Shams: New Orleans sends Hart+picks to Portland for CJ McCollum

[PaKwAn]

Nance having knee surgery Friday - I assume Pels knew about this?

Wouldnt surprise me if they didnt...
Estimated time of return is earliest aftet six weeks
That means he will be availible last 6-7 games at best...

Yep wouldn't surprise me as well... i saw a tweet saying they didn't even need medicals for the trade to push through.

[BuddyBuckets]

Nance having knee surgery Friday - I assume Pels knew about this?

Wouldnt surprise me if they didnt...
Estimated time of return is earliest aftet six weeks
That means he will be availible last 6-7 games at best...

Yep wouldn't surprise me as well... i saw a tweet saying they didn't even need medicals for the trade to push through.

I don't think the Pels are worried about Nance Jr's surgery, if anything it was given the green light to go ahead the second he was a member of the Pels.

McCollum is likely viewed as the piece needed to make the playoffs, and the greater vision is to have a 100% healthy roster hit the ground running next year and make noise and get Zion to sign the extension.

[HartfordWhalers]

For those that have not seen the pick goes the following:
NOP 22 first if 5 - 14
If not it jumps to the Milwaukee ‘25 1st. NOP owns that first unprotected but Portland only gets it 1-4 protected so if it is in the top 4 Portland would be out of luck.

Kinda amazing high variance here in potential outcomes, with a possible drop down from a NOP pick at like 12 this year to a distant pick of a team with Giannis depending upon a play in tourney?

[GOBlazers]

Yes, if the NO pick doesnt convey to Portland this off-season, then Blazer fans will be hoping Giannis leaves the Bucks before the 25' draft.

[DeBlazerRiddem]

Yes, if the NO pick doesnt convey to Portland this off-season, then Blazer fans will be hoping Giannis leaves the Bucks before the 25' draft.

If it doesn't convey this year, I would bet they trade it well before 2025.