PDXKnight wrote:Skybox wrote:GreenRiddler wrote:LOL of course an Orlando fan wants Simons for essentially cap space. Why don't we throw in both our first round picks while were at it
You could do that…
…or you could just read more carefully.
I never suggested ORL would be just taking Simons off your hands. ORL would send pick(s) for Simons AND could eat Williams’ salary.
It'd probably need to be a few firsts with pretty low protection and even then I'm not sure anymore. Simons is starting to find his groove at only 24 and we'd need a meaningful package to even consider dealing him as there's a pretty high possibility he's one of our 2 best guards.
Scoot has been very hit and miss, he has looked like a solid prospect for a few games and looked pretty out of it the rest of the way. He needs time to know for sure but I'd hate giving up simons and then Scoot flops. I was kind of for trading Ant in the off season and I can't speak for all here but that interest is waning for me as of lately. Going by age he's only as old as Dame was in year 2 and while I'm not saying in any way he will be that good he can certainly be respectable as a scorer in this league & perhaps a nice second option once shaedon realizes how to use his physical skills better
POR really has no reason to be rushed (other than Simons going to UFA in a couple of years)...but if they're really concerned about Scoot...send him over
My whole basis for any of the Simons talk is that I don't like the Simons/Scoot pairing at all and, even if I did, I think that Sharpe's huge physical advantages shrink at the SF spot. So, I'd be banking heavy on Scoot/Sharpe backcourt blooming in a couple of years...so, sell off Simons rather than pay him $25 per while the real backcourt is percolating...might as well play the backcourt of the future a lot, lose some games (so what) and collect assets. Letting Simons score a ton and win a game here or there while Scoot sits seems like a waste of developmental time. I like POR's young core if Ayton would just get it together but Simons has already arrived, maybe ahead of the others' schedule. Just how I'm thinking...I know it's tough to swallow the idea of jettisoning the guy who can actually play already - in favor of the guys you hope can play even better together.
Imagine a Dame/CJ no defense pairing where the "Dame" can't really shoot. That's what I'd be afraid of with POR's personnel.