Blazers trade proposals: Simons and Grant for Jett Howard, 2027 FRP, 2029 FRP, Bruce Brown, 2028 FRP swap, 2027 FRP.
Personally I am a huge fan of these proposals. Cronin would be gearing up for MASSIVE 2027 and 2029 drafts.
by peakchungus
@Portland Trail Blazers
9 Comments
Sure
Here is the part relevant to us:
>**The Trade:** Jett Howard, a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 first-round pick for Anfernee Simons Malcolm Brogdon obviously isn’t a part of the Portland Trail Blazers. There’s a version of this deal that probably costs them a little less and sends him to fill the playmaking void on the Orlando Magic. But we’ll set Orlando’s sights a little higher here. The Magic can absorb Simons’ salary into their cap space, so they don’t have to send a ton of money back. That makes this deal essentially three firsts (Jett Howard is only 20, and he played fewer than 100 minutes this season) for Simons. He’s not a traditional, table-setting 1, but he did average a career-high 5.5 assists this season and would take some pressure off Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. For Portland, this may feel like selling a little too early on Simons, but it gives the Blazers multiple picks with which to build around Scoot Henderson.”
If we are going to move off Simons, I think this would be about as good of a return as we can hope for, though Orlando’s picks are probably going to be late in the first round cause Banchero is such a stud
No just no
It’s just the same Orlando Simons deal that’s been floating around for months.
I doubt Orlando is going to give up multiple first for Simons, they have FA money to sign a PG/SG without sacrificing picks.
I bet they just over pay Klay and call it a day
I have a hard time imagining the Magic would want to trade Simons into cap space. Seems like it would make more sense for them to try and fill out the roster with free agents and then trade Jett + whatever big man they are ready to move off of to make the salaries work. Also that Jerami to the Raptors move really makes very little sense to me, you only do that if you’re desperate to shed the money.
I’m not mad at trading Simons for 2 firsts and a young player, I just don’t think we need more guards.
We are tanking again either way and scoot needs an opportunity to lead, so sure.
7/10 on the “I have a Croner” scale
I will trade Simons +14 for one of Sas earlier picks.