 3s to spread the floor,
but are we sure they can't? Ayton is 5-13 ( 38.5 %) Maybe he has improved? Williams is 1-2 but I would want him under the basket. Same as DC
 
Any trade of Rob that brings back value in the form of a FRP (even a lotto protected one) is a deal we can't refuse. I think you have to look at Rob's current value to winning as very significant and his future value to winning as highly unlikely and therefore almost insignificant. So if we can monetize that current value into future assets, as a team that is not currently contending for a title or even playoff wins, we should would be fools not to do that.
 
Natebishop3 said:
If healthy, RWIII is a much better player than Adams. DPOY caliber defender. And he has shown to be an extremely efficient scorer for us.
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But let's be specific here, because the devil is in the details. Do you honestly think a team is throwing a non vapor-ware first round pick at the Blazers for Rob with his injury history?

I don't care about the seconds that much--I just don't. If we get at least an okay first, I'll pack his bag. Short of that? Keep him around and/or extend him and rehab his value.
 
Samuel said:
But let's be specific here, because the devil is in the details. Do you honestly think a team is throwing a non vapor-ware first round pick at the Blazers for Rob with his injury history?

I don't care about the seconds that much--I just don't. If we get at least an okay first, I'll pack his bag. Short of that? Keep him around and/or extend him and rehab his value.
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They've been thrown out there a few times, but I can see OKC offering up a 1st, just because they have so many, but beyond that, it seems very unlikely many other teams would or even have picks they can trade.
 
RR7 said:
They've been thrown out there a few times, but I can see OKC offering up a 1st, just because they have so many, but beyond that, it seems very unlikely many other teams would or even have picks they can trade.
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Saying that OKC will give up a first because they've got so many is like saying Donald Trump will give to charity because he's so rich. There's a reason OKC has so many firsts...
 
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Samuel said:
But let's be specific here, because the devil is in the details. Do you honestly think a team is throwing a non vapor-ware first round pick at the Blazers for Rob with his injury history?

I don't care about the seconds that much--I just don't. If we get at least an okay first, I'll pack his bag. Short of that? Keep him around and/or extend him and rehab his value.
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Depends on the team and the situation.... but yes, I could see it happening. Would it be a lottery pick? Hell no, but I could see a team who needs a big and has playoff aspirations making a trade.
 
Trade Ayton. Keep RWIII as our stud backup behind Klingan. (KlingKong!)

He is 27 and can be a key part of our championship run in three years. The same year Sharpe enters the MVP talks.
 
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