The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3

[TeamTragic]

DA is such a great player that the Blazers bought him out.

GETTING-P-AYTON

You forgot to use the green font when being sarcastic.

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No need because DA is an absolute joke.

[bullsaficianado]

Did not see the Blazers buying Ayton out. Lakers will probably go hard after him since they need a center.

[sunsbum]

Damn. Is DA’s value so low they couldn’t get a pick or decent player for him or is this another WWF behind the scenes move to help the Lakers out again. If DA ends up in LA for nothing this league is more of a joke than I thought it was.

[WeekapaugGroove]

Did not see the Blazers buying Ayton out. Lakers will probably go hard after him since they need a center.

I'm not too surprised by the buy out. The Blazers have drafted a C every year Aytons been on the team, it's pretty obvious they didn't view him as a long term piece.

[Qwigglez]

Damn. Is DA’s value so low they couldn’t get a pick or decent player for him or is this another WWF behind the scenes move to help the Lakers out again. If DA ends up in LA for nothing this league is more of a joke than I thought it was.

His value is low and combine that with the many teams feeling the ramifications of the new CBA. Everyone is wanting to find even a sliver of value in any transaction and DA at $35 million is just not it.

I would be surprised if he ended up anywhere but the Lakers.

[garrick]

The Blazers might be one of the worst run franchises in the league.

First they draft Yang Hansen who most draft experts would be picked up in the 2nd round at #16 when they already had Klingan, Timelord and Ayton at center then they release Ayton for nothing getting nothing back in return and the aren't even over the 1st apron so it's head scratching why they wanted to release him to save a couple million dollars?

Good news for Ayton is he is free to sign with any team regardless of the 1st apron rules so he has plenty of places to choose from.

[sunsbum]

The Blazers might be one of the worst run franchises in the league.

First they draft Yang Hansen who most draft experts would be picked up in the 2nd round at #16 when they already had Klingan, Timelord and Ayton at center then they release Ayton for nothing getting nothing back in return and the aren't even over the 1st apron so it's head scratching why they wanted to release him to save a couple million dollars?

Good news for Ayton is he is free to sign with any team regardless of the 1st apron rules so he has plenty of places to choose from.

the one saving grace I will give the blazers is that Mike Schmidt is their draft guy/scout. I trust his judgment, but this is a big swing.

[WeekapaugGroove]

The market is what the market is... Aytons been very available for a while and no one has made the trade. I don't think the Blazers are a well run organization but I also doubt they turned down offers.

[MrMiyagi]

Literally anyone but the Lakers. Surely Charlotte or Washington needs a center.

[bullsaficianado]

Damn. Is DA’s value so low they couldn’t get a pick or decent player for him or is this another WWF behind the scenes move to help the Lakers out again. If DA ends up in LA for nothing this league is more of a joke than I thought it was.

They are not beating the Thunder or T-Wolves with a 40 year old LeBron. Luka was also not the only reason that Dallas team made the Finals. Luka can impact a game with his scoring but defensively he needs to improve. With Ayton Lakers might be a 2nd round exit team. The NBA can help the Lakers all they want but unless they get Giannis it will be hard for them to make the Finals with Luka and LeBron. The main problem is LeBron is freaking 40. If he manages to stay healthy all of next season he really is a freak of nature.

[lilfishi22]

The market is what the market is... Aytons been very available for a while and no one has made the trade. I don't think the Blazers are a well run organization but I also doubt they turned down offers.

Yeah I kind of think even if we didn't trade him, we'd probably get to this position where we end up just buying him out. We really should've moved him for Turner if that was ever on the table

[NapoleonII]

Ayton might be lazy enough that he’ll take a year off, since he’s getting paid and all.

[WeekapaugGroove]

The market is what the market is... Aytons been very available for a while and no one has made the trade. I don't think the Blazers are a well run organization but I also doubt they turned down offers.

Yeah I kind of think even if we didn't trade him, we'd probably get to this position where we end up just buying him out. We really should've moved him for Turner if that was ever on the table

I too wonder if Turner (or what else) was available for him the deadline or the summer he signed the extension. Brutal what ifs as Suns fans.

[garrick]

Damn. Is DA’s value so low they couldn’t get a pick or decent player for him or is this another WWF behind the scenes move to help the Lakers out again. If DA ends up in LA for nothing this league is more of a joke than I thought it was.

They are not beating the Thunder or T-Wolves with a 40 year old LeBron. Luka was also not the only reason that Dallas team made the Finals. Luka can impact a game with his scoring but defensively he needs to improve. With Ayton Lakers might be a 2nd round exit team. The NBA can help the Lakers all they want but unless they get Giannis it will be hard for them to make the Finals with Luka and LeBron. The main problem is LeBron is freaking 40. If he manages to stay healthy all of next season he really is a freak of nature.

Ayton is a huge improvement over Hayes but yeah they need a few more pieces if they really want to be taken seriously as contenders as they are too still too top heavy to beat OKC, Denver or the Wolves.

[Mr Puddles]

Literally anyone but the Lakers. Surely Charlotte or Washington needs a center.

Expect Ayton to play hard next year at the place where he can most easily showcase (which is the Lakers, playing next to Luka).

He'll then try to get a big pay day and either fool a team into giving him one, or pout that he didn't.

[SunsRback4Good]

Literally anyone but the Lakers. Surely Charlotte or Washington needs a center.

Expect Ayton to play hard next year at the place where he can most easily showcase (which is the Lakers, playing next to Luka).

He'll then try to get a big pay day and either fool a team into giving him one, or pout that he didn't.

Ok.

[Saberestar]

That would be our roster just adding CP3 and not making any other move (Gillespie’s restricted) :

Book/CP3/Gillespie
Green/Beal/Brea
Dillon/O'Neale/Allen
Dunn/Fleming/Oso
Mark W/Maluach/Richards

We need to make several moves to balance the roster. We are too heavy at SG/SF and too thin at PF. Dunn is an SF and Oso can not play PF without shooting.

Beal and Allen/O'Neale needs to go. Easier said that done.

[Frank Lee]

Thanks for the Bottom dweller confirmation
Please, don’t display that roster anymore.

How these F-ers have been shttting the bed at the PG slot is criminal. And Wishbia was once one. I would endorse having CP if we had drafted a youngster pg like Tourae or ? … but it’s a waste otherwise.


DLo is looming and at this point could be welcomed.

[Saberestar]

Thanks for the Bottom dweller confirmation
Please, don’t display that roster anymore.

How these F-ers have been shttting the bed at the PG slot is criminal. And Wishbia was once one. I would endorse having CP if we had drafted a youngster pg like Tourae or ? … but it’s a waste otherwise.


DLo is looming and at this point could be welcomed.

D. Russell will not sign for the minimum.

And he is more of a scorer G than a "PG". With so many scoring Gs already on the roster Russell makes no sense at all.

At least Gillespie is a solid defender and low usage pure PG. He fits on a roster with Jalen Green and Booker.

[bullsaficianado]

We are likely not going to be able to get rid of Beal so just bring him off the bench if he won't agree to a trade.