(07-23-2021, 12:45 PM)duboh7 Wrote: OK. Maybe I mis-worded what I really meant. I started with my opinion that KL & JC will not be available to us, and offered my opinion on how we could improve while waiting for that Sammy Superstar.
Your points are valid. But what do you propose if we can't get a superstar this year?
You go down the list of folks you want until you hit (preferably with tampering so the list walk is prior to start of free agency). Cuban has been in plan powder mode since 2011 and the new hires seem specifically targeted to recruiting free agents. There are more options than KL and JC. They could money whip Conley or Ball or DeRozan. It will be much harder to go this route after Luka extension, so this is it. There may be trades involved, but if you are proposing a trade that you would do in a second, then its probably not a trade that is going to happen.
(07-23-2021, 11:57 AM)omahen Wrote: He is a free agent, so it is "just" a matter of convincing him he will be better of in Dallas. Losing him would be a severe blow to Portland plans. I wonder what could we get from them just to give them a trade exception, yet alone a useful player.
It would be an easy way to dump JRich. He would be useful to them as a versatile defender, and maybe his offensive issues are not as much an issue with them.