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Originally Posted by PorterIn2004
It occurs to me that if KP uses this summer to trade bench depth for greater talent (in some kind of 4 or 5 for 2 sort of deal, which he might try to do given that trade value will drop on players as their PT drops) those 2nd rounders the Blazers have stacked up might actually get used by the team to fill out the roster. I don't think it's likely but it's interesting to consider.
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I still think we should package some young players for vets who either are expiring and will play hard for a new contract (somewhere else if we choose) or are about to ride off into the sunset and won't mind our young guys taking a larger role. I really would like a guy like this at PG, and I think Jones has filled his role well at that in SF, it would be great if he came back too. I'm just getting to the point of realizing you can't have all young players if you want to develop them well and have good chemistry, vets can also push the competitiveness as it's not a throw away year for them. Andre Miller is the guy I would like most personally.
If we could move up in the draft with Jack to get Kevin Love, and then package him and Raef for Andre Miller I'd love it.
which would leave us at:
Miller/Blake/Rodriguez
Roy/Fernandez
Webster/Outlaw/Jones
Aldridge/Frye/Mcroberts
Oden/Pryzbilla
we could fill out our roster (two spots) with a combo of second round picks, Koponen, or Freeland.
I personally would like it a lot if after that we were able to make a trade with some sort of combo with Blake and Outlaw (before the season or perhaps mid-season) as it could be an attractive package, especially with another draft pick, as there just won't be enough minutes going around to develop everyone, we should be trying to get Roy minutes at PG in order to give Fernandez more time too, and Outlaw probably has the highest value of him, Webster, and Frye, but with Frye and Webster being better complimentary players.
I'm not sure what Blake/Outlaw/pick could net us...but perhaps a disgruntled star at the trade deadline, maybe a player ending their rookie contract and having a hard time negotiating a new deal, I don't really know for sure. But obvious targets could be Deng, Iguodala, Granger, Devin Harris and others...perhaps even down to Mike Miller (not my choice).