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[Nate]

the blazers should take a look at trey lyles. this guy got a nice offensive game that can compliment nurkic. and he can play defense. i would do meyers plus memphis 1st round pick for trey. then in a seperate deal. i would trade crabbe, our and cavs 1st round pick and aminu for jimmy butler or paul george. then all of the sudden our team will be deadly.
dame/napier
cj/turner
butler or PG/harkless
lyles/vonleh
nurkic/davis
that team would seriously be built for great success

While we're at it, let's trade Meyers for Lebron.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

While we're at it, let's trade Meyers for Lebron.

We can't. We already traded him for Trey Lyles.

 

[BonesJones]

Why not Rose and pick, or maybe the right to swap picks? Rose is a big enough expiring contract to match Crabbe's and get us out of luxury tax hell. If we get a pick, or move up, it lets Neil save face and have something to show for matching BRK's offer sheet.

BNM

That would be a great trade for us. I don't think New York would be that stupid.

I had mentioned Washington in a different thread, but Boston is a good destination for aminu as well. If they're matching up with Cleveland, they can use crowder and aminu for 48 minutes on LeBron. They can match up well when Cleveland goes small.
As for return... I dunno. Zizic and a pick?

That'd be great.
Boston only has Brooklyn's this year, but they have 3 (I think) next year. Could use that pick in a package to move up.

 

[damianlillard]

if neil can trade meyers for trey lyles. i will build a statue for him

 

[H.C.]

Great delusion does not bring about great success.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Should still be banned. I don't ever want to see Melo wear Crimson and Black. Even on a salary dump.

lol, could be a 3-team trade, where Carmelo is rerouted.

 

[Sinobas]

Oh please oh please someone take Crabbe.

 

[Strenuus]

lol you changed my line up

No I didnt. If i ever edit anything, ill tell you in my response. So i dont know what youre talking about, honestly.

 

[gatorpops]

if neil can trade meyers for trey lyles. i will build a statue for him

Who? Meyers? You are scary!

 

[Strenuus]

Lmao. Right? Didnt we have a thread earlier that had crabbe as the central piece for butler... Its a joke. Chicago is stupid, but they arent fucking stupid.

 

[Trackjack]

I wouldn't mind getting hold of Lyles he be a up grade at power foward. But I don't think they would take Myers though.

 

[Mediocre Man]

if neil can trade meyers for trey lyles. i will build a statue for him

Not sure we could trade Meyers for Lyle Lovett?

 

[Sarni]

You won't trade Meyers for anyone of value. I'm just hoping someone will be willing to dump an equally crap contract on us in exchange for Meyers, and we somehow manage to turn that player into something useful. Even a deal like the one Bucks just did where they acquired Hawes and Hibbert for Plumlee would be tremendous value for us.

Players who make $8M - $11M but are not particularly good: Jon Leuer, Solomon Hill, Amir Johnson, Mirza Teletovic, Jared Dudley, Omer Asik, Kosta Koufos, Courtney Lee.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Don't be surprised if they add another inside big.
Jahlil Okafor in the Enes Kanter role makes sense.

Teams love Harkless, but so does Portland.
Nobody is untouchable.

Aminu attractive to playoff teams. Boston has inquired, among others.
Do whatever you have to do to turn Aminu into Ante Zizic.

Shopping Ezeli hard
Sure. For a late first rounder this year.

Crabbe drawing interest from Knicks and Toronto
The Knicks aren't trading their first-rounder. Willy Hernangomez would be my target.

 

[Sarni]

Zizic is a good idea. Maybe try to get Yabusele also.

 

[Sinobas]

Zizic is a good idea. Maybe try to get Yabusele also.

What about Xlubdobo?

 

[Blazers Roy]

This trade is brilliance imo

 

[TBpup]

Does Okafor fit next to Nurkic?

https://www.thestar.com/sports/rapt...baka-deal-sparks-nba-trade-deadline-buzz.html

Raptors

HAVE: League sources insist Toronto will not give away any more young assets such as Delon Wright, Jakob Poeltl, Lucas Nogueira, Pascal Siakam, Norm Powell or Fred VanVleet, but that doesn’t mean a package can’t be put together. They have the expiring contract of Jared Sullinger, another 2017 first-round draft pick and a glut of point guards they could put together.

NEED: The roster imbalance was addressed by the departure of wing Terrence Ross for Ibaka, but Toronto still could use an offensively creative big small forward. (Aminu is 'creative'. Any interest in their young players plus either of TOR or LAC 1st round picks which they own for 2017?)

Celtics

HAVE: Arguably the biggest chip in the trade game is Brooklyn’s 2017 first-round draft pick — it’d be No. 1 today — and the Celtics own it. Amir Johnson’s $12-million expiring contract might look good as well.

NEED: The Celtics have a good team verging on very good, but they lack a stud wing. If they can try to pry Jimmy Butler away from the Chicago Bulls, it’d be the game-changer in the conference. That’d be a tough signal for the Bulls to send their fans, though, and might be more likely in the summertime. (Portland doesn't have much that would help Boston)

Wizards

HAVE: Not an awful lot to offer because their starting five is solid, but the bench doesn’t have anybody that many teams would want. They’re more likely to do something relatively minor, if they do anything at all.

NEED: Williams from the Lakers as a scorer off the bench, even with his defensive deficiencies, would address a serious need, but the starters are sound and it’s hard to imagine breaking them up. (Not a lot to choose from coming back unless you like Porter or Oubre.)

