Probably nothing, but maybe pay attention over the next couple of weeks (2 Viewers)

[Mediocre Man]

It seems like you've just started a thread about nothing!

How dare you. I would never

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Grant for Sarr and Bubb..... coming soon!

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Ant, Thy, Williams for Lillard.... coming soon!

 

[HailBlazers]

If a Laker deal happens, I still want Knect.

Same, but ship's sailed with JJ imo.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I'd love two picks. Would totally settle on a pick and a swap. Would also settle for a pick and Knecht.

The fillers are irrelevant.

 

[Mediocre Man]

If this Wolves-Knicks trade is…as is, there is nothing more to see here. I will see if I can find out anything

 

[Mediocre Man]

Ant, Thy, Williams for Lillard.... coming soon!

Both great ideas. I’m rooting for it

 

[Mediocre Man]

If this Wolves-Knicks trade is…as is, there is nothing more to see here. I will see if I can find out anything

Should be one more team

 

[Mediocre Man]

Should be one more team

Charlotte. Ok, that was a tad unexpected. Carry on

 

[HansenYang]

Charlotte. Ok, that was a tad unexpected. Carry on

Are you insinuating that Portland might have been brought in as a 3rd or 4th team?

 

[Phatguysrule]

Are you insinuating that Portland might have been brought in as a 3rd or 4th team?

Except we held out for 2 frp from Timelord

 

[HansenYang]

I'd love two picks. Would totally settle on a pick and a swap. Would also settle for a pick and Knecht.

The fillers are irrelevant.

How about this:

Nets get a PG of the future.
Lakers get their guy & backfill the PG & C spots.

Blazers get expiring contracts (except Vando) & picks. Id look to cut Cam & maybe package Thybulle with Brogdonovich for something else

 

[Natebishop3]

Charlotte. Ok, that was a tad unexpected. Carry on

So we are done?

 

[wizenheimer]

I can't either. How do they have 15 on Guaranteed contracts?

 

[wizenheimer]

If we trade good players we now have.....

Calling the veterans Portland has "good players'' is the problem. They simply aren't good enough to worry about keeping. And they aren't good enough to propel the Blazers to the playoffs or alter the team's trajectory. However, they are good enough to slot the Blazers with a poor lottery pick. In other words, the most likely outcome with keeping those vets is a bad one

 

[Sheldon Shape]

How about this:

Nets get a PG of the future.
Lakers get their guy & backfill the PG & C spots.

Blazers get expiring contracts (except Vando) & picks. Id look to cut Cam & maybe package Thybulle with Brogdonovich for something else

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The Nets in a rebuild are not going to give value away for Russell.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Calling the veterans Portland has "good players'' is the problem. They simply aren't good enough to worry about keeping. And they aren't good enough to propel the Blazers to the playoffs or alter the team's trajectory. However, they are good enough to slot the Blazers with a poor lottery pick. In other words, the most likely outcome with keeping those vets is a bad one

100%

 

[Mediocre Man]

Are you insinuating that Portland might have been brought in as a 3rd or 4th team?

I basically just use a ouija board and type what it tells me to

 

[Mediocre Man]

So we are done?

Great question. I’m not in the room, so when I talk to certain people, I’ll see what they say……and hope it’s based on fact

 

[ant]

It’s really fun to have these hints even when they don’t pan out. Thanks MM.

Well, NY got their center, Minny got better balance. Who are the teams left that may want one of our extra centers? Pelicans. Grid. Who else?

 

[BIG Q]

MM, if you may, was your intel that KAT was on the block, Randle was on the block, or both? Assuming this is the deal you were aware of?

 

[Quatro44]

I basically just use a ouija board and type what it tells me to

Good call, ouija board is much better than the jump to conclusions mat.

 

[Mediocre Man]

MM, if you may, was your intel that KAT was on the block, Randle was on the block, or both? Assuming this is the deal you were aware of?

KAT was the name I was hearing. Did not hear Randle.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Good call, ouija board is much better than the jump to conclusions mat.

Fantastic reference

 

[BigGameDamian]

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[Phatguysrule]

okay but that didn't address my question regarding your comment about having draft capital when we are competitive by trading our players now for picks a decade out. If we trade good players we now have for draft capital a decade from now, how will we be competitive at that time as you had suggested?
Wouldnt we need to trade for for current draft capital to draft more lottery players who might then be competitive in 7-10 years?

Im trying to figure how you think we will become competitive within the next decade if we are trading our valued players now for capital a decade from now?

We don't have valued players now. We have marginal players. Otherwise we wouldn't have trouble getting draft picks out of them.

We will become competitive when we draft enough players to have enough talent to be competitive. Which we don't currently have.

 

[beast blazer]

If Grant isn't gone by the trade deadline, it's big fail for Cronin. He has no place in our future due to his age. His contract is putting us up against the luxury tax, and we're better off without his services, because this is the wrong year to break the tank.

 

[STOMP]

If Grant isn't gone by the trade deadline, it's big fail for Cronin. He has no place in our future due to his age. His contract is putting us up against the luxury tax, and we're better off without his services, because this is the wrong year to break the tank.

he's in his 30s and has a contract running for 4 more years at 30M+. While he's a good player he's not exactly a bargain. He's going to have to play some of the best ball of his career if theres going to be much interest by the deadline and if he is thats a catch 22 anti-tank situation. I'd personally love it if they could move him for a salary dump with whatever value coming back in future draft capitol. I don't think that will be a given to be on the table though.

The Cronin fail was (speculating) getting duped by Dame to think he'd stay if his buddy was retained with a massive extension. It made little sense to me at the time of the signing for them to keep him if Lillard was gone.

STOMP

 

[SheedSoNasty]

KAT was the name I was hearing. Did not hear Randle.

KAT to the Blazer?

 

[Mediocre Man]

KAT to the Blazer?

No sir