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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2...ndy&id=1825427

Eddie Gill + $3 million for the #22 pick

Schilly

Portland has to take on $ in a salary too.

yangsta

whoa.. this must mean either we're positioning ourselves for a trade, or we know of a 2nd overlooked player in the draft/.

CrGiants

I saw that, but I won't believe it until it's officially announced. That deal is too good to be true. Buying a first-rounder?

Schilly

Actually I am wrong, once the pick is made it carries a trade value that should be about the same as Gills contract.

Here's what IMO this means for Portland.

They will take Telfair at #13. Probably too high for him, but they will take him. They will then take a SG (Martin) and IMO Ha Seung Jin @ 22 and 23.

MJG

Nets are supposedly in major cost-cutting mode, so it's not impossible for them to dump their first rounder for cash.

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Darn, had link copied and was about to post. You beat me to it.

I am kind of intrigued by this trade. I guess New Jersey is trying to get as much leverage as they can to re-sign K-Mart, but I'm not really sure about Portland's angle in this deal.

Obviously this trade isn't negative for Portland, Eddie Gill was going to be the 11th or 12th man on the team, and I don't imagine 3 mill in cash is going to make or break the franchise. Having first rounders is never a bad thing, my thoughts are that this pick, (and others), could be used as potential bait in a trade, either to move up in the draft or to get a veteran.

Anyway, I like the trade. I really think Telfair is going to be very good in this league, and we just upped our chances of getting him. He seems very court-savvy, and while the pressures of playing high school ball in New York aren't like the pressures of playing in the NBA, I do think that him having a spotlight on him for quite awhile will make for a quicker adjustment in the league.

Bottomline: Good deal for Portland.

CrGiants

With all this publicity of Portland chasing Telfair, it makes me wonder whether or not a team will draft Telfair ahead of Portland, and try to hold him and get something bigger out of Portland.

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#13 : Telfair

#22 : Dorell Wright

#23 : Ha-Seung Jin

Ha is in for a 2nd workout, maybe they will take a chance on him

Ha-Seung and Telfar are the only players Portland has brought in for more than one work out

QRICH

So the SAR to NJ talks are officially dead. We obviously can't keep him, I wonder if Nash has another deal up his sleeve. Kittles+Williams just isn't worth Rahim.

RP McMurphy

If true, this trade makes the Clippers look like spendthrifts.

What I don't understand is, if they didn't want the pick, why couldn't they just trade it for a future protected pick, like the Spurs did last year? Are they that desperate for the cash?

And aren't there other teams who would be willing to trade cash, PLUS something of value, for a first-rounder?

I agree with CrGiants, I won't believe this one until it's officially announced.

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Dan

not bad..

I still don't think they'll take Telfair at 13, because they don't know who's going to be drop yet.

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visionary432

im pretty sure this is part of the larger trade with SAR to even things up

cimalee

great deal for the blazers

Kmurph