Hello folks. I had to step away from the TV set for a few hours. No need for this to be a long thread. Would one person please just recap exactly what happened to the Blazers tonight? Thank you.
Blazers make a trade with Dallas, sending Rudy for the #26 pick. They also sent the rights to Koponen to Dallas. Blazers make a trade with Denver, sending Andre Miller and the #26 pick for Raymond Felton. They also may have sent a future second round pick. Blazers select Nolan Smith with the #21 pick. Blazers select John Diebler with the #51 pick. I think that's it. I'm not sure about a couple of the details in the first two transactions. Ed O.
Thanks Ed O. I'm excited about these deals. I couldnt stand watching Rudy another second. Raymond Felton is a top 10 PG in this league and has upside.
Kingspeed, what the hell kind of fan had to step away from the TV for a few hours on draft night!!!???
Bascially we traded who most of us wanted to trade, for another PG. The problem was it was not the PG we all wanted. We wanted a team to take our old PG and a couple Euros for someone really really good. Didn't happen, so we are all pissed. Oh and instead of drafting a PF who will never ever start for an NBA team, we drafted a PG who will never ever start for a NBA team. So we are pissed about that too.
Not necessarily wrong. The blazers site currently says they are in discussions to trade the rights to Ngombo. But for now, he's all ours. I want to cherish him while I can. barfo
Can we all argue over how to pronounce "Qatar"? I'll start: it's like a cross between "gutter" and "cutter". Ed O.
player is the one received, not given Trade #1 Dallas Rudy Fernandez Portland 26 from Dallas (Texas SF Jordan Hamilton) 57 from Dallas???? per Yahoo ------------------ Trade #2 Denver Andre Miller 26 from Portland from Dallas (Texas SF Jordan Hamilton) 2013 or 2014 Portland no. 2 Portland Raymond Felton 57 from Dallas???? per ESPN Dallas Petteri Koponen -------------------- net of 2 trades Portland Raymond Felton 57 from Dallas Dallas Rudy Fernandez Petteri Koponen Denver Andre Miller 26 from Dallas (Texas SF Jordan Hamilton) 2013 or 2014 Portland no. 2 --------------------- net for Portland got Raymond Felton 57 from Dallas gave Andre Miller Rudy Fernandez Petteri Koponen 2013 or 2014 Portland no. 2 ------------------ C Marcus Camby Greg Oden/Chris Johnson/Earl Barron F LaMarcus Aldridge Gerald Wallace Nicolas Batum Brandon Roy Luke Babbitt Elliot Williams G Raymond Felton Wesley Matthews Patrick Mills Armon Johnson Nolan Smith Jon Diebler
greetings from the only cafe in Carlux France Can't say these deals excite me on first look this morning but I appreciate the updates guys. The one thing that Ray gives Portland that they really lacked is someone who can go off the dribble at the end of the clock/game STOMP
Summary: We got younger, but worse at PG and still have no decent back-up power forward, we wiffed on both counts. We would have been better off to just keep Milller an take Faried at 21. Instead, we made ourselves worse and Denver better. Lose:lose. But we seem determined to corner the market on combo guards in the desperate hope that one of them many eventually become a serviceable back-up PG. Unless our inexperienced interim GM can pull off a huge blockbuster trade (not holding my breath) the Blazers are worse tonight than they were this morning and will win fewer games for the third straight season - unless Greg Oden has a miraculously healthy season. Boy, it sure would have been nice to see Miller and Oden play together. Miller's alley-oop lobs got something like 150 easy baskets for LaMarcus Aldridge this year. Just imagine how many easy baskets he could have created for Greg Oden. BNM
