POLL: Will we keep the #11 pick?

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What will happen with our #11 pick?

  • We'll keep it and use it

  • We'll trade up

  • We'll trade down

  • We'll trade out of (this year's) first round altogether

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Rastapopoulos

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What do you think will happen? Do the players we've worked out give us any clue?
 
andalusian said:
Short term, sure. Long term, you really have no clue. Thankfully it seems that Portland's FO is seemingly pretty decent at evaluating talent.
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Agree, it is impossible to know how these guys will be in 2-3 years. I do think there are a few who can give some depth next year (i.e CMB), but like with most drafts, this is about developing for the near future.
 
I think this is going to be a very quiet offseason.

We might trade Simons. I don't think we are going to trade Grant/Rob/Ayton. I hope we do but I have serious doubts.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think this is going to be a very quiet offseason.

We might trade Simons. I don't think we are going to trade Grant/Rob/Ayton. I hope we do but I have serious doubts.
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I think there's going to be a lot of stuff happening all over the NBA and Portland has a lot of pieces that can help facilitate trades, so I suspect the opposite. I have no idea what or who the blazers will trade, but I suspect multiple transactions they will be involved in
 
andalusian said:
Short term, sure. Long term, you really have no clue. Thankfully it seems that Portland's FO is seemingly pretty decent at evaluating talent.
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Well screw you and all your big fancy words!
 
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andalusian said:
Short term, sure. Long term, you really have no clue. Thankfully it seems that Portland's FO is seemingly pretty decent at evaluating talent.
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I’ve had it with long term FAMS! I’m about the short term!
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Because no good player was ever taken with a draft pick? They all magically appeared, like mushrooms after rain?
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This pick won’t help us next season son. If you think it will, you have been taking said mushrooms.
 
andalusian said:
I think there's going to be a lot of stuff happening all over the NBA and Portland has a lot of pieces that can help facilitate trades, so I suspect the opposite. I have no idea what or who the blazers will trade, but I suspect multiple transactions they will be involved in
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I'm just concerned that while the team is for sale, not much is going to happen.
 
Blazers will likely just use the pick.

The Blazers will try for a draft trade, but it will probably fall through.

Blazers will probably act as facilitators in a trade, but get little out of it.
 
Potential rotation players on rookie scale deals are critical these days. I think we use the pick for sure.
 
RR7 said:
Another Deni-ish style trade, preferably
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I'm not opposed to trades but what is the major hole on the team? I want Simons gone so we can actually see Scoot start for a season and see what we have.

Ayton is fine. I'm not sure if Clingan is ready to start every game.

Grant..... would be fine off the bench if he's okay with it. If someone is willing to give us some value I'd move him in a second.

Simons is the main piece that's in the way of our young guys. But like.... what major hole are we trying to fill? We have a young guy at every position. Unless we're getting a bonafide star, I'm not really that motivated to move the pick. There seems to be some legit guys who could be rotation players and we're going to need those guys on cheap contracts when we have to extend She/Scoot/Deni/Tou.
 
Using it attached to a player to trade up for Kon.
I do think Shae is on the table.
 
There are current players on the team who will be gone. The draftee at 11 has a high likelihood of being better than some of the current players who have earned a rotation spot and on a relatively smaller contract with rights for several years.

As a result, the team will be better. That’s the draft for you.

Irrespective of what other teams do, for management, this off-season needs to be about (1) improving the team through the draft, (2) resetting the team salary both through trades and not re-upping EC’s, and (3) moving to the next generation of the team where defense is in its DNA.
 
This should be the year to to swing for the fence in the draft to get the young player they want or use it for veteran that can fit where we’ve been inconsistent .
 
Natebishop3 said:
I'm just concerned that while the team is for sale, not much is going to happen.
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I suspect no trade for big salary and getting into the tax is probably right, but the team will make moves. If the team is competitive, it will help the sale, I suspect management knows that
 
THE HCP said:
Nothing this pick will do to make us better other than to be part of a trade.
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We don't have enough assets to trade for anything that will matter and retain enough depth to be competitive in a series with the likes of OKC.
 
andalusian said:
I suspect no trade for big salary and getting into the tax is probably right, but the team will make moves. If the team is competitive, it will help the sale, I suspect management knows that
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This would be a fun strategy. Not title contending probably, but likely very fun.
 
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