Rumor Blazers now pursuing Jermaine O'neal

Paul Allen can't have Oneal follow him! Lol

 

If Paul Allen contacted JO and offered him a roster spot, maybe just mayb ONeal would have reason to follow him on twitter..which then would mean that indirectly Allen did get him to follow him on twitter

 

Or maybe, just maybe Oneal is a huge fan of Paul's last CD

 

Imagine the reception oneal would get in his first home game

 

And since his wife is from Portland, and he has a home in Portland, I can totally see him coming to..... Portland.

 

Symmetry. It started here and should end here.

 

I'm fairly sure it's the other way around, O'Neal's agent is asking around looking for possible teams, and told JO to follow PA for potential future interview purposes. I'd be surprised if the Blazers specifically initiated contact.

 

I believe this is a sure thing now... It's pretty awesome actually! I've been wanting Jerm for 5 years now. It's a shame it's on his declining years though...

 

It doesn't look like he is following Mark Cuban either...

 

I doubt he has to shop himself around like that. Same with someone like ray allen.

Lol "told him to follow allen on twitter." Sounds so ridiculous. Why isn't he following any other owners then?

 

He's 36..two years younger than Duncan and four years younger than Nash. Seems old because he started out of high school

 

Two older vets...Kaman and Oneal..combine to make one hell of a bench guy who's not gassed at the 4th qtr

 

That's what they all say. Funny thing is, most go to the teams that pony up the most money. Very seldum is it the other way around.

 

Very "seldum" do I see this particular spelling of the word "seldom".

 

Paul Allen was a very generous man when Jermaine was in Portland. He was responsible for a contract that Jermaine didn't even come to close to earning and yet didn't flinch a bit. Back in those days Paul Allen was all about going all out for his players. Expensive team meals on planes. Buying Hip Hop Radio stations to appease his star players. I'm pretty sure Jermaine has fond memories of this organization and Paul and def think he would take them seriously. He has a lot of friends here. Ironically some I'm pretty close too.

 

Who would we cut? I doubt we have a 2-for-1 deal lined up just to open up a roster spot for JO.

 

No, but maybe there's a 2-for1 deal we want to do that's only feasible if we can get O'Neal to fill a hole that would be left by a departing player.

 

Who would that player be though? I don't consider Leonard a part of the rotation so that pretty much just leaves Freeland. I doubt they would trade Freeland. He's got more value to Portland than to any other team. The more likely scenario is a 2-1 trade involving a wing. Or just cut claver outright.

 

Good find. Pretty telling. And definitely fishy.

 

If the Blazers are looking to improve the bench scoring, I'd think that they'd be looking for an experienced wing player. The two that are rumored to be available are Green, from the Celtics, and Deng, from the Heat. The Heat are currently starting Bosh at center, so they certainly would seem to be a team that would be looking for help at that position so that Bosh could move back to PF. Freeland, Wright and Claver for Deng and Ennis (included just to clear a roster spot) works from a cap standpoint.

Deng and Batum would be a pretty awesome rotation at the SF spot. Not sure which one ultimately starts, but either way it would upgrade the bench immensely. O'Neal would give the Blazers the ability part with Freeland. Don't get me wrong, I love Freeland, but this is a time when the Blazers have to be looking to go all-in on a championship run. Their record puts them in contending status, Lillard and Aldridge have matured to a legitimate All-Star duo, and there's no super-dominant team that stands in the Blazers' way.