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How many trades will the Blazer make on or before Draft night(s)?

  • 0

    Votes: 13 29.5%

  • 1

    Votes: 15 34.1%

  • 2

    Votes: 11 25.0%

  • 3

    Votes: 5 11.4%
  • Total voters
    44
Natebishop3 said:
I just really think this is the summer to go deep rebuild and trade Grant/Simons/Brogdon.

I'm fine keeping Thybulle as a locker room vet. I'm not sure what value Williams has. If someone wants him and they're offering a pick, take it, but I'm fine keeping him.
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Agreed. You don't want tendencies from players like Grant and Simons rubbing off on the young guys. You do want tendencies from players like Thybulle rubbing off on them.
 
B-Roy said:
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According to the Blazers DJ spin master, Jerami's legs turn to mush after 60 games. If you watched his 2 years in Portland, Grant's mobility takes a nosedive by February. Jerami had an outstanding season until he couldn't ball anymore. How are playoff teams supposed to put value on Grant ?? I don't think anything is faked. But the Blazers cheat, so it's hard to see through the fog of ping pong percentages.
 
Cugel said:
Dallas has nothing for POR. They ain’t giving up Lively in a Grant trade that’s for sure.
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Yeah, we need to trade him for a good pick and a young player or players. I don't see that from Dallas. Just another team trying to get something for nothing.
 
There has got to be a 3rd team involved in a Grant to Dal deal and I not sure there are many teams that would make a good team as that helper team. I am just not sold it can happen and I may not be a Grant fan for THIS team but he is worth more then scraps.
 
I would rather trade Grant to the Pels for Brandon Ingram than trade him to Dallas for Hardaway jr and scraps.
 
For Grant, I like the idea of sending him to a team that has cap space.

Either Detroit for #5 or Philly for #18 and a couple future picks. Philly has some enticing picks from LAC. Their 2028 unprotected pick could be worth a lot. I'd probably be happy with 18 and the 2028 unprotected pick for Grant. That clears a ton of money off our cap.

Simons to Orlando. Done deal. Send me #18/Black/WCJ.

Brogdon is harder to pick out. I wonder if Philly would do Grant/Brogdon for:

#16 this year
2026 unprotected Philly pick
2028 unprotected LAC pick

Would we do that? We clear $52 million off our books and we take back some interesting picks. No players though.
 
Natebishop3 said:
For Grant, I like the idea of sending him to a team that has cap space.

Either Detroit for #5 or Philly for #18 and a couple future picks. Philly has some enticing picks from LAC. Their 2028 unprotected pick could be worth a lot. I'd probably be happy with 18 and the 2028 unprotected pick for Grant. That clears a ton of money off our cap.

Simons to Orlando. Done deal. Send me #18/Black/WCJ.

Brogdon is harder to pick out. I wonder if Philly would do Grant/Brogdon for:

#16 this year
2026 unprotected Philly pick
2028 unprotected LAC pick

Would we do that? We clear $52 million off our books and we take back some interesting picks. No players though.
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If we did those trades Ant to Orland and Jerami and Malcolm to Philly and then managed to turn picks 18, 16 and 14 into pick 5 (Detroit only has one pick and a lot of needs). I'd be thrilled.

Adding Black, WCJ, Cody Williams and Salaun would be great for next season's roster and we'd have two unprotected picks. I probably like it too much so some might say it's too favorable for us but I think the other teams get a lot better and do so within the window that they've been building towards (Philly right now and Orlando in a couple of years).
 
blazerkor said:
If we did those trades Ant to Orland and Jerami and Malcolm to Philly and then managed to turn picks 18, 16 and 14 into pick 5 (Detroit only has one pick and a lot of needs). I'd be thrilled.

