Quick: Offseason plans

[Hoopguru]

Who are you responding to?

HCP....sorry

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Claver wants to come back to the NBA where his stat avg was 2 ppg and 2 Reb or asst forgot to look at the 2nd part of his stats for last year. I think a trained gorilla could do better then that and while he might be a nice guy etc please just NO

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Claver wants to come back to the NBA where his stat avg was 2 ppg and 2 Reb or asst forgot to look at the 2nd part of his stats for last year. I think a trained gorilla could do better then that and while he might be a nice guy etc please just NO

My guess is that you didn't see him play in a blazer uniform.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

Wizard mentor what is your point and i did and those stats were from the last year he played in europe not the Blazers -- also maybe a poor joke but whatever

This is the line from Eurohoops .net

" Spanish forward logged 2.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game, and 2.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per ACB contest in his last season. "

This is what I ment do we want a player who did little to nothing in Europe

 

[BBert]

Dame’s biggest complaint seems to be urgency. Maybe changing guys out on the bench for guys who are hungry and will do anything to win is enough for the start of the process?

Upgrading from Melo and Enis could improve the Blazers a lot. Still want Simmons for CJ though.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Upgrading from Melo and Enis could improve the Blazers a lot. Still want Simmons for CJ though.

Me too. It would be huge

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Was Enes really an upgrade from what we got from Hassan Whiteside two years ago? Whiteside made like the minimum too.

 

[damianlillard]

Was Enes really an upgrade from what we got from Hassan Whiteside two years ago? Whiteside made like the minimum too.

Give me Whiteside all day. He can do everything that Kanter does offensively. But defensively he’s levels above Kanter

 

[BBert]

If this is right, anyone having any faith in Olshey's basketball acumen needs to schedule an appointment with a medical professional.

"Although Olshey has never publicly admitted it, he knows he failed last season in not recognizing a bench centered around Carmelo Anthony and Enes Kanter was fatally flawed from a defensive standpoint."

Seriously? He failed to recognize Kanter/Melo was a defensive disaster? Un-freaking-believable!

I just don't trust Neil to do anything different than he has done in the previous 9 seasons. It may be too late to do what he needs to. This needed to be address several years ago.

The best predictor of tomorrow is....yesterday.

 

[SlyPokerCat]

Give me Whiteside all day. He can do everything that Kanter does offensively. But defensively he’s levels above Kanter

Whiteside made a comment in twitter that the blazers know his number. Something like that. Pretty sure we could get him back for dirt cheap. I love Enes but he is so bad defensively.

 

[BBert]

https://www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-...en-simmons-offers-damian-lillard-deaaron-fox/

Haha. Other teams are making comments to try to lower Simmons' value? Says the guy making comments trying to raise Simmons' value. LOL

 

[BBert]

Whiteside made a comment in twitter that the blazers know his number. Something like that. Pretty sure we could get him back for dirt cheap. I love Enes but he is so bad defensively.

Whiteside is a terrible basketball player, but a decent and cheap insurance policy.

 

[calvin natt]

I’d rather deal with Kanters deficiencies than watch lazy Whiteside. Maybe don’t play Kanter next to trash cans on defense and he would be perfectly fine as a backup C.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

I will admit Whiteside has his faults but he does do ONE thing this team needs -- PLAY D --- now he does gamble on D giving up stupid points but as sad as it is that is still better then the D kanter puts out there.

BTW -- Not saying the Blazers should bring him back but if i had to choose between Kanter or Whiteside -- i will take the D at this point

 

[Scalma]

Whiteside isn’t perfect but if he plays the way he did as a starter with us off the bench, I would take him back in a second. I soured on him after Nurk came back, seems like he just gave up, but maybe the last year has humbled him. He’s not gonna be a starter anywhere anyway. He isn’t my first choice (Theis is) but I wouldn’t mind.

 

[BBert]

I will admit Whiteside has his faults but he does do ONE thing this team needs -- PLAY D --- now he does gamble on D giving up stupid points but as sad as it is that is still better then the D kanter puts out there.

BTW -- Not saying the Blazers should bring him back but if i had to choose between Kanter or Whiteside -- i will take the D at this point

But he doesn't. He's horrible. What he does is help at the rim and swat shots. When he's not doing that he's worthless.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

OK i am not going to argue on something that is prolly not going to happen so i will stand by my statement if between the two -- Whiteside is the lesser of 2 Evils and leave it at that now can we change the subject -- LOL

 

[illmatic99]

Whiteside made a comment in twitter that the blazers know his number. Something like that. Pretty sure we could get him back for dirt cheap. I love Enes but he is so bad defensively.

i will boycott if we bring back that useless waste of space again. that dude is the laziest hooper i have ever seen. one of my least favorite blazers in 2 decades

 

[PCmor7]

HCP....sorry

Never heard of him.

