Trade Idea Poll: Giannis yes/no?

[KingSpeed]

 

[KingSpeed]

?

Point is, the hold up is Giannis, not the deal itself.

 

[Chris Craig]

Point is, the hold up is Giannis, not the deal itself.

Could be both.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Sam Quinn still lists Portland as a sleeper team.

 

[inconceivable]

If we are not going for Giannis, who is available this summer to make us contender next year? I assume push the chips territory is within18 months

 

[julius]

Lots of rumblings that he wouldn't be interested in signing an extension in Portland, and if that's the case, he can choke on a bag of pretzels.

 

[Everything Beagle]

If we are not going for Giannis, who is available this summer to make us contender next year? I assume push the chips territory is within18 months

You gotta move Grant for someone more consistent. A more reliable backup for Clingan would be nice. We've already given Deni a backup to lighten his minutes load.

 

[blazerkor]

If we are not going for Giannis, who is available this summer to make us contender next year? I assume push the chips territory is within18 months

We don't have prime Dame to push the chips in for. We should be building a team around Deni and whoever else we think has their best ball in front of them.

 

[inconceivable]

We don't have prime Dame to push the chips in for. We should be building a team around Deni and whoever else we think has their best ball in front of them.

True. Would be nice to see Dame win a ring or two in a blazers uniform even if he's not the best player on the team anymore but a contributor ala Jason Kid in 2011

 

[inconceivable]

All the reasons Giannis said are personal. Basketball-wise, why wouldn't he want to team up with Jrue and Dame?

Dame Jrue Deni Giannis Clingan

Dame is the only bad defender, Giannis and Clingan are not long distance threat. Not perfect but best team we have on paper.

Random thoughts:

Maybe Joe wants to see how Dame plays post injury before deciding on making big moves?

You'd imagine a Giannis trade would have to have a blessing from Dundon?

I have a feeling we will be involved in a Giannis trade if it happens by Thursday. Either he goes to us or Naz and/or McDaniels goes to us and Milwaukee gets Grant and picks and Minny gets Giannis

 

[KingSpeed]

Fuck it. Let’s get Towns. Dude’s an All Star big. Better than Clingan.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Fuck it. Let’s get Towns. Dude’s an All Star big. Better than Clingan.

You going to start a KAT/Blazers rumor thread?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If we are not going for Giannis, who is available this summer to make us contender next year? I assume push the chips territory is within18 months

Sorry to break it to you - but the Blazers just aren't going to be a contender in 18 months.

Most likely path is probably a young guy takes a leap to all-star like Deni. That's very unlikely, but more likely than the alternatives which are closer to 0% chance.

Truth is teams like the Thunder Spurs are way more stacked. Denver Lakers have MVPs. Balanced teams like Houston/Minnesota is just on a higher tier. Utah is more likely to join that group than the Blazers.

We might be able to become a playoff team. But to be a contender we need another home run like Deni.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Fuck it. Let’s get Towns. Dude’s an All Star big. Better than Clingan.

If we can send out Grant or Jrue plus Yang and spare parts I agree. I don't love Towns but I do like the contrasting elements he brings from Clingan. Can play both too for times like Gobert.

I'm not giving up Scoot/Sharpe or Bucks picks.

Doubt NY bites unless their just beyond fed up with Towns D.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If we were going to get Giannis it would probably make more sense in the summer anyways. We're not trying to contend this year. Would give more time to fill out the role players, coaching staff, and everyone practice.

I know all the reports of the Bucks not being in a hurry. But I do think a lot of teams will be less willing to give up assets in the summer. He'll be like Kawhi was on an expiring contract. Warriors want to contend this season and only have 2-3 years left. Plus Giannis will either come back this year and hurt the Bucks pick or not look good and hurt his trade value.

Kawhi got traded for only DeRozen.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Here's the betting odds - so yeah pretty close to 50/50 he gets dealt

https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/leagues/basketball/nba?category=player-next-team&subcategory=player-next-team

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Don't see any odds for Giannis. Maybe they pulled the bet options since its closer to the deadline. I suspect its now become much more likely he stays put since we only have ~30 hours left until the deadline.

Bucks are unique in that they have 3 owners none of which has exclusive control. Two of them alternate as Governor. It can cause delays and hold up large moves compared to other teams with one controlling owner.

