STEIN_LINE_HQ Marc Stein: Just filed to ESPN.com: Blazers reach agreement on trade to send G Jerryd Bayless to New Orleans for future first-round pick. Link on way 1 minute ago via ÜberTwitter
Holy Shit. Looks like Patty Mills is on the roster, and Johnson is our back-up, if this is really true. Repped for the news. Intial thought? Bayless will likely yield a lottery pick, which I would haven't have guessed. Second thought? Miller and Przy are being shopped, but for what?
I now have confirmation.... The blazers have no clue or path. Who plays pg if miller goes down? This is a move a team not expecting playoffs makes. Bayless was decent depth.
Johnson, but I have to think there is another deal in the works. A contending team can't have Armon Johnson be the back-up PG unless the starting PG is a superior-to-elite player.
Sounds like Armon is really impressing people. I like JB, always have. I saw one of the Oregonian videos today where they asked the players which player will be the biggest surprise - and B-Roy said Wes and one of the rookies - he was not willing to say which rookie, but I am willing to bet that's what he meant.