9 Years Ago Today: Gerald Wallace Traded

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  1. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

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    9 YEARS AGO (please change mods)

    https://www.espn.com/new-york/nba/s...forward-gerald-wallace-portland-trail-blazers

    Year: 2012 | Teams: Portland Trail Blazers and New Jersey Nets
    Nets received: Gerald Wallace
    Blazers received: Mehmet Okur, Shawne Williams and a 2012 first-round pick (Damian Lillard)

    Turned out to be one of the better trades in Blazer history. :cheers: to Chad Buchanan who made the move and also deserves majority credit for the draft pick.
     
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    You just never know when a great player might be drafted. People say all the time that a player was a "Sure Bet". In the years i have been following there have been very few "Sure Bets" other than the top few picks in a any draft and even those are never really "Sure".
     
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    I'd rate this a B+ and it would be an A+ if the Blazers had correctly used the pick on Harrison fuckin' Barnes.
     
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    Oden was thought by most to be a sure bet too...
     
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    his talent was a sure bet...unfortunately, that talent was attached to a broken body
     
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