06-04-2021, 02:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-04-2021, 02:55 PM by HanspardsShowerVoice.)
Zach Lowe's podcast with Chris Herring brought up the Portland situation...
The Blazers not even able to take the Nuggets to a Game 7 in the first round, without Murray and without Will Barton and without PJ Dozier, is absolutely devastating. Even after going all in after the RoCo and Powell trades they're still in the same spot they were in 3-4 years ago, and now they're getting passed by the Suns, Nuggets, Jazz, Mavs, etc. in the conference.
The problem that the Blazers will run into shopping McCollum is the rest of the league think he is ideally the #3 player on a great team. The results in the playoffs bear that out. There's a big gap from where #1 and real #2s are and where McCollum is. So if you trade McCollum it’s not like you’re going to magically get a great #2 player in exchange for him to put next to Dame. What you’re really trying to get is another #3 player who fits better next to Dame. Flipping a #3 for another #3 isn’t going to change your world as an organization. You also can’t trade McCollum for just draft assets, because you’ve just made your team worse in the short run and Dame doesn’t want that. You can only trade him for someone who you believe makes you better in 2021-2022. So they are in a tough spot.
Lowe’s fake CJ McCollum trades based on nothing … CJ for Tobias Harris, if Sixers get bounced in the playoffs. Trading him for an Almost All Star is about all they can expect. Herring brought up the Knicks as a possiblity because the Knicks need offense and the Blazers need defense, but the Knicks probably wouldn't trade Barrett for him and they might not have an asset that really moves the needle for the Blazers that makes them a better contender in 2021-2022.
The Blazers not even able to take the Nuggets to a Game 7 in the first round, without Murray and without Will Barton and without PJ Dozier, is absolutely devastating. Even after going all in after the RoCo and Powell trades they're still in the same spot they were in 3-4 years ago, and now they're getting passed by the Suns, Nuggets, Jazz, Mavs, etc. in the conference.
The problem that the Blazers will run into shopping McCollum is the rest of the league think he is ideally the #3 player on a great team. The results in the playoffs bear that out. There's a big gap from where #1 and real #2s are and where McCollum is. So if you trade McCollum it’s not like you’re going to magically get a great #2 player in exchange for him to put next to Dame. What you’re really trying to get is another #3 player who fits better next to Dame. Flipping a #3 for another #3 isn’t going to change your world as an organization. You also can’t trade McCollum for just draft assets, because you’ve just made your team worse in the short run and Dame doesn’t want that. You can only trade him for someone who you believe makes you better in 2021-2022. So they are in a tough spot.
Lowe’s fake CJ McCollum trades based on nothing … CJ for Tobias Harris, if Sixers get bounced in the playoffs. Trading him for an Almost All Star is about all they can expect. Herring brought up the Knicks as a possiblity because the Knicks need offense and the Blazers need defense, but the Knicks probably wouldn't trade Barrett for him and they might not have an asset that really moves the needle for the Blazers that makes them a better contender in 2021-2022.