NBA/Blazers 2025-26 Thread

[pudgejeff]

Isn't it a good thing if we make the playoffs this year so we can finally convey that Chicago pick and be freed up to make other moves? I think we have an extra FRP from the trade down to get Hansen.

Ya 2 in 2028 and 2 in 2029.

[Phalanx]

Isn't it a good thing if we make the playoffs this year so we can finally convey that Chicago pick and be freed up to make other moves? I think we have an extra FRP from the trade down to get Hansen.

Yeah, there's a few ways to look at it. I would prefer not to give Chicago the best possible pick for what turned out to be a crappy player rental. It turns into a 2nd round pick in a few years if it isn't conveyed by then, but then that would mean the Blazers are still in the lottery those years too. I wish they could just deliver the Chinese 'lottery pick' to them right now and call it good. I really hate seeing first-round draft picks getting traded because drafting is probably the only way Portland can be a winning team again. The bottom line though is that the Blazers suck at drafting anyway.