Canzano tweets (re: Rudy)

But hey, Rudy is a star. Just ask HCP!

 

I thought Toronto might bite with a better offer if the Blazers waited. I thought their euro experts might think he would do a lot better with them. Just didn't happen.

 

Why give him away for a lesser prospect? Hold onto him until July 1st and try to use him and Aldridge to entice a sign and trade for Bosh.

 

I've suspected for a little while that he might be only worth a second round pick at this point; he holds most of the leverage because he can go back to Europe and hold out (which would be the nuclear option), or he can back here and be a disruptive cancer (if he wanted to). I was shocked when I initially heard his name inked to multiple teams, but I think that was pretty clearly leaked out by the blazers in an attempt to pump up his value. I say to hell with him, cut bait now and chalk it up to a loss.

 

he will be a nice little part of a bigger trade.

 

Does anybody want him though?

 

wouldnt really matter if he's there for salary filler

 

No reason just to dump him though. If he can be part of a trade to bring back a quality player, then go for it. With Marty now gone he is our best outside threat, right? There was nobody outside the top 6 players or so that could help us more this season then Rudy can.

 

I do not believe we cost ourselves a championship by not trading Rudy at the lowest point in his career. We do not need another second rounder at this point, so keeping him is the best thing to do. With a new coaching staff and a new year, maybe Rudy figures it out. If not, I am not going to be sorry we turned down crap for him.

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There is nothing that Rudy does that I don't want Nic doing. With Webster gone it doesn't sound like Rudy needs more minutes at all, it means Nic needs more than 22 per game (or whatever the hell it's been).

 

Among proven players, I'd trust Batum more than Rudy to take a perimeter shot, and I suspect Babbitt will be a more consistent outside threat than Rudy.

 

Wrong. I would rather have Batum shooting.

EDIT: Oops! I didn't refresh the page to see Minstrel's post.

 

Speaking of trade value, the guys on Courtside said that the team is getting a ton of calls about Dante Cunningham.

 

Why would anyone deal with Portland right now, or even in the past month? The entire league knew that Pritchard was on his way out. May as well wait to see who fills the power vacuum and then try to fleece them this summer if you want Rudy. If I'm Rudy's agent, and he really does want out of Portland, I start leaking things to the press about Rudy wanting to move and try to weaken Portland's leverage, if there is any left at this point. Test the new GM, or Bert Kolde, or whoever is in charge now.

As I look back on the past three months, why would anybody in the NBA take Portland seriously in a trade? Free agency starts in 5 days, and Larry Miller says we won't start the search for a GM until 3 days from now! How can anybody have faith in this clusterfuck organization at this point? I'd love to hear some spin. Make me feel better about this situation.

 

Great. At Dante's contract, what do you get in return? A bag of practice balls? Talk about filler after receiving the "don't talk about Pritchard" mandate from the bosses.

 

I'd rather have a healthy Roy shooting. Or Steve Blake, but he was run out of town.

 

Took the Blazers years to be once again looked at as a well run organization and they pissed it all away. Fucking amazing. It taints next season(for me). It's hard to get behind these guys. My enthusiasm for the team's future has definitely been tamed. I'm not as excited anymore. Only thing that can possibly change it is Oden becoming the player we all hope he will be, but I'm not counting on it.

Ugh.

 

Did you think we could trade Martell for the 16th pick in a draft? It sort of shocked me. I would have figured his value worse, especially coming off the Sergio trade last year. By the way, wouldnt you love to know what kind of offers Pritchard claims he was getting for Sergio after his rookie season?

I think maybe NBA teams over-value draft picks, similar to NFL GMs. Rudy may yield more in a trade not involving picks. I sincerely hope N.O. fancies him a close facsimile to Peja and maybe he can help land us Collison. Too bad we dont have a GM to engineer it.

 

I honestly believe if we can land CP3 this entire mess will barely be a blip on the radar.