before the deni trade i thought we had to trade ant but now it’s gotta be jerami because in closing lineups we can run scoot ant shae with deni and DA. toumani and bari can get good backup minutes and rupes and kris can try and prove everyone wrong
@@boltblazer1670 Khris Middleton. My thought is that if Jerami is viewed as an upgrade due to his off-ball fit, age, relationship with Dame, and injury history (or relative lack thereof), then they could find some sort of three-team trade. Maybe the Lakers decide Jerami would require too much draft capital but the asking price for Khris would be more reasonable. So something like Jerami to Milwaukee for Khris and a 2031 swap, then Khris and Banton to the Lakers for Rui, DLo, and a future first. Maybe the details need to be reworked, but something like that was my thought
I like Billups and think we are lucky to have him especially at this time to mentor young guys. I am happy if he stays until we are good. But Detroit has lots of cap room and we could trade Ant , Grant and Chauncey to Detroit for as many picks we can get including 2025. Outside the box idea. Detroit is tired of being in Lottery. We have to get Cooper Flagg! Win-Win! Go Joe! Make it happen
Lakers could be partners at training camp. They send us Rui, Gabe, and DeAngelo Russell, along with two firsts, and we send them Jerami and RW3. If sending two firsts is a blocking point by September, then we will ask them to send us Knecht (rookies can't be traded for a month after they have been signed, or so I've been told) and thus we'll count that as a first and reduce our demand accordingly. We may have to move off of two of the following players for roster and salary cap purposes: Rajon, Murray, Walker, or Banton. We then can flip Russell and Gabe for future assets.
I really want Cooper Flagg. Is there a chance we could acquire another '25 lottery pick to better our chances for the #1 pick next year? Perhaps Nets Nets get: '29-1st, '30-2nd, C Ayton, SG Simons, F & PG Blazers get: '25 - 1st, PG Schroder, C Claxton, SF Bogdanovic, PF Finney Smith And Blazers should trade grant to Lakers for Rui, 1 other player and an unprotected 1st.
You can't trade Ayton or Simons for just a "possible" good 1st rd pick. And definitely not BOTH. That is honestly the worst trade idea, I've ever heard for the Blazers. Trading Blazers 3 best players for essentially no players Blazers actually would like, but just two 1st rd picks would be absolutely ridiculous for the Blazers smh
Spurs might be an option. Right now their main target is Lauri Markkanen, but if they fail they might go for other player and They have assets they may trade.
Lets say Harrison Barnes for the salary, Tre Jones (Sochan if we are greedy) and one or two protected first round picks (they are probably going to be good in the future, we so will get it, maybe a second pick round too they have a lot).
I would love to see him a Buck as well! I think MarJon fits this Blazer team amazing both athletically and age wise. Not sure how we could match the salaries or if they would have enough draft picks available, but I’d really love to see that happen.
I'm curious if this trade would work (bear with me for a second before wholly dismissing it): Portland trades Jeremi Grant 4 yrs $29.8M + Robert Williams $12.43M for Brooklyn's Ben Simmons & Cam Thomas (with Thomas doing a sign & trade where Portland gets him for 4 years extension and they either rehabilitate Simmons or let him go along with his $40M salary). Portland would also get a 2025 1st (either theirs or the OKC/HOU/Phoenix pick) + a 2029 1st (from Hou/Dal/or Phx). Why? Portland gets $40M expiring on Simmons & a guard who scores 22 a game in Cam Thomas. Why would the Nets do this? They get 2 quality players that can help them immediately while also shedding themselves immediately of Simmons. Just a thought. It is hard finding a good trade tho...
I don’t see the Nets looking for anything that will help them immediately. They desperately want to Capture the Flagg and I don’t see them doing anything to jeopardize that
@@rjejames28 I hear you both... but they can't afford to resign CAM AND they need to get out of Ben Simmon's contract. That said, I get what you are saying. I knew it was a stretch when I typed it out lol. Still intriguing tho.
