Trade deadline, buyouts, and waivers

d-train · Post #41 » by **d-train** » Tue Mar 9, 2021 4:39 am

What about Aminu? He would be a nice addition for our post all-star and playoffs run if he's finally healthy again. He checks all the boxes, if healthy. All except he's a skinny butt when we could use a fat butt, nobody is perfect.

Post #42 » by **DaVoiceMaster** » Tue Mar 9, 2021 6:06 am

I will never go along with bring Aminu back. That guy single-handedly drove me nuts.

d-train · Post #43 » by **d-train** » Tue Mar 9, 2021 12:38 pm

DaVoiceMaster wrote:I will never go along with bring Aminu back. That guy single-handedly drove me nuts.

Scratch the whole suggestion. Aminu has a $10M player option next year I thought was a team option. Noway is Aminu worth that guarantee.

JRoy · Post #44 » by **JRoy** » Tue Mar 9, 2021 3:34 pm

Pass on Aminu.

We just need to get CJ and (good) Nurk back

BlazersBroncos · Post #45 » by **BlazersBroncos** » Tue Mar 9, 2021 3:50 pm

I would swap Hood for Aminu in a second if he was a FA or had a TO this summer. As it stands, he will take his PO and it will make our financials harder should GTJ get a Crabbe offer. So, just not worth it.

flow · Post #46 » by **flow** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:57 pm

Hey guys, just stopping by with a question. Is Zach presumed to be done for the season, or is there expectation that he'll be back for the playoffs?

Thanks. Good luck 2nd half.

d-train · Post #47 » by **d-train** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:05 pm

flow wrote:Hey guys, just stopping by with a question. Is Zach presumed to be done for the season, or is there expectation that he'll be back for the playoffs?

Thanks. Good luck 2nd half.

Done

HoopsFanAZ · Post #48 » by **HoopsFanAZ** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:11 pm

flow wrote:Hey guys, just stopping by with a question. Is Zach presumed to be done for the season, or is there expectation that he'll be back for the playoffs?
Thanks. Good luck 2nd half.

Though it's not official, he's presumed done -- I'd be surprised if anyone here thinks he's back this season. Crickets from the Blazers (which is the right way to go at this point). Thanks for the "good luck." The Blazers can use it.

EDITED: d-train was quite succinct. I guess my reply is the long version.

Blazinaway · Post #49 » by **Blazinaway** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:44 am

apparently Aldridge is available

d-train · Post #50 » by **d-train** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:17 am

Blazinaway wrote:apparently Aldridge is available

Not to us. We would have to trade $22M worth of contracts, zero chance of that.

JasonStern · Post #51 » by **JasonStern** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:19 am

monopoman wrote:I don't think that Detroit style will work unless we completely change coaches and philosophy. That Detroit team was a defensive stalwart that could take even the best players in the NBA out of their game, meanwhile this Blazer team is one of the worst defensively in the NBA.

The counter-argument to that is that the Pistons were one of the worst offensive teams at the time, and the game has completely changed over the last 15 years. Given the coaching staff and roster makeup, they'd have to out-score opposing teams versus out-defend opposing teams. Stop choking away double digit leads and give Portland a player capable of helping Dame close out games and it's not unrealistic.

DaVoiceMaster wrote:Is Bagley worth taking a flyer on and if so, what would it take to get him?

Bagley is a legit Trader Bob/Olshey reclamation project that if you can get cheap, you have to try. But a 21 year old former #2 pick is probably going to cost Portland more than they are willing to pay.

Waynearchetype wrote:
DaVoiceMaster wrote:Is Bagley worth taking a flyer on and if so, what would it take to get him?

Guessing future first or GTJ.

You're overvaluing Trent and a future pick in the ~20 range.

Blazinaway wrote:apparently Aldridge is available

Blazers don't have the outgoing salary to bring Aldridge back without crippling the team's depth. Great target in free agency, though.

Matt800 · Post #52 » by **Matt800** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:33 am

flow wrote:Hey guys, just stopping by with a question. Is Zach presumed to be done for the season, or is there expectation that he'll be back for the playoffs?

Thanks. Good luck 2nd half.

He had a surgery in late December with a 4-6 month timeline, so at best he would be back late in April. The season goes until mid March so it's possible he will be back if everything goes well. But we don't really know.

Post #53 » by **DaVoiceMaster** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:30 pm

It would be great if he made it back in time to play the Lakers in the playoffs. Could use an extra defensive long body against Davis.

basketballRob · Post #54 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:37 am

Would you guys do Aaron Gordon and Ennis for Covington, Hood, and a future 1st?

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d-train · Post #55 » by **d-train** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:48 am

basketballRob wrote:Would you guys do Aaron Gordon and Ennis for Covington, Hood, and a future 1st?

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Hell no

basketballRob · Post #56 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:02 am

d-train wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Would you guys do Aaron Gordon and Ennis for Covington, Hood, and a future 1st?

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Hell no

AG is better than Covington and Ennis is better than Hood, in my opinion.

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d-train · Post #57 » by **d-train** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:43 am

basketballRob wrote:
d-train wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Would you guys do Aaron Gordon and Ennis for Covington, Hood, and a future 1st?

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Hell no
AG is better than Covington and Ennis is better than Hood, in my opinion.

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Your opinion is wrong. Hood is available, but not for Ennis. RoCo is off the table. The only player you have that we would want is Isaac and he has a PPP.

Khazim · Post #58 » by **Khazim** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:19 am

basketballRob wrote:
d-train wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Would you guys do Aaron Gordon and Ennis for Covington, Hood, and a future 1st?

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Hell no
AG is better than Covington and Ennis is better than Hood, in my opinion.

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AG is definitely not better than Roco. Maybe for a rebuilding team that highly values youth, but that is not what the Blazers are looking fir right now. The IQ of Covington is invaluable, and he is an incredible fit. AG is still intriguing and a good player too, and I imagine the Blazers would be interested, but not at the cost of Covington.

basketballRob · Post #59 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:55 am

d-train wrote:
basketballRob wrote:
d-train wrote:Hell no
AG is better than Covington and Ennis is better than Hood, in my opinion.

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Your opinion is wrong. Hood is available, but not for Ennis. RoCo is off the table. The only player you have that we would want is Isaac and he has a PPP.

No way we'd trade Ennis straight up for Hood.

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PDXKnight · Post #60 » by **PDXKnight** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:30 pm

i wonder what we could offer for ag as we are rumored to be interested. Is olshey thinking Jones + hood? Doubt that’d be enough