 

[Scalma]

How do we get Kawhi

 

[Labinot41]

How do we get Kawhi

Kawhi would have to say that he want's to go to Portland, then a sign n trade with CJ.

 

[BBert]

How do we get Kawhi

Gunpoint?

 

[Scalma]

 

[B-Roy]

WHAT THE FUCK. Has anyone heard this before?

Ramona Shelburne says in 2011 when Olshey was with the Clippers, he had the Chris Paul trade at the 5 foot line for about a week. Reason was the Hornets at the time kept asking for one more asset (like a future 1st) and Olshey held out. Eventually got the deal done without that extra asset. I do not remember the details at the time, but could Olshey be holding out until someone panics for McCollum?

 

[Natebishop3]

WHAT THE FUCK. Has anyone heard this before?

Ramona Shelburne says in 2011 when Olshey was with the Clippers, he had the Chris Paul trade at the 5 foot line for about a week. Reason was the Hornets at the time kept asking for one more asset (like a future 1st) and Olshey held out. Eventually got the deal done without that extra asset. I do not remember the details at the time, but could Olshey be holding out until someone panics for McCollum?

Yes. Right now Morey and Neil are playing chess. All of this shit is just smoke to try to out maneuver the other. I don't think any team offered us a top 4 pick for CJ.

 

[sheed30]

WHAT THE FUCK. Has anyone heard this before?

Ramona Shelburne says in 2011 when Olshey was with the Clippers, he had the Chris Paul trade at the 5 foot line for about a week. Reason was the Hornets at the time kept asking for one more asset (like a future 1st) and Olshey held out. Eventually got the deal done without that extra asset. I do not remember the details at the time, but could Olshey be holding out until someone panics for McCollum?

Why what the fuck? Lol I mean, Neil has one shot at this so it’s best he doesn’t panic to do something now, he has the summer.
The only problem with Dame coming out and saying he needs help doesn’t help Neil, as teams know we are feeling pressure to make a trade so they will be trying to get Cj for less than his value.

 

[tester551]

WHAT THE FUCK. Has anyone heard this before?

Ramona Shelburne says in 2011 when Olshey was with the Clippers, he had the Chris Paul trade at the 5 foot line for about a week. Reason was the Hornets at the time kept asking for one more asset (like a future 1st) and Olshey held out. Eventually got the deal done without that extra asset. I do not remember the details at the time, but could Olshey be holding out until someone panics for McCollum?

He's been holding out for 5+years now (and counting)....

 

[damianlillard]

I honestly think at this point it is more likely that we get Siakam in a three team trade with the Cavs involved.
Portland get Siakam
Cavs get CJ
Raptors get #3 and Love
Portland get the second all star who also not long ago was an all nba player.
Cavs apparently really like CJ enough to trade their #3 pick
Raptors get the #3 and #4, putting them in a prime position to land Mobley and Barnes, who they are rumored being very interested in

 

[lawai'a]

WHAT THE FUCK. Has anyone heard this before?

Ramona Shelburne says in 2011 when Olshey was with the Clippers, he had the Chris Paul trade at the 5 foot line for about a week. Reason was the Hornets at the time kept asking for one more asset (like a future 1st) and Olshey held out. Eventually got the deal done without that extra asset. I do not remember the details at the time, but could Olshey be holding out until someone panics for McCollum?

Revisionist history right there. NBA {David Stern}rejected the original trade that paired chris paul with kobe bryant in fakerland. neil's clippers trade wasn't originally the trade that the acting GM Demps took for paul. david sterns rejected the trade and accepted the clips' trade.
As per multiple reports at that time, here's a look at the players involved (excluding future draft picks) in the full deal between the Lakers, New Orleans Hornets and the Houston Rockets.
Los Angeles Lakers: PG Chris Paul (from Hornets)

New Orleans Hornets: F Lamar Odom (from Lakers), SG Kevin Martin (from Rockets), PF Luis Scola (from Rockets), PG Goran Dragic (from Rockets)

Houston Rockets: PF Pau Gasol (from Lakers)

finalized deal:

The Clippers will send guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota's unprotected 2012 first-round pick to the Hornets for Paul. The Clippers will also receive two future second-round picks

 

[blazerkor]

I think we'll end up with Simmons by the end of the draft. I think that Olshey and Morey are negotiating both on the phone and through media shit. I think both want to get that centerpiece but Neil is trying to give up as few of extra assets as possible but will make the move with the picks or Nas or Ant or a combination before he has to make his sales pitch to Norm for him to stay and before he gets outbid by someone else. Like they were talking about on that clip from The Jump, Neil's done this before...


I'm just hoping half of me doesn't trust Neil even for a second.