Dame Time

[Elizah Huge]

Miami is currently offering Portland some expired left overs and a couple fortune cookies and you think we’d have to give up all the picks from the DM and Rudy trades to get him?

Don’t even reply to him. He literally is the worst poster on the site. If nobody ever replies maybe he will stop posting.

 

[sip]

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His age combined with that contract is what makes it an easy no for me. I feel like if we just focus on building this the right way over the next year then we can set us up to be a legit contender for the next 10 years. If the roster stays as is for next season then we should have a much better idea of what we have and what tweaks need to be made. Right now we still don't really know who is a long term building block other than Lauri. I think Kessler can get there but it is not uncommon to see guys have really solid rookies years and then take a big step back. Just last year at this time we probably all viewed a guy like Chris Duarte as a solid building block role player for the pacers. One year later he is traded to the kings for very little.

 

[margodydek]

A random dark horse that I think could, and should, throw their hat in the ring would be Orlando.

 

[sip]

The going rate (pre new CBA) for a star was 4 unprotected picks, at least 1 swap, and good young players. I imagine POR will hold out for something like that. A package from us would have to look something like this:

CLE 25 1st
CLE 27 1st
MIN 25 1st
LAL 27 1st
Swap in 26 or 28
Collins
Hendricks
THT

Might have to throw in another asset, but we could do it and still have a good amount of draft assets leftover. I don’t foresee someone offering 6-7 first rounders for him.

Dame isn't worth even close to that package.

 

[TheStormofWar]

A random dark horse that I think could, and should, throw their hat in the ring would be Orlando.

How many guards does Orlando need?

 

[sip]

A random dark horse that I think could, and should, throw their hat in the ring would be Orlando.

They shouldn't and they won't. They are building something great in Orlando and there is no reason to screw it up.

 

[margodydek]

Dame isn't worth even close to that package.

Strongly disagree. But I guess we’ll find out soon (hopefully).

 

[margodydek]

How many guards does Orlando need?

How many good guards does Orlando have?

 

[margodydek]

Amick says we’re one of the teams so far that has expressed interest.

 

[Elizah Huge]

 

[TheStormofWar]

Not sure Dame puts us over any hump. Getting too old, too expensive, and too broken for the price it'd take to get him.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Not sure Dame puts us over any hump. Getting too old, too expensive, and too broken for the price it'd take to get him.

I mean he averaged 32.2 PPG and 7.3 APG this year. He’s about to turn 33 but if we got 2-3 elite years from him we would have a legit shot at winning a title.