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SharpesTriumph

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Do you think we'll see a third year of the Ayton Grant Ant as the Blazers big 3 to start the season?
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
I think Simons gets traded.
I also think Grant starts the season on the bench.
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If Grant is not moved.....

They should probably start him if Clingan also starts
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Bring Grant off the bench if Ayton starts.
 
Probably. I don't think the basketball people are making the call on this one.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Probably. I don't think the basketball people are making the call on this one.
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It is usually the other way around. The non-basketball people generally want to get rid of the high salaries to save money. I know you all hate Bert, but why would he want to keep them more than Joe or the coaches? The one thing they should not allow to happen is bad contracts coming back in return.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Ayton's contract is fine. UFA after next season. He'll be traded at the deadline.

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I think if Ayton is still on the team to start the season, he's unlikely to be traded, IMO. He likely wouldn't be traded for another expiring contract and I'd wonder if Portland would take on any long-term salary just to dump Ayton with a new owner maybe lurking over the horizon.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
It is usually the other way around. The non-basketball people generally want to get rid of the high salaries to save money. I know you all hate Bert, but why would he want to keep them more than Joe or the coaches? The one thing they should not allow to happen is bad contracts coming back in return.
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I think Bert thinks he is a basketball person. I think Bert thinks Ant helps us win.

I think Bert is a big reason we tend to overvalue our own players until they are worthless.
 
Phatguysrule said:
I'm liking this because I like the idea. I'm not confident that it will happen.
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It makes a lot of sense but it's made a lot of sense for a while now and hasn't gotten done... so fingers crossed but highly skeptical that we do the sensible thing.

I don't know why but that admission by Cronin that both him and Chaucey have to talk to Bert for a couple of hours every other week has me pessimistic that the right moves will get made before the team is sold. Seems like Bert has to give the green light on every move and Joe just doesn't seem like the best salesman or the best guy at managing his management in an ambitious way which is key when you have a micromanager that doesn't understand your job as well as you do.

Still I think if we can get good pieces back for Ant then he should be gone and I think we can. I sincerely doubt that we can get much for either Grant or Ayton so I'll be pleasantly surprised if either of those two are moved before the season.
 
wizenheimer said:
I think if Ayton is still on the team to start the season, he's unlikely to be traded, IMO. He likely wouldn't be traded for another expiring contract and I'd wonder if Portland would take on any long-term salary just to dump Ayton with a new owner maybe lurking over the horizon.
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I think you give Ayton the chance to set the world on fire/earn another big contract/AKA improve his trade value.

Right now, I don't think his next contract will be $35 million a year. I'm betting that his agent is telling him something similar.

You give him some time to improve his trade value vs being just an expiring contract salary dump for a team.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
You will see a very different Ayton this season. Contract years have an odd way of motivating players. He'll start the season very motivated, improve his trade value, and the Blazers will send him out.
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Bro, He QUIT in the playoffs on a way better team when he had a chance to win a title... He was getting paid good money then. He has zero heart. All he's going to do is take minutes away from Clingan.
 
So many metrics to this.
The sale of the team being the biggest. Will Cronin even still be with the team under new ownership?
I just don’t see any clear direction from them?
 
With the Magic opting not to add Simons ... I'm thinking it's even more likely we see this Blazers big3 again.

Which two of Scoot, Sharpe, Deni, Camara will be coming off the bench?
 
SharpesTriumph said:
With the Magic opting not to add Simons ... I'm thinking it's even more likely we see this Blazers big3 again.

Which two of Scoot, Sharpe, Deni, Camara will be coming off the bench?
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Scoot and Sharpe, unfortunately. Throw in Donovan too as part of the bench mob.
 
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