I tend to think Giannis either gets traded today or not at all. Too many parties have to agree on the trade for it to get approved last minute at tomorrows deadline.
-Bucks GM needs to approve
-New team GM needs to approve
-Giannis needs to approve (for new team to give up max value)
-Bucks 3 owners need to approve
-New team owners need to approve

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Another wild card nobody is really talking about;

In the summer the Bucks will have all of their 2026 pick (lottery pick), plus 2031 unprotected, 2033 unprotected, and 2032 swap unprotected available to trade. They can't trade the 2026 pick until the draft, since they traded away 2027. Their 2033 pick isn't available to trade yet, but will be at the draft.

They might try to bring in an allstar in trade and bring in a starter to appease Giannis and give it a go for one more season? Thats kind of what we tried by drafting Sharpe and trading for Grant here on Dame's final season. Although Bucks could get a much better sidekick than Grant with all those picks.

That might ultimately be the best outcome for the Blazers - as it would decimate the Bucks youth, hurt their future so they are in an even worse position to win in 2028, 2029, 2030. Also it would further reduce Giannis trade value - every day he is not traded that value goes down.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I think it seems obvious that Giannis doesn't want to come to Portland. So I don't want him here. Time to move on from this idea.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I think it seems obvious that Giannis doesn't want to come to Portland. So I don't want him here. Time to move on from this idea.

A few weeks ago we had a winning record and were one of the hottest teams in the league.

Last few weeks we've played like crap and have one of the biggest losing streaks. It might have mattered if Giannis was really close on the fence to an approval.

Certainly shows there would be no chance for him to contend here this season, makes sense he wouldn't want the trade right now.

 

[inconceivable]

A few weeks ago we had a winning record and were one of the hottest teams in the league.

Last few weeks we've played like crap and have one of the biggest losing streaks. It might have mattered if Giannis was really close on the fence to an approval.

Certainly shows there would be no chance for him to contend here this season, makes sense he wouldn't want the trade right now.

if he is basing this on a losing streak he is a short-term thinker.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

I don’t get it? Are we not trading for Giannis because he won’t sign an extension with the Blazers? Or are we not trading for him because the Bucks are doing him a favor by not trading him where he doesn’t want to go? It’s clear that the Blazers have the best offer and have what the Bucks want. Maybe Joe thinks the Bucks will cave?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Is Danny giving us a glimmer of hope?

 

[inconceivable]

Is Danny giving us a glimmer of hope?

I can't watch listen at the moment. What did Marang say? He's almost always never wrong.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I can't watch listen at the moment. What did Marang say? He's almost always never wrong.

Here's a transcript;

