What to do at SF (post-TPE)

[Reep]

A starting point for discussion:

https://www.blazersedge.com/2018/7/...harkless-turner-trent-damian-lillard-mccollum

 

[Chris Craig]

Harkless
Turner
Trent
Layman

 

[Chris Craig]

We will also see some Aminu at the 3

 

[illmatic99]

ugh. Three years since Batum was traded and we still haven't found a viable replacement. Harkless is good for about 15 games a season-- he fools everyone into thinking he's gonna be the permanent fixture at SF only to fizzle out. I don't believe in him anymore.

ET is trash and doesn't fit with Dame/CJ.

Trent is a 19 yr old second rounder.

What a shit roster.

 

[hoopsjock]

Demarre Carroll is still probably attainable. He's a solid vet with some playoff experience.

 

[Reep]

We will also see some Aminu at the 3

If Harkless doesn't come out strong, I hope they make that call. PER:OppPER for players that logged minutes at SF:

cj PER 29:6
Aminu 16:2 (14:18 at PF)
Harkless 15:15
ET 11:13 (21:12 at SG)

Outside of three guard lineups (cj), I would like:

1) Aminu (I still like him better at SF, and Collins sliding to his slot at PF)
2) Harkless (could move to #1 if he can light a fire under his effort)
3) Trent/Layman, whoever can actually hit the open shots when in; Stauskus maybe in a pseudo three guard lineup.

 

[riverman]

Mo, ET, Jake, Nik, Trent jr... 5 guys who can play the 3

 

[Reep]

Mo, ET, Jake, Nik, Trent jr... 4 guys who can play the 3

Except three of those are really guards and one of those three should never be playing SF (ET) according to the stats.

 

[hoopsjock]

We will also see some Aminu at the 3

If Harkless doesn't come out strong, I hope they make that call. PER:OppPER for players that logged minutes at SF:

cj PER 29:6
Aminu 16:2 (14:18 at PF)
Harkless 15:15
ET 11:13 (21:12 at SG)

Outside of three guard lineups (cj), I would like:

1) Aminu (I still like him better at SF, and Collins sliding to his slot at PF)
2) Harkless (could move to #1 if he can light a fire under his effort)
3) Trent/Layman, whoever can actually hit the open shots when in; Stauskus maybe in a pseudo three guard lineup.

The problem with playing Aminu at the 3 is that we are already paper thin up front. We almost have to have him play the 4.

 

[Reep]

The problem with playing Aminu at the 3 is that we are already paper thin up front. We almost have to have him play the 4.

If we were 100% healthy then we could get by with it. But how often does that happen. I would still start Aminu at SF and then when the contracts are cleared, try to trade whichever guard I didn't want for a backup 4/5.

 

[Natebishop3]

Aminu is still our best small forward. We need an actual power forward. If Zach can fill that role, so be it, but Aminu should be the starting small forward.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Positionless basketball, baby.

 

[Scalma]

Demarre Carroll is still probably attainable. He's a solid vet with some playoff experience.

Don’t see how that trade would look like.

The guy we should be going after on Brooklyn is LeVert. He’s not starting and could probably be had for our pick next year. We can absorb him with Vonlehs TPE

 

[Propagandist]

Except three of those are really guards and one of those three should never be playing (ET) according to the stats.

FIFY.

 

[hoopsjock]

Don’t see how that trade would look like.

The guy we should be going after on Brooklyn is LeVert. He’s not starting and could probably be had for our pick next year. We can absorb him with Vonlehs TPE

How about Turner and a 1st for Carroll and LeVert?

 

[Scalma]

How about Turner and a 1st for Carroll and LeVert?

Where do I sign up

 

[hoopsjock]

Where do I sign up

Yeah, too good to actually happen.

Clear salary for next year.

Dump Turner.

Pick up two solid wings.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Wow..just took a peek at what and who we have on the roster at this point. Looks like we are aiming to get some big time production from our youth. Is it just me of are they setting the table for a mid season trade flurry?

 

[Chris Craig]

The problem with playing Aminu at the 3 is that we are already paper thin up front. We almost have to have him play the 4.

He will play a majority of his minutes at the 4. There will be a lineup Stotts uses during a game here and there where ge will use Aminu at the 3 with Collins and Nurk at the 4 and 5

 

[oldmangrouch]

Harkless can't seem to get his act together, and Turner/Stauskas haven't shown they can play the position.

Trent isn't ready and I have very little faith in Layman - but if the position is going to be a liability it makes more sense to go young. OTOH, you could go with Aminu and throw Collins into the fire at the 4. Either way, the team will suffer through serious growing pains. This is the cost of drafting "prospects" instead of basketball players.


This may be Olshey's biggest off-season failure.

 

[Sarni]

Demarre Carroll is still probably attainable. He's a solid vet with some playoff experience.

Not sure about that, especially for us. Nets want their cap space next year and Carroll is expiring which helps that as he’s $15.4million this season. If we traded for him we would need to send equivalent of that back and we cannot do this in expiring contracts (maybe some combination of Aminu + 2-3 young players but it makes zero sense).

 

[blue9]

How about Turner and a 1st for Carroll and LeVert?

I dunno who LaVert is, but I'm not trading a lotto pick for Carroll. Maybe we get lucky (or unlucky as some might view it) and it's NOT a lotto pick, but at this point I'm viewing our pick as a high-potential lotto pick and will value it as such.

 

[Scalma]

I dunno who LaVert is, but I'm not trading a lotto pick for Carroll. Maybe we get lucky (or unlucky as some might view it) and it's NOT a lotto pick, but at this point I'm viewing our pick as a high-potential lotto pick and will value it as such.

Then put protections on that bitch.

 

[TBpup]

Demarre Carroll is still probably attainable. He's a solid vet with some playoff experience.

Olshey said he was going to get players with Playoff experience so you'd think someone like Carroll might at least be a possibility....but instead, Steak Sauce and Curry......a big whopping ZERO!

 

[hoopsjock]

I dunno who LaVert is, but I'm not trading a lotto pick for Carroll. Maybe we get lucky (or unlucky as some might view it) and it's NOT a lotto pick, but at this point I'm viewing our pick as a high-potential lotto pick and will value it as such.

No offense, but if you don't know 1 of the 3 players in the trade is it really a good idea to comment about the trade?

The 1st is in there because of the extra year on Turner's contract, not because I think Carroll is worth a 1st.

 

[hoopsjock]

Olshey said he was going to get players with Playoff experience so you'd think someone like Carroll might at least be a possibility....but instead, Steak Sauce and Curry......a big whopping ZERO!

Considering Brooklyn loves ex-Blazers and draft picks right now we should've dumped salary on them with a 1st to get Lin and Carroll. Something like our 24th pick, Leonard, and Turner for those two.

 

[PDXFonz]

We’ve gone to pining over Kawhi to ‘oh hell yeah Demare Carroll.’

Yup, this is what being a Blazer fan feels like.

Oh wait no Demare Carroll? Olshey spent it all on Valet Parking?

Ohhhh thiiiiis is what being a Blazer fan feels like!

 

[jlprk]

By the end of the season, Nik Stauskas will be the starting SF. Book it.

 

[oldmangrouch]

By the end of the season, Nik Stauskas will be the starting SF. Book it.

Congrats - you have rendered me speechless.

 

[e_blazer]

By the end of the season, Nik Stauskas will be the starting SF. Book it.

So, what lottery pick do you foresee us getting?