Trade Deadline: Feb 9 @ 3:00 p.m ET

[TBpup]

With less than 2 weeks to go, rumors are starting to heat up around many teams. Portland is rumored to be shopping Hart (openly) and Nurkic (not as openly) and listening to anyone else not named Damian Lillard. It would take a haul to get Simons, Sharpe or Grant moved, but they aren't listed as completely untouchable.

But it takes two to tango. While there are several contending teams rumored to be in the market for someone like Hart, the market is much smaller for big Nurk. Anyone else outside of the untouchable and almost untouchables, won't bring very much and there is the Lux Tax that Portland is nudged right up against to consider as well.

What is the most likely deal? Who comes back? And is it a trade for now, or to set us up better for another move this Summer?

 

[Natebishop3]

Maybe we will make an incredibly stupid trade a week before the deadline.

 

[e_blazer]

Maybe we will make an incredibly stupid trade a week before the deadline.

The snark is strong in this one.

 

[Natebishop3]

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The snark is strong in this one.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/trade-rumors-thread.381176/page-4#post-5473041

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/trade-ideas.381149/page-13#post-5473937

 

[Natebishop3]

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/trade-rumors-thread.381176/page-4#post-5473041

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/trade-ideas.381149/page-13#post-5473937

Personally I don't like mega threads. I don't want to have to scroll through pages for updates or important topics.

 

[Whyachi]

Better players with far more potential (and much less salary) is what they will tell us. Got to start chipping away at cap space to sign Grant.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Maybe we will make an incredibly stupid trade a week before the deadline.

 

[HoopsFanAZ]

IIRC, it was Marang who implied that Nurkic's contract was the right size for being able to trade it later. [Too small and too many players have to go out. Too large and no one trades for him.] That's what I got, at least. The most common complaint was about the 5th year. Doing a craptastic-Olsheysian-move is the worst outcome. Less bad is doing nothing by the trade deadline. Doing nothing of substance to fix the roster -- by the end of next summer -- is not an option.

Because I have hope regarding Cronin ...
Two trades but not blockbuster or involving Dame, Ant, Grant, or Sharpe.

 

[BigGameDamian]

https://www.blazersedge.com/platfor...a-available-portland-trail-blazers-interested

Magic Making Mo Bamba Available in Trade; Blazers Interested?

Mo Bamba could be on his way out of Orlando by the trade deadline. Could he join the Blazers?

Bamba is getting crowded out by a group of more valuable big men. Those three cornerstones all take minutes away from Bamba, and now that Jonathan Isaac is back on the floor, Orlando simply doesn’t need a backup center making eight figures. Bamba’s combination of shooting and rim protection should make him a viable starter for someone else, though, so the Magic won’t have any trouble finding a trade if they really do want to move on.

 

[TBpup]

Better players with far more potential (and much less salary) is what they will tell us. Got to start chipping away at cap space to sign Grant.

I think many Blazers fans think this trade deadline will have as much to do with cap room now or in the future, as it does with basketball.

 

[Strenuus]

https://www.blazersedge.com/platfor...a-available-portland-trail-blazers-interested

Magic Making Mo Bamba Available in Trade; Blazers Interested?

Mo Bamba could be on his way out of Orlando by the trade deadline. Could he join the Blazers?

Bamba is getting crowded out by a group of more valuable big men. Those three cornerstones all take minutes away from Bamba, and now that Jonathan Isaac is back on the floor, Orlando simply doesn’t need a backup center making eight figures. Bamba’s combination of shooting and rim protection should make him a viable starter for someone else, though, so the Magic won’t have any trouble finding a trade if they really do want to move on.

Surprised you didn't say Bamba was on our team already.

 

[TBpup]

Surprised you didn't say Bamba was on our team already.

Didn't someone say they saw him at the Portland airport?

 

[riverman]

I think at least 3 players are moved and not all for players coming back...I think a bottom feeder will be moved 2nd rd picks for cap space and Hart and Nurk might have new homes....G Brown might get moved for roster spots and wiggle room. If they swing for the fences they'll move Ant and Nurk but they probably won't do that. Ant will bring back the best player in a trade if only for his scoring ability. Ant is an Orlando native and his family is there ...he'd own that town as the pt guard ...if we could move Ant there I'm sure he'd love it. Nurk has a house in Miami...he would love to play for th Heat

 

[blazerkor]

I think at least 3 players are moved and not all for players coming back...I think a bottom feeder will be moved 2nd rd picks for cap space and Hart and Nurk might have new homes....G Brown might get moved for roster spots and wiggle room. If they swing for the fences they'll move Ant and Nurk but they probably won't do that. Ant will bring back the best player in a trade if only for his scoring ability.

