I guess we will see the next couple games. I just see Trailblazer fans wanting him off the team every forum I go to online. Plus he's paid WAY more than Nurkic.
Yeah when you throw in the money it probably evens the trade up some. And if DA were still here we'd be screaming our heads off about the bum too, but as bad as he is he's still much better than Nurkic. It's just he's so damned irritating given his physical gifts.
Totally. It's like watching a guy capable of being an Anthony Davis when AD is healthy, but watching him play down to lesser centers and disappear for sometimes whole games. With a different mindset, this guy is one of the top centers in the NBA, and could have possibly been one of the all time greats. He just squanders his physical abilities.
I wouldn't mind him as a back up center when he hits free agency. Anyone think he's going to make $35 million a year again?
I wouldn't mind him as a back up center when he hits free agency. Anyone think he's going to make $35 million a year again?
why must you hurt me main
He is not worth his existing contract either. He won't get what he thinks he is worth when that one is up. He thinks he is a max player.
IDK, I think Portland has some REAL buyer's remorse on that trade. People I read from there say THEY got taken to the woodshed. That PHX dumped their problem on Portland and that we should have given them first round picks, not just a second.
He was great guarding smaller players. Other bigs, not so much. IDK if it was the coaches strategy or Ayton's, but he always switched to the smaller guy out by the three point line, and never dropped back to cover the big, and we got burned with a small covering a big repeatedly. Other teams played for that switch. It got to be something you saw each and every game.
I don't know about that. The anti Ayton sentiment was SOOOOO HIGH. People play revisionist history all the time. I was AMAZED we only gave up Camara, who wasn't even showing as much as Ryan Dunn, and a second and we got back the best available center at the time in Nurkic, and Grayson Allen. Granted, I didn't think Nurkic was that great, but that was more a reflection on how bad Ayton had become for us. The other two guys were developmental and we just didn't develop guys then, case in point Ayton.
Ayton was unhappy that he was only the 4th option, and Suns also couldn't afford 4 max deals going forward. So, the main part of the trade was not a problem at that time. The only problem was the non-sensible inclusion of Camara, who showed in summer league plays to be a solid rotation player right away, athletic and savvy on both ends, at a position of Suns need. I guess they overrated the min signings that summer and Goodwin's ability. In hindsight, replace Camara with Goodwin, keep Cam at PG would have been much better, or just drop both Camara dn Keon Johnson from the deal.