Adding Black, WCJ, Cody Williams and Salaun would be great for next season's roster and we'd have two unprotected picks. I probably like it too much so some might say it's too favorable for us but I think the other teams get a lot better and do so within the window that they've been building towards (Philly right now and Orlando in a couple of years).
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Main issue with the idea is that I think Philly is gonna try to make a big swing first, but they might eventually come around to absorbing Grant/Brogdon as a consolation. It would just be well after the draft.
 
Natebishop3 said:
For Grant, I like the idea of sending him to a team that has cap space.

Either Detroit for #5 or Philly for #18 and a couple future picks. Philly has some enticing picks from LAC. Their 2028 unprotected pick could be worth a lot. I'd probably be happy with 18 and the 2028 unprotected pick for Grant. That clears a ton of money off our cap.

Simons to Orlando. Done deal. Send me #18/Black/WCJ.

Brogdon is harder to pick out. I wonder if Philly would do Grant/Brogdon for:

#16 this year
2026 unprotected Philly pick
2028 unprotected LAC pick

Would we do that? We clear $52 million off our books and we take back some interesting picks. No players though.
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Philly traded Harden for those picks and has been planning the cap space for years. Thinking they'll use both on Grant is a total pipe dream.
 
blazerkor said:
If we did those trades Ant to Orland and Jerami and Malcolm to Philly and then managed to turn picks 18, 16 and 14 into pick 5 (Detroit only has one pick and a lot of needs). I'd be thrilled.

Adding Black, WCJ, Cody Williams and Salaun would be great for next season's roster and we'd have two unprotected picks. I probably like it too much so some might say it's too favorable for us but I think the other teams get a lot better and do so within the window that they've been building towards (Philly right now and Orlando in a couple of years).
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Sorry but this is one of the worse trades I’ve ever seen lol.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Philly traded Harden for those picks and has been planning the cap space for years. Thinking they'll use both on Grant is a total pipe dream.
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They don't have time. They can't dick around with Embiid. He's 30 now. He has two years left including this season, and then a player option season. If they burn another season, I think he demands a trade. This is their last chance to go all-in on Embiid. I'm sure they want to get a superstar to pair up with him, but who is out there?
 
Natebishop3 said:
They don't have time. They can't dick around with Embiid. He's 30 now. He has two years left including this season, and then a player option season. If they burn another season, I think he demands a trade. This is their last chance to go all-in on Embiid. I'm sure they want to get a superstar to pair up with him, but who is out there?
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I think they should go the reverse, send Embiid to OKC for 2 million picks and J. Williams and build around him and Maxey
 
RR7 said:
I think they should go the reverse, send Embiid to OKC for 2 million picks and J. Williams and build around him and Maxey
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... and OKC will play Chet at the 4? Why would OKC want Embiid, they need someone that space the floor for SGA, Embiid needs to be operating a lot in the post not just outside to really make him the problem he is, so you either clog the middle for SGA or minimize what Embiid can do, I just don't see why OKC do that. OKC need a big backup center, not a starting center that stands in the way of Chet and does not mesh with their existing star.
 
RR7 said:
I think they should go the reverse, send Embiid to OKC for 2 million picks and J. Williams and build around him and Maxey
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Oh for sure. I would have traded him probably last year. I don't see a path for them to add another star player next to him. It feels very much like they're in the same spot that we were in with Dame.
 
andalusian said:
... and OKC will play Chet at the 4? Why would OKC want Embiid, they need someone that space the floor for SGA, Embiid needs to be operating a lot in the post not just outside to really make him the problem he is, so you either clog the middle for SGA or minimize what Embiid can do, I just don't see why OKC do that. OKC need a big backup center, not a starting center that stands in the way of Chet and does not mesh with their existing star.
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OKC is rumored to be interested in Clingan.
 
andalusian said:
... and OKC will play Chet at the 4? Why would OKC want Embiid, they need someone that space the floor for SGA, Embiid needs to be operating a lot in the post not just outside to really make him the problem he is, so you either clog the middle for SGA or minimize what Embiid can do, I just don't see why OKC do that. OKC need a big backup center, not a starting center that stands in the way of Chet and does not mesh with their existing star.
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I actually think it would be great for both Embiid and Chet to be on the same team because neither of them should be logging tons of minutes. How scary would it be for opposing teams to see those two guys 25-30 minutes a night?
 
