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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:
Okay, let me ask you a question then. What are the Lakers gonna do?

LeBron is 40.
AD is 31.

They won 47 games last year, which was 8th in the west. How do they improve that team? The window might already be closed for them. How many more years can LeBron play at a high level? And who else is out there? What other borderline All-Star level players are on the market? Yes, it's an overpay. They don't have a choice. They have to overpay for someone because their team isn't good enough to win a title right now.

The Nets just got 5 first rounders and swaps for Bridges. Obviously Grant isn't anywhere near as good as Bridges, but we just sent 2 first rounders to the Wizards AND Brogdon for Avdija. So is it so outrageous that Grant could be worth two firsts and Dalton Knecht, plus filler?
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Lakers will surely try to trade a pick to win now. But I highly doubt they consider any idea like unload 3 picks for Grant - theres many teams in the league that would give them a better player(s).

The thing that could block the Lakers from trading any picks is if they don't think the resulting team will contend. Then it makes more sense to just run it back and see how the year is going, possibly make a move during the season or even pivot to trading Davis away and rebuilding.
 
Chris Craig said:
The rights to Knecht would likely be included in an actual deal. Lakers send out Rui, Knecht, Vincent, and maybe a future first for Grant, Reath, and the rights to Bronny.
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I think we'd likely flip Rui and Vincent depending on what other trades we would make and who we take at 34. I really think there are good players left in this draft so I don't think pick 34 will be a two way.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Okay, let me ask you a question then. What are the Lakers gonna do?

LeBron is 40.
AD is 31.

They won 47 games last year, which was 8th in the west. How do they improve that team? The window might already be closed for them. How many more years can LeBron play at a high level? And who else is out there? What other borderline All-Star level players are on the market? Yes, it's an overpay. They don't have a choice. They have to overpay for someone because their team isn't good enough to win a title right now.

The Nets just got 5 first rounders and swaps for Bridges. Obviously Grant isn't anywhere near as good as Bridges, but we just sent 2 first rounders to the Wizards AND Brogdon for Avdija. So is it so outrageous that Grant could be worth two firsts and Dalton Knecht, plus filler?
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Maybe us also including last year's #23 pick would be more balanced though...? :D

Still prefer to try to deal him to Indy for Jarace Walker, if a deal there can be made.
 
blazerkor said:
I think we'd likely flip Rui and Vincent depending on what other trades we would make and who we take at 34. I really think there are good players left in this draft so I don't think pick 34 will be a two way.
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I think if we were drafting Bronny for LA it would be with 40.
 
blazerkor said:
I left out two more you knows because they were super quick and under his breath. Yeah those are his filler words. He ums a little too but again those aren't usually part of a quote.
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He thought "you know" three other times during that answer, too.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Lakers will surely try to trade a pick to win now. But I highly doubt they consider any idea like unload 3 picks for Grant - theres many teams in the league that would give them a better player(s).

The thing that could block the Lakers from trading any picks is if they don't think the resulting team will contend. Then it makes more sense to just run it back and see how the year is going, possibly make a move during the season or even pivot to trading Davis away and rebuilding.
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That's fine. I'd want at least 2 picks from them.
 
I wonder how Avdija would feel about a reunion with Hachimura?
 
Natebishop3 said:
Okay, let me ask you a question then. What are the Lakers gonna do?

LeBron is 40.
AD is 31.

They won 47 games last year, which was 8th in the west. How do they improve that team? The window might already be closed for them. How many more years can LeBron play at a high level? And who else is out there? What other borderline All-Star level players are on the market? Yes, it's an overpay. They don't have a choice. They have to overpay for someone because their team isn't good enough to win a title right now.

The Nets just got 5 first rounders and swaps for Bridges. Obviously Grant isn't anywhere near as good as Bridges, but we just sent 2 first rounders to the Wizards AND Brogdon for Avdija. So is it so outrageous that Grant could be worth two firsts and Dalton Knecht, plus filler?
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While it would make sense to not trade future firsts being as close as they are to having to rebuild after Lebron retires, there will always be someone willing to be the next star in LA. They can do a lot of rebuilding through FA.
 
