At a coffee shop a guy who claimed inside info, claimed that the Blazers were in discussions with Detroit to get Prince. I don't know this guy and he is likely full of crap, but I figured ask if anyone else had heard this rumor. This was the stated rumor, which I did check and works according to the ESPN trade machine Portland trades: Raef Martell 2009 1st rounder Detroit trades: Prince Kwame Oh, he said this is offered by Portland after KP turned down a different one that included Przybilla.
As I said, it likely is a bowl of crap, but I had to ask here because he just seemed to be telling the truth. I figured that if there was any truth to it someone here might have also heard the rumor.
Kwame is a decent backup big and arguably could beat out Frye to play some time at backup PF. We get the best player in the deal anyways, so I would say this is a great deal for us
The only reason I see this even being remotely plausible is because I see Detroit in full on rebuilding mode, but they are already going to have Rasheed and AI's massive contracts coming off of their books this year, so I'm not sure how valuable getting 12-13 more in cap space really is, unless they think they can hold some of that over until the following 2010 FA period
Interesting, and we are basically trading 2 players that haven't played on this year's team, so the minutes crunch becomes even more problematic. We will see if it materializes, and if so, I doubt KP is done before the trading deadline or Nate will have a tough job this season dividing up minutes.
Not that big of a minutes issue. Prince starts at the 3, with Batum still getting his normal 12-15 minutes. Outlaw moves to primary backup at the 4. Frye and Ike wear suits.
The likely hood of running into an NBA executive or someone tied to NBA executives at a coffee shop and them just sitting around having a cup of joe and discuss future trades is highly unlikely.
How pissed would you guys be if Prince became available AFTER we used our assets to trade for Jackson? I am a huge TPrince fan. As I am a Billips fan. Not sure what Dumars is thinking but he does seem to be rebuilding.
I like this trade for the present and future. Prince is 8 years older than Batum and still has a lot of good basketball ahead of him. By the time he slows down Batum will be primed and ready. Nic would have a great mentor as their size/skill set are nearly identical.
i would sure love that deal. i'd love it more if outlaw was included too but ill take it either way. prince is becoming a star IMO
