<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Although a tad tainted by his criminal conduct and ridiculous rhetoric, bidding for Rasheed Weed's services has sharply escalated within the last week. Resolved to rid themselves of the rising free agent, the Blazers gave permission to agent Bill Strickland to elicit trade propositions from teams his client would consider re-signing with come summer. So far, all three Texas teams and the Hawks - maybe even the Pistons - are involved in the auction. Rasheed's preference is the Rockets, I'm informed; the obvious appeal being Yao Ming and Steve Francis, which is why they refuse to include either one in trade talk. Meaning, Houston may have to wait until the offseason to pursue Rasheed. Unlike the Mavericks, underlines a Strickland trustee, who might be inclined to give up Antawn Jamison and Eduardo Najera (but would rather include Tariq Abdul-Wahad), depending on the health of the Lakers' feared foursome and Mark Cuban's mood following a two-game skid. Long before the Spurs' manufactured their 12-game victory march, they offered Rasho Nesterovic, Malik Rose and Ron Mercer for Rasheed, the same source maintains. As for the Hawks, they're eager to move Theo Ratliff and Alan Henderson for Rasheed. The Blazers, I'm told, countered with a request for Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Stephen Jackson. Though an Atlanta official denies it, I hear the Hawks are head-hunting for a special someone to succeed coach Terry Stotts. </div> New York Post
Interesting stuff, Atlanta probably has the most to offer in Abdur-Rahim/Ratliff/Jackson. If I were Portland, I would take Jamison & PTBD, or Abdur-Rahim & PTBD in a second. Don't think Houston can do it right now, outside the big two, nobody else carries enough market value.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting OgShowtime:</div><div class="quote_post">Interesting stuff, Atlanta probably has the most to offer in Abdur-Rahim/Ratliff/Jackson. If I were Portland, I would take Jamison & PTBD, or Abdur-Rahim & PTBD in a second. Don't think Houston can do it right now, outside the big two, nobody else carries enough market value.</div> It could be worse, he could've ended up with Chris Childs or Bonzi Wells. I've never liked players like Wallace, I admit he's good but I'd hate for him to screw up the nice, honest, friendly and courteous manner of the rest of the Warriors. Claxton and Richardson for example. He'd be a good asset as long as he was kept in line and respectful, the Blazers problem always was having too many superstars. Hopefully this'll aid the Warriors and kill the Blazers.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">It could be worse, he could've ended up with Chris Childs or Bonzi Wells. I've never liked players like Wallace, I admit he's good but I'd hate for him to screw up the nice, honest, friendly and courteous manner of the rest of the Warriors. Claxton and Richardson for example. He'd be a good asset as long as he was kept in line and respectful, the Blazers problem always was having too many superstars. Hopefully this'll aid the Warriors and kill the Blazers.</div> I'm not sure I follow you on this one...Did I miss the Warriors being somewhere in the article? Maybe you're still thinking of him as a Warrior. That happens to me sometimes too. I love this last footnote in the article - __________________ Orlando's awful start should come as no surprise, reports column-conscience John Milich. "Shawn Kemp was a father figure to many of the guys."
Well, the Pistons are also in the running. We can't offer much tough. Larry Brown has asked Joe Dumars to explore a possible trade. However, Dumars doesn't want to break up the core of the team. Talks are still ongoing but Dumars isn't overly optimistic about it going down. http://www.detnews.com/2003/pistons/0312/29/c04-20725.htm Of course, he won't come here, but we are involved in the trade talk. It is about halfway down when it says that Brown asked Dumars into aquiring Rasheed. Atlanta and the Mavs have the most to offer and they have the highest chance of getting him from the Blazers.
