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Zion sits on the bench too often to be worth trading for. If it happens, I believe that the Blazers will regret this trade.
 
KingSpeed said:
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Hornets would take Miller with #3.
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Are you MJ? Hornets flip Hayward for Ant plus move from 27 to 14 at the cost of going down one spot from 2 to 3? That's nuts. Blazers went from 4 to 2 to get Aldridge only giving up Victor Khyrapa.

If Pelicans are ok with Gordon contract they'll probably be fine with Nurk Little and filler. Then we can keep Ant or flip him for OG. Sign Naz Reid for the MLE. I'd keep Ant, but let's list the OG depth;

Dame Mays
OG Sharpe
Grant Thybulle
Zion Watford
Reid VetMin Eubanks
 
Road Ratt said:
Zion sits on the bench too often to be worth trading for. If it happens, I believe that the Blazers will regret this trade.
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I tend to think your probably more likely right than wrong.

But if your wrong Zion has MVP upside, could legit make the Blazers a contender. There is no player in the draft that has that in the next few years and even long term it's a big question mark for all elite prospects as well.

Giannis is the only MVP without these questions, and hed cost way more than #3 and Ant; PLUS Sharpe. Even Embiid has a lot of injury risk.
 
Would be hard to root for a Dookie if this happens, would do my best haha. Still concerned about us doing this with his injury history however. Regardless I will wait for someone a bit more reputable(Imo) to come out.
 
who the fk is blazer palace and why should I not believe he's just pulling this out of his colon?

in fact, the "according to sources" almost guantaees it's bullshit
 
SharpesTriumph said:
That's sort of irrelevant, as normally a ton of the trades announced at the draft get finalized in July.
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Not irrelevant at all. Whether or not Ant and/or Nurk are involved in said trade could change if we work out a move before july 1.
 
illmatic99 said:
Not irrelevant at all. Whether or not Ant and/or Nurk are involved in said trade could change if we work out a move before july 1.
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Trade would be with Zion and #3. It gets announced at the draft.

If it becomes official the next day or a week later, that's irrelevant. Why do you think this matters?

Every year there are trades announced at the draft that become official in July.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Trade would be with Zion and #3. It gets announced at the draft.

If it becomes official the next day or a week later, that's irrelevant. Why do you think this matters?

Every year there are trades announced at the draft that become official in July.
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I just posted why it matters in the post you quoted.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I tend to think your probably more likely right than wrong.

But if your wrong Zion has MVP upside, could legit make the Blazers a contender. There is no player in the draft that has that in the next few years and even long term it's a big question mark for all elite prospects as well.

Giannis is the only MVP without these questions, and hed cost way more than #3 and Ant; PLUS Sharpe. Even Embiid has a lot of injury risk.
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For Zion to have an upside, means that he has to stay healthy and play more of a season than he does sitting on the sideline.

The obvious concern has to be that Zion hasn't been on the floor for more than half the time he has been in the league. This is my big concern. I am a person who believes in what they see. So far, I don't see Zion being a player to trade for with his health issues.

If I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. But, I have to go with the odds since they favor Zion sitting on our bench most of his visit with the team. If this trade even happens.
 
Road Ratt said:
For Zion to have an upside, means that he has to stay healthy and play more of a season than he does sitting on the sideline.

The obvious concern has to be that Zion hasn't been on the floor for more than half the time he has been in the league. This is my big concern. I am a person who believes in what they see. So far, I don't see Zion being a player to trade for with his health issues.

If I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. But, I have to go with the odds since they favor Zion sitting on our bench most of his visit with the team. If this trade even happens.
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To get to where we're trying to get with Dame you have to be willing to take this big of a risk with this high of an up side.
 
Acquiring Zion would definitely be exciting... it seems exceedingly unlikely that it would go well for us, but if it did, it would go very, very well.

His contract and injury history and general seeming lack of motivation makes me pessimistic it would work out, and it seems inevitable it would be a disaster on multiple fronts, but it would definitely be interesting.
 
if youre going all-in and you can get zion williamson, then i guess you should make the move, as risky as it would be

a lot of noise about pelicans willingness to part ways with zion, where there is a smoke...
 
illmatic99 said:
I just posted why it matters in the post you quoted.
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Well I guess I'm dense, are you saying Nurk or Ant would possibly be gone in a separate trade so a Zion trade can't happen? Or are you saying it can't happen with picks since the draft is the 22nd but contracts match July 1st? Or are you just adding a note that it would be in July? Or noting it since then other trades and free agents movements possibly could be merged into the trade?

I don't see why it matters if the trade is finalized June 23rd or July 1st. It gets reported the same either way at the draft June 22nd, the teams make the picks with intent to complete the trade officially a day or a week later. Happens every year.
 
Road Ratt said:
For Zion to have an upside, means that he has to stay healthy and play more of a season than he does sitting on the sideline.

The obvious concern has to be that Zion hasn't been on the floor for more than half the time he has been in the league. This is my big concern. I am a person who believes in what they see. So far, I don't see Zion being a player to trade for with his health issues.

If I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. But, I have to go with the odds since they favor Zion sitting on our bench most of his visit with the team. If this trade even happens.
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Yes that a reasonable aspect of this trade and a risk of it. That's the only reason a player like Zion may be available though, if he was healthy more he wouldn't be available for #3. Embiid and others have come back from early career injuries to become stars, Zion has played at near MVP level. There's a lot of risk and a lot of reward.
 
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