<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The lights are off. The blinds are open. The office walls of the future head coach of the Trail Blazers have been stripped bare. There are two bottles of orange juice in the mini-refrigerator. If only we knew who would end up drinking them. The Blazers have either offered, or not offered Flip Saunders a contract that could be worth as much as $8 million annually. And they've either requested, or not requested permission to talk with New Jersey's Ed Stefanski about the job of general manager. And Tuesday, forward Wayne Simien and three other draft prospects worked out on two basketball courts at the practice facility. The Simien part isn't debatable. He was really there, promise. Simien wore Kansas-blue Adidas high tops. He shot free throws. Then he and the others ran, shuffled and back-pedaled around orange cones. General manager John Nash and player personnel director Kevin Pritchard were watching. Activity everywhere -- and over in the head coach's office? </div> Source
