you all remember when portland offered
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Yes dkg, I believe that you are right.
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Hindsight is always 20/20 and if the deal included the rights to Fizer and Jamaal, I'm not sure that I would have done it even with hindsight. O'Neal is a talented young player, but he tends to go wacko every now and then. Futhermore, Fizer is a very respectable PF in his own right with much upside. As for JC, I'm confident that he'll be an all-star PG some day. Let's not forget that he have to superstars-in-the-making (Chander and Curry) who play O'Neal's positions, C and PF.
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That is what I remember as well. I guess we'll never really know since we didn't sit in on the conversations.
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The trade was about to go down
But at the last second, the Blazers made a phone call and then said they needed the 6th pick as well to complete the trade.
Krause said no!!
first go around
4th (Fizer) and 24 (Baggs) for
>was about to go down
J. O'neal
After the phone call
4th (Fizer) 6th (Mihm) and 24th probably a PG for
>Krause just laughed
J. O'neal
I'm happy the trade didn't go down.
That how I heard it happened.
But at the last second, the Blazers made a phone call and then said they needed the 6th pick as well to complete the trade.
Krause said no!!
first go around
4th (Fizer) and 24 (Baggs) for
>was about to go down
J. O'neal
After the phone call
4th (Fizer) 6th (Mihm) and 24th probably a PG for
>Krause just laughed
J. O'neal
I'm happy the trade didn't go down.
That how I heard it happened.
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oops!!!
I meant to put it as a reply. Could some one move it under the
"Remember the Portland offer"
thats alright. I will merge the threads
I meant to put it as a reply. Could some one move it under the
"Remember the Portland offer"
thats alright. I will merge the threads
Portland did want Fizer, but also wanted the 7th pick (not 6th). Krause said no. There was still hope that Fizer would be dealt for O'Neal during the summer but when Indiana offered offered Dale Davis, that was the end of it. Without that offer, it could have happened. Portland wanted to move O'Neal.
The potential trade was one of the reasons Krause selected Fizer with the 4th pick despite having Brand. I was hoping something could be worked out that summer and was following the situation daily when there was news to be had. Giving up both the 4th and the 7th picks was never an option for the Bulls. The 4th and maybe a little extra would have seen the trigger pulled immediately. Remember that Krause actually made a one year $9mil offer to O'Neal which he turned down for a long term contract for less per year with Portland.
The potential trade was one of the reasons Krause selected Fizer with the 4th pick despite having Brand. I was hoping something could be worked out that summer and was following the situation daily when there was news to be had. Giving up both the 4th and the 7th picks was never an option for the Bulls. The 4th and maybe a little extra would have seen the trigger pulled immediately. Remember that Krause actually made a one year $9mil offer to O'Neal which he turned down for a long term contract for less per year with Portland.
You're right on, Songcycle.
That being said, the Bulls were still expecting Darius Miles to be around at #4, though the Clippers took him at #3 (surprising most by doing so). Fizer was mostly likely either 1) a block of a potential Orlando-LAClips trade (which still happened but with other pieces) or 2) a pick on behalf of another team (say Portland) for an upcoming trade or lastly 3) a real pick to keep and add talent.
Well we wound up with Fizer and Crawford from that draft (a nice swap of Mihm-Crawford!) and some guy name Dalibar. Still I would have loved to have either seen Miles or O'Neal in a Bulls uni. Eh.. that's the past, and WE ARE THE FUTURE. Uh.
VD
Hell yeah.
Don't get me wrong, I love Chandler, Curry, and the new look Bulls. But man... Brand was my guy and I would have loved to see him w/ Miles (Miles in Chicago?!!! ahhh) or O'Neal (another young PF/C). Whew... would have been nice.
Instead, we have to wait a couple more years to get back to respectability =)
Payce,
VD
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