ABM

Or so it appears.......

http://www.journaltimes.com/nucleus/index.php?blogid=24

Blazer Freak

YEAHHHHHH BOOIIIIIIIIII

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HOWIE

So now we just need to get Miles to goto New York and there will be dancing in the streets!!!!

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Talkhard

I'm not sure I get this trade. I thought we wanted to dump Miles or Randolph, not Steve Blake. Is Magliore really worth giving up Blake? Even though we have a logjam at shooting guard, I like the idea of having somebody like Blake who is steady, smart, and a good shooter.

But maybe I'm underestimating Magliore. I don't think I've ever seen him play. Is he good?

HOWIE

Miles for Rose and then next summer Portland wouldn't have any cap problems

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SheedSoNasty

Hooray! I'd much rather have a logjam at center and power forward than point guard. We're having a great offseason thus far.

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Blazer Freak

9.5/9.5 this season. He is a Top 10 Center, atleast Top 15. Trust me. We got a steal.

Magloire/Joel/Raef
Zach/LaMarcus

is what our frontline will look like. That't verrry solid.

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Ed O

We don't want to "dump" anyone. I think that Blazers management (post-Nash) is realizing what some of us knew all along: dumping players is BAD. Addition by subtraction leads to more losses.

Trades should be made to improve the team on the floor, rather than to placate some people who want changes for other reasons.

Ed O.

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Storyteller

If NY gets Jared Jeffries, I doubt they'll be trading for Miles...

Blazer Freak

For 5 years and $30 mill. Not much better than Miles contract. I don't get why people say he has a bad contract, 6.5-7.5 mill a season isn't bad if Darius is focused. That is the thing though, if.

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ThatBlazerGuy

Agreed. As much as I would love to dump Miles on NY, it seems very unlikley now. Goint into the offseason NY wanted an athletic SF that can defend and rebound. Well, now they have two, Balkman and Jefferies. Now Miles looks redundant.

Talkhard

I never said we shouldn't get someone good in return for either Miles or Randolph. By "dumping" I just meant getting rid of through a trade. And for the record, I doubt anyone in the Nash days ever thought just giving away a player was a good thing. The players that we ended up "giving away" simply wouldn't garner much on the open market--so we had to take what we could get, which wasn't much.

ryanjend22

oh, god, please let this happen.

BLAKE IS OVERRATED by you guys...you act like hes not replaceable.

...we have like 4 guards, all of which are equally effective IMO.




GREAT TRADE FOR US!

but i hope management doesnt **** this up.

crowTrobot