Hollinger says smith and birdman to Portland???

nick (salt lake)

Your trade has JR Smith and Birdman going to Portland....that would certainly bring back the nickname "Trail Gangstas"
John Hollinger (2:22 PM)

Ha ... Smith is an expiring, I have him in there as a vehicle to get them to this year's playoffs. I think PDX would like Birdman actually ... there are plenty of people in Hawthorne with way more

i say hell yes if this has any chance.

 

fuck yeah. that would be awesome if we don't have to give up anything!

 

birdman would be a star here. holy shit that would be amusing

 

Oh god..... two of the players on the Nuggets that I HATE...

 

Keep Portland weird would have it's celebrity poster child

 

Fuck JR Smith.

I'd take Birdman but JR Smith is a fucking moron who would hurt the team as often as he helps.

 

Love to hate!

 

you mean a pure scorer off the bench who can actually hit a three?

STAY AWAY!!!!awwwwwwwwww....eeeeekkkk

 

I would have a tough time cheering for either of those guys.

 

Keep in mind that this is pure Hollinger speculation involving a 4-team, 18-player behemoth of a trade:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4cres2h

 

I could easily chear for Birdman. he reminds me a Laimbeer in the sense that he is a guy you can only root for if he is on your team. Everyone else hates him.......A little like Joel

 

I can accept the Birdman - every-time he does or says something stupid I will remind myself that he started as a descendant of the dinosaurs and have fried whatever little brain he had with drugs - but JR Smith. This dude is just plain dumb. No thanks.

 

He shot 34% from 3 last season and is at 35% this season. He's a volume shooter and high usage player who needs shots to be productive.

No thanks.

 

P.S. Just to clarify how Hollinger's proposal would impact Portland:

Out: Rudy, Williams, Camby, Joel, Marks
In: Jordan Hill, Antawn Jamison, JR Smith, Birdman, Aaron Brooks

 

No way in hell we bring these 2 knuckleheads into our locker room.

 

yes please

 

Meh, it's merely one persons idea.

 

If I read his trade scenario correctly, it brings much more to the Blazers - Brooks and Jaimison as well.


And we still retain Batum, LMA, Roy and Andre Miller?



Yeh - make my day! Pryz, Camby, Rudy, and E. Williams go and we bring in that group! Duh.

Totally unrealistic, but go for it.

 

Yes to birdman no to the guy who will knucklehead you out of a game faster than you can groan in disbelief.

 

Sure, let's do it and just waive Smith after the trade. With Wes, and Roy coming back, we don't need Smith and dont' want him even if we did. Move LaMarcus to starting center, start Jaimison at the 4, Birdman backing them both up and Brooks as instant offense off the bench for now and PGOTF when Miller retires/is traded.

BNM