“Wendell Carter continues to be a name that a lot of league executives talk about as a potential trade candidate this February being that Goga Bitadze has done a phenomenal job starting for Orlando.”
I feel like he is someone we should target
by Throwawaybob2225
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Would you guys want to go after WCJ?? If so, what would you be okay with giving up.
I’d love to get him but his health history worries me. Kinda done gambling with bigs who can’t stay healthy.
If healthy, I like him over Ayton but he only has one season ever where he played 60 games.
Another injury prone center? Sure, I’m totally numb at this point. Do your worst
I’d do Brogdon for him + expiring contracts in a heartbeat. We could finagle it to send Jerami to a third team and potentially generate a huge TPE in the deal with creative use of our current TPEs.
People are talking about him as a center but am I the only one who’s intrigued at the thought of him playing the 4? Imagine lineups with him and Duop as two shooting bigs, or playing large with him and Ayton without having to sacrifice our spacing. I see a lot of possibilities for him here, especially if we trade Jerami at the deadline.
Ant could be going to Orlando if they are willing to give up enough picks for him.
He’s not very good and injury history.
If we send out timelord im so down
Talked to a magic season ticket holder and they like him but plagued by injuries/inconsistencies
I’m sure there would be more moving parts but I would be good with the main players in a trade being WCJ and Brogdon. Regardless of how some people are weird about Ant and want him gone, if PDX somehow trades Ant and the best player coming back is WCJ then they are officially trying to catch up to Detroit. There isn’t a logical explanation (in my opinion at least) that justifies that move. Balance is in important but not nearly as important as talent and those two players are in different stratospheres.
Great then he could sit on the bench injured with ayton and rob. Ripcity basketball baby
But will Chauncey be coach? That’s the real question I have.
They give us Harris as well. Cant continue to roll the dice on hurt bigs. I’m so tired of it
WCJ only makes sense to me if we also get the ‘25 DEN 1st for Brogdon. Otherwise, having the oft injured trio of DA/WCJ/RW is disastrous to start next season. The dude that might get the most burn is our fourth stringer (Reath)?
WCJ + ‘25 DEN 1st + filler for Brogdon. Otherwise, I’d rather take Fournier and a future 1st, and clear Fournier’s salary off the books in the summer.
Kinda depends on what we do with Rob. They essentially have the same contract numbers and years.
If we draft big for ’24-’25, it gives the rookie a year to acclimate to the league. Then in ’25-’26 (last year of Rob and Carter’s deal) we can decide what to do with them based on their durability / rookie’s development.
Basically I’d just rather not have a log jam of injured bigs when in all likelihood we are going to be getting some young legs at the position soon. At least I’d like to assume.