Outlaw/Harris coming to Portland?

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  1. Pinwheel1

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    Make the trade and then trade for Blake (Lakers are tired of that experiment) then our Bench would be Blake, Roy, Travis, cunningham and Pryz. OK only slightly joking.

    Roy, Patty, Travis, Dante and Pryz would be OK for those 16 minues a game. If Roy can't go then Morrow would be just fine. I doubt Morrow will be as much fun in the locker rook as Rudy is though. He would be missed.
     
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    Travis is 'sporting a PER of 8 (career 13.8) with four years left on his contract.

    I can see why they'd want to pawn him off to another team.
     
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    I'm a Harris fan (and a Miller fan). If Harris weren't so injury-prone, I'd definitely do this. Getting a good, young-prime point guard would be nice. But the amount of games he's missed makes me quite hesitant. If these last few years have done anything, they've made me really appreciate (good) players who are durable. Take a bow, Miller and Aldridge.
     
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    Nearing that certain deadline I remember Chad Ford saying that the Blazers were getting better offers for RLEC than what Phoenix was getting for Amare.
     
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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=TradeTalk-090217
    here's that article.
     
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    I'm torn on a Miller/Harris deal. Outlaw is an afterthought in this deal to me, although it will be nice to see him again at the Hot Seat.

    Harris does have an 18 PER as has stopped being such a ballhog. Still, as Minstrel pointed out, he has a history of injury. Knowing this, I won't call him "injury-prone", because of the Oden Flame Wars regarding that label.

    Tough call. I'd be OK with the deal and would probably pull the trigger if it was my call, simply because getting a much younger and similarly productive player is never a bad idea for the long-term success of your franchise. Still, Miller has grown on me, in a non-parasitic way.
     
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    The PDX version of Travis is not worth that kind of deal either. But more important than his worth is how middling teams like us should stay away from extended MLE deals like Travis'. We took a chance with Wes, and it's working out so far because he's younger and.... better.
     
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    KP was pulled off of the Roy negotiations. Not sure how that contract was his fault. Plus, Oden fail? Were you clamoring for Durant prior to that draft? Link up your BBF posts, and I'll believe you.
     
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    Speaking of being leery of pursuing players with injury concerts -- CHRIS PAUL! He's still a top-10 PG but doesn't look like the elite CP3 of a few years ago.

     
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    I was fully behind KP in those moves. I wanted GO. I vehemently supported giving Roy the max. But they're obviously fails in hindsight.
     
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    KP never called it a golden ticket. I proved this years ago. Canzona called it a golden ticket, not KP, and I've posted the quotes.

    Another Blazer Board fail.

    It would be nice if you guys could be factual in your criticisms, but that's too much to expect, isn't it?
     
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    Most moves are fails in hindsight. Only one team wins a title each year. I'm just happy to watch an injury-depleted team in playoff contention.
     
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    I was posting the article for Fez, not to prove anything.

    Whether the rumor was false or not, whether KP should've done it or not, doesn't matter to me now. If we can use hindsight for it I think that trade would've made Portland better then and now, and give us more ammunition (how'd the #3 pick in the 2010 look for us right now, with NJN's 2012 (protected) coming up) for the future. But that's another thread.
     
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    That looks even cooler all italicized like that in your quote!

    Thanks!

    I don't really care who called what what. It will always be the Golden Ticket in my heart.
     
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    He didn't look like the elite CP3 tonight, but for the season he's putting up a superstar PER and he's a pretty decent defender. He's not merely top-ten, he's the best point guard in the NBA IMO. But he does have some potential injury concerns.
     
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    Fair enough. Your reply was in reference to RLEC not being used, so I mentioned that actual fact behind the "Golden Ticket".

    You've been CANZANOED!
     
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