@@jayi.6448 they will get out of Simmons contract by letting it expire this summer. I don’t think they’re desperate to give up value to get him off the books now. They can go into the summer with whoever they end up drafting on a cheap contract, Cam Thomas, and still some room to spare
good video today. -I dont mind that Toronto trade idea actually. I am a fan of those players, especially Bruce Brown, I just think it should be a 1, not two 2nds. -What about Minnesota? I know they dont have the 1s, but they have assets we might like -always was a fan of Rudy. I wish he had come back over at some point.
it makes 0 sense to me why the blazer wouldn't just trade for a future unprotected 1st and Rui for Grant. Thats a better return than what they traded to get him and if the lakers are bad that has potential be a great trade.
Time for Portland to get serious in trading. Now. Trade Simons at trade deadline for first round pick next year. Trade Thybulle and Grant now. Keep Ayton for next year for two reasons. To see if the final two months he played were a fluke and to see how he is used vs Clingdon and Williams and Grant.
Problems trading Grant and Ant is they are both overpaid. Also, One can't play a lick of defense, and the other other takes alot of plays off... That makes it harder to sell them especially under this new collective bargaining agreement...Our issue is these players don't fit our timeline and take away valuable court time for the young core we want to keep. We may have to take less for the betterment of our developing this core
This trade works and would have to include draft picks>. Grant and Thybulle to Brooklyn in exchange for 1 year of Ben Simmons. Nets could use scoring and defense. Trail Blazers have room to move next year and beyond. Bahamas is better than Japan and others that made Olympics- just a rough group to get through, but hey they only lost 1 game.
Banton is barely guaranteed until January 10th. If we make a Grant trade and acquire extra players then we can simply cut Banton. Couldn’t do that with a player at 34.
Is Banton a good player that could be a good roll player in the future (not sure but this should be the question)? You haven't said Camara or Walker although they have unguaranteed contracts, probably because you are thinking they are good. Team can cut even guaranteed contract, it's just coast a little more money, but may worth it. I'd rather see professional decisions (who isn't in the team future planes) then financial.
If this is a joke, haha good one! If this is earnest, I'm having a hard time seeing the Blazers and Heat enter into good faith trade negotiations in the near future due to the events (and non-events) of last summer's trade saga. They don't seem like realistic trade partners.
What about Lakers receive: Jerami Grant, Jevon Carter and the bulls 2029 second round pick Blazers receive: Lonzo Ball, Nikola Vucevic, their own first round pick back from the bulls, the bulls 2028 first round pick, the lakers 2029 First round pick Bulls receive: D’Angelo Russell Rui Hachimura and Robert Williams III
No way from OKC at any piece of that OKC trade. Destroy OKC's ability to live when they become a 2nd apron team by taking EXCELLENT cheap players they have locked up for 4-5 years, all players that every OKC fan and front office would rather have than Jerami Grant on top of that. Absolutely NO CHANCE that Joe Wiggins or Dort would ever be traded by OKC for Grant, evene one by one straight up. The money and it with OKCs 3 stars are already 100% reasons against it..... add on Jerami is a Horrible rebounder and all 3 of those guys shoot threes better than jerami and 2 of the 3 are significantly better defenders than grant overall, and the shooting and defense are the 2 reasons you said OKC would even want him. Theres no team less likely to trade for Jerami in the entire league imo
before the deni trade i thought we had to trade ant but now it’s gotta be jerami because in closing lineups we can run scoot ant shae with deni and DA. toumani and bari can get good backup minutes and rupes and kris can try and prove everyone wrong
Calling it right now. Jerami Grant will be a Buck
@@jonathanevers8019 how would they match salary?
@@boltblazer1670 Khris Middleton. My thought is that if Jerami is viewed as an upgrade due to his off-ball fit, age, relationship with Dame, and injury history (or relative lack thereof), then they could find some sort of three-team trade. Maybe the Lakers decide Jerami would require too much draft capital but the asking price for Khris would be more reasonable. So something like Jerami to Milwaukee for Khris and a 2031 swap, then Khris and Banton to the Lakers for Rui, DLo, and a future first. Maybe the details need to be reworked, but something like that was my thought
@@jonathanevers8019Absoluely 0 chance Portland would do those deals lol
@@jonathanevers8019I'm trying to figure out which side you on The Blazers or Damian Lillard's. 🥀
Go #TrailBlazers🩶🖤❤️
@@CameronJohnston-re5ibI wholeheartedly agree with you 💯%!
