Rumor Trade Deadline: March 25, 12:00 p.m. Pacific

[Titan]

So far I like the Bulls move and also Magic finally realizing it's time to rebuild.

 

[Mr. Robot]

lauri is due to extension, theyre not keeping him

also, hes injury prone, doesnt play defense and is inconsistent offensively

one can see why there are rumours about bulls willing to deal him

 

[GDiama]

Now the Bulls have more All Stars than we do!

 

[Cugel]

Good for chief too. Orlando is a swamp, the team that is...he he he

 

[illmatic99]

Nurk's bonus was included in that $600,000 number. It's impossible for him to earn it now so the Blazers have that money.

ah that makes sense. OK so we don't need to do some ancillary stuff to get into the buyout market then

 

[wizenheimer]

So far I like the Bulls move and also Magic finally realizing it's time to rebuild.

they will have been in the lottery in 7 of the last 9 years. If they are just realizing it now they are slow learners

 

[blazerkor]

If Neil doesn't want to resign GTJ or/and Zach, he needs to trade them TODAY

Seriously, if Gary walks for nothing, I'm going to be pissed. We don't have a championship team this season, so Gary isn't staying around to get us over the hump. So I don't care if it's a low first rounder and a an undrafted rookie free agent. We have to keep Gary or get something for him and there is no keeping Gary, CJ and Dame... that just won't make sense. But hey maybe having super small players at the 1, 2 and 3 is a great idea.

 

[LayneStaley]

Now the Bulls have more All Stars than we do!

I was about to type this, pretty sad. Let’s go Neil earn your money and stop relying on Dame heroics just to be average every season.

 

[Cugel]

Look the Blazers will never have two current all stars. Not with the bad decisions made by Neil. You can't recover from that summer of 16. Huge cash for nards, turner, and moe. Those guys are literally not in the league presently. Ok moe keeps a warm seat but the others are correct. Oh I forgot crabbe, who knows where he is. Great Great job neil.

 

[Titan]

they will have been in the lottery in 7 of the last 9 years. If they are just realizing it now they are slow learners

they are, but at least they figured it out.

 

[illmatic99]

Hood + Collins + Trent for Gordon brings our tax space now to about 800 k under. I would do it.

Then a future second to get rid of Giles for someone making less.

Then bring on Porter.

 

[Cugel]

In contrast look at who the the lakers dealt to get lebron and AD and a ring. They knew talent but dealt it for more accordingly.

 

[RR7]

 

[B-Roy]

If Boston uses the TPE on Fournier it serious hurts their ability to get Gordon

 

[Cugel]

Neil is low tier GM.

 

[RR7]

 

[blazerkor]

and 13+ million in contracts of some kind.

 

[RR7]

and 13+ million in contracts of some kind.

They have a 25ish million dollar tpe.

 

[e_blazer]

Atlanta and Boston must be feeling pressure. Suddenly, facing the Bulls in a play-in sounds pretty intimidating.

 

[GDiama]

and 13+ million in contracts of some kind.

maybe, but they don't need to.

 

[wizenheimer]

Hood + Collins + Trent for Gordon brings our tax space now to about 800 k under. I would do it.

Then a future second to get rid of Giles for someone making less.

Then bring on Porter.

again, Portland has to deal with the minimum roster requirements; they are at the minimum of 14 already (although a team can drop to 13 for two weeks)

so, they'd have to sign a player before that trade. Maybe a 10-day contract would work, for a little while. But eventually, they'd have to sign two players for the rest of the season

so you have to do the pro-rated minimum contract math on veterans (a percentage of 1.61M) or non- veterans (a percentage of 900K). If it's Trent part of the deal, Portland might be able to sign a vet and non-vet, depending on how late they can sign each player. If it was Simons in the trade instead of Trent, Portland would gain a shade under 600K more margin, and that actually allows quite a bit more flexibility

 

[LayneStaley]

So it’s down to Denver and us for Gordon? You can’t get beat by the team ur fighting for playoff position with Neil.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Wow how did Boston get Fournier for only two 2nd round picks?

 

[B-Roy]

and 13+ million in contracts of some kind.

Boston has a huge TPE

 

[Mr. Robot]

Wow how did Boston get Fournier for only two 2nd round picks?

expiring and ufa

 

[blazerkor]

Wow how did Boston get Fournier for only two 2nd round picks?

Orlando is in full blowup mode

 

[TBpup]

The restrictions on the 2nd 1st round pick included in the RoCo deal are not helpding the Blazers.

 

[brooklynballer]

and 13+ million in contracts of some kind.

I think Bos can absorb Fournier’s contract into their $28M (Hayward) trade exception without sending anything else back. But we’ll see if this deal goes through as reported.

 

[blazerkor]

Boston has a huge TPE

Yeah, I didn't know that.

 

[wizenheimer]

They have a 25ish million dollar tpe.

28.5M