Trading our pick at #6

[oldmangrouch]

No thanks!
He's trending in the wrong direction.
He's 4 years older than Jerami Grant and has a worse true shooting % than Grant.
You were kidding, right?

Klay today: 32 pts on 20 shots. Not too shabby! I think you reverse jinxed him.

 

[blazerfan11]

Klay today: 32 pts on 20 shots. Not too shabby! I think you reverse jinxed him.

I'm good at that.

 

[wizenheimer]

I have a feeling that literally nobody on this board would support trading the #6 and a re-signed Nurk for Rudy Gobert - but if you're going to start a backcourt of Dame and Anfernee it sure would help to have the best defensive center in the league behind them.

Portland had the 8th rated defense in 2017-18 with Dame and CJ as the starting back court. The Blazers don't need to pay Gobert 43M/year to solve defensive issues. They just need to NOT build the defensively deficient rosters around Dame/Simons that olshey kept trying to reboot, over and over

the Blazer situation is not as hopeless as you keep making it out to be

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Portland had the 8th rated defense in 2017-18 with Dame and CJ as the starting back court. The Blazers don't need to pay Gobert 43M/year to solve defensive issues. They just need to NOT build the defensively deficient rosters around Dame/Simons that olshey kept trying to reboot, over and over

the Blazer situation is not as hopeless as you keep making it out to be

How much of that "8th rated defense" was a side effect of playing at a glacial pace? It was incredibly conservative, and may I remind you that we ditched that coach for one with a completely different coaching philosophy.
Also, if we're going to trash Olshey (I have no objection) - who built the team that had that 8th-ranked defense?

There are good reasons to be opposed to getting Gobert, but convincing yourself that a team with a Dame-Ant backcourt doesn't need fucking amazing defenders elsewhere is not one of them.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Portland had the 8th rated defense in 2017-18 with Dame and CJ as the starting back court. The Blazers don't need to pay Gobert 43M/year to solve defensive issues. They just need to NOT build the defensively deficient rosters around Dame/Simons that olshey kept trying to reboot, over and over

the Blazer situation is not as hopeless as you keep making it out to be

Is that the Pelicans sweep year? Did someone get injured….what happened?

 

[wizenheimer]

Is that the Pelicans sweep year? Did someone get injured….what happened?

same thing that happened 6 straight times in 6 straight playoffs: the opponent sold out their defense to stop Dame and Portland didn't have the talent to punish the opponent for that strategy. That series was just the 4th in the string

 

[wizenheimer]

How much of that "8th rated defense" was a side effect of playing at a glacial pace? .

none of it since defensive rating is about points/possession, not points/game