Houston finished 14 games better than the Blazers, then added a future HOF PG, and somehow the Blazers are on par with them now? Why, because they jettisoned Crabbe?
Touche!
The idea in Houston is for Melo to play Anderson's spot. He had a ton of spot up 3 attempts last yr. Perfect for Olympic Melo.
Kind of. They don't have their 2018 1st rounder (unless in Top 3, which is unlikely). As they do not have an addition pick in 2019, and they can't trade picks in consecutive years, they have to trade their 2020 pick, which I am sure they are loathe to do. To give multiple 1st rounders, they'd have to pick their 2020 and 2022 pick. Since it's very possible Houston will be terrible in 2022, it is extremely likely they'd give that up, especially since it doesn't have that much value.
....
One of the better ex Blazers point guards.
I dont know, Im just saying there will always be stupid moves around the league, whether its about trade, contracts, draft, coaches etc
forgive my ignorance, I just checked on him, I was a child while he played for Blazers, so I didnt even knew whats basketball back then, let alone supporting some team
Better, IMO
its old news if youre in september
So all this recent chatter brought on a few phone calls of inquiry. Here is a brief summary:
'Melo won't be back in NY so it's up to him to figure out where he is willing to go. HOU is such a long-shot at this point because they just don't have the pieces that NY wants. There are a couple of other teams interested but POR would seem to be able to put together the best package that would still leave the core in tact and not gut it just to make the exchange thereby making the team a contender.
When Carmello and his camp finally come to the realization that HOU isn't going to happen, things could happen quite quickly. POR doesn't get much of a chance nationally but they (IMO) have the best shot to put together a deal once HOU being out of the picture becomes a reality.
