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Portland out: Grant, 11
Portland in: Holiday, Gill, Jones, 18

Washington out: Smart, Gill, Jones, 18
Washington in: Grant, 11, 28

Boston trade: Jrue, 28
Boston receive: Smart

Why for Boston: save money and bring back fan fav
Why for Portland: push for playoffs
Why for Washington: get couple 1sts worth of value for eating Grant

Moved here to T&T

Duffman100 wrote:Moved here to T&T

thank you

depressing for everyone. Portland, Boston, Grant and poor Mahcus

Godaddycurse wrote:Portland out: Grant, 11
Portland in: Holiday, Gill, Jones, 18

Washington out: Smart, Gill, Jones, 18
Washington in: Grant, 11, 28

Boston trade: Jrue, 28
Boston receive: Smart

Why for Boston: save money and bring back fan fav
Why for Portland: push for playoffs
Why for Washington: get couple 1sts worth of value for eating Grant

Godaddycurse wrote:Portland out: Grant, 11
Portland in: Holiday, Gill, Jones, 18

Washington out: Smart, Gill, Jones, 18
Washington in: Grant, 11, 28

Boston trade: Jrue, 28
Boston receive: Smart

Why for Boston: save money and bring back fan fav
Why for Portland: push for playoffs
Why for Washington: get couple 1sts worth of value for eating Grant

Portland has no incentive here... There is no financial relief and it blocks the young backcourt from developing.
Get to pay for the older (albeit historically better) player -> and get to move down in the draft for that privilege...

If Jrue was an expiring - I'd think about it.... but as is, it's an easy no.

Portland shouldn’t be moving back in the draft and blocking Scoot’s minutes for an old, rapidly declining Jrue. I’d rather work directly with the Wizards for Smart.

Godaddycurse wrote:Portland out: Grant, 11
Portland in: Holiday, Gill, Jones, 18

Washington out: Smart, Gill, Jones, 18
Washington in: Grant, 11, 28

Boston trade: Jrue, 28
Boston receive: Smart

Why for Boston: save money and bring back fan fav
Why for Portland: push for playoffs
Why for Washington: get couple 1sts worth of value for eating Grant

Hate this like poison.

Trade a terrible contract and a lotto pick for another terrible contract so POR can win 41 games a year for a few years and get bounced out of the playoffs in the first round every year.

Just awful.

JRoy wrote:

Godaddycurse wrote:Portland out: Grant, 11
Portland in: Holiday, Gill, Jones, 18

Washington out: Smart, Gill, Jones, 18
Washington in: Grant, 11, 28

Boston trade: Jrue, 28
Boston receive: Smart

Why for Boston: save money and bring back fan fav
Why for Portland: push for playoffs
Why for Washington: get couple 1sts worth of value for eating Grant

Hate this like poison.

Trade a terrible contract and a lotto pick for another terrible contract so POR can win 41 games a year for a few years and get bounced out of the playoffs in the first round every year.

Just awful.

Holiday isnt nearly as terrible as grant and he helps you guys win. Figure playoff experience would be helpful for this young core to see whom to keep long term but point taken.

Fine moving down a few spots in the draft to get out of Grant's contract, but it has to be for an expiring. If Portland doesn't mess it up- please, hold the laughter, you'd have Grant's contract wiped, Ayton/Simons/Timelord/Thybulle and several of the rookie scale contracts all up for negotiation with max cap space and another two lottery picks in the fold.

Actually, I think Celtics may trade a future first along with Porzingis to get Ayton. Ayton would fix Celtics inside scoring and when motivated he is going to make Celtics perfectly balance inside and out.

I think Jrue would be a great mentor for the Blazers, but Grant/11 for Khris/18 makes sense also.