When the call was over, there was a list of five or six teams. Portland was made aware, and the bidding commenced. Several teams armed with draft pick assets that would've been attractive to the Blazers called only to be told they weren't on the list.
This included the Pacers and the New York Knicks, teams that later made big in-season trades and had long playoff runs. But the Blazers stuck to Holiday's list.
It sounds like Cronin did even not entertain offers for teams not on Jrue's list. He potentially could have been able to get more in return, but he stuck to only Jrue's list of teams.
Smart long term thinking to make Portland known as very player friendly? Or is Cronin an idiot for not squeezing out every drop of value possible for Holiday?
by MrDurden32
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Personally I think it’s a smart move that could pay dividends in the future that Portland is very player friendly and high level players would be more willing to come here if the know that they will be taken care of.
It would be one thing if we got crappy return for Holiday, but I really liked the return package, getting 2 firsts, plus a flyer on high upside Rob Will and Brogdon being valuable to get more good picks back in the future.
The pacers and the knicks don’t really have draft pick assets that are really tasty.
The question is would Portland have received 3x FRPS if they traded Jrue elsewhere and I don’t really buy that. I think they got a good combination of picks (one lotto pick and a far out future pick) not to mention whatever they end up getting from Brogdon/RW3.
Hmm I’m not really sure about this one. If you think that what Joe did in the dame trade was a good move (valuing getting more/better assets for the team over individual player preference) then I don’t see how you could then say that this jrue situation was correct for the opposite reasons
>Smart long term thinking to make Portland known as very player friendly? Or is Cronin an idiot for not squeezing out every drop of value possible for Holiday?
The Blazers discourse in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen!
I think the return from Boston was fine. Sucks that RWIII seems to be perpetually injured but at the time I was excited to get him.
I’m wondering if Cronin could have squeezed some additional assets by using the ‘non-list’ team’s offers as leverage though – doesn’t mean he would have ever actually traded Jrue to a ‘non-list’ team.
Maybe establishing a reputation as a good-faith trade partner is ultimately more valuable than another late 1st round pick though.
It is mentioned in the article as well that by having Jrue give a list of places he would be willing to resign it would increase his trade value. So the premise he could have gotten more in return is questionable at best. We still had a bidding war and got a really good package in return.
I think getting the GS pick was a good move. Plus Brogdon and TimeLord have potential to still be moved for a contender push if they want to roll the dice. A very pick based trade with potential for future moves.
That being said, last summer, I think we could have gotten something good from these teams, specifically New York. Not in terms of picks but in prospects. I bet we could have gotten RJ Barrett here.
The other thought is picks and Fournier. New York has a lot of assets to work with on that front. Dallas’ this year, their own, Bucks and their own next year, and *all* their future firsts.
the knicks hadn’t gotten OG yet, and the pacers (who already have haliburton and mathurin and nembhard) hadn’t gotten siakam yet. so while they would have potentially had interesting offers, they would have both been keeping their respective powder dry.
not to mention those knicks picks are heavily protected. masai turned his nose up at those at the deadline.
Yes players will love coming here because we will make sure they get to a team they like better. Woohoo!
Jrue’s list: five or six teams
Dames list: one team.
There’s the difference folks. One player was willing to work with Joe and one was not.
I appreciate Joe’s ability to balance player and organizational interests. He may not reveal all his cards to the press and fans during this multi-year rebuild, which is understandably frustrating for people wanting to see immediate progress, but I trust what he’s doing behind the scenes.
It sucks we werent able to leverage offers from every team, but at the end of the day Joe did pretty well on the Jrue trade.