Trade Thread

[d-train]

I don't know what wing we're thinking we'll be able to get for Whiteside at this point that would actually help us.

Covington, Iggy, and presumably Gallo are off the board.

That leaves options that aren't attractive like Harrison Barnes, Rudy Gay, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Terrance Ross, Marcus Morris, Andrew Wiggins, Jae Crowder, Otto Porter, Thad Young, Marvin Williams, Joe Harris...

I'm stretching really far on a lot of these and even then they have all kinds of problems...

What's wrong with Gay, Bogdanovic, Morris, Crowder, and Harris? I like all 5 of these players better than Gallo. And, I like Gallo. I just wouldn't trade anything for him on his contract. I would love to get him for nothing. You can add Covington and Iggy to the same list as these other 5 players I would want at the right price.

[zzaj]

Either Bogdanovic could help Portland now that we can expect a downturn from Hood, but the one that would make the Blazers more dangerous is Bojan.

As one of the best shooters in the NBA, I think Harris could have a role on any team...Blazers are no exception.

[Norm2953]

I continue to be pessimistic about the trade deadline. The team could use one of their exceptions to
add a player and perhaps waive Mario but that's not likely going to matter for scrambling for the 8
seed still gets the team rolled by the Lakers. I think any Whiteside trade will come prior to the
draft with cap space non existent around the league, some type of sign and trade is going to be
needed if a team really needs a big.

I think it more likely the team will find a way to dump Swanigan if Skal is close to being ready for
a return. That would drop the tax bill a bit and not hurt the team.

[BlazersBroncos]

Either Bogdanovic could help Portland now that we can expect a downturn from Hood, but the one that would make the Blazers more dangerous is Bojan.

I mean, Kawai would help us too. Doesn't mean we have the assets to get him or that LAC wants to trade him. That same thinking applies to the Bogdanovic's. They are not on the market, and we don't have the assets to get them.

[red_power]

That leaves options that aren't attractive like Harrison Barnes, Rudy Gay, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Terrance Ross, Marcus Morris, Andrew Wiggins, Jae Crowder, Otto Porter, Thad Young, Marvin Williams, Joe Harris....

Bringing Derrick Jones Jr of Miami in that 3 teams trade would be a great option right now.

Although I'm sure Olshey is now concentrated on unloading Hood/Skal to get less salary in return.

[BlazersBroncos]

Bringing Derrick Jones Jr of Miami in that 3 teams trade would be a great option right now.

I like DJJ quite a bit, but he is a UFA and is he really a better option than Little? They are similar players, with Little actually showing much more shooting potential (And DJJ being more of a SG/SF w/ Little SF/PF).

I think a lot of teams could use DJJ, I just don't think he is worth moving assets for when Little brings much of what he provides.

We could just give Nassir more playing time and pretend his last name is Jones Jr.

What we really need is a backup PG. We have some exceptions to absorb one but for some insane reason the front office is content with Simons and Mario.

[BlazersBroncos]

I wouldn't mind Trey Burke. Absorb him w/ the Hood injury exception and cut Mario.

Burke is a better player than Simons at this point. If we want to make a playoff run, having him as the 2nd unit PG would likely help the team quite a bit.

The AST% b/t the two right now is 24.4% to 9.2%. The fact Simons plays nearly 50% of his minutes at PG but has a under 10% AST% is really concerning. Burk is also posting a 27 times better WS/48 number at .134 vs .005. PHI is +3.2 when he is on the floor this year, while we are -14.8 when Simons is. There is little argument that Trey wouldn't help this team make the playoffs.

[zzaj]

Either Bogdanovic could help Portland now that we can expect a downturn from Hood, but the one that would make the Blazers more dangerous is Bojan.

I mean, Kawai would help us too. Doesn't mean we have the assets to get him or that LAC wants to trade him. That same thinking applies to the Bogdanovic's. They are not on the market, and we don't have the assets to get them.

I was responding to the thread convo happening directly above my post.

Regardless of what kind of assets Olshey has, I'm of the mind that he's not going to make any trades of consequence.

[zzaj]

I wouldn't mind Trey Burke. Absorb him w/ the Hood injury exception and cut Mario.

Burke is a better player than Simons at this point. If we want to make a playoff run, having him as the 2nd unit PG would likely help the team quite a bit.

The AST% b/t the two right now is 24.4% to 9.2%. The fact Simons plays nearly 50% of his minutes at PG but has a under 10% AST% is really concerning. Burk is also posting a 27 times better WS/48 number at .134 vs .005. PHI is +3.2 when he is on the floor this year, while we are -14.8 when Simons is. There is little argument that Trey wouldn't help this team make the playoffs.

Alec Burks would have been a good candidate as well to replace Hood. I like your idea of Burke because he's actually a PG...something this Blazers team needs more than 1 of. Burke is made of glass, however...

[Norm2953]

The days of trader bob are long past. All kinds of things are happening but it does seem like we're going
to sleep past the trade deadline unless we can find a way to dump a contract to save a few $$$

[DaVoiceMaster]

Wow, Minny was able to move Wiggins for Russell. Kinda wonder now why they bothered to move Covington. Those two plus Townes doesn't sound half bad.

[B0naf1d3]

Skal traded to Hawks for salary dump. Getting under tax trade to come.

[Waynearchetype]

Thats... A **** trade. Skal was better than Zach Collins...

[DaVoiceMaster]

Damn, who's next? Don't they have another $5 million to go? Atlanta just got big... Capella, Nene, and now Skal to go along with John Collins. Not a bad front court.

[Roy The Natural]

Thats... A **** trade. Skal was better than Zach Collins...

Not even close. But it was a **** trade.

[BlazersBroncos]

Skal traded to Hawks for salary dump. Getting under tax trade to come.

I don't see this anywhere.

What a bad move. Ugh.

So we rely on Nurk and Zach being totally not rusty after missing huge amounts to time OR we end up with Caleb Swanigan as our backup big man.

Just gross.

Just saw Lauri Markkanen wants out of Chicago. Man would I love to buy low on that guy.

[red_power]

Skal is currently injured and playing the last months on his rookie deal. Nothing surprising here really.

[red_power]

Hopefully Olshey's going to be able to unload Hood along with getting some help for the rotation. Although I suspect that sending 2 second round picks in 2132 NBA draft could simply a bit contradict CBA.

[Blazinaway]

Skal traded to Hawks for salary dump. Getting under tax trade to come.

I don't see this anywhere.

What a bad move. Ugh.

So we rely on Nurk and Zach being totally not rusty after missing huge amounts to time OR we end up with Caleb Swanigan as our backup big man.

Just gross.

Just saw Lauri Markkanen wants out of Chicago. Man would I love to buy low on that guy.

How close is a Collins for Markkanen swap?

[B0naf1d3]

How will Blazers get under tax?

Doubt it's going to be Hood (has to agree to a trade) after what Olshey has said about him. Ariza seems like a good fit and can only be traded by himself. No other contracts are large enough to be dumped. Gotta be a Whiteside deal coming.

My guesses: Kings/Harrison Barnes + Giles? or Suns/Oubre + Baynes?

IDK but it looks like getting under the tax has become priority