Free Agent Potential options to fill Zach's spot

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HailBlazers said:
We Want MosEs
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wizenheimer said:
Olshey may not want to add another player for a variety of reasons, but if the Blazers keep giving up 60-80 points in the paint while their defensive numbers continue to tank, and their rebounding sucks, he might not have a choice unless he's ok with Portland being a 6th or 7th seed

for what it's worth:

* last season, Portland was 8th in defensive rebound rate; this season they are 23rd

* last season, Portland was 2nd in offensive rebound rate, this season they are 27th.....yeeeeesh!

that's a terrible regression on the glass and it points out that the Blazers may end up missing the contributions of Aminu, Harkless, & Turner (and Meyers) in rebounding as much as on defense. Whiteside alone might not be enough

a player like Faried would certainly go a long way in mitigating the rebounding deficit
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Seems like a small sample size issue. We've been relatively even in the rebound% matchup in the 5 games Whiteside played. The last game skews those numbers quite a bit as Philly posted a 57% TRB to our 43%.
 
B-Roy said:
Seems like a small sample size issue. We've been relatively even in the rebound% matchup in the 5 games Whiteside played. The last game skews those numbers quite a bit as Philly posted a 57% TRB to our 43%.
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sure....only 6 games can have sample size issues, especially when compared to 82 games. No argument

however, IIRC, Portland outrebounded opponents in something like 2/3rds of all games last season. They had been outrebounded in 3 of the first 5 games, even with Whiteside.

look no further than Aminu vs Zach/Tolliver and Harkless vs Hood. Aminu had a 14.1% rebound rate, Zach/Tolliver are at 7.2%/9.0%. Harkless was at 10.1% while Hood is at 6.2%. Even Turner has a slight advantage over Bazemore. Hezonja/Skal are holding up OK but they are no match for the rebounding prowess of Kanter/Meyers. Whiteside being a little better than Nurkic can't offset all those other deficits

last season, Portland had a rebound differential of +5.2. Going into the Philly game, the Blazers were at -1.0
 
wizenheimer said:
sure....only 6 games can have sample size issues, especially when compared to 82 games. No argument

however, IIRC, Portland outrebounded opponents in something like 2/3rds of all games last season. They had been outrebounded in 3 of the first 5 games, even with Whiteside.

look no further than Aminu vs Zach/Tolliver and Harkless vs Hood. Aminu had a 14.1% rebound rate, Zach/Tolliver are at 7.2%/9.0%. Harkless was at 10.1% while Hood is at 6.2%. Even Turner has a slight advantage over Bazemore. Hezonja/Skal are holding up OK but they are no match for the rebounding prowess of Kanter/Meyers. Whiteside being a little better than Nurkic can't offset all those other deficits

last season, Portland had a rebound differential of +5.2. Going into the Philly game, the Blazers were at -1.0
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Yeah, it's not as good, but I don't think it's as bad as 27th in the league.

It's not as much of a strength, but hopefully we make up for it in other ways - like hey, we're shooting 40% as a team on threes! (Knock on wood, also small sample size issue)
 
If signing someone isn't an option then lets look at some non-crazy trade options (these are ones that we could do now, after December 15th a lot more possibilities open up):

Jonah Bolden: He's out of the rotation for the 76ers right now after being in it most of last year. He's a big who can stroke the 3 and is an okay rebounder. Would fit well in a Stotts offense and likely would be reasonably cheap to acquire. With the 76ers lack of shooting maybe something like Bolden for Trent?

Marvin Williams/Cody Zeller/Bismack Biyombo/Guillermo Hernangomez: Charlotte is obviously going young. Marvin Williams is playing just 18 minutes a game. He'd be a decent stop gap for Zach. He's nowhere near the interior defender Zach is but he's a better perimeter defender. He's more like Aminu with a nicer looking shot. Bazemore for Marvin Williams works but I doubt Charlotte would take on a few more million just to swap out expiring contracts and that leaves us thin at wing. A Marvin Williams and Cody Zeller for Whiteside swap I think they'd probably do but that is selling awfully low on Whiteside plus Zeller has another year left on his deal. It's probably not ideal right now but may be worth revisiting if we get desperate for depth up front. A Trent for Hernangomez trade would make sense but I'm not sure either team would do that.

