Reading the Tealeaves - Blockbuster Coming Soon?

Yeah, I don't know if Canzano had real information. But the story itself isn't implausible. And while KP could be misleading Canzano, I don't see a motive, since he's talking about a done deal, rather than what he plans to do.

 

so a deal is done?

 

The Diogu one? I thought so.

 

What's the name of our financial guru? Tom Penn? I sense his influence in this deal for Ruffin.

The wheels are turning, my friends. Something big is going on, and I love it!

 

Yes, that's been confirmed and updated on ESPN and Oregonlive.

 

Yep.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/Trail_Blazers_Acquire_Forward_-301319-1218.html

 

In the few minutes I linked to Canzano after this thead was posted, I heard him saying that this was the only deal that would be done, and he basically insinuated that he received this information from KP. It's a far leap from talking about a done deal to then saying it is the only deal, but that's what Canzano just did. So my responses in this thread have been posted with Canzano's editorial comments in mind.

 

6'5'', 212 guard. He's not a PF and he's not good.

 

Ahh. Okay.

 

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=akk8d5

 

my bad i thought you meant a new one. like its done but they just didnt announce it yet.

 

KP and Penn working their magic again.

turning Jack and Rush into Bayless and another TE.

If that TE lands us a bigtime player that's great. At worst we swing that TE into another mid-late 1st round pick like we did with Rudy.

 

With the possible Ruffin move (trade exception) I see three teams as strong possible trade partners:


Bucks (as I've posted in the past - both Jefferson and Villanueva coming our way)

Wizzards (as I've posted in the past - both Jamison and Butler coming our way)

Nets (Vince / scrubs)


However I'm intrigued with a combination of both Smith & Bibby (Atl) coming our way!


I don't see a trade with Memphis happening -

I'm not so hyped on a Nets package (IMHO) -

I'm not a Bibby fan - but would love to have Smith, and Bibby adds some veteran PG leadership for a run -

I love to dream about a CP3 scenario - but a dream is a dream!


So the Bucks as a trading partner is looking like a possibility to me. We'd be obtaining Jefferson for a couple years and we'd be renting Villanueva - - but if he fit, and liked being with PDX, he may see fit to re-sign with the Blazers for a reasonable salary.


PS: I'm typically disappointed come the trade deadline (year after year) but man, you just gotta love these last 24 hours - each and every year! Too much fun!

 

I think sheed still technically owns his house in portland. It's been on the market forever and I recently saw a printout ad for it at a friend's house.

 

CDR would be a pretty good fit, a nice 2/3 prospect. Would be a nice fill in for a few minutes until Webster comes back, but I think he could start to get some PT in a year or two. I'm pretty sure he did fairly well when he got PT this season.

 

Well, Sheed would officially be the second least likely person I would expect to come back to Portland in a trade. Right in front of Darius Miles.

 

One more possibility:

Knicks:


Bring in Nate Robinson (to play with Roy again) and Lee.

 

I'll just throw this out there, not sure if it makes sense financially or not. Part of what was holding a Butler deal off was the ability to take back Etan Thomas, just like the ability to take back Nazir Mohammed was limiting the Charlotte deal. It could be a piece in order to make it work, or to sweeten the deal so we don't have to take the bad contract back. No idea at this point.

All I know is if the only deal we made is for Ruffin, I am going to laugh at that.

 

Wow, talk about expectations.

Let me pour some cold water on your hot fantasies:

The Blazers are NOT obtaining:

Chris Paul
Jamison AND Butler
Smith AND Bibby
Jefferson AND Villenueva

Based on your post I can guarantee you will badly disappointed by any trades the Blazers make.

 

real gm says we are battling with the cavs for jefferson lol

real gm says new trade deal in discssions for carter


both are from the same yahoo article lol


so lets recap....yahoo says we are very much active....ford says talks are quiet or dying, barrett says its part of a bigger deal and canzano says kp said no deal will happen. is that right?