Not much here, but it is Blazer related. http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/23289/camby-wants-to-stay-in-portland
Thanks for posting that. Remember when we traded for him and all the talk was that he was going to bolt out of Portland the first chance he got? LOL
I remember him wanting to retire on the Clippers, and in Denver too. Some people are just wired to want to settle. If a contender is interested in trading for him, I doubt they'll be dissuaded by his inclination to stay put. Every time he's been moved he's initially hated it, but quickly settles in.
I love Camby. At first I questioned his desire when he was upset the Clippers traded him to the Blazers. I thought maybe he was burnt out and wanted to stay with a familiar location and coast home in his career. I was half right about Camby. He likes a familiar setting and doesn't like to pick up and move in chase of a ring. But by no means is he coasting home. Camby wants to find a team and location he calls home, get invovled with the community he is representing, and do everything he can on and off the court to help the team win. I love Camby's mentality and hope they don't trade him.
I hope they don't trade him either, but if they do he deserves a shot on a contender (or to go home to Houston). Orlando is an intriguing trade partner with Bass and maybe Nelson ... hard to say who else I would want off of that team.
I also read over on hoopshype that Washington is shopping Javale McGee . They are also shopping Blatche. I don't think much of Blatche, he seems to have motor problems. But Javale McGee, has a lot of upside.
I'd absolutely go after McGee I I were Cho. He's a great shot blocker and runs the floor well for a big man.
I agree. He is about 22, has shown steady improvement. I believe he has the ability to be a better version of Tyson Chandler. I didn't think much of him a few years ago, but he has changed my mind, as his growth since he played with team USA in practice has been very marked.
It's impossible to answer that question without knowing what Washington is asking for. But I would certainly part with Batum and New Orleans' pick (or our own) for him. Or maybe Rudy, Przy and Miller for Hinrich and McGee would be fair?
I think you have to offer Batum and they might bite, Przy/Miller/Batum for Hinrich/Javale/Josh Howard. That would still give us Camby to trade for a piece if we want.
I wonder if Washington has any bad contracts they want to get rid of . . . we still have 3.5 mil exception to help other teams shed salary.
They have a terrible one in Rashard Lewis, but there's no way we deal for that. Maybe dumping Blatche or Kirk would get them to deal McGee for Andre/Joel to clear cap?
I think they might (not sure) prefer to perhaps trade Blatche (is he more of a "bad" boy?) I think he could be a nice tandem with LMA as they could split the C and Pf duties, he is 6'11 and around 250-260. Thoughts?
He's not a bad gamble, and would give the Blazers more ways to score in the post. MgGee & Blatche for Joel works.
LOL, that's crazy to think they'd give us both for just Joel? Heck, they hang up if you proposed Joel for just one of them, lets be somewhat realistic.
Bear in mind that both were suspended for getting into an altercation outside of a club recently ... it's possible that they are available because their maturity is less than desirable and after all the nonsense they went through with Arenas they could be desperate to avoid the public image hit.
Denver loks to try to convince Carmelo to stay. One article awhile back said he wanted someone good to play along side. I wonder if Denver will entertain getting someone via trade to help convince him to stay.
