Little with labral shoulder tear, out indefinitely, no timetable

[DusterBuster]

Well that sucks. Sounds like a season ending injury from the timetables I saw online.

[Wizenheimer]

I wish this forum allowed profanity

[Pattycakes]

Can’t tell if blazers luck, fluoride in the water weakening bones or tank. In any event, ****. I’m such a fan of this guy.

[The Sebastian Express]

Dear Trailblzers,

Please don't make me sit through half a remaining season of Tony Snell playing heavy minutes without the reward of a high lottery pick at the end. Don't do it. Do not do it to me. Don't do it to all of us.

[Brandon-Clyde]

Little is a great prospect but he does seem injury prone. Hopefully he gets healthy but this shows that Portland needs to add depth at both forward positions.

[PDXKnight]

Dear Trailblzers,

Please don't make me sit through half a remaining season of Tony Snell playing heavy minutes without the reward of a high lottery pick at the end. Don't do it. Do not do it to me. Don't do it to all of us.

One or both of Cov and nurk will be gone at the deadline bank on that, which all but ensures a lotto pick. Portland has won too many games to get a good lotto pick but 8 might be attainable along with small odds at winning the lotto

[PDXKnight]

Little is a great prospect but he does seem injury prone. Hopefully he gets healthy but this shows that Portland needs to add depth at both forward positions.

I wish nas could stay healthy, he’d be considered one of the best young players if he could. As it stands i’m glad we have 1 more year of nas on a rookie deal, but then maybe the time to extend him is when his value is low and maybe hope he explodes next year?

I think the big big thing i’m certain about is we can’t lose anfernee. I know the fit with dame is meh potentially but to let a player like simons playing like he is at 21/22 go is suicide. We either need to trade him for something great (an all star) or match whatever, and i mean whatever offer comes his way. And you trade cj and/or powell to facilitate him staying. Letting him go has a much higher potential to be the jermaine o’neal or terrible nuggets deal from the 80’s (or 90’s?) than was trent jr or any other recent trade of youth

[BlazersBroncos]

Dear Trailblzers,

Please don't make me sit through half a remaining season of Tony Snell playing heavy minutes without the reward of a high lottery pick at the end. Don't do it. Do not do it to me. Don't do it to all of us.

One or both of Cov and nurk will be gone at the deadline bank on that, which all but ensures a lotto pick. Portland has won too many games to get a good lotto pick but 8 might be attainable along with small odds at winning the lotto

I think RoCo is much more likely. Contenders will value him more as big forwards that can defend are in much more demand than traditionali'ish bigs like Nurkic.

Also think Jusuf is more likely to be both cheap and want to return than RoCo.

[monopoman]

Little is a great prospect but he does seem injury prone. Hopefully he gets healthy but this shows that Portland needs to add depth at both forward positions.

I wish nas could stay healthy, he’d be considered one of the best young players if he could. As it stands i’m glad we have 1 more year of nas on a rookie deal, but then maybe the time to extend him is when his value is low and maybe hope he explodes next year?

I think the big big thing i’m certain about is we can’t lose anfernee. I know the fit with dame is meh potentially but to let a player like simons playing like he is at 21/22 go is suicide. We either need to trade him for something great (an all star) or match whatever, and i mean whatever offer comes his way. And you trade cj and/or powell to facilitate him staying. Letting him go has a much higher potential to be the jermaine o’neal or terrible nuggets deal from the 80’s (or 90’s?) than was trent jr or any other recent trade of youth

With the flattened odds on a top 4 pick even at the current standings of the Blazers right now they have a 20.3% chance of a top 4 pick. Those aren't insanely good odds but they are far better then they were back before they felt that the worst 3 teams had to have a high chance of a top 4 pick.

If we drop at all in the standings those odds can easily get closer to a 30ish% chance at a top 4 pick, and losing Little should help the tank. I feel bad for Little as he was having a great season, but this only helps the tank chances.

