Dan

how about magliore, outlaw and dixon for him? plus, we'll stop stealing your draft picks in the future?

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without hesitation.

dudleysghost

I'd feel a little bad about it, because we'd be ripping off the Nets so hard. Nets fans have feelings too...

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ProudBFan

I find it disappointing that Patterson is the one contacting other GMs instead of it being the other way around. Doesnt give me a lot of hope.

But I do think Mags needs to be moved, for our sake and his.

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Glad to see everyone was as reasonable as I'd expected. Yes, it is a lopsided deal that I proposed, but I had to start someplace.

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dudleysghost

Of all the ones listed, Mags +change for Wally seems like the only plausible one, from the other team's perspective. Boston may be willing to dump Wally's contract. It gives them cap space next summer. He would help us on the court, with his capable offensive skills, although his defense sucks.

The question for us would be how what effect adding his salary has on our future flexibility. If we add Wally and a top draft pick next year, we're going to be paying luxury tax. Is Paul Allen willing to do this? Is he willing add a MLE player as well if the team is already over the tax threshold? I'm thinking the answers are maybe, and no. Given that, I'd rather have the flexibility to use the MLE to get one or two role players than to add a guy like Wally with bad knees and $25 mil/2 years left on his contract. He's just not that good.

GOD

Screw his sake, for our sake he needs to be moved. His sake gives him 8 mil.

I do agree that it's too bad other GM's are not contacting the Blazers. But, what can you expect with a player who has really stunk it up this year.

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RedHot&Rolling

Unless its Magloire and others from the Blazers for a returning STARTER quality player - I think they'll let his contract expire and let him become a UFA.

Blazers have been very disciplined about not taking back bad contracts without getting what they want (#7 pick ((Roy))) in return.

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dudleysghost

I know it's not Eastern, but Maggette might be a guy available for a package based on an expiring contract. The Clips owner is notoriously cheap, and they might just want to dump Maggette and his $16 mil remaining after this year. We'd have to add something to make it sweeter (anyone know what the Clips need right now?), but it could be possible. I'd easily add a few 2nd round draft picks to the deal. Our second rounder this year should be a good one, although still probably not enough to get it done. I'd give them our 2008 1st rounder if that's what it took, although again I'm not sure if that's what the Clips would want. If they want to make a playoff run now, presumably they want a guy who can play now, which is what we are short of...

Schilly

I think Quick actually said that 2 EC teams have contacted....Not have been contacted. I'd imagine that if Patterson is making the calls he's called more than 2 EC teams.

dudleysghost

I bet GMs just call each other on a regular basis. Any possible deal will come after a lot of discussion and research from both sides, so I don't think it really matters who first pushed "send" on their Blackberry. Of course, Magloire isn't a hot enough commodity in the league that other GMs are going to be beating down our door, so Patterson/Pritchard are doing their due diligence by informing the other managers in the league that he is an expiring contract that is available and giving them some general idea of what we want/expect in return. When a player is going to be shopped, that's probably how it's generally done, rather than each GM spontaneously calling to see if any given player is on the market.

Schilly

Or he said "Two EC teams have been in contact"

Samuel

"Sources are telling me that Jamaal Magloire is on the market--that the blazers are shopping him around. There are two eastern conference teams that have been contacted...about his services. I fully expect him to be traded by the February Trading Deadline, if not sooner--if not within a month."

"If a team's going to take him, they're going to take him on the lure of the fact that he has an expiring contract that's worth 8.3 million, and there's a ton of tea