TRADE: Ayton/Camara for Nurkic/Allen/Little/Johnson

[TOO]

Question: could Nurkic have an Aron Baynes type season for us???

You mean play ~15 great games and then vanish?

Stay outta the showers

[Superbone]

Wow. Sorry Jeremy. I'm not happy either.

[Kryptonic]

Question: could Nurkic have an Aron Baynes type season for us???

Slow down there buddy... have to space out your predictions

Nurkic will be Googs 2.0.

[ShelC]

We were supposedly interested in Allen going back to last year in those Crowder deals so I think the FO likes him. He's an irritant and will give us another shooter/scorer off the bench.

[TOO]

Holy fuck. Nurk is all we get? That makes no fucking sense.

Not the whole deal.

All I can say is I hope they have a deal lined up for Grayson Allen to pick up a point guard.

I think Allen is pretty good, definitely the 2nd best best wing behind Gordon. I'd like to keep him.

[3TheHardaway]

Fully expected to see him traded for Nurkic + slop and still am underwhelmed.
That being said, and maybe this is copium, but if we keep Grayson (yuck), he could fit decently well as an insurance policy if JO can't hit shots. Still, he's extremely redundant at his size in terms of defensive use.

Nas Little is a bit more intriguing. Another guy with great length (6'5" with 7'2" wingspan), can slot in 2-4, and has shot 35% or better from 3 in 2 of the past 3 seasons. He's also on very tradable contract similar to Allen.

I was hoping for a more athletic big to be paired with Nurkic as I fully expect him to miss key games. We'll see what the next steps from here are.

For now, I'm relieved it's over. There were too many times watching Ayton last season just not give a shit, with little belief he'd be any different than who has has shown himself to be time and again.

[Superbone]

I have to root for Grayson Allen?! Are you kidding me?!

[TOO]

Nurkic and Allen definitely add some funk to this team that only Book seemed to have.

[Kryptonic]

You know Monty's calling Portland right now telling the coach to arrive a the airport with flowers, a PS5, a big bag of weed and a hug... Don't forget the hug, it's the most important part.

[ShelC]

Book is definitely going to punch Allen in practice at some point this year.

[TOO]

I have to root for Grayson Allen?! Are you kidding me?!

Better or worse than rooting for Paul?

[3TheHardaway]

I have to root for Grayson Allen?! Are you kidding me?!

It's all about the mental framing!
We get to watch Grayson piss off other teams.

(I'm trying)

[wpmiller42]

Yikes. Ayton definitely had his issues, but I feel like he was worth more than this.

I was actually looking forward and interested in seeing how Ayton would respond under Vogel.

[SunsRIt]

I have to root for Grayson Allen?! Are you kidding me?!

Right there with you on that.

Maybe he will be the one to supply the "attitude" this team has lacked since Crowder left.

[Wally_West]

Question: could Nurkic have an Aron Baynes type season for us???

You mean play ~15 great games and then vanish?

He does have a worrisome injury history. Maybe 50ish game but also healthy for the Playoffs?

[Wally_West]

I have to root for Grayson Allen?! Are you kidding me?!

Better or worse than rooting for Paul?

Way worse. Not close to be honest.

[MightyMoog]

We need to trade Grayson back to Utah. He’s such a jazz player. Pretty much a clone of Ainge. Take back whatever they offer us.

[Kryptonic]

I have to root for Grayson Allen?! Are you kidding me?!

It's all about the mental framing!
We get to watch Grayson piss off other teams.

(I'm trying)

You're not wrong and if you think about it... A lot of great teams had that one guy who'd just come in to rile guys up. Pistons had Mahorn and Laimbeer, Clippers had Pat Bev, Lakers had Pat Bev, the Spurs had... Well, the whole team during their winning era. The last real one we had was probably Raja.

[Kryptonic]

We need to trade Grayson back to Utah. He’s such a jazz player. Pretty much a clone of Ainge. Take back whatever they offer us.

That or the Celtics... He's very Ainge'y.

[TOO]

I bet INF will join me on being happy to land Allen lol. He looks like Ted Cruz and he's a total asshat, but he's a great shooter, and plays a very solid game.