I'm starting to think that Grant and Simons will start this upcoming season as Trail Blazers.
I like Billups and think we are lucky to have him especially at this time to mentor young guys. I am happy if he stays until we are good. But Detroit has lots of cap room and we could trade Ant , Grant and Chauncey to Detroit for as many picks we can get including 2025. Outside the box idea. Detroit is tired of being in Lottery. We have to get Cooper Flagg! Win-Win! Go Joe! Make it happen
I’m not sure if you can trade coaches tbh😂 but grant or ant going there would be cool
Lakers could be partners at training camp. They send us Rui, Gabe, and DeAngelo Russell, along with two firsts, and we send them Jerami and RW3. If sending two firsts is a blocking point by September, then we will ask them to send us Knecht (rookies can't be traded for a month after they have been signed, or so I've been told) and thus we'll count that as a first and reduce our demand accordingly. We may have to move off of two of the following players for roster and salary cap purposes: Rajon, Murray, Walker, or Banton. We then can flip Russell and Gabe for future assets.
I really want Cooper Flagg. Is there a chance we could acquire another '25 lottery pick to better our chances for the #1 pick next year?
Perhaps Nets
Nets get: '29-1st, '30-2nd, C Ayton, SG Simons, F & PG
Blazers get: '25 - 1st, PG Schroder, C Claxton, SF Bogdanovic, PF Finney Smith
And Blazers should trade grant to Lakers for Rui, 1 other player and an unprotected 1st.
You can't trade Ayton or Simons for just a "possible" good 1st rd pick. And definitely not BOTH. That is honestly the worst trade idea, I've ever heard for the Blazers. Trading Blazers 3 best players for essentially no players Blazers actually would like, but just two 1st rd picks would be absolutely ridiculous for the Blazers smh
@gamechanger114 If it is unprotected, it's not that bad. A rotation of Claxton and Clingan would be godly in the paint.
Give up on Flagg. The NBA would never let him land in Portland.
@@jtthomas7349 We all can still hope and pray
Spurs might be an option. Right now their main target is Lauri Markkanen, but if they fail they might go for other player and They have assets they may trade.
Lets say Harrison Barnes for the salary, Tre Jones (Sochan if we are greedy) and one or two protected first round picks (they are probably going to be good in the future, we so will get it, maybe a second pick round too they have a lot).
I would love to see him a Buck as well! I think MarJon fits this Blazer team amazing both athletically and age wise. Not sure how we could match the salaries or if they would have enough draft picks available, but I’d really love to see that happen.
I'm curious if this trade would work (bear with me for a second before wholly dismissing it): Portland trades Jeremi Grant 4 yrs $29.8M + Robert Williams $12.43M for Brooklyn's Ben Simmons & Cam Thomas (with Thomas doing a sign & trade where Portland gets him for 4 years extension and they either rehabilitate Simmons or let him go along with his $40M salary). Portland would also get a 2025 1st (either theirs or the OKC/HOU/Phoenix pick) + a 2029 1st (from Hou/Dal/or Phx). Why? Portland gets $40M expiring on Simmons & a guard who scores 22 a game in Cam Thomas. Why would the Nets do this? They get 2 quality players that can help them immediately while also shedding themselves immediately of Simmons. Just a thought. It is hard finding a good trade tho...
I don’t see the Nets looking for anything that will help them immediately. They desperately want to Capture the Flagg and I don’t see them doing anything to jeopardize that
They never do that they are rebuilding
@@rjejames28 I hear you both... but they can't afford to resign CAM AND they need to get out of Ben Simmon's contract. That said, I get what you are saying. I knew it was a stretch when I typed it out lol. Still intriguing tho.
@@jayi.6448 they will get out of Simmons contract by letting it expire this summer. I don’t think they’re desperate to give up value to get him off the books now. They can go into the summer with whoever they end up drafting on a cheap contract, Cam Thomas, and still some room to spare
@jayi.6448 when they are just starting a rebuild they don't need to pay to get out of a bad contract. They need draft picks and time.
good video today.
-I dont mind that Toronto trade idea actually. I am a fan of those players, especially Bruce Brown, I just think it should be a 1, not two 2nds.
-What about Minnesota? I know they dont have the 1s, but they have assets we might like
-always was a fan of Rudy. I wish he had come back over at some point.