We already have a free roster spot and if we move more guys than we have coming back we will have to fill those spots immediately because we're at the minimum right now.

 

[HailBlazers]

I think at least 3 players are moved and not all for players coming back...I think a bottom feeder will be moved 2nd rd picks for cap space and Hart and Nurk might have new homes....G Brown might get moved for roster spots and wiggle room. If they swing for the fences they'll move Ant and Nurk but they probably won't do that. Ant will bring back the best player in a trade if only for his scoring ability.

Oh wow so you think his name is gonna be trader joe?

 

[riverman]

Oh wow so you think his name is gonna be trader joe?

I don't think he'll let Hart walk for nothing and I think we're going to give the bag to Grant this summer...yeah, I think they will make a run while Dame is hot ...

 

[riverman]

We already have a free roster spot and if we move more guys than we have coming back we will have to fill those spots immediately because we're at the minimum right now.

That's easy..you give John Butler a roster spot

 

[HailBlazers]

I don't think he'll let Hart walk for nothing and I think we're going to give the bag to Grant this summer...yeah, I think they will make a run while Dame is hot ...

I don't think the value will be there..but we'll see...really don't want to lose Hsrt.

 

[riverman]

I don't think the value will be there..but we'll see...really don't want to lose Hsrt.

Rumor mill today has trended toward Hart being our most in demand trade piece...Knicks and Heat are apparently pursuing a deal for him ...he's said to be declining his 12.9 mil player options as well so he can walk for nothing. One site said Portland has made all it's roster except for Lillard and Grant available. Local media has said Ant is untouchable but that's local. Jody wants to win with Dame now and they're not going to wait a couple years to do it. There's a rumor Mo Bamba is linked to the Blazers as well. I think they believe GPII and Nas will cover Hart's minutes easily

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Didn't someone say they saw him at the Portland airport?

Yes, with an extra 15 lbs of muscle.

 

[e_blazer]

I don't think the value will be there..but we'll see...really don't want to lose Hsrt.

Hart’s a goner. Just a matter of whether it’s now for something in return, or gone to free agency next summer. Love his hustle, but he’s out of position and on record on twitter as not being a fan of Oregon weather.

 

[LayneStaley]

Nas should be starting at 3 and GP2 makes enough money where he should be able to produce any other minutes needed with a Hart trade. Make Miami take Nurk if they want Hart in a 3 way trade that lands us an athletic Big or 2.

 

[HailBlazers]

Hart’s a goner. Just a matter of whether it’s now for something in return, or gone to free agency next summer. Love his hustle, but he’s out of position and on record on twitter as not being a fan of Oregon weather.

Yeah heard he had a pad in Miami.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Hart’s a goner. Just a matter of whether it’s now for something in return, or gone to free agency next summer. Love his hustle, but he’s out of position and on record on twitter as not being a fan of Oregon weather.

What he say about our weather ?

 

[PCmor7]

Maybe we will make an incredibly stupid trade a week before the deadline.

I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile, stupid gesture be done on somebody's part, and Joe Cronin's just the somebody to do it.

 

[PCmor7]

Honestly, I don't think the Blazers will make a big move. I kind of expect some small, lateral move that doesn't really do anything except rile people up if it involves Hart or Nas.

 

[KingSpeed]

I think at least 3 players are moved and not all for players coming back...I think a bottom feeder will be moved 2nd rd picks for cap space and Hart and Nurk might have new homes....G Brown might get moved for roster spots and wiggle room. If they swing for the fences they'll move Ant and Nurk but they probably won't do that. Ant will bring back the best player in a trade if only for his scoring ability. Ant is an Orlando native and his family is there ...he'd own that town as the pt guard ...if we could move Ant there I'm sure he'd love it. Nurk has a house in Miami...he would love to play for th Heat

Orlando is happy with Fultz. They also have Suggs and Anthony.

 

[THE HCP]