"
You mentioned this, Danny, and I I I
don't know if you meant it intentionally
or if it just kind of slipped off and
talking about the Blazers trying to get
out of this slump that they're in, the
six-game losing streak uh for the better
part of the most recents of the season.
Five more games till the All-Star break.
They need rest. Agreed. Would love to
have Denny healthy. I'm almost down to
have Denny just not play in the All-Star
game.
I think it's a very fair argument to
make for that.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't really Did
you watch the Pro Bowl yesterday?
No.
Me neither. I don't I haven't watched an
NBA All-Star game in a long time either.
Um I find that even more unwatchable.
I don't need Denny to play in the game.
I can watch those. I can watch it
because you're sitting down. It's like
5:00 whatever on Sunday and there's
nothing else going on. So I can sit and
watch that for a few minutes.
Yeah, I guess that's true.
I'm not carving out any time last night
for that flag football stuff.
You're definitely not watching with like
I need to take some notes for this.
Coming up in the big nutter, the Pro
Bowl.
Did the NFC's defense really lose the
game for them? hard pass dog.
Three segments on that.
Yeah.
Uh it might be nice for Denny to just
sit that out as you mentioned Danny. Um
just needing some rest, but you also
again I don't know if Freudian slip or
what, but
inject some
other availabilities. And that leads us
to we're still we're a little over 24
hours from the trade deadline. Um I am
starting to worry that nothing's going
to happen. And I think that's the I
think one thing that's difficult for
Blazer fans, uh, myself included. I I
don't know the percentage of it, but
there's definitely a vocal minority
majority, I'm not sure, that has become
a little kind of glass half empty a
little bit with this team.
Mhm.
And losing of late does not help in any
way.
It's always, you know, it's it's what's
right in front of your face and not
what's over the horizon or whatever.
And I tend to be a glass half full human
being in general. I think with this
trade deadline approaching, I I'm
starting to be a little half empty and I
just I don't know what's out there for
the Blazers. Sounds like Giannis has
Mark Stein's reporting Giannis has no
desire to come to Portland.
Whatever. Okay, I'm I'm kind of in the
camp of I'm okay that we might not get
Giannis. I'm kind of worried that I
don't know what else is out there.
Uh I would caveat that with saying that
not that he has no desire.
Oh, okay.
So,
you're going to tell me Mark Stein is
wrong? I would say that there are things
that are out there that are being put
out there for leverage purposes to land
you in a particular spot.
And Giannis doing the exact opposite.
Well, if if Milwaukee can compete, I'd
love to be here.
Yeah, that's
my kids are all born in Milwaukee. My
dad was buried here.
Yeah. Like
the stuff gets
the front office. Do you want him to
just shut up?
Well, I mean, Eric Nem, who's the uh
athletic beat reporter for for the Bucks
and has a very good relationship with
Giannis. I mean, the quote the one of
the headlines uh in his article that he
put out a couple hours ago, I want to be
here, but I want to be here to win, not
fighting for my life to make the
playoffs.
Mhm.
But the thing is, like they have one
nuclear move left to do, which is to
ship out their 2031 pick for either a
player or more picks so they can do
other things. Like that's that's really
the only thing they have left.
And you know, you can argue that they
owe it to him in a sense because he's
their second best player in their
franchisees history outside of Lou
Eelsor, Kareem. Um, but you know, I I
was talking to somebody the other day.
They were like, "Well, they you know, I
feel like they owe it to Giannis." And I
was like, as far as like trading him
where he wants to go, it's just not a
reality. It's it's just not a reality.
They they don't owe, you know what? You
know what? He was owed the hundreds of
millions of dollars he's made.
Yeah. There there are certain situations
in which I I agree. I don't think a
player is owed anything.
They didn't owe it to Dame to send into
Miami.
No, they didn't. And but they what they
did is they still sent him somewhere
that gave him a chance to compete
and that's and look the Bucks are not
going to send him to the Wizards
and for Yeah. And for the most part Dame
seemed to be Damen Lillard seemed to be
very appreciative. Maybe Milwaukee he
didn't have on his list but he's like
well Giannis is there they just want a
title. Okay thanks. So there are levels
that teams can do by their superstars%
and I believe they should and I do think
they should but you are right they are
not owed anything other than the
contract that they signed. Um, I don't
know where Giannis wants to go.
I mean, I think he does want to go to
Minnesota and New York for two different
reasons. One, to kind of bring a title
to Minnesota the same way he did to
Milwaukee. That would I mean, pair up
with Ant Edwards.
Dude, Giannis, Ant, and Rudy Gobear
would be so fun.
Yeah, it's it's a lot.
That's scary.
That's it's a lot. Um, you know,
and if you get Giannis to sign that
extension there too, then you are
legitimately competing with OKC in San
Antonio for the next five years.
That's it's a pretty damn good team. uh
and then go to New York to kind of
restore New York in that sense and be in
the big market, multicultural Greek, you
know, on the East Coast, all those kind
of things.
I don't and I still don't think he's
going to be and I and I haven't thought
that he was going to be moved by the
deadline.
Mhm.
I just don't I don't think it's just
just from a pure prudency standpoint.
Mhm.
When when can offers get better
in the summer? Yeah. When books are
open, more draft picks are available,
roster spots are open, like it's just
it's just easier. Mhm.
And I'm not saying that it's better to
take the easier path. There's more
options.
Yeah. That's why you kind of just don't
see big players get moved at the
deadline outside of the stupidest trade
in the history of professional sports
and Luca Donic to the Lakers.
And you know, leading up into this,
there was thought there was going to be
some action, but you know, Jiren getting
traded, obviously Trey getting traded a
few weeks ago. Like there have been some
bigger trades and the the Bulls are out
there trying to get rid of two point
guards and Kobe White Dumu. Like
everybody knows that the Kings are
having a fire sale.
