Posted 03/15/2013 4:58 PM

Signing Elliot Williams, will depend on his recovery, and i think it may not be good option... injuries are the main reason.

Tony Allen woud be good, but either he stays in Memphis or he goes to a contender...

T Wolves will match almost any offer to Pekovic... So we would have to overpay

D. Blair may be a nice option, but only if Hickson leaves... 

I´m a  bit tired of discussing this kind of threads, BEcause most of our moves will depend on Hickson and we dont know what Olshey will do, so if we sign Hickson we will have less money, to target 2 or 3 good players (1 or 2 SG/SF 1off and another Def, and also a experienced and defensive minded C)to complete our bench and 1 or 2 more to fill the roster. If we let him go, we will have much more money, and would need to add an extra PF to those i said. So the way i see it, its just pointless to make a thread like this every week, there are already lots of this threads...

PS: You cant forget that roster max is 15 and cap limits, if you

Posted 03/15/2013 7:19 PM

You could of put this in the "Thoughts on 2013-2014 Roster" thread and also I'm with you Nuno I just as tired as you are.

Posted 03/17/2013 2:02 PM

Nuno I disagree we know exactly what Olshey will do and bringing back JJ is not going to be a part of it

Posted 03/17/2013 2:24 PM

we think that we know... but only time will tell what will happen...

Posted 03/18/2013 3:27 PM

If the Blazers don't resign JJ, they should try and get Andy Varejao. But first option is keep JJ. (Varejao is 30 and injured.)

Posted 03/19/2013 11:28 AM

uggh, not many good options out there at center. I mean Kaman would be good but he's always hurt,and the other guys are scrubs

Posted 03/19/2013 11:44 AM

Its not looking good for out team. I mean who can we sign,and we're gonna lose our double double center. Soo ghh

Posted 03/19/2013 11:28 PM

Larry Sanders would be nice, but the Bucks will hoard the heck (Mod Edit; please refrain from using profanity)out of him. But his stock has gone up and with Ellis' and Jennings' contract, they might have to let him go when his contract's up. What I would give for a healthy Oden. Dalembert would be nice. Garnett and Amir Johnson would be okay. I think the best would be Tristan Thompson.

Posted 03/20/2013 11:01 AM

Another good idea, is Eric Maynor, for Eric Bledsoe. I LOVE Bledsoe. He essentially gets one block in 21 minutes, and 1.5 steals. Did I mentions he's 6"1. That's even better than Lamarcus and JJ. Good scorer, and while he's not really a three point shooter, he's shooting 43% on 26 made threes this year.

Posted 03/23/2013 8:12 AM

Eric maynor for Eric Bledsoe? Yeah Im sure thatd be great for us. LOL. Clippers gonna do that? uhh no

Posted 03/23/2013 9:12 AM

bledsoe isn't bad but we'd lose a great distributer off that bench..... larry sanders would be great though he has some strong defense plays solid @ the 5 even though he's better @ the 4 dalembert would be great off the bench for defense 

Posted 03/23/2013 11:36 PM

I think the Clipper might if they get someone else as well, or a three way deal. Half the suggestions for trades here aren't going to happen and are just wishful thinking (always fun) but that might happen. What we really need is one of the Grizzlies. Best defenders in the league. Tony Allen, Mike Conley Jr. Jerryd Bayless isn't as great a defender but have you seen how he's been playing lately?

Posted 03/24/2013 12:02 PM

I mean Bledsoe and Larry together would be amazing, but the Clipps would be dumb to let him go and the same goes for the Bucks.

Posted 03/24/2013 12:21 PM

yea I doubt any of them are let go unless both make block buster moves in the off season 

Posted 03/27/2013 1:56 PM

i have the greatest idea ever. why don't we draft shabazz muhammad. he suppose to be the next james harden. i hope our pick inthe top12. he would make our bench scary for year to come. in the 2nd round, we can draft lebryan nash to back up batum, and matthews, he can score and defend. and we should also draft kenny kadji, he have a great defense skill to play alongside both LA and Meyers. in the free agent, we should go after samuel dalembert to teach kenny and meyers some defense move and how to block. we should get him easily for 3 year and 3 million per year. we should retain maynor. we should sign hickson for 4 year and 5.75 million per year. this should leave us around 1 million, we should save that money unless we want to sign williams back. our line up is the same for starting 5 but best then ever bench player would help us reduce mins. to super star damian lillard.

PG-Lillard/Maynor

SG-Matthews/Shabazz/Williams

SF-Batum/Nash/Claver

PF-Aldridge/Dalembert/Kadji

C-Hickson/Meyers/Kadji

i hope our coach would play maynor for 20 mins that include 15 mins rest every game. our bench would be the OKC 2011-2012 VERSION WITH JAMES HARDEN ON TEAM. COME ON THIS TEAM WOULD EASILY AND NO DOUBT WIN TITLES WITH YEAR TO COME

Posted 03/27/2013 2:54 PM

If we were in a fantasy game maybe...

But lets get real...

We dont need a bunch off new young players, we already have 5 rookies! and all guaranteed for next season... by the way, what happened to Barton and Freeland? they magically disappear along with 4M that they have guaranteed for next season?

And even if we have the 1st round pick, do you really think Shabbaz wouldnt be picked before our pick? He is projected as top8 pick...

E Will is often injured, so i think it isnt really a good option...

Then there is Hickson that will demand for sure something around 8-10M a year...

And Dalembert, that is a Center, will also demand much more then 3M a year, maybe 5-6M at least...

Finally i think it would be very very very hard, if not impossible, to aim for a title with only a couple of experienced players (Aldridge and Dalembert)...

 

Posted 03/27/2013 5:22 PM

That team is no where near a title. There are two players at the top of the draft Portland would be wise to take- Victor Oladipo and Shabazz Muhammad. Oladipo is an awesome defender and could make Matthews expendable, while Muhammad would be better suited in a 6th man bench scorer role right away.  Neither should last til #12 so moving up would be smart just not sure what that price might be. 

In the second round if Tony Mitchell is still there then he must be acquired. 

We need defensive players first and foremost

Posted 03/27/2013 8:26 PM

We need young talent because we don't have the money to sign veteran talent and even if we do have this veteran talent it would only be for a couple years. We need a growing nucleus just as the spurs did, retaining Timmy, Tony, and Manu. We need just one more young piece (because you're right we are extremely young) for the future and then sign veterans. No disrespect to Will and Joel, but they're are better options and Meyers and Victor will only be role players in the future in my opinion. We need one more key piece off the bench that can grow with our team. We have a talented team, but I think it is important to have two elite guards or forwards. Damian is one and I think we all hoped it would've been Nic to be the other one. But we need that punch off the bench and I think the best option is through the draft for financial reasons.

Posted 03/27/2013 8:29 PM

Oh and when I say elite I mean offensively because Nic and Wes are both amazing on defense as you guys already know. Just need that PUNCH!

Posted 03/27/2013 8:33 PM

Lamarcus=Duncan

Damian=Parker

Nic=Leonard  

Wes=Green

???=Manu

*Obviously different players and skill sets just our versions.