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Why is Woj talking about Portland? The dame stuff is obvious. Is this his way of saying we are involved somehow?
 
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Scalma said:
Why is Woj talking about Portland? The dame stuff is obvious. Is this his way of saying we are involved somehow?
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Is it strange that this happens on the heels of Olshey's ousting and Cronin's promotion? Clearly the talks are picking up because Cronin is motivated to make a deal. They are trying to get more teams involved to see if a workable structure can be built around CJ/Simmons. CJ doesn't have to go to Philly.

Also, Woj isn't shitting on Portland here, he's making clear what our direction is. I think Woj has started a working relationship with Cronin.
 
julius said:
Woj is trying to remove the Olshey stank from his tweets.
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That's what I thought. Make well with the new GM. Olshey is gone and he's not coming back. Improving the working relationship between Woj and Cronin benefits both.
 
I dunno. Someone claimed they were interested in SGA, like who isn't...
Maybe CJ could lead OKC?
 
B-Roy said:
Is it strange that this happens on the heels of Olshey's ousting and Cronin's promotion? Clearly the talks are picking up because Cronin is motivated to make a deal. They are trying to get more teams involved to see if a workable structure can be built around CJ/Simmons. CJ doesn't have to go to Philly.

Also, Woj isn't shitting on Portland here, he's making clear what our direction is. I think Woj has started a working relationship with Cronin.
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yeah I didn’t think he was shitting on Portland, just found the inclusion of them curious. He doesn’t interact with fans, never acknowledges them. So I just find it interesting that he’s talking about the Blazers.
 
blazers not willing to deal dame for simmons

thats disappointing to hear
 
Scalma said:
Why is Woj talking about Portland? The dame stuff is obvious. Is this his way of saying we are involved somehow?
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My guess?
Because Olshey and Morey were trying to trade Dame instead of CJ, and Woj was going to be the first to report it.

Now that's off the table.
 
Phatguysrule said:
My guess?
Because Olshey and Morey were trying to trade Dame instead of CJ, and Woj was going to be the first to report it.

Now that's off the table.
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I kind of doubt Olshey wanted to move Dame. Lillard was his meal ticket and I'm sure he takes credit for drafting Lillard, so the same reluctance to trade CJ would probably be there with Lillard.
 
B-Roy said:
That's what I thought. Make well with the new GM. Olshey is gone and he's not coming back. Improving the working relationship between Woj and Cronin benefits both.
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it could also be good for the Blazers if Olshey is still out there slinging mud to Woj and Cronin can provide a rebuttal
 
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...ts-trade-talks-philadelphia-76ers-ben-simmons

The Sixers and Blazers connected in recent days and Portland's interim general manager, Joe Cronin, made clear to Philadelphia that the franchise still plans to continue building around Lillard, sources said.

The Sixers have long targeted Lillard, who reaffirmed his desire to stay in Portland around the start of the team's training camp. After the recent firing of president of basketball operations Neil Olshey, Cronin has publicly and privately said the franchise plans to keep building around Lillard. The Blazers have been open to discussing a deal for Simmons centered on guard CJ McCollum, but that conversation never gathered traction, sources said.
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The other angle to this is that maybe trade talks have heated up because Cronin made it clear Dame is off the table and Morey has finally given up. Olshey might have been open to dealing Dame.
 
Scalma said:
Why is Woj talking about Portland? The dame stuff is obvious. Is this his way of saying we are involved somehow?
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I take it as this: Morey was holding out for Dame because he and Olshey were pals and he thought Olshey would give him first dibs if anything happened. Now Cronin has said no dice (and Morey probably believes that an interim guy wouldn't trade Dame anyway) so there's no point in holding out for Dame any more. That might explain the sudden willingness to listen to other offers.
 
Minstrel said:
I kind of doubt Olshey wanted to move Dame. Lillard was his meal ticket and I'm sure he takes credit for drafting Lillard, so the same reluctance to trade CJ would probably be there with Lillard.
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Right, but he was at least empowered to trade Dame. Morey can believe Cronin saying "we're not trading him" because an interim would not be empowered to offload the guy the trading of whom might put a dent in the franchise value.
 
So can we un-merge my thread where I had a poll about where Simmons was most likely to end up? If Sacramento had any sense...
 
If this thread gets to 17 pages Morey will suddenly feel the urge to trade for CJ.
 
Sga, Rico, nas to Philly
Cj and maxey to okc
Simmons and dort to Portland
Add picks as you see fit
 
Minstrel said:
I kind of doubt Olshey wanted to move Dame. Lillard was his meal ticket and I'm sure he takes credit for drafting Lillard, so the same reluctance to trade CJ would probably be there with Lillard.
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Dame was forcing him out of his comfort zone. Dame was getting ready to fire him.
 
I just dont see it happening. Morey is too headstrong to trade us ben for a package around CJ. I mean, this is a dude who is reportedly ready to waste a year of embiids prime for pride.

We need to focus elsewhere.
 
illmatic99 said:
I just dont see it happening. Morey is too headstrong to trade us ben for a package around CJ. I mean, this is a dude who is reportedly ready to waste a year of embiids prime for pride.

We need to focus elsewhere.
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I dont see it happening for us, I agree. I think there's probably more appealing packages they can get. I think being told firmly no on dame, like others said Has probably spurned this new bit of activity
 
I would love to see what top 25 player the 76ers are allegedly gonna get for Simmons. I would call that team immediately and see who else they’re willing to dump.
 
Cugel said:
Sga, Rico, nas to Philly
Cj and maxey to okc
Simmons and dort to Portland
Add picks as you see fit
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Okc does this for what reason? They already suck enough... wait, CJ would help them tank so thats good... but other than that.
 
OKC almost certainly wouldn't trade SGA for Simmons, but they might offer Dort and a bunch of picks (along with giving Philly capspace because of the lopsided trade), and Dort is turning into a very solid player. Amazing D and improving 3.
 
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