Who Needs A Center?

ChettheJet · Post #21 » by **ChettheJet** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:03 pm

I would say the PORT bosses either knew they were ending up with 5 centers or they were asleep before the draft started. Yang isn't going to come close to playing in an NBA game this year. RWIII is going to be injured ad miss 1/2 the season a least. So your problem isn't nearly as big as you imagine.

louc1970 · Post #22 » by **louc1970** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:05 pm

Charlotte?

jayjaysee · Post #23 » by **jayjaysee** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:40 pm

louc1970 wrote:Charlotte?

Yeah. This is what I thought of.

Maybe need a third team though as I’m not sure how happy they’d be to take Nurk back.

Post #24 » by **165bows** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:42 pm

DaVoiceMaster wrote:The Blazers have 5 centers. I imagine they want to keep the two young players, which leaves the other three players, all with expiring contracts:

DeAndre Ayton - $35,550,814
Robert Williams III - $13,285,713
Duop Reath - $2,221,677

I doubt any will fetch a first round pick so what else do you have to offer?

Portland Roster
PG - Holiday / Scoot
SG - Thybulle / Sharpe / Rupert
SF - Grant / Camara / Murray
PF - Williams III / Avdija
_C - Ayton / Clingan / Reath / Yang

Honestly, any of those starters are available. Ideally, the Blazers could use a backup SG, SF, PF or a 3rd string PG, C.

How about Anfernee Simons for RobWill?

JRoy · Post #25 » by **JRoy** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:54 pm

165bows wrote:
DaVoiceMaster wrote:The Blazers have 5 centers. I imagine they want to keep the two young players, which leaves the other three players, all with expiring contracts:

DeAndre Ayton - $35,550,814
Robert Williams III - $13,285,713
Duop Reath - $2,221,677

I doubt any will fetch a first round pick so what else do you have to offer?

Portland Roster
PG - Holiday / Scoot
SG - Thybulle / Sharpe / Rupert
SF - Grant / Camara / Murray
PF - Williams III / Avdija
_C - Ayton / Clingan / Reath / Yang

Honestly, any of those starters are available. Ideally, the Blazers could use a backup SG, SF, PF or a 3rd string PG, C.

How about Anfernee Simons for RobWill?

How about no?

Post #26 » by **165bows** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:01 pm

JRoy wrote:
165bows wrote:
DaVoiceMaster wrote:The Blazers have 5 centers. I imagine they want to keep the two young players, which leaves the other three players, all with expiring contracts:

DeAndre Ayton - $35,550,814
Robert Williams III - $13,285,713
Duop Reath - $2,221,677

I doubt any will fetch a first round pick so what else do you have to offer?

Portland Roster
PG - Holiday / Scoot
SG - Thybulle / Sharpe / Rupert
SF - Grant / Camara / Murray
PF - Williams III / Avdija
_C - Ayton / Clingan / Reath / Yang

Honestly, any of those starters are available. Ideally, the Blazers could use a backup SG, SF, PF or a 3rd string PG, C.

How about Anfernee Simons for RobWill?

How about no?

Take a joke brother

BlazersBroncos · Post #27 » by **BlazersBroncos** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:07 pm

I would take the Vandy money. We already have Grant and Jrue being paid long term. Vandy fits the 'all in' defense identity too.

Vincent + Kleber + Vandy + Dalton for Ayton + Kris.

HornetJail · Post #28 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:12 pm

louc1970 wrote:Charlotte?

yes, desperate for one really

Preferably one that was averaging 16/11 when healthy with insane touch around the basket. I'm sure those grow on trees...

facothomas22 · Post #29 » by **facothomas22** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:18 pm

The Bulls need a center and they currently hold the Blazers lottery protected pick. What tricky is that Ayton doesn't have hold value by himself and while there's a chance the pick chance never conveys, there's a chance the picks does convey, which wouldn't be worth for the Bulls without something else coming back. The Blazers could take Patrick Williams and Nikola Vucecic to make work a bit better for the Bulls, but they still would have too many centers after this, so Vuececic would have to be rerouted.

Outside of them, there's not a lot of even semi decent options here. Do the Blazers simply Ayton home for the year or simply send Yang to the G-League for the whole year? Do all of them simply get reduced playing time until they figure what trade would work the best?

