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rivetz
Sep 22, 2000


Soiled Meat
What I wish the Blazers would do this offseason:
  • Hire Wes Unseld Jr.
  • Figure out a way to flip CJ and/or Nurk for Myles Turner :allears: I feel like the Pacers are motivated to move him or Sabonis and I'm sure they'd rather it be Turner. CJ's a proven scorer and probably an All-Star in the East, Nurkic has one year remaining at $12M and surely would have value to the right team. Some combination of those two guys plus DJJ's expiring plus Simons or Little if you have to I guess.
  • Use the cap room to sign Powell. I'm such a sucker for ill-advised, silky-smooth midrange Js and CJ is one of my favorite players all-time as a result, but it's not working. Powell's a better defender, gets to the line more consistently, better fit alongside Dame.
  • Pair Dame/Norm with Turner as a top-tier defensive C and fill in the gaps from there. Olshey's been really good at pulling 7-8-9 rotation guys off the scrap-heap, roll the dice on depth and roll with Dame/Norm/Turner core.

What the Blazers will actually do this offseason:
  • none of this happens
  • we run it back with Billups
  • 49 wins and another first-round loss
  • one year from now everyone is again worried about Dame leaving, except this time the concerns are totally legitimate

also footnote that I agree CJ's contract is not some untradeable albatross. Yeah he had some lovely games in the first-round, as did like 3/4 of the roster. He'll still be good for 20-25 ppg through the end of his contract, can create his own shot, is not some perennial injury concern, great locker-room and community dude. People act like he's some colossal overpay but the contract's generally in line w his performance. Also the downside of maxing his deal != downside of watching him leave and rolling the dice on replacing him, plus pissing off Dame

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