His new article says the Supes are seeing what's out there for Radman as far as trades. It's Insider, so this is all I got: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sonics shopping Radmanovic Sonics GM Rick Sund has been a busy man. In addition to intense, ongoing negotiations with Ray Allen on a contract extension, the Sonics also have been trying to gauge the trade value of forward Vladimir Radmanovic.</div> <font color="blue"> Link? </font> Unlike most of his crap, I can see this being true.
"Sonics shopping Radmanovic Sonics GM Rick Sund has been a busy man. In addition to intense, ongoing negotiations with Ray Allen on a contract extension, the Sonics also have been trying to gauge the trade value of forward Vladimir Radmanovic. Radmanovic, the leading contender for the Sixth Man Award, has been a huge part of the Sonics' success this season. However, there's a strong likelihood he'll try to leave Seattle this summer. He's been asking for a trade for more than a year, prefers to start and feels the Sonics too often play him out of position at the four. While the Sonics would prefer to keep him, they've been doing their due diligence and trying to see if there's a deal out there that makes sense. They've talked with the Clippers about Chris Wilcox, the Bulls about Tyson Chandler, the Nuggets about Nene, the Wizards about Kwame Brown and the Sixers about Samuel Dalembert. The common denominator? The Sonics clearly are trying to address what is going to be their biggest problem this summer -- filling a pretty huge hole in the middle. Jerome James and Vitaly Potapenko are unrestricted free agents, and the team isn't thrilled about bringing either back. If the Sonics could get a young, athletic big man in exchange for Radmanovic, they'd pull the trigger in a second. So far, however, they haven't had much success in their shopping. Most teams see Radmanovic as a three, and the Clippers, Bulls and Nuggets really aren't in the market for one. The Wizards could use a player like Radmanovic, but giving up Brown is a pretty steep price. To make the numbers work, the Sonics would have to throw in Nick Collison and Ronald Murray. Would that weaken the team too much, given the fact Brown still is not healthy enough to play? The Sixers also could use Radmanovic. He's a Jim O'Brien type of player -- a long, 3-point shooter who isn't afraid to let it fly. Put Radmanovic and Kyle Korver on the floor together and it would be raining 3s in Philly. Would Philadelphia part with Dalembert? According to sources, the Sixers have been pretty firm with teams calling about his availability. However, the Sixers know Dalembert is going to get a huge offer from the Hawks in the summer and probably don't have the stomach to match. "
I find it ironic that just a couple days ago Chad wrote an article condemning Jack Haley for reporting the Odom/Boozer rumor, calling it ludicris and irresponsible because he didn't check with anyone from the teams. I didn't see one credited quote in Ford's column. I fail to see the difference between them...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Casual:</div><div class="quote_post">His new article says the Supes are seeing what's out there for Radman as far as trades. It's Insider, so this is all I got: Unlike most of his crap, I can see this being true.</div> Now Ford is claiming Allen for Pierce is being pushed by the Sonics. I don't think so....Allen is a much more all around player, a far better leader, and better fits Schultz's good guy player concept. The Sonics and Allen will come to terms. They would be foolish not to come to them.
Ford also put another rumour on the table - Ray Allen and Vlad Radmanovic for Andre Iguodala, Sammy Dalembert and Glenn Robinson. Would be superb for the future, but bad for our title hopes this season. Philly would never trade Iggy, anyway.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CeltsMan54:</div><div class="quote_post">I find it ironic that just a couple days ago Chad wrote an article condemning Jack Haley for reporting the Odom/Boozer rumor, calling it ludicris and irresponsible because he didn't check with anyone from the teams. I didn't see one credited quote in Ford's column. I fail to see the difference between them...</div> Well Haley said that the trade was only awaiting league approval and was definately going to happen. These are just rumors and stuff, he's not saying that anything is definately going to happen or anything, just that they're looking. Quite a difference in my opinion.