Everyone's available.
Everyone's available. like they're
they're they're actively trying to trade
uh Domas and Demar. So, you know,
there's those guys are out there and
there are other discussions that are out
there for a lot of teams like they it
there's a I would say there's a bevy a
flurry even of activity
that over the next what 2:00.
Yeah. 24 hours.
25 hours. Yes.
We're gonna we're going to see. So
whether or not the trailblazers do
anything or sub substantively do
anything like that's the discussion, but
everything I keep hearing is that there
will be some action.
Couple texts that I want to read here
kind of uh uh different differences of
opinions and then I'll ask you a
question based on these. Danny, uh I
don't really care to see a big trade
right now. Anything we would anything we
would get would be for next year and
getting someone to push for a six seed
at best seems like we might as well wait
till the offseason. I kind of live in
that world a little bit. Uh, in this
other text, as a Blazer fan, what could
you want done at the deadline? I think
you're tied to Giannis, so you can't do
anything big until then. I'll kind of
ask a question that's a little adjacent
to that statement of
do Yes, the Blazers might be tied to
this Giannis move if he's moved. Does
everyone stand pat? Is everyone waiting
for Giannis to get done and then other
dominoes fall? Because if Giannis
doesn't get moved, do we sit at the
trade deadline and everything happened
yesterday and nothing happens? I don't
think so. I think there are teams that
have a genuine like belief that they
either they want to or they have an
opportunity like a team like the Lakers
and a team like the Knicks those those
teams are are they are hoping that
Giannis goes into the into the summer
because if they want to try to go down
that path they can.
I was just curious if it's something
like similar to baseball. Remember when
Aaron Judge was a free agent
kind of flirted with San Diego Padres's
the San Francisco Giants and the
Yankees? Every other hitter is waiting
for judge. Every other is waiting. I'm
curious if basketball was like that too.
It can be u particularly in the
summertime as far as like holding things
up. But the list for Giannis now teams
will all check in but you have to be at
a certain spot, right?
You have to have a certain roster. You
have to have the the assets necessary to
facilitate
it's going to eliminate half the league
right off the bat.
Yes. Yeah.
So with that, like it's not going to
hold up everything. Like the Kings can
make moves, the Wizards can make moves.
Hell the Blazers can make moves. Now,
will the Blazers be like willing to part
with their draft capital? Probably not.
But we'll see how that shakes out. But
there there are a lot of other moves
that can be tangential. And also, and
somebody put it in YouTube was like,
"Oh, don't tell me that moves at the
deadline or discussions of deadline
moves in the summer." Well, then be
willfully ignorant because that's how
you got Denny Adio.
Well, yeah. And and those conversations
start all the time.
Well, that's you talk about prudency.
That's how this front office operates.
They are they are slower than I think
fans want in general. But as far as like
having discussions, they do that and
they they they typically have them and
then they revisit them. That's just the
way that they operate. And you can be
against that or be for it or be
ambivalent to it. But that's the reality
of how this works. But as far as like
the reinforcements arriving, you know,
you got some reinforcements when
shooting with Cray already. You're very
likely going to get scoot back very
soon. like and that's having him
introduced in the team and having a
point guard that's going to be helpful.
Like they've played multiple games
without a point guard and they've played
multiple games without centers.
Like the two of the most probably
valuable positions in the in basketball
as far as like what they mean to your
offense and what they mean to your
defense. So, you know, you're addressing
some shortcomings in that. And I'm not
saying it's like like adding a new
player, but it's it's adding a player
that you haven't had all season. That's
valuable. But I do believe that there
are probably going to be a couple
transactions that are going to not
fundamentally change the team, but
definitely alter the rotation.
Um, there's chatter on the YouTube right
now that Anthony Davis was just traded
to the Washington Wizards.
Oh, did it happen?
Um, RIP Anthony Davis.
Yep, there it is. All right.
Anthony Davis and Trey Young. Woof.
So, the Wizards were looking at Sabonis
and Davis.
Woof. I'd rather have Sabonis.
This looks like Yeah,
I love AD. I think AD's great. I'm just
worried about those knees. I'm worried
about that back. I'm worried that he's
just a large large human being.
So, the
and he's already starting to break.
Here's the deets from Shams. Uh Anthony
Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell,
Dante Exom, uh to the Wizard, forgot
about him.
Yeah. Right. Uh for Chris Middleton, AJ
Johnson, Malachi Brham, Marvin Bagley
the third. Two first round picks and
three second rounders. So, uh, the
Wizards are or or the Mavs are getting
Chris Middleton's expiring salary. AJ
Johnson's a nice little flyer.
Brandham's a rotation player. Bagley's
an end guy, but they got two first and
three seconds for AD. And the
interesting thing about this is the
Wizards have been looking for a big to
move Alex Sar to a Jiren Jackson like
role to a four
Tim Duncan type role.
Not not that cuz Duncan but kind of like
having if you're talking about like the
idea of Robinson and Duncan. Sure. But
they want him to be
more fluid and not have to be the anchor
of the defense. Like think of him like
Cadet or Moy or like a or Jiren like
where you're a second side just monster.
Like when the Blazers played the Wizards
the other day, he uh he had four blocks
or five, I can't remember. Almost all of
them were just coming out of nowhere and
just erasing it. Like he his mobility is
out of this world, but he's not a big
strong physical guy. He's more of a I
don't want to say finesse, but he's
finesse. The interesting thing about
this is Anthony Davis always Anthony
Davis wants to be that guy. He remember
he doesn't want to be the five. He
doesn't want to be the center. He
doesn't want to be the guy who takes the
punishment.
Anthony Davis, welcome to playing
center. You were playing center for the
Washington Wizards. Deal with it."

