Trade Aldridge?

[ABM]

Seems legit in the Blazers' present scenario.

But, for whom?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

LaMarcus for DeMarcus, anyone?

 

[Rhal]

LaMarcus for DeMarcus, anyone?

Demarcus and Robinson then you'd have my attention.

 

[Sinobas]

Demarcus and Robinson then you'd have my attention.

Nay. LaMarcus for DeMarcus and Marcus..

 

[Natebishop3]

I think it really just all depends on what is available. We need a combination of:

1. Young players

2. Draft picks.

If there is a team out there that could use Aldridge, while also having the assets to put something together... great.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

We don't need young players. And the only draft picks we need could only be acquired by us being so horribly bad to be one of the worst 3 teams in the league.

 

[RoyToy]

I think the best idea might be some kind of draft day trade

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Any franchise player or projected franchise lottery player will be untouchable though.

 

[Natebishop3]

Any franchise player or projected franchise lottery player will be untouchable though.

That's not necessarily true.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Typical ABM. Starts a somewhat inflammatory and then runs and hides.

Well, I say keep LA.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

That's not necessarily true.

But it usually is. If there's a shoo-in #1 consensus change the game type of player, a team isn't going to trade him. Especially when that team is so bad that they get that top pick...they're not going to trade for LaMarcus Aldridge since they don't have the talent around him because they were so bad they did get that lottery pick.

 

[HailBlazers]

Absolutely not. LMA is going to blow up with Lillard by his side. It's the first time he's had a guard of this caliber that can both feed him the ball and hit the trey, a dynamic duo you don't break up. Mark my word.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

LMA already blew up yo. Just need a second option. We need legit scoring at the 2/3 position badly.

 

[ABM]

Typical ABM. Starts a somewhat inflammatory and then runs and hides.

Well, I say keep LA.

I was watching the debate?

I simply asked a question. Inflammatory? How so? I said that in the current scenario (i.e. according to many in this forum, the Blazers may very well be encroaching on a rebuilding mode), Aldridge appears to be the one that would garner the highest return. if so, then whom?

 

[HailBlazers]

LMA already blew up yo. Just need a second option. We need legit scoring at the 2/3 position badly.

LMA's just getting started. Lillard has the skills to be #2 and Batum is who this thread should be about, he needs to become the #3 or be shopped.

 

[jlprk]

If you want to trade him, you wait for a fire sale superstar.

Throughout the year of Orlando shopping Dwight Howard, I posted about 3 times that Orlando would leap with lust if we offered Aldridge. He was so much more than the piddly rumors we read about the Nets offers, that Orlando would have thrown in every #1 pick to us that they have for a decade.

But I added that Howard wouldn't stay here. So my point is, we can get a top league star for Aldridge in a fire sale, but we were correct to not make that Howard.

 

[Mediocre Man]

LaMarcus for DeMarcus, anyone?

Why would Sacramento do that?

 

[donkiez]

I'm open to trading anyone for the right deal but I don't get why people are in a big rush to dump LA. So we can get what, a draft pick or a player that might turn out as good as him? Or we end up with another superstar who puts us in the same boat as we are in now? This year our strategy should be to see how Lillard works out with LA.

 

[Blazinaway]

I'd possibly do it IF the season is going very badly and its obvious this is going to be a full fledged rebuild that takes years. Assuming we could get good value at the deadline I think it's a reasonable option, it all depends on getting good value for LMA.

 

[Denny Crane]

What you get for LMA is cap space, expiring contracts, maybe draft picks thrown in.

You might get something like Noah and Deng for him from the Bulls, but I think you'd want LMA instead.

 

[e_blazer]

There might be an argument to consider trading LMA, but you don't make that argument at the beginning of the season before you have any idea how the new pieces may mesh with his skills. If LMA and Lillard develop the chemistry that really take advantage of their respective talents you could be talking about Stockton/Malone 2.0. This season is about experimentation, seeing what develops and getting another lottery pick in the draft. There's plenty of time to think about adjusting the roster next summer if it doesn't look like things are shaping up.

 

[Blazinaway]

There might be an argument to consider trading LMA, but you don't make that argument at the beginning of the season before you have any idea how the new pieces may mesh with his skills. If LMA and Lillard develop the chemistry that really take advantage of their respective talents you could be talking about Stockton/Malone 2.0. This season is about experimentation, seeing what develops and getting another lottery pick in the draft. There's plenty of time to think about adjusting the roster next summer if it doesn't look like things are shaping up.

exactly, it's a trade deadline type decision after we see how things look

 

[Natebishop3]

Obviously we have some time to make a decision, but what we DON'T want is for LMA to demand a trade. If things get bad enough, I could see him doing that, and then we lose a ton of leverage.

 

[Natebishop3]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=d5h7zbe

Kevin Martin, Motiejunas, and Royce White for Aldridge. Maybe have them throw in a draft pick as well.

Aldridge isn't Dwight Howard, but he's a guy from Texas and he's an All-Star bigman to with Jeremy Lin and Lamb. We would get cap relief from Kevin Martin (one year left) and a couple of talented young bigs. Personally I really like Motiejunas. After watching him in the summer league, that guy is a very gifted center. He absolutely abused Leonard.

 

[mook]

I don't think I'm ready to blow this experiment up after a couple of preseason games. If Lillard turns into a real-deal top 5 NBA point guard, which is certainly possible, and if either Batum pulls his head out (he's only 23!) or Leonard looks like a top 5 center, then continuing to build around Aldridge makes a lot of sense.

Depending on the growth of those three guys (Batum/Lillard/Leonard) we could be just a year or two away from a second round playoff team. And from there you still have a lot of Aldridge's window to build on that to a better team.

 

[HailBlazers]

I don't think I'm ready to blow this experiment up after a couple of preseason games. If Lillard turns into a real-deal top 5 NBA point guard, which is certainly possible, and if either Batum pulls his head out (he's only 23!) or Leonard looks like a top 5 center, then continuing to build around Aldridge makes a lot of sense.

Depending on the growth of those three guys (Batum/Lillard/Leonard) we could be just a year or two away from a second round playoff team. And from there you still have a lot of Aldridge's window to build on that to a better team.

Repped for bringing some sense to this thread. LMA has a long window.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't think I'm ready to blow this experiment up after a couple of preseason games. If Lillard turns into a real-deal top 5 NBA point guard, which is certainly possible, and if either Batum pulls his head out (he's only 23!) or Leonard looks like a top 5 center, then continuing to build around Aldridge makes a lot of sense.

Depending on the growth of those three guys (Batum/Lillard/Leonard) we could be just a year or two away from a second round playoff team. And from there you still have a lot of Aldridge's window to build on that to a better team.

Come on Mook, we don't really want to win, do we? It's just going to lead to heartbreak and disappointment.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Not just no, not just hell no, but hell effing no.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I think alot of this is just Blazers fan nature. Never happy always wants to have a fall guy.

 

[MARIS61]

Improvement comes from trading bad players for good players, not the other way around. Aldridge is a good player.