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Raptor fans….

This Siakam/OG stuff is worse than last year when Detroit fans convinced themselves Grant was worth the Sharpe pick.

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I guess I should have added that I think Taylor Hendricks could be the steal of the draft in the same regard Dame was the steal of his draft. Dame I believe only had one D1 offer. He worked his ass off and climbed the player rankings board. Hendricks is doing the same. He wasn't even in the top 50 of his draft class and now is top 10. He is long, shoots great, rebounds and can defend. But he works, a lot. At this point he won't be in the mix at 3. I think he can be had at 5, hence trade with Houston and keep Dame. Getting 6, 11 from Orlando is ideal also. At six Hendricks would be my target and really the only other player in the top 10 that intrigues me.
 
BIG Q said:
Just a couple of thoughts;

So much talk of Dame and Cronin talking all of the time, presumably about potential trades. Is Cronin talking to Dame about the offers he is getting FOR Dame? Would be interesting.

Personally, I do not think Portland will draft Scoot if he is there at 3 AND they plan for Dame staying in Portland. I believe they can easily trade down with Houston or Orlando for their pick(s) and additional capital and do quite well.
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Scoot is a very different guard compared to Simons or McCollum. Scoot can pass the ball at a high level. Scoot also pushes the ball down the court. Simons and McCollum didn’t/don’t do that. Scoot will make Sharpe a better player than if he’s playing with Lillard or Simons because of those two traits.
 
I'm not against Scoot at all. If we keep 3 I am all in on he or Miller there. My post above was if we keep Dame and Scoot is available. I don't think Joe has the marbles to draft Dame's replacement with Dame still on the team. I could be wrong. It would certainly be a great conversation here on S2.
 
Strenuus said:
So he's a huge question mark so we send out our best player ever for a question mark.

Pass.
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No, you send out your best player for Ingram. You take a chance on Zion because we can afford to do that.
 
PCmor7 said:
Win what now? Is the goal to win a championship, the conference, or just more than they lose? The Blazers need to come up with a clearly defined goal and a plan to achieve it.

Partially with that in mind, I don't think the "OG or even Siakam for #3 + change " is obviously the right move to win now. It's taking a step toward an immediately better record. However, I, personally, don't think that's what Dame wants and I hope it's not what the organization wants because we've seen a number of these quick fixes do nothing but jack up a decaying roster in the short terms but leading to a more precipitous fall not long after (Powell, RoCo, Nance). Anunoby, IMO, is almost that exact same kind of move. Siakam and filler for 3 and filler? Maybe I could be sold on that.

However, if the Raptors wanted all kinds of other stuff with 7 just for OG last year, I can't imagine they're going to be very cooperative in dealing either Siakam or OG for 3.

Anyway, it boils down to this: Teams win because they have talent. Then there's fit/chemistry and then there's coaching. Talent will always, always give a team a big head start if it has aspirations of contending.

One would hope Dame would realize that his preference might also require someone to make chicken salad out of chicken ####, that he'd see the results of largely meh moves the past couple of years, look at himself and know that he's likely got several years of tread in his tires and say "If we can't get a slam dunk of a trade for the 3, give me the best player we can draft and let's work for a 2-3 year window toward getting this done the right way, the smart way instead of the desperate way of throwing darts at the wall." Understand that pressuring the team to make some kind of move with the 3 for an established player hasn't made it easier for the team to give you what you want, too, and it actually might push you farther from your target.

Hopefully, Dame understands that. It's common sense, and, while I don't know him personally, he generally comes off as pretty sensible. However, if he's saying he's been patient with the Blazers making him a winner in Portland (a goal one would think the organization itself shares purely for itself) and he wants to see results NOW because Olshey's moves didn't work, I think he's being unreasonable and going to ultimately be disappointed in a number of ways.
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I think, based on what Damian has said, he wants to be on a team that isn’t fighting for its life to make the playoffs.

And it certainly does sound like he wants players that can immediately help towards that goal.

My post was made with that in mind. If I’m wrong about Dame’s hopes, so be it, but he made it pretty clear he wants to at least be in the playoffs.

I’m not in favor of those trades by the way, and I certainly hope the Blazers aren’t either, but that’s why I say it’s tricky. If Dame “wants to make the playoffs as soon as possible” then Siakam and OG are, imo, much more likely to help attain that goal than whoever we draft at 3. But like I said, to me that’s the Blazers getting “fleeced”.

The rest of what you said I agree with, but I’d still caution that what is a slam dunk of a trade to Dame? Is it Siakam?

To me, that’s not even close to a slam dunk of a trade.

You said you’d consider it.

So, I ask…

What if Dame thinks Siakam is a “slam dunk” of a trade and the Blazers don’t?

How will he feel if he knows we could’ve had Siakam but chose to draft at 3 instead?
 
Strenuus said:
Just because they're attainable doesnt mean you should get them. Sometimes the best trade is to not trade at all.
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I’ve been very vocal that I’m against trading this pick unless it’s Giannis/Embiid/some sort of other overwhelming offer.

I was just saying OG is pretty clearly available so I think that excites some people.
 
BIG Q said:
I'm not against Scoot at all. If we keep 3 I am all in on he or Miller there. My post above was if we keep Dame and Scoot is available. I don't think Joe has the marbles to draft Dame's replacement with Dame still on the team. I could be wrong. It would certainly be a great conversation here on S2.
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How is Scoot Dame’s replacement? Scoot would be a far better backcourt mate than CJ or Simons. Scoot does a lot what Dame doesn’t do and vice-versa.
I don’t understand this kind of thinking. Was Donovan Mitchell Darius Garland’s replacement?
 