 

[inconceivable]

Here's a transcript;

"
You mentioned this, Danny, and I I I
don't know if you meant it intentionally
or if it just kind of slipped off and
talking about the Blazers trying to get
out of this slump that they're in, the
six-game losing streak uh for the better
part of the most recents of the season.
Five more games till the All-Star break.
They need rest. Agreed. Would love to
have Denny healthy. I'm almost down to
have Denny just not play in the All-Star
game.
I think it's a very fair argument to
make for that.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't really Did
you watch the Pro Bowl yesterday?
No.
Me neither. I don't I haven't watched an
NBA All-Star game in a long time either.
Um I find that even more unwatchable.
I don't need Denny to play in the game.
I can watch those. I can watch it
because you're sitting down. It's like
5:00 whatever on Sunday and there's
nothing else going on. So I can sit and
watch that for a few minutes.
Yeah, I guess that's true.
I'm not carving out any time last night
for that flag football stuff.
You're definitely not watching with like
I need to take some notes for this.
Coming up in the big nutter, the Pro
Bowl.
Did the NFC's defense really lose the
game for them? hard pass dog.
Three segments on that.
Yeah.
Uh it might be nice for Denny to just
sit that out as you mentioned Danny. Um
just needing some rest, but you also
again I don't know if Freudian slip or
what, but
inject some
other availabilities. And that leads us
to we're still we're a little over 24
hours from the trade deadline. Um I am
starting to worry that nothing's going
to happen. And I think that's the I
think one thing that's difficult for
Blazer fans, uh, myself included. I I
don't know the percentage of it, but
there's definitely a vocal minority
majority, I'm not sure, that has become
a little kind of glass half empty a
little bit with this team.
Mhm.
And losing of late does not help in any
way.
It's always, you know, it's it's what's
right in front of your face and not
what's over the horizon or whatever.
And I tend to be a glass half full human
being in general. I think with this
trade deadline approaching, I I'm
starting to be a little half empty and I
just I don't know what's out there for
the Blazers. Sounds like Giannis has
Mark Stein's reporting Giannis has no
desire to come to Portland.
Whatever. Okay, I'm I'm kind of in the
camp of I'm okay that we might not get
Giannis. I'm kind of worried that I
don't know what else is out there.
Uh I would caveat that with saying that
not that he has no desire.
Oh, okay.
So,
you're going to tell me Mark Stein is
wrong? I would say that there are things
that are out there that are being put
out there for leverage purposes to land
you in a particular spot.
And Giannis doing the exact opposite.
Well, if if Milwaukee can compete, I'd
love to be here.
Yeah, that's
my kids are all born in Milwaukee. My
dad was buried here.
Yeah. Like
the stuff gets
the front office. Do you want him to
just shut up?
Well, I mean, Eric Nem, who's the uh
athletic beat reporter for for the Bucks
and has a very good relationship with
Giannis. I mean, the quote the one of
the headlines uh in his article that he
put out a couple hours ago, I want to be
here, but I want to be here to win, not
fighting for my life to make the
playoffs.
Mhm.
But the thing is, like they have one
nuclear move left to do, which is to
ship out their 2031 pick for either a
player or more picks so they can do
other things. Like that's that's really
the only thing they have left.
And you know, you can argue that they
owe it to him in a sense because he's
their second best player in their
franchisees history outside of Lou
Eelsor, Kareem. Um, but you know, I I
was talking to somebody the other day.
They were like, "Well, they you know, I
feel like they owe it to Giannis." And I
was like, as far as like trading him
where he wants to go, it's just not a
reality. It's it's just not a reality.
They they don't owe, you know what? You
know what? He was owed the hundreds of
millions of dollars he's made.
Yeah. There there are certain situations
in which I I agree. I don't think a
player is owed anything.
They didn't owe it to Dame to send into
Miami.
No, they didn't. And but they what they
did is they still sent him somewhere
that gave him a chance to compete
and that's and look the Bucks are not
going to send him to the Wizards
and for Yeah. And for the most part Dame
seemed to be Damen Lillard seemed to be
very appreciative. Maybe Milwaukee he
didn't have on his list but he's like
well Giannis is there they just want a
title. Okay thanks. So there are levels
