I think this is what may actually go down: http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6051010 Lakers Get: Jose Calderon: Portland Get: Steve Blake and Darius Morris: Toronto Get: Raymond Felton (expiring contract)
Blake somehow has an even worse PER (I didn't realize that was possible while still managing to hold onto a roster spot in the NBA) and plays worse defense. In addition, he has a worse contract (not expiring, like Felton). Blake's fallen on even harder times than Felton.
At least with Felton, i can tease myself into seeing where his game can improve, and liking what that can be. With Blake....ugh. Fuck. 2 1sts, and then, maybe a future first, just to have to deal with him. We were dumping babbit away from having no white guys on this team. Now Joel returns, we'll add Blake. Probably trade Crawford to Mil. for Udrih and ilyasova. Camby for some other white dude. damnit!!
Blake sucks under every other coach but McMillan. If we're going to be cursed with Nate for more than the rest of the season, might as well get players around him that play well for him.
except then we're stuck with blake for 2 more years! fuck that, let felton expire before bringing blake back here
It's sorta like that thing where a guy starts with a paper clip and makes a long series of trades and ends up with a car ... except in reverse.
uhm, you said you'd rather have Blake than Felton. We don't agree. As for the trade, why is Nolan and Faried included in there exactly?
reports were that part of the trade was the blazers agreeing not to draft faried (not even sure the blazers wanted to draft him though) so dre, rudy to dallas (which became the 26th pick or something and went to denver as jordan hamilton), koponen, the right to draft faried, AND A FUTURE 2ND for felton. then denver picked up rudy AND corey brewer from the mavs for a 2nd rounder. wtf. then we just drafted nolan denver basically traded felton for...... dre, rudy, corey brewer, the right to draft faried, and jordan hamilton...serious ujiri-slap joy
The most hilarious part of Blazer home games these days is looking to the front row and seeing how awkward it looks for Larry Miller to sit next to Allen & Co.