Source: https://torontosun.com/sports/basketball/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-should-trade-for-lillard-without-mortgaging-future
> OG Anunoby is a premier two-way role player with designs on being seen as more than that. It probably can’t happen in Toronto, if Scottie Barnes or Pascal Siakam are around, but it can in Portland.
> The Blazers have long coveted Anunoby, though he’s heading for unrestricted free agency and has little incentive to extend now when he can get much more by waiting until the summer.
> If Portland gets the chance to talk to Anunoby about his intentions, he makes sense as a centrepiece of a deal, along with Gradey Dick — the 13th pick of the most recent draft — and something like a 2026 Raptors first-round pick (Toronto already owes a protected first to San Antonio in 2024, so can’t deal one then or in 2025), a 2027 pick-swap option for Portland and Precious Achiuwa or Christian Koloko, plus salary filler (Thaddeus Young, Otto Porter Jr., or even Gary Trent Jr. back to Portland or to a third team like Phoenix, with Deandre Ayton going to the Blazers). That’s the type of deal that could satisfy both sides.
by UnbiasedNBAFan_
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Why would the Blazers value Scottie over OG if they’re going all in.
Why the f*ck do we have to censor Gradey Dick?
Blazers covet what kinda d*ck?
Damn, someone really gonna get Dame for cheap
Portland just needs to tell OG he can be Kawhi 2.0 and it’s done.
So that’s just an idea offer that would satisfy the Blazers , but I don’t think the Raptors will do that. No one knows what the Raptors are offering.
They want OG Dick picks.
Won’t someone PLEASE trade for our superstar?
Are we gonna see Gradey’s name get censored for the rest of his career?
That trade is trash
Noooooo
Blazers gave Jerami Grant $150 million just so they could….get a similar tier player in OG?
I kinda expected a better offer tbh
Giving up OG instead of Barnes is wild, I’m sorry. Happy to eat crow if Scottie turns out to be more of a foundational piece than he’s appeared thus far, but at this point in time I don’t see how Toronto views him as more impactful to winning basketball than OG.
Also poor Gradey having his last name censored lol such a bizarre choice given, just as an example that immediately popped into my head, I’m pretty sure no one has ever censored Dick Vitale’s name when he’s been referenced in a tweet.
Raptors send out their 2028 first with that and it’s an OK deal. But the more time goes by the less likely it’s going to happen. Way too many moving parts and that’s all with Dame still clearly not wanting to play in Toronto, realistically.
The Blazers are not gonna trade for OG if OG does not agree to an extension; the Raptors are seemingly not even sure they want to move OG, and without OG the Raptors offer just is not good enough.
Is this a better offer than Miami’s? OG is an impending free agent that wants a max contract. If he’s a real max player, I get it but otherwise, this just seems like a weird trade preference for Portland.
It gets even weirder on the Toronto side unless they’ve already made up their mind that OG isn’t worth a max and will be losing him for next summer regardless
OG Dick Picks should get it done
But Miami needs to put their best 7 assets, just say you’re not talking to heat
Is this that much better than heat package?
I wonder if a lottery pick has ever been drafted, played summer league, then been traded before pre-season.
The * makes it so much worse lmao.
Just fucking do it already.
I’m still unsure if OG is as good as Toronto keeps making him out to be
Trash ass offer all the same
they getting a poo return no matter who they deal with lol
An expiring contract as the headliner for Dame is kind of yikes. I mean, blazers in a bad spot. That offer is also, kind of trash. Better than Herro and 2 picks, but not by much honestly. Weird they would’ve give up Barnes so they can actually try to win now. They’re trading for Dame and they’re not even going to be a favorite, I wouldn’t even say contenders.
Not a good offer given the overpay that OG will command
Multi team trade and they can end up with Dick and Ass(Lowry).
This is better than “anything the Heat can offer” 😂
People calling this cheap vastly underrate how much the end of Dame’s contract is a colossal negative value for teams on the receiving end
Getting OG is such a stupid move for this team. God Portland needs an owner
Trash offer… OG is a role player at best. What’s Gradey’s projection as a player? And a first? Yeah I’m hanging up the phone if I’m the Blazers.
What a steal if true
Talk about positional redundancy and just a tiny roster.
PG- scoot/Ant
SG- Ant/Shae/Dick
SF-OG/Shae/Dick
PF- Grant/OG
C- ?
Not a single one of those guys is over 6’8”. And Grant averaged 4.1 rebounds per game last year and OG averaged 5.0.
Ant, Grant, and OG (when extended) are all going to be negative asset contracts.
Should have coveted him back when you had Dame and wanted to win.
don’t they covet og to play with lillard
One pick swap is crazy lmao
“presumably”
So this dudes just guessing. Why does this shit get posted?
That’s…honestly not substantially better than the Miami offer
if this offer was from heat
everyone would be extremely offended here
Terrible trade, OG could leave in a year.
blazers fans trying to sell themselves on a late lottery pick one first round pick (that will end up being outside of the lottery) and an expiring player tgat doesn’t fit their timeline….