[Norm2953]

With only one healthy player taller than 6-8, Portland really can't trade Nurkic but I expect Portland to
heavily shop CJ, Powell and Roco. Let's see who goes and who stays

[DusterBuster]

With only one healthy player taller than 6-8, Portland really can't trade Nurkic but I expect Portland to
heavily shop CJ, Powell and Roco. Let's see who goes and who stays

Of course they can still trade Nurk. What does it matter if the entire team is under 6’8” when you’re trying tank?

[Norm2953]

With only one healthy player taller than 6-8, Portland really can't trade Nurkic but I expect Portland to
heavily shop CJ, Powell and Roco. Let's see who goes and who stays

Of course they can still trade Nurk. What does it matter if the entire team is under 6’8” when you’re trying tank?

It might matter to the people in Seattle when there are 15000 empty seats at the MC. They can likely tank without
trading Nurk for he at least might re-sign with the team in the off season. Might turn off season ticket holders from
renewing for next season.

[DusterBuster]

With only one healthy player taller than 6-8, Portland really can't trade Nurkic but I expect Portland to
heavily shop CJ, Powell and Roco. Let's see who goes and who stays

Of course they can still trade Nurk. What does it matter if the entire team is under 6’8” when you’re trying tank?

It might matter to the people in Seattle when there are 15000 empty seats at the MC. They can likely tank without
trading Nurk for he at least might re-sign with the team in the off season. Might turn off season ticket holders from
renewing for next season.

They’ll survive.

[Village Idiot]

I feel sorry for Little. He finally gets and keeps a starting spot and then this happens. Do we know if it is his shooting shoulder or left? Let's hope for the latter.

I don't get the eagerness many of you have to trade Nurk. He has a lot of warts but his play the past month have been really encouraging.

[BlazersBroncos]

I feel sorry for Little. He finally gets and keeps a starting spot and then this happens. Do we know if it is his shooting shoulder or left? Let's hope for the latter.

I don't get the eagerness many of you have to trade Nurk. He has a lot of warts but his play the past month have been really encouraging.

That and market wise he projects to be a guy that might be stuck w/ MLE caliber deals this offseason. Keep him and wait to see if thats the case. He is worth 12-14M IMO, and I dont think many if any teams offer more than that.

Covington on the other hand is a MLE caliber guy but l think a number of good teams throw the MLE at him and he leaves for a better chance to truly compete. Cash him while you can.

[Norm2953]

That is a correct analysis for its quite likely the market for Nurk this summer will mirror his current
contract. Likely he'd sign a short term deal with Portland for he knows there is PT and he seems to be
a great fit alongside of Simons.

Powell and Roco seem to be the ones going out, either now or this summer. Portland will likely get a
FRP for Roco.

[DusterBuster]

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Little was a Top 10 DFG% for the whole league before he went down... Probably no surprise that the defense has looked a lot worse without him.

[Goldbum]

Bagley at #2 DFG% is so enticing. I'm imagining Bagley at Center, Nas at SF and maybe Jabari/Chet/Paolo or Keegan Murray at PF or even Bagley at PF and Kessler/Duren at Center. Powell at SG and Ant at PG. Could change the entire defense.

[DusterBuster]

Bagley at #2 DFG% is so enticing. I'm imagining Bagley at Center, Nas at SF and maybe Jabari/Chet/Paolo or Keegan Murray at PF or even Bagley at PF and Kessler/Duren at Center. Powell at SG and Ant at PG. Could change the entire defense.

Bagley would be an amazing buy-low guy if the Blazers could get him imo. I think he's really underutilized and underdeveloped (as most players are) in Sacramento. A new start with a better player development team like the Blazers could do wonders for him.

I wonder what the King's price is on him if they were to move him? Would they do Powell for Bagley straight up? Tough spot for Portland tho with him being an RFA this summer... especially if he balls out on a new team to end the year.