Why the Blazers HAVE to Make a Trade | Eric Brandt's Off-Season Preview

[@Jr00790]

Thanks for the breakdown Eric!

[@GrayHughesInvestigates]

good stuff

[@GrayHughesInvestigates]

damn that Crabb Contract was like a lingering virus

[@Habeev07]

Hoping at least 2 of either Grant, Thybulle, Brogdan, and Williams are moved. Also, POR needs to draft strictly PF's and C's imo this draft. Camara and Rupert must see all SF mins next year. Running and building a team isn't hard, Cronin...

[@James-f2m1y]

Clinagan 7 salaun or smith at 14

[@JNKimmet]

One thing that you didn't touch on is that in the new CBA teams can use their mid level exceptions as a trade exception. Thybulle and Williams both fit in a mid level slot so that opens a lot of teams that can take one of them without taking money back.

[@3KAlexander]

A post-draft point here and, to your point, is the reason PDX over-compensated the Wizards in the Avdija trade. The Wizards had PDX over a barrel due to PDX being over the cap and using that as a chip in the negotiations. Cronin reconciled some of that back by trading the 34th and 40th picks for future second-round draft picks. Still a little rich perhaps, but hey, that's the NBA now.

[@aboehm1]

“Nothing against Moses Brown”…except he isn’t good, at all! 😂

[@ebinterior8974]

So, functionally , the new CBA is acting like the NFL hard cap.

[@ericbrandt5295]

A few owners will still be willing to pay what it takes, but this gives the rest of them an excuse.

[@jabbottron9643]

Trade Thybulle