Here's the thing for Philly, who are they gonna go sign?

LeBron?
Paul George?
Klay Thompson?
OG?

Most of this free agent class is a bunch of role players, and the "stars" at the top are all getting old and have injury issues. But even if they DID sign PG13, I think they'd have enough cap space to absorb Grant.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I actually think it would be great for both Embiid and Chet to be on the same team because neither of them should be logging tons of minutes. How scary would it be for opposing teams to see those two guys 25-30 minutes a night?
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I mean, I'm sure there are other options, or better options. But yeah, I think they'd play really well together, and it would allow Chet to totally focus on just being that free safety type defender to float around the floor and wreak havoc.
I mean, everyone bitches about how short we have been, but I never see comments about how they trotted out a 6'5" PF
 
RR7 said:
I mean, I'm sure there are other options, or better options. But yeah, I think they'd play really well together, and it would allow Chet to totally focus on just being that free safety type defender to float around the floor and wreak havoc.
I mean, everyone bitches about how short we have been, but I never see comments about how they trotted out a 6'5" PF
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And OKC needs to start trading some of these picks. They're going to be in really deep shit here with roster spots.
 
cheesehoff said:
Just for conversations sake, who would they be interested in?
Grant would be a BIG upgrade over DJJ. Malcolm off the bench to steady the second unit? Ant off the bench for instant offense? RWIII doesn't make any sense.
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B-Roy said:
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Cugel said:
Dallas has nothing for POR. They ain’t giving up Lively in a Grant trade that’s for sure.
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Someone I trust told me it was Grant as well. But as other have stated, they don't make a good trade partner as they don't have good young players and the their future Draft capital isn't great. I would like a picks in 2025 and 2026, but those are likely to not be very good.

I agree with @Natebishop3 that a team with cap room and/or better Draft picks would be far more attractive.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I actually think it would be great for both Embiid and Chet to be on the same team because neither of them should be logging tons of minutes. How scary would it be for opposing teams to see those two guys 25-30 minutes a night?
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So you are paying 2 max salaries sooner or later (in 2 years for Chet) for 2 guys that can't share the court and one of them can not be optimized without getting in the way of SGA? Again, I just don't see it. Presti is too smart to go that way. Not seeing it, honestly. I am seeing OKC optimizing by getting a good backup center with size while banking on Chet becoming stronger in his 3rd (2nd) year, not by getting a center that will get in Chet's way.
 
Almost 60% of his shots came from 10 feet and further from the basket. How is that clogging the paint exactly?
 
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Natebishop3 said:
Oh for sure. I would have traded him probably last year. I don't see a path for them to add another star player next to him. It feels very much like they're in the same spot that we were in with Dame.
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Maxey is way better than anyone on the Blazers recently, probably better than LMA.

Philly dream is probably get George and LBJ to both take some less to fit under the cap. Most likely they won't get a star and they just sign 2-3 rotation guys with cap space then aim to package one with picks at the deadline. Who knows, we'll see - but I'm certain their solution isn't to ship all their assets as well as sign nobody just to acquire Grant. If anything that would make it more likely they have to trade away Embiid and then they'd be stuck in a worse spot than doing nothing right now.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Here's the thing for Philly, who are they gonna go sign?

LeBron?
Paul George?
Klay Thompson?
OG?

Most of this free agent class is a bunch of role players, and the "stars" at the top are all getting old and have injury issues. But even if they DID sign PG13, I think they'd have enough cap space to absorb Grant.
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I'd expect they strike out on stars and end up with 3-4 rotation guys Caleb Martin/Hartenstein/Bruce Brown/KCP/etc then try to package picks with some at the deadline. Also depends on Embiid health - if he gets hurt they just tank for a year.
 
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