What about the Warriors ? I think they have players that Blazers would covet/ and match Grant’s salary.
We don't need 2 firsts for Jerami. I also don't understand why people don't have some faith in Rui. He's a good rotation player under the age of 24.
Maybe Blazers could've sent those two picks and Banton to Washington and used #14 themselves.
Pass on DA
Nice video
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it makes 0 sense to me why the blazer wouldn't just trade for a future unprotected 1st and Rui for Grant. Thats a better return than what they traded to get him and if the lakers are bad that has potential be a great trade.
Didn’t we get 3 2nd round picks from ny for the 34th?
Jeramino Rebound Grant Fashion
Time for Portland to get serious in trading. Now. Trade Simons at trade deadline for first round pick next year. Trade Thybulle and Grant now.
Keep Ayton for next year for two reasons. To see if the final two months he played were a fluke and to see how he is used vs Clingdon and Williams and Grant.
We should take the 1 Lakers pick and run to get off his contract
Problems trading Grant and Ant is they are both overpaid. Also, One can't play a lick of defense, and the other other takes alot of plays off... That makes it harder to sell them especially under this new collective bargaining agreement...Our issue is these players don't fit our timeline and take away valuable court time for the young core we want to keep. We may have to take less for the betterment of our developing this core
Over the next few years their pay is very low.
mike so goated fr
lol a genuine compliment that also makes me feel a little old. Thanks for rocking with me
@@LockedOnBlazers let’s just say we’re so locked in Mike 🤞
Pick 40 for a shooter, A J Griffin
This trade works and would have to include draft picks>. Grant and Thybulle to Brooklyn in exchange for 1 year of Ben Simmons. Nets could use scoring and defense. Trail Blazers have room to move next year and beyond.
Bahamas is better than Japan and others that made Olympics- just a rough group to get through, but hey they only lost 1 game.
Doesn't work nets are tanking
Because LeBron’s 3 million dollar pay cut didn’t make enough room 😂
Banton is barely guaranteed until January 10th.
If we make a Grant trade and acquire extra players then we can simply cut Banton.
Couldn’t do that with a player at 34.
Is Banton a good player that could be a good roll player in the future (not sure but this should be the question)?
You haven't said Camara or Walker although they have unguaranteed contracts, probably because you are thinking they are good. Team can cut even guaranteed contract, it's just coast a little more money, but may worth it. I'd rather see professional decisions (who isn't in the team future planes) then financial.
But everyone is always going to the Lakers.
What about the heat involving Jamie Jacquez
If this is a joke, haha good one! If this is earnest, I'm having a hard time seeing the Blazers and Heat enter into good faith trade negotiations in the near future due to the events (and non-events) of last summer's trade saga. They don't seem like realistic trade partners.
@@LockedOnBlazersI was thinking maybe Tyler Herro and 2 firsts
What about
Lakers receive: Jerami Grant, Jevon Carter and the bulls 2029 second round pick
Blazers receive: Lonzo Ball, Nikola Vucevic, their own first round pick back from the bulls, the bulls 2028 first round pick, the lakers 2029 First round pick
Bulls receive: D’Angelo Russell Rui Hachimura and Robert Williams III
I miss the old intro music. This new one is super generic, smh
RIP a legend. There’s some boring legal stuff that goes into it but … me too
Please Mike, Agbaji is one foot out of the league. He is that bad.
Think other positions Mike
Is anyone can play for Lakers free😂😂😂 please help
Dont get Rui..
He cant guard
No way from OKC at any piece of that OKC trade. Destroy OKC's ability to live when they become a 2nd apron team by taking EXCELLENT cheap players they have locked up for 4-5 years, all players that every OKC fan and front office would rather have than Jerami Grant on top of that. Absolutely NO CHANCE that Joe Wiggins or Dort would ever be traded by OKC for Grant, evene one by one straight up. The money and it with OKCs 3 stars are already 100% reasons against it..... add on Jerami is a Horrible rebounder and all 3 of those guys shoot threes better than jerami and 2 of the 3 are significantly better defenders than grant overall, and the shooting and defense are the 2 reasons you said OKC would even want him. Theres no team less likely to trade for Jerami in the entire league imo