Simmons proposal I like

[Boise Blazer]

To take this rumor in context, another Bill Simmons thought:

with Simmons straining for a linkage between the history and the sporting event he'd witnessed:

“I didn’t realize the effect [the MLK assassination] had on that city…I think from people we talk to and stuff we’ve read, the shooting kind of sets the tone with how the city thinks about stuff. We were at Game 3. Great crowd, they fall behind and the whole crowd got tense. They were like, ‘Oh no, something bad is going to happen.’ And it starts from that shooting.”

http://www.memphisflyer.com/Beyondt...mphis-history-internet-erupts-in-faux-outrage

Have you noticed on the ESPN pre-game show he is on that his co-hosts often say jokingly (but kind of not so) "Dont say anything that is going to get you fired Bill"? I have heard them say it more than once.

 

[RR7]

To take this rumor in context, another Bill Simmons thought:

with Simmons straining for a linkage between the history and the sporting event he'd witnessed:

“I didn’t realize the effect [the MLK assassination] had on that city…I think from people we talk to and stuff we’ve read, the shooting kind of sets the tone with how the city thinks about stuff. We were at Game 3. Great crowd, they fall behind and the whole crowd got tense. They were like, ‘Oh no, something bad is going to happen.’ And it starts from that shooting.”

http://www.memphisflyer.com/Beyondt...mphis-history-internet-erupts-in-faux-outrage

He's such an idiot.

 

[Rhal]

Have you noticed on the ESPN pre-game show he is on that his co-hosts often say jokingly (but kind of not so) "Dont say anything that is going to get you fired Bill"? I have heard them say it more than once.

that joke started with Jacoby and Jalen Rose on their podcast, Jacoby would always joke and say "now don't get fired" when a touchy subject would come up and somehow its almost an inside joke between Jalen Rose/Jacoby/Simmons.

 

[mook]

I'm not sure Cleveland is really out there working this right now, but assume they are and their starting point is #1 for Love/Aldridge. That gives them a lineup of:

Irving
Waiters
Gee
Aldridge/Love
Varejao

bench:
Speights F/C
Thompson PF
Miles
Zeller

Their only real weakness is at the 3. They would have a solid front line and guard play. The bench has a lot of height, may need some more wings. I think that lineup is a lot closer to contending than Blazers would be. Irving is a clear all-star now, and can take over a game. Blazers aren't quite there yet.

Having said that, I'm still not sure that Cleveland could compete with SAS or the Heat. But, they if Irving pops, then they might. For the Blazers to match that, they would need more bench, a defensive rebounding center, and for Lillard to really make that next step next year (not 2-3 years down the road).

Would they have the space to sign LeBron? I think it's a lot easier to lure LeBron back to Cleveland if he can play with Irving and Aldridge, as opposed to Irving and ?

Regardless, Irving and LeBron would be terrifying. Seems like such a better fit than LeBron and Wade.

 

[BrianFromWA]

that joke started with Jacoby and Jalen Rose on their podcast, Jacoby would always joke and say "now don't get fired" when a touchy subject would come up and somehow its almost an inside joke between Jalen Rose/Jacoby/Simmons.

It's not really an inside joke...Simmons has been "grounded" twice in the last 3 years at ESPN for saying things that the MotherShip didn't like.

 

[mook]

I'm definitely in the category of waiting to see what can be done to improve the roster this summer before thinking about dealing LMA. I think that there's a very real chance to become a solid playoff team next year and to move beyond that the following year.

I'm not desperate for change, but I'm not that optimistic about our long-term chances if LMA and Lillard are our only two really good players.

I'd like to see how free agency and the draft plays out this summer. If we're basically in the same position we are in now, I'd get on board with trading Aldridge before the trade deadline.

A lot can happen between now and then. We can luck into another fantastic draft pick like Lillard was, Meyers might explode in Summer League, Lillard might evolve into an MVP-level player. We can make a free agent signing that becomes a steal in hindsight.

Portland is still in the driver's seat with Aldridge and with so many possibilities I'm not really eager to deal him yet. So I'm voting for patience, but not too much patience. Once LMA is in his final year so much of that flexibility goes away and you are stuck in a Toronto/Bosh kind of situation.

 

[tester551]

One thing I don't get in all of the discussion of this particular trade idea is the flip side of the equation. If the Blazers are making this move because Aldridge/Lillard don't have the window to become a title team, as so many here have said, why does Cleveland think that Aldridge/Irving does work? I know they'd still have some cap space to go after another free agent even if they burned a chunk of it on Aldridge, but it would be about the same money as the Blazers have to spend to improve their roster.

They are in denial of where their current roster sits and have rose colored glasses on. Trading LMA to Cleavland doesn't make them any better than the Blazers were this year. Likewise, the Blazers aren't going to get significantly better with any of the FA C on the market that they can realistically get.

 

[e_blazer]

They are in denial of where their current roster sits and have rose colored glasses on. Trading LMA to Cleavland doesn't make them any better than the Blazers were this year. Likewise, the Blazers aren't going to get significantly better with any of the FA C on the market that they can realistically get.

Maybe, but I think a more logical conclusion is that this trade scenario is noyhing more than Simmons jacking his jaws to fill dead air time.

 

[PapaG]

Would they have the space to sign LeBron? I think it's a lot easier to lure LeBron back to Cleveland if he can play with Irving and Aldridge, as opposed to Irving and ?

Regardless, Irving and LeBron would be terrifying. Seems like such a better fit than LeBron and Wade.

I was told you don't build your team around a 29 year-old. Actually, it was 28, but LeBron will be 29 next year.