that teams can do by their superstars%
and I believe they should and I do think
they should but you are right they are
not owed anything other than the
contract that they signed. Um, I don't
know where Giannis wants to go.
I mean, I think he does want to go to
Minnesota and New York for two different
reasons. One, to kind of bring a title
to Minnesota the same way he did to
Milwaukee. That would I mean, pair up
with Ant Edwards.
Dude, Giannis, Ant, and Rudy Gobear
would be so fun.
Yeah, it's it's a lot.
That's scary.
That's it's a lot. Um, you know,
and if you get Giannis to sign that
extension there too, then you are
legitimately competing with OKC in San
Antonio for the next five years.
That's it's a pretty damn good team. uh
and then go to New York to kind of
restore New York in that sense and be in
the big market, multicultural Greek, you
know, on the East Coast, all those kind
of things.
I don't and I still don't think he's
going to be and I and I haven't thought
that he was going to be moved by the
deadline.
Mhm.
I just don't I don't think it's just
just from a pure prudency standpoint.
Mhm.
When when can offers get better
in the summer? Yeah. When books are
open, more draft picks are available,
roster spots are open, like it's just
it's just easier. Mhm.
And I'm not saying that it's better to
take the easier path. There's more
options.
Yeah. That's why you kind of just don't
see big players get moved at the
deadline outside of the stupidest trade
in the history of professional sports
and Luca Donic to the Lakers.
And you know, leading up into this,
there was thought there was going to be
some action, but you know, Jiren getting
traded, obviously Trey getting traded a
few weeks ago. Like there have been some
bigger trades and the the Bulls are out
there trying to get rid of two point
guards and Kobe White Dumu. Like
everybody knows that the Kings are
having a fire sale.
Everyone's available.
Everyone's available. like they're
they're they're actively trying to trade
uh Domas and Demar. So, you know,
there's those guys are out there and
there are other discussions that are out
there for a lot of teams like they it
there's a I would say there's a bevy a
flurry even of activity
that over the next what 2:00.
Yeah. 24 hours.
25 hours. Yes.
We're gonna we're going to see. So
whether or not the trailblazers do
anything or sub substantively do
anything like that's the discussion, but
everything I keep hearing is that there
will be some action.
Couple texts that I want to read here
kind of uh uh different differences of
opinions and then I'll ask you a
question based on these. Danny, uh I
don't really care to see a big trade
right now. Anything we would anything we
would get would be for next year and
getting someone to push for a six seed
at best seems like we might as well wait
till the offseason. I kind of live in
that world a little bit. Uh, in this
other text, as a Blazer fan, what could
you want done at the deadline? I think
you're tied to Giannis, so you can't do
anything big until then. I'll kind of
ask a question that's a little adjacent
to that statement of
do Yes, the Blazers might be tied to
this Giannis move if he's moved. Does
everyone stand pat? Is everyone waiting
for Giannis to get done and then other
dominoes fall? Because if Giannis
doesn't get moved, do we sit at the
trade deadline and everything happened
yesterday and nothing happens? I don't
think so. I think there are teams that
have a genuine like belief that they
either they want to or they have an
opportunity like a team like the Lakers
and a team like the Knicks those those
teams are are they are hoping that
Giannis goes into the into the summer
because if they want to try to go down
that path they can.
I was just curious if it's something
like similar to baseball. Remember when
Aaron Judge was a free agent
kind of flirted with San Diego Padres's
the San Francisco Giants and the
Yankees? Every other hitter is waiting
for judge. Every other is waiting. I'm
curious if basketball was like that too.
It can be u particularly in the
summertime as far as like holding things
up. But the list for Giannis now teams
will all check in but you have to be at
a certain spot, right?
You have to have a certain roster. You
have to have the the assets necessary to
facilitate
it's going to eliminate half the league
right off the bat.
Yes. Yeah.
So with that, like it's not going to
hold up everything. Like the Kings can
make moves, the Wizards can make moves.
Hell the Blazers can make moves. Now,
will the Blazers be like willing to part
with their draft capital? Probably not.
But we'll see how that shakes out. But
