Tortimer

No Outlaw couldn't play SG. He can only play the SF/PF postion. He is actually a real tough player for a true PF to guard.

PorterIn2004

I disagree. He's done a really nice job guarding Bryant over four or five possessions several times in the last few years.

It's true he doesn't really have the handles a SG should have but if you've got a Nash-like PG (like Rose might become) or a SF who can help with those duties, it could be just fine.

dreamcloud

This deal will not happen, so it's all good.

nikolokolus

It depends, would he be required to dribble to his left?

P to the Wee

Thanks for telling us if the trade would happen, Kevin Pritchard.

ebott

I gotta think where there's smoke there's fire. Two days in a row we're hearing rumors of Outlaw being offered for a point guard. I'm with the people that say there's gotta be something else going on here.

I just don't get that we need a point guard so bad.

Especially with this Joel and Outlaw for Hinrich trade idea. I can't imagine that we'd just do that deal and be happy. Talent for talent I think it's a good deal for both teams. But for us we end up way out of balance.

The other idea that came to me is that due to Rudy's performance in the Olympics maybe we're desperate to deal Outlaw so we can free up some playing time for him. We could have a 1 through 3 lineup something like this...

3- Webster (30), Rudy (18)
2- Roy (35), Rudy (13)
1- Hinrich (35), Blake (13)

But then Bayless doesn't play at all and we're down to just Frye and Diogu as our reserve big men. The whole thing just doesn't make sense to me. But what the hell do I know?

KingSpeed

Why are we trading Outlaw for PG???

Bayless/Roy/Rudy is our backcourt of the future!

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Ballscientist

Rumor means shooting a bird randomly.Both Ben Gordon and Hinrich worths MLE. Blazers fall in love with bad contracts?

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B-Roy

And this is coming from you?

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wastro

I don't this has any legs. To wit:

The proposed trade would create an insane logjam in the backcourt: Kirk, Blake, Bayless, Roy, Sergio and Rudy fighting for PG/SG minutes? Yikes.

The proposed trade also leaves the Blazers thinner than thin at the center position. Let's pin our hopes on a rookie coming off serious knee surgery. And his backup will be a stiff who hasn't been that effective for at least three years now.

The trade would also give Martell no back-ups. Well, there would be Batum, but he's raw. You could also theoretically slide Rudy or Brandon to the SF slot, but when you have Travis doing his thing (and doing it well), why mess with a good thing?

The trade, as it stands, wouldn't happen.

Ed O

Uh... yes. The Memphis beat reporter says that Portland has been calling, and some Blazers posters call it fabricated.

Now a rather legit internet source says that Portland has been calling Chicago, and the same Blazers posters are calling it fabricated.

Maybe teams around the NBA, and the news sources that report on them, are all out to sell papers by reporting old or fake news about the Blazers, but I think it's much more likely that Pritchard is doind what he does best: make phone calls.

I think that IF the Blazers think Hinrich is a big step up (and he might be a huge upgrade over Blake in the starting lineup), then it makes sense. Portland can sign or trade for a backup small forward, or use Rudy, and stay at close to the level of Outlaw... not in terms of net present value (since Outlaw still has considerable upside) but in terms of what he gives the team as a backup small forward right now.

Ed O.

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Schilly

I don't think it has legs as reported... But it could have legs.

Schilly

FWIW Wd, I believe that KP has no interest in going into camp as is. There's a reason we are bringing in Luke Jackson, and it's not to be a camp cut, it's to back up whoever is left at the 3 between Webster and Outlaw.

Just MO.

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