 

[illmatic99]

Boston has:
- a swap with BKN in 2017
- BKN's unprotected BOS pick outright in 2018
- Their own pick in 2018
- LAC's lotto protected first round pick in 2019
- MEM's top 8 protected pick in 2019
- Their own pick in 2019

I'll take any of those for Aminu/Ed/Meyers/AC

 

[Sarni]

Boston has:
- a swap with BKN in 2017
- BKN's unprotected BOS pick outright in 2018
- Their own pick in 2018
- LAC's lotto protected first round pick in 2019
- MEM's top 8 protected pick in 2019
- Their own pick in 2019

I'll take any of those for Aminu/Ed/Meyers/AC

Obviously they won't give any of Brooklyn's picks for anybody we have but it'd be nice to get a future pick back for Meyers, Davis or Aminu. They will never in a million years take Crabbe.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Does Okafor fit next to Nurkic?

https://www.thestar.com/sports/rapt...baka-deal-sparks-nba-trade-deadline-buzz.html

Raptors

HAVE: League sources insist Toronto will not give away any more young assets such as Delon Wright, Jakob Poeltl, Lucas Nogueira, Pascal Siakam, Norm Powell or Fred VanVleet, but that doesn’t mean a package can’t be put together. They have the expiring contract of Jared Sullinger, another 2017 first-round draft pick and a glut of point guards they could put together.

NEED: The roster imbalance was addressed by the departure of wing Terrence Ross for Ibaka, but Toronto still could use an offensively creative big small forward. (Aminu is 'creative'. Any interest in their young players plus either of TOR or LAC 1st round picks which they own for 2017?)

Celtics

HAVE: Arguably the biggest chip in the trade game is Brooklyn’s 2017 first-round draft pick — it’d be No. 1 today — and the Celtics own it. Amir Johnson’s $12-million expiring contract might look good as well.

NEED: The Celtics have a good team verging on very good, but they lack a stud wing. If they can try to pry Jimmy Butler away from the Chicago Bulls, it’d be the game-changer in the conference. That’d be a tough signal for the Bulls to send their fans, though, and might be more likely in the summertime. (Portland doesn't have much that would help Boston)

Wizards

HAVE: Not an awful lot to offer because their starting five is solid, but the bench doesn’t have anybody that many teams would want. They’re more likely to do something relatively minor, if they do anything at all.

NEED: Williams from the Lakers as a scorer off the bench, even with his defensive deficiencies, would address a serious need, but the starters are sound and it’s hard to imagine breaking them up. (Not a lot to choose from coming back unless you like Porter or Oubre.)

In a different offense. Okafor and Nurkic are both low post guys.

 

[HolyBackboard]

Blazers very active. Look for a couple deals before the deadline. Or hearing about ones that fell apart afterwards.

Want to make playoffs. They believe the odds are so small in landing a top 3 pick that the difference between 10-15 is nothing.

UGH.

Give me a shot at Miles Bridges than a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Warriors.

Give me a 1% shot at landing a Top 3 pick than a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Warriors.

 

[blue9]

UGH.

Give me a shot at Miles Bridges than a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Warriors.

Give me a 1% shot at landing a Top 3 pick than a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Warriors.

Exactly - a chance is better than no chance. You gotta be in it to win it!

 

[Scalma]

I've always been against tanking, even though it's fun to think about elite prospects on your team. Tanking is just such a loser thing to do, and does it really ever work? Think about it. The draft is a crapshoot, even if you get a top 5 pick, the odds are still against you that you will land a star. Although in portlands case, they already have the hardest thing to find; go to scorers...and they have two of them, so maybe we should tank? Idk fuck it.

 

[Natebishop3]

Trail Blazer Reunion Tour 2017!

 

[illmatic99]

UGH.

Give me a shot at Miles Bridges than a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Warriors.

Give me a 1% shot at landing a Top 3 pick than a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Warriors.

Agreed. A lot of good that playoff run and experience did to us last year. Didn't even help is in drawing FAs

 

[glazeduck]

I've always been against tanking, even though it's fun to think about elite prospects on your team. Tanking is just such a loser thing to do, and does it really ever work? Think about it. The draft is a crapshoot, even if you get a top 5 pick, the odds are still against you that you will land a star. Although in portlands case, they already have the hardest thing to find; go to scorers...and they have two of them, so maybe we should tank? Idk fuck it.

Cleveland got Lebron. San Antonio got Duncan. Clippers got Griffin. Cowboys got Zeke. Broncos got Von Miller. Panthers got Newton. Raiders got Mack.

Tanking doesn't always work, but there are plenty of examples of when it has.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Agreed. A lot of good that playoff run and experience did to us last year. Didn't even help is in drawing FAs

I suspect most people around the league (players, coaches, executives) thought Portland caught a few lucky breaks in the playoffs and punched above their weight for awhile. If the perception was that they really were on the cusp of being a true title contender, it's conceivable that the playoff run could have been a little more helpful if it didn't look so fluky.

 

[Scalma]

Cleveland got Lebron. San Antonio got Duncan. Clippers got Griffin. Cowboys got Zeke. Broncos got Von Miller. Panthers got Newton. Raiders got Mack.

Tanking doesn't always work, but there are plenty of examples of when it has.

Doesn't really help your argument when you have to pull in another sport, and most of those teams weren't even "tanking."

 

[Mediocre Man]

Exactly - a chance is better than no chance. You gotta be in it to win it!

Im with you both, but couldnt the same be said about the playoffs?