Blazers Offseason Natty Thread

I'm trading Dame before CJ.

Filthy casuals will disagree but I trust LeBron and Kobe on this.

CJ is a cold blooded killer. Dame step back 3 from downtown is nice but for the kids. Beating Sonics in round 1 is nothing special.

haie

@haie

who’s in the mix for FA?

Max extensions for Meyers and Turner?

Myers doesn't deserve 42 mil or whatever he got but I'd take a flyer on him because you need a backup for Nurk.

Turner is gone and everyone knows it. It is what it is. He still played well in game 7 against denver and i thank him for his service there.

greenblood

The Blazers need to upgrade the wing. Harkless and Aminu, while both provide solid defense, both hurt you offensively. They need to get rid of one, and replace him with a wing that can hit an outside shot consistently when needed.

allpurpleallgold

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/damian-lillard-marvin-bagley-draft-diss-track-032749183.html

Dame released a diss track on Marvin Bagley during the draft. Its their off season natty to lose.

NEsnake12

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1143244996046282752?s=21

Shitty expiring contract for shitty expiring contract. Baze fits better in the Blazers’ rotation though

SonnyShackelford

Huge upgrade

SonnyShackelford

@PurpleBaze

https://twitter.com/24bazemore/status/1143301869999140864?s=21

PurpleBaze

Not me...

haie

Simons and Baze on the second team to replace Turner+Curry

NEsnake12

Seeing that trade kinda opened up my eyes to how well Atlanta has rebuilt. They’ve got a ton of proven and promising young talent... Trae Young and John Collins are legit, and they just drafted Deandre Hunter and Cam Reddish. Add to that, they’ll have $50-60M in cap space next offseason.

I could see them being a go-to free agent spot next summer

haie

Seeing that trade kinda opened up my eyes to how well Atlanta has rebuilt. They’ve got a ton of proven and promising young talent... Trae Young and John Collins are legit, and they just drafted Deandre Hunter and Cam Reddish. Add to that, they’ll have $50-60M in cap space next offseason.

I could see them being a go-to free agent spot next summer

Blazers made this trade so that their young pg that dropped 30+ points in his starting debut last year could get ~25 minutes a game next year.

They'll also be in a position to shed a ton of their cap for next offseason or even the trade deadline, with a superior player in Baze instead of 2 2 2 or whatever pathetic stay line Turner drags with him.

PurpleThrobber

Seeing that trade kinda opened up my eyes to how well Atlanta has rebuilt. They’ve got a ton of proven and promising young talent... Trae Young and John Collins are legit, and they just drafted Deandre Hunter and Cam Reddish. Add to that, they’ll have $50-60M in cap space next offseason.

I could see them being a go-to free agent spot next summer
Blazers made this trade so that their young pg that dropped 30+ points in his starting debut last year could get ~25 minutes a game next year.

They'll also be in a position to shed a ton of their cap for next offseason or even the trade deadline, with a superior player in Baze instead of 2 2 2 or whatever pathetic stay line Turner drags with him.

Why would the Blazers need cap space for free agents?

haie

Seeing that trade kinda opened up my eyes to how well Atlanta has rebuilt. They’ve got a ton of proven and promising young talent... Trae Young and John Collins are legit, and they just drafted Deandre Hunter and Cam Reddish. Add to that, they’ll have $50-60M in cap space next offseason.

I could see them being a go-to free agent spot next summer
Blazers made this trade so that their young pg that dropped 30+ points in his starting debut last year could get ~25 minutes a game next year.

They'll also be in a position to shed a ton of their cap for next offseason or even the trade deadline, with a superior player in Baze instead of 2 2 2 or whatever pathetic stay line Turner drags with him.
Why would the Blazers need cap space for free agents?

Same reason Toronto needs space to sign Kawahi as he's checking out billboards by Staples...

I heard Toronto is such a superior city that they have nothing to worry about.

PurpleThrobber

Seeing that trade kinda opened up my eyes to how well Atlanta has rebuilt. They’ve got a ton of proven and promising young talent... Trae Young and John Collins are legit, and they just drafted Deandre Hunter and Cam Reddish. Add to that, they’ll have $50-60M in cap space next offseason.

I could see them being a go-to free agent spot next summer
Blazers made this trade so that their young pg that dropped 30+ points in his starting debut last year could get ~25 minutes a game next year.

They'll also be in a position to shed a ton of their cap for next offseason or even the trade deadline, with a superior player in Baze instead of 2 2 2 or whatever pathetic stay line Turner drags with him.
Why would the Blazers need cap space for free agents?

Same reason Toronto needs space to sign Kawahi as he's checking out billboards by Staples...

I heard Toronto is such a superior city that they have nothing to worry about.

Since when did Portland become a suburb of LA?