I just don’t see how a one and done rook will help this team in the next two years.
I think Joe obviously has to try and do both. He has to try and get Grant and has to utilize a lottery draft pick in order to justify the season we just went through. Grant isn't enough to justify both the season that we went through and the players we traded away. So if it's trading back from 7 to 9 and 25 or 13 and 15 then that's what needs to be done. I think the 15th pick would be more than enough and possibly too much for Grant. I think the 25th pick should be enough but if it's not we should be able to use a future second or at the very most the 2025 Bucks pick to make that work. I actually think we should be able to get Grant with future draft considerations and if we're getting him and a top 9 pick, I think we should have the confidence to take the conditions off of the pick we owe the Bulls and offer the Pistons our 2025 first top 4 protected and the Bucks 2025 first.
Maybe trade away Little. Shop Hart Nurk Simons trades.
Keegan Murray played two years in college.
I have no idea why you think Cronin will be more creative than ... anyone. What have the Blazers done with the call lately other than sign our guys to best-case contracts that paint us into corners after a couple of years?
Have to admit of the seven players he brought up Murray would seem to be the player i would like the best. Still not sure a rookie is going to make the kind of impact we are looking for?
Lets see if that can happen?
As has been mentioned previously, if inclusion of this year's pick were required for the trade for Grant, then that would essentially mean that his acquisition was the sole purpose of the 2 months of tanking. Is there anything about his game that would justify that?
This position they are in is exactly why i don't promote "Tanking".
All of that is beside the point I'm making, which is that I doubt they would have gone all-in on the tank if the pick earned by tanking would be required for a Grant trade. And given the effort made to procure such pick, if they intend to trade it for a veteran player, I seriously doubt it will be for a middling player such as Grant.
That's why I'm scared. The amount of the TPE is too perfect to not have had Grant in mind. Dame and Grant being seen together in Portland confirms Dame will want him. If the Pistons wanted the Bucks 2025 1st I think Grant would already be a Blazer.
Yeah, the whole draft picks don't help for several years theory has been destroyed for at least 5 years now. The caveat is you have to pick the right player, but blanketed statements about draft picks not helping right away aren't true.
The point is more. Help them do what? Win a few more games? Blazers could have won a bunch more games.
musta missed this one. when did this happen?
A couple weeks ago.
I don't want Grant, so I sure hope you're right.
Kind of have to read the whole context of the conversation. I'm not sure just getting a rookie to help the team become a contender (Which is what i assume we are all looking for) is going to put them in that position.
Who else do you think they need to jettison?
Here's hoping you're right!
Maybe Ant gets trade in this scenario?