Apz · Post #30 » by **Apz** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:33 pm

facothomas22 wrote:The Bulls need a center and they currently hold the Blazers lottery protected pick. What tricky is that Ayton doesn't have hold value by himself and while there's a chance the pick chance never conveys, there's a chance the picks does convey, which wouldn't be worth for the Bulls without something else coming back. The Blazers could take Patrick Williams and Nikola Vucecic to make work a bit better for the Bulls, but they still would have too many centers after this, so Vuececic would have to be rerouted.

Outside of them, there's not a lot of even semi decent options here. Do the Blazers simply Ayton home for the year or simply send Yang to the G-League for the whole year? Do all of them simply get reduced playing time until they figure what trade would work the best?

Just send yang to lakers. Bet they want to do what they did with the japanese fella in baseball but with a bigger market. Obviously cant happen since lakers cant pay but...

hugepatsfan · Post #31 » by **hugepatsfan** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:34 pm

zimpy27 wrote:I think the obvious trade is:

Blazers get Knecht, Kleber+Gabe (expiring)

Lakers get RW3, Thybulle

Lakers then get Horford or Capela in FA and bring back Jaxson.

PG: Reaves | Exum | Bronny
SG: Luka | Thybulle | Milton
SF: DFS | Rui | #55
PF: LeBron | Vando | LaRavia
C: RW3 | Horford/Capela | Hayes

Horford should be a gentleman and cover the medical bills for all the Celtics fans that gouge their own eyes out upon seeing reports that he signed with the Lakers.

JRoy · Post #32 » by **JRoy** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:45 pm

165bows wrote:
JRoy wrote:
165bows wrote:How about Anfernee Simons for RobWill?

How about no?

Take a joke brother

You’re not the boss o me.

Post #33 » by **jbk1234** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:02 pm

Is Yang coming over this season with the team up for sale?

basketballwacko2 · Post #34 » by **basketballwacko2** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:10 pm

Mavrelous wrote:Kleber + Shake Milton + LAL 32 2nd for RWIII makes sense.

Ayton is really hard to match though...

What year do the LAL have a 2nd that's #32? Looks like Boston has that pick unless something has changed that I"m not aware of?

Edit: are you talking about a 2032 2nd round pick?

Post #35 » by **Mavrelous** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:15 pm

basketballwacko2 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Kleber + Shake Milton + LAL 32 2nd for RWIII makes sense.

Ayton is really hard to match though...

What year do the LAL have a 2nd that's #32? Looks like Boston has that pick unless something has changed that I"m not aware of?

Edit: are you talking about a 2032 2nd round pick?

Yes 2032

Norm2953 · Post #36 » by **Norm2953** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 6:28 pm

Most likely Yang ends up in the G League for most of next season and becomes the backup center after Both Ayton and TL leave in free agency

Post #37 » by **DaVoiceMaster** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:15 pm

165bows wrote:
JRoy wrote:
165bows wrote:How about Anfernee Simons for RobWill?

How about no?

Take a joke brother

That was his laughing face!!!

Post #38 » by **DaVoiceMaster** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:16 pm

jbk1234 wrote:Is Yang coming over this season with the team up for sale?

The GM said he's coming over for next season.

Karmaloop · Post #39 » by **Karmaloop** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:21 pm

moss_is_1 wrote:Lakers is the obvious answer. Do they want Ayton or Robert Williams?

If the Blazers are expecting anything of value for either one, no. I think a Kleber for RW3 swap makes sense. Blazers' fans are naturally not going to like it.

Karmaloop · Post #40 » by **Karmaloop** » Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:22 pm

zimpy27 wrote:I think the obvious trade is:

Blazers get Knecht, Kleber+Gabe (expiring)

Lakers get RW3, Thybulle

Lakers then get Horford or Capela in FA and bring back Jaxson.

PG: Reaves | Exum | Bronny
SG: Luka | Thybulle | Milton
SF: DFS | Rui | #55
PF: LeBron | Vando | LaRavia
C: RW3 | Horford/Capela | Hayes

Negative percent chances the Lakers send Knecht and expiring for RW3.