Larry Nance JR: He's kind of a poor man's Blake Griffin playmaking big. His contract isn't bad but it's in that range that makes it tough for Portland to trade for. Portland would have to take on a bad player to get this done and so far they've been unwilling to add salary for future years. Something like Nance and Dellavedova (expiring to make the deal work) for Bazemore? Once again, not sure about giving up one of our few defensive wings for a scenario like this.

Jae Crowder: Another smaller PF and one who's contract is a tough match with ours but he'd fit in well on this team. Much like with Cleveland we'd have to take on an expiring deal. They'd probably do Crowder and Solomon Hill (expiring deal) for Bazemore. They could try to flip Hill for someone else like Nance or Marvin Williams so it would be Crowder and Marvin for Bazemore although we may have to throw something else in there even though it saves both teams money. I kind of like that because it give us some wing depth while also providing PF help but we still wouldn't have a lot of big size if injuries occur.

Derrick Favors: Favors seems really out of place on New Orleans roster and with their style of play. I wonder if they'd do a straight up swap of Bazemore for Favors?

I don't know about trading Bazemore for a big though. There might not be a choice but my favorite of those is the Jonah Bolden trade because it makes sense for both teams and Bolden won't be a problem when the other bigs get healthy plus he's still young enough to have some potential.
 
I've really grown to like Baze. His energy and defense will be even more impactful to close the season and in the playoffs, I feel. Don't just wanna throw him in a deal unless it's for a bonafide starter (even after Collins returns).
 
illmatic99 said:
I've really grown to like Baze. His energy and defense will be even more impactful to close the season and in the playoffs, I feel. Don't just wanna throw him in a deal unless it's for a bonafide starter (even after Collins returns).
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Windhorst mentions Gallinari. The Baze + 1st for Gallo deal is there if Portland wants it.

I just don't see what Gallo offers this team. He's a scorer not a playmaker. We have enough scorers and Gallo's defense is non-existent.
 
B-Roy said:
He hasn't even started on court work. "Patient"....

For what it's worth, Windhorst just reported that Joakim Noah has a significant injury and his career is in jeopardy.
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He might fit great on this team.
 
B-Roy said:
Windhorst mentions Gallinari. The Baze + 1st for Gallo deal is there if Portland wants it.

I just don't see what Gallo offers this team. He's a scorer not a playmaker. We have enough scorers and Gallo's defense is non-existent.
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B-Roy said:
Windhorst mentions Gallinari. The Baze + 1st for Gallo deal is there if Portland wants it.

I just don't see what Gallo offers this team. He's a scorer not a playmaker. We have enough scorers and Gallo's defense is non-existent.
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According to ESPN trade Machine Gallo would generate 6 more wins for the Blazers.
 
Gallo/Skal combo at PF seems good to me. I mean losing Baze would suck but we have more wings than bigs that can play the 4 that aren’t pure shit.
 
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Meanwhile, Tolliver is shooting 26.3 percent in 7 games. That's not his 3-point percentage, that's his overall percentage. His 3-point percentage is 26.7 %.

The players that are scoring well so far are Lillard, Hood, Whiteside, Simons, and Labissiere. Labissiere is young and should be able to play a lot of minutes so I don't know why Tolliver is starting.
And why do we need to wait for CJ McCollum to wake up if Simons is already hitting his shots (Simons effective field goal % is 64% and CJ's is 45%). , and could be the better shooting guard now and (on average) forever?
 
TBpup said:
He is interesting....very interesting. But there has to be reasons why a 29 year old rebounding demon that shost 61% from the field last year still is without a job. Do we put Farid on Dame as well on top of keeping Whiteside in line?
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Got to be BETTER than the statue we have in the paint at center now.
 
Might as well add another injured big to the mix.

Bazemore, Whiteside, Trent, 2020 1st, and 2022 1st for Blake Griffin and Tony Snell.

Sign Faried or Noah with the two open roster spots.

Guards: Dame, CJ, Simons

Wings: Hood, Snell, Hezonja, Little

Bigs: Griffin, Faried, Tolliver, Skal, Gasol, Nurk, and Zach
 
Just bring Brown up, and wait it out until some of the other bigs get healthy.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Just bring Brown up, and wait it out until some of the other bigs get healthy.
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The only big that could get healthy soon is Gasol right? Even then having an old big coming off foot surgery as the answer is pretty questionable.

It's mind boggling that Brown is not up with the team right now.
 
Hold the roster spot as it's not worth paying the luxury tax for a team in the lottery.

Reevaluate in 10 games.
 
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