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Predator said:
“This works in trade checker..

TOR: Sharpe + Nurkic + Little + K.Johnson + 3# overall pick

POR: Siakam

TOR
PG- Barnes
SG- Sharpe
SF- Miller (3#)
PF - OG
C - Poeltl

Bench - C. Wallace (13#), Nurkic, Boucher, O.Potter, Little

Would we do it? Would they?”

L O L
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"Would we (Toronto) do that?" Lmaaaao.
 
Predator said:
I’ve been very vocal that I’m against trading this pick unless it’s Giannis/Embiid/some sort of other overwhelming offer.

I was just saying OG is pretty clearly available so I think that excites some people.
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It should excite no one.
 
Strenuus said:
Man we get fleeced either way lmao.
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And that may be true. I just don't see seasons 12 and 13 being any different from a Lillard led team. Change can be good, but sometimes it can be essential.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
This made me sad

"Why on earth did they trade josh hart?!? He’s the perfect 3 and d “Danny green type” to compliment lillard.

Lillard - hart - grant - nurkic — you could argue that team is a pascal trade away from contending."
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We aren’t winning anything with Nurk, I’m so tired of his inconsistency. He kills our flow and morale with all his flailing missed layup attempts.
 
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WesleyMatthews said:
This made me sad

"Why on earth did they trade josh hart?!? He’s the perfect 3 and d “Danny green type” to compliment lillard.

Lillard - hart - grant - nurkic — you could argue that team is a pascal trade away from contending."
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Nurk has averaged 50 games a year over the last 3 years (includes playoffs). How is he ever going to make it to the championship round?? :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
 
Predator said:
“This works in trade checker..

TOR: Sharpe + Nurkic + Little + K.Johnson + 3# overall pick

POR: Siakam

TOR
PG- Barnes
SG- Sharpe
SF- Miller (3#)
PF - OG
C - Poeltl

Bench - C. Wallace (13#), Nurkic, Boucher, O.Potter, Little

Would we do it? Would they?”

L O L
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Well, Toronto is the team that gave their top-6 protected 2024 pick for a player with an expiring contract (Poeltl). They seem to be going down the road that Chicago did and expect other teams to be just as dumb.
 
Predator said:
“This works in trade checker..

TOR: Sharpe + Nurkic + Little + K.Johnson + 3# overall pick

POR: Siakam

TOR
PG- Barnes
SG- Sharpe
SF- Miller (3#)
PF - OG
C - Poeltl

Bench - C. Wallace (13#), Nurkic, Boucher, O.Potter, Little

Would we do it? Would they?”

L O L
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whoever came up with that trade must think that Siakim is Michael Jordan.
 
lamlor said:
And that may be true. I just don't see seasons 12 and 13 being any different from a Lillard led team. Change can be good, but sometimes it can be essential.
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There's no doubt change needs to be made, but Ingram is not the answer especially when that'd be an awful return for dame lol.

Beyond the fact that Nola would never do it since there's 10 years of anecdotal evidence showing he and CJ don't get you a championship.
 
lamlor said:
Nurk has averaged 50 games a year over the last 3 years (includes playoffs). How is he ever going to make it to the championship round?? :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
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I'm honestly shocked he's actually played 50 games at all in the last 3 years.
 
illmatic99 said:
Is this a team that can make noise in the playoffs?

Dame
Sharpe
Bridges
Grant
Claxton

Would need to absolutely go in on the right MLE FA and the 23rd pick contributes somewhat, and think we'd be decent.
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That team is much better defensively. Offensively should still be elite, probably top 5. With a good bench, I don't see why they can't be a contender.
 
LayneStaley said:
We aren’t winning anything with Nurk, I’m so tired of his inconsistency. He kills our flow and morale with all his flailing missed layup attempts.
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Fair enough, but we traded Hart who makes a ton of sense in many scenarios of trying to contend in the next few years with Dame.

Hart doesn't make sense if we're rebuilding.
 
Question;

What are thoughts on Dame trade value in regard to the potential drafting of Scoot prior/after the draft? I'm thinking Dame has more value before we draft Scoot. Once we have an additional PG on the roster, does Dame's value lessen because of the perceived need to move Dame?
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Fair enough, but we traded Hart who makes a ton of sense in many scenarios of trying to contend in the next few years with Dame.

Hart doesn't make sense if we're rebuilding.
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Hart didn't make sense in ANY scenario because he wasn't resigning with us. Us trading him had absolutely nothing to do with his fit in either direction we were headed and everything to do with wanting to get something for a player we were 100% losing...
 
Predator said:
“This works in trade checker..

TOR: Sharpe + Nurkic + Little + K.Johnson + 3# overall pick

POR: Siakam

TOR
PG- Barnes
SG- Sharpe
SF- Miller (3#)
PF - OG
C - Poeltl

Bench - C. Wallace (13#), Nurkic, Boucher, O.Potter, Little

Would we do it? Would they?”

L O L
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This is disgusting. Hardest of passes.
 
BIG Q said:
Question;

What are thoughts on Dame trade value in regard to the potential drafting of Scoot prior/after the draft? I'm thinking Dame has more value before we draft Scoot. Once we have an additional PG on the roster, does Dame's value lessen because of the perceived need to move Dame?
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There are going to be plenty of teams wanting Dame. Any team trying to leverage "but you drafted Scoot" is going to get one-upped by the others. I'm not concerned about that affecting his value in the least...
 
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