Chris Craig said:
While it would make sense to not trade future firsts being as close as they are to having to rebuild after Lebron retires, there will always be someone willing to be the next star in LA. They can do a lot of rebuilding through FA.
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Sure, but the window to try to get one more with LeBron is just about shut.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Okay, let me ask you a question then. What are the Lakers gonna do?

LeBron is 40.
AD is 31.

They won 47 games last year, which was 8th in the west. How do they improve that team? The window might already be closed for them. How many more years can LeBron play at a high level? And who else is out there? What other borderline All-Star level players are on the market? Yes, it's an overpay. They don't have a choice. They have to overpay for someone because their team isn't good enough to win a title right now.

The Nets just got 5 first rounders and swaps for Bridges. Obviously Grant isn't anywhere near as good as Bridges, but we just sent 2 first rounders to the Wizards AND Brogdon for Avdija. So is it so outrageous that Grant could be worth two firsts and Dalton Knecht, plus filler?
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Oh, I absolutely think Grant is on their preferred list of targets, but I don't think three first rounders + Rui are on the table. I'm sure there are many knowledgeable NBA fans that might even prefer Rui (on his contract) vs. Grant (on his) point blank. If the Lakers happened to offer Rui+filler and the '29 pick, it wouldn't shock if the Blazers went ahead and accepted that deal immediately.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Sure, but the window to try to get one more with LeBron is just about shut.
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Yep, they will finish closing that window, trying to get another trophy, which won't happen, Lebron will retire, and they will lure another star player to take over.

Not that I think they will trade us all those picks. They will trade us a 2029 and Knecht maybe.
 
Chris Craig said:
Yep, they will finish closing that window, trying to get another trophy, which won't happen, Lebron will retire, and they will lure another star player to take over.
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If this flip to the next star is so easy for the Lakers - why did they have 6 years of losing seasons between Kobe and LeBron?
 
Just saw GSW have all of their picks, except 2030 goes to WSH if its 20-30. They could trade the 1-19 component of it which is 98% of that value anyways.

So that is effectively basically all of their picks eligible to be traded. They have CP3 contract that needs to be traded in a few days or cut. They are rumored to be chasing Paul George.

Could they also be a Grant destination?

What about Simons - maybe in a 3 way deal? Could the Clippers or another team want him?

I'd love to get some of those GSW picks unprotected especially in a few years when Steph is older.
 
interesting stuff from the Mav's via this video :



Dal and Grant part starts around the 1:45 mark and ends about 6:15 mark but i will sum it up for those who do not want to view the vid -- one more thing is this info was day of draft and of course this in X ( twitter ) stuff so take it as for what it is

-- Mavs made an offer but the Blazers were not happy with it
-- Nico Harrison think Grant is the missing piece for the Mavs

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Ripcity4life77 said:
-- Mavs made an offer but the Blazers were not happy with it
-- Nico Harrison think Grant is the missing piece for the Mavs

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I mean, great that they want Grant, but what do they have to give that's worth taking for him? They're already a 2nd-apron team in 24-25, so they can't even aggregate salaries. Maybe today they could match with Kleber/TH3, but who wants that?
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I mean, great that they want Grant, but what do they have to give that's worth taking for him? They're already a 2nd-apron team in 24-25, so they can't even aggregate salaries. Maybe today they could match with Kleber/TH3, but who wants that?
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Fuck the Mavs
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Well, I guess you could have that added to the trade as well, but it doesn't sound appealing to me.
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Lol

I don't care to help them win another championship.
 
One thing I did not mention is Hardaway prolly would not be coming to Portland ( if a Mavs deal ) and after the Grant part there was a rumor of Hardaway to Det for Grimes at least that was a rumor again take that for what it's worth.
 
Gotta unload Simons and Grant. I just don’t know if it will go down.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I would be shocked if Timelord is traded this summer... makes much more sense for the Blazers asset return and team being willing to send value out to first see him play some healthy games with the Blazers.
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Not so sure about that. If you play him to prove he is healthy, it’s increasingly likely that he will show his true colors and get injured once again.

Take what you can while you can
 
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