People think Portland will just give away players like nobody else in these mock trade requests 😂.
SupremeNBA
I want to see a three way trade with Josh Hart and pieces going to ORL. John Collins to PDX and Jonathan Isaac to ATL
justicebeaver20
That’s gonna be a no from me dog.
dragonturtle5575
Cedi ain’t bad Id think about this one for a while
tblazrdude
It’s as simple as trading hobbled Hart at 37mpg for a healthy re-signed Hart at 27-28 mpg who handles the ball more and actually shoots when he’s open.
Unless there are some 2nd rounders that Schmitz is over the moon about, I think Hart is better than Okoro and there are probably cheaper center upgrades out there.
RandyJoeP
Hmm… don’t absolutely hate this trade but don’t know if I would do it.
Cedi is non guaranteed 6.7 million next year (could just be waived to clear space)
Okoro is due 8.9 million next season before becoming a RFA in the 2024-2025 offseason.
Team can get under the luxury tax by dumping GB3 + salary off onto another team and still be at the minimum of 14 rostered players.
**Overall take:** You’re going to be betting on Okoro continuing to improve as a defender and getting to league average as a 3 point shooter, while Cedi is kind of meh across the board. This also pushes all of Harts salary into next year where you can have a decent amount of expiring money to assist in pushing for another deal. I think the team takes a pretty big hit performance wise because the two of these guys aren’t nearly the rebounder as Hart is (even combined) and both are sub par shooters. But if the team has an eye on making a move for next offseason (because people are insane with the prices for players at the deadline), this would be a good stepping stone to assist with making more moves in the offseason with more expiring deals and picks to include.
drunkenyeknom
Jesus thought it was real for a second
mikey_mod
I like Bobby Marks, but why would the Blazers do a trade that puts them into the tax
SliceOfLife37
Meh, I would be more interested in the proposed Obi Toppin, Cam Reddish, & Seconds for Josh Hart from the Knicks. This would at least give us some additional size.
I love Josh Hart so it is hard to say I really want any trade that includes him. I think the Knicks trade is a slight needle move vs. this being probably a worse trade for us.
dannyjimp
Sold.
dannyjimp
Blazers are sellers at deadline, and guys like josh are not part of the long term plan.
Tough_Presentation57
I feel like it’s not far off. What would y’all need to bite on this? A better pick? Who else would be tradeable from cle? A third team?
Alicitorte
The team will take a nosedive in performance if this goes through. As much as we’ve been critical of Hart not shooting and being a negative in late game situations, without his rebounding/transition play we will look much worse. If it helps the long term plan bc Hart has to go anyway I’ll be sad but understanding.
allaboutthatpace
I don’t hate the general idea. You have to trade someone good to get something and Josh is a good player. It would help balance out the roster and give us another competent NBA adult and bolster the bench production.
That being said, as others pointed out, this is not the year to be making a trade that adds salary for luxury tax and hard cap reasons.
Edit: also not sure the thinking from Cleveland’s end. They’d have a small guard issue with Garland, Mitchell, LeVert and Hart all deserving large minutes.
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People think Portland will just give away players like nobody else in these mock trade requests 😂.
I want to see a three way trade with Josh Hart and pieces going to ORL. John Collins to PDX and Jonathan Isaac to ATL
That’s gonna be a no from me dog.
Cedi ain’t bad Id think about this one for a while
It’s as simple as trading hobbled Hart at 37mpg for a healthy re-signed Hart at 27-28 mpg who handles the ball more and actually shoots when he’s open.
Unless there are some 2nd rounders that Schmitz is over the moon about, I think Hart is better than Okoro and there are probably cheaper center upgrades out there.
Hmm… don’t absolutely hate this trade but don’t know if I would do it.
Cedi is non guaranteed 6.7 million next year (could just be waived to clear space)
Okoro is due 8.9 million next season before becoming a RFA in the 2024-2025 offseason.
Team can get under the luxury tax by dumping GB3 + salary off onto another team and still be at the minimum of 14 rostered players.
**Overall take:** You’re going to be betting on Okoro continuing to improve as a defender and getting to league average as a 3 point shooter, while Cedi is kind of meh across the board. This also pushes all of Harts salary into next year where you can have a decent amount of expiring money to assist in pushing for another deal. I think the team takes a pretty big hit performance wise because the two of these guys aren’t nearly the rebounder as Hart is (even combined) and both are sub par shooters. But if the team has an eye on making a move for next offseason (because people are insane with the prices for players at the deadline), this would be a good stepping stone to assist with making more moves in the offseason with more expiring deals and picks to include.
Jesus thought it was real for a second
I like Bobby Marks, but why would the Blazers do a trade that puts them into the tax
Meh, I would be more interested in the proposed Obi Toppin, Cam Reddish, & Seconds for Josh Hart from the Knicks. This would at least give us some additional size.
I love Josh Hart so it is hard to say I really want any trade that includes him. I think the Knicks trade is a slight needle move vs. this being probably a worse trade for us.
Sold.
Blazers are sellers at deadline, and guys like josh are not part of the long term plan.
I feel like it’s not far off. What would y’all need to bite on this? A better pick? Who else would be tradeable from cle? A third team?
The team will take a nosedive in performance if this goes through. As much as we’ve been critical of Hart not shooting and being a negative in late game situations, without his rebounding/transition play we will look much worse. If it helps the long term plan bc Hart has to go anyway I’ll be sad but understanding.
I don’t hate the general idea. You have to trade someone good to get something and Josh is a good player. It would help balance out the roster and give us another competent NBA adult and bolster the bench production.
That being said, as others pointed out, this is not the year to be making a trade that adds salary for luxury tax and hard cap reasons.
Edit: also not sure the thinking from Cleveland’s end. They’d have a small guard issue with Garland, Mitchell, LeVert and Hart all deserving large minutes.
Lol as a Cavs fan this is a no from me dawg