there there are a lot of other moves
that can be tangential. And also, and
somebody put it in YouTube was like,
"Oh, don't tell me that moves at the
deadline or discussions of deadline
moves in the summer." Well, then be
willfully ignorant because that's how
you got Denny Adio.
Well, yeah. And and those conversations
start all the time.
Well, that's you talk about prudency.
That's how this front office operates.
They are they are slower than I think
fans want in general. But as far as like
having discussions, they do that and
they they they typically have them and
then they revisit them. That's just the
way that they operate. And you can be
against that or be for it or be
ambivalent to it. But that's the reality
of how this works. But as far as like
the reinforcements arriving, you know,
you got some reinforcements when
shooting with Cray already. You're very
likely going to get scoot back very
soon. like and that's having him
introduced in the team and having a
point guard that's going to be helpful.
Like they've played multiple games
without a point guard and they've played
multiple games without centers.
Like the two of the most probably
valuable positions in the in basketball
as far as like what they mean to your
offense and what they mean to your
defense. So, you know, you're addressing
some shortcomings in that. And I'm not
saying it's like like adding a new
player, but it's it's adding a player
that you haven't had all season. That's
valuable. But I do believe that there
are probably going to be a couple
transactions that are going to not
fundamentally change the team, but
definitely alter the rotation.
Um, there's chatter on the YouTube right
now that Anthony Davis was just traded
to the Washington Wizards.
Oh, did it happen?
Um, RIP Anthony Davis.
Yep, there it is. All right.
Anthony Davis and Trey Young. Woof.
So, the Wizards were looking at Sabonis
and Davis.
Woof. I'd rather have Sabonis.
This looks like Yeah,
I love AD. I think AD's great. I'm just
worried about those knees. I'm worried
about that back. I'm worried that he's
just a large large human being.
So, the
and he's already starting to break.
Here's the deets from Shams. Uh Anthony
Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell,
Dante Exom, uh to the Wizard, forgot
about him.
Yeah. Right. Uh for Chris Middleton, AJ
Johnson, Malachi Brham, Marvin Bagley
the third. Two first round picks and
three second rounders. So, uh, the
Wizards are or or the Mavs are getting
Chris Middleton's expiring salary. AJ
Johnson's a nice little flyer.
Brandham's a rotation player. Bagley's
an end guy, but they got two first and
three seconds for AD. And the
interesting thing about this is the
Wizards have been looking for a big to
move Alex Sar to a Jiren Jackson like
role to a four
Tim Duncan type role.
Not not that cuz Duncan but kind of like
having if you're talking about like the
idea of Robinson and Duncan. Sure. But
they want him to be
more fluid and not have to be the anchor
of the defense. Like think of him like
Cadet or Moy or like a or Jiren like
where you're a second side just monster.
Like when the Blazers played the Wizards
the other day, he uh he had four blocks
or five, I can't remember. Almost all of
them were just coming out of nowhere and
just erasing it. Like he his mobility is
out of this world, but he's not a big
strong physical guy. He's more of a I
don't want to say finesse, but he's
finesse. The interesting thing about
this is Anthony Davis always Anthony
Davis wants to be that guy. He remember
he doesn't want to be the five. He
doesn't want to be the center. He
doesn't want to be the guy who takes the
punishment.
Anthony Davis, welcome to playing
center. You were playing center for the
Washington Wizards. Deal with it."

Thank you

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I can't watch listen at the moment. What did Marang say? He's almost always never wrong.

............. I don't know how to respond to this.

I'm not a fan of him.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Thank you

I'd say your welcome but honestly I feel bad having subjecting you to soo much Danny Marang.

 

[inconceivable]

............. I don't know how to respond to this.

I'm not a fan of him.

I was mostly kidding. I am neither a fan nor a hater of Marang. He seems to have some connections but when he mixes speculations he makes it sound like it's matter of fact. That's just my impression of him.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'd say your welcome but honestly I feel bad having subjecting you to soo much Danny Marang.

Brother run that shit through ChatGPT and get a summary lol