forget merging, mods, for the love of god lock this thread up before someone unleashes this photoshopped monstrosity upon us! On a serious note - I'm sure we'll end up drafting and keeping at least one player, it'll be hard for KP to keep trading 2nd rounders for future ones given how weak the draft is. More importantly, everything is going to go down on draft night, even if it won't be official until a week later (man that wait is going to kill us...). The draft workouts might give us a clue if the guys KP drafts are really for us or not. For example, if we take Beaubois (already worked out 3 times) at 24, chances are he was actually picked for us and won't be traded. And yes, I know that Bayless never worked out for the Blazers, but he's the anomaly.
Many do, but purely off not liking Rodriguez. He's still under contract. I doubt Pritchard will simply cut him, so the question is whether a trade will come along involving Rodriguez that makes sense for Portland. I don't think it's a given that Rodriguez will be gone.
You don't think he'd move him for a future lottery protected pick or for something like one of Minnesota, OKC, or Memphis' late first round picks this year? I know KP won't just cut Chacho, but I'd put the odds of him being in a Blazers uniform next season at somewhere south of 10%
Hmm? I'm not sure how this question is relevant. I didn't say there's no way Pritchard moves him. I said I don't think it's a given. For Pritchard to move him (considering we both seem to agree he won't just be cut/dumped), he'd need to offered some value. Will that happen? I don't know, but it isn't a given.
I was actually asking what you thought would be fair value? Starting my question with "You don't think ..." as the lead might have given the wrong impression.
Ahh. Yes, I misunderstood your intent. I think Pritchard would ship Rodriguez for a first round pick. That's what he started out as, a lower-level first round pick and reasonable people can disagree on whether he's now more or less valuable than the pick he was taken with. I'd say less, as I think he's following the Sebastian Telfair path, but a couple of posters here that I respect think that he's still promising for his age (which, admittedly, is still very young). So I'll just take a pass on the whole thing and approximate his value to a late first round pick, in the right system. Considering that Portland has three point guards and none of them are good starters for next season, meaning another point guard will likely need to be added, I think Pritchard would love to liquidate a point guard into a draft pick. Bayless is apparently off the table (rightly so, IMO, unless he's part of a package for a young prime star). Blake is still their starter and moving him would be enormously risky until a better point guard is acquired. That leaves Sergio.
