Devin Harris to portland??

Harris is a really nice player.  He's a good fit if we are serious about running.  If we aren't giving up Outlaw or any of the big 3 it would be something you'd have to at least consider.

I like Devin Harris.  Without looking at what he makes or anything, I think he'd fit in well.  He's super fast and has great experience playing on a really good team.  He's not a bad shooter and he can defend well also.

Like everyone else will say, it all depends on who we give up!  But he's young, fits the time frame, isn't a dominant ball handler, super fast, and looks kinda nerdy.  Why not?

Although, for NJ not to get him I'd have to imagine we're giving up something nice.  But if it's "just" Jack (who I like a lot), I guess you'd have to.  Hell, throw in a 2nd rounder too.

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But it sure would be a surprise to John Hollinger. He seems to think that Harris is already better for the Mavericks than Kidd.

They say it is an ankle bone bruise...out two or three weeks.  How does that figure in?

a good young player, an expiring contract, draft picks and cash.

Don't forget that Dallas is no longer a running team.  They are the 6th slowest team in the NBA and yet Harris fits nicely with them.  Harris has the ability to get some easy baskets but he also can play in a halfcourt system.  I agree he might not be a great fit with Roy since they both like to have the ball in the halfcourt.  Still, you'd have to do it if you didn't have to give up to much.  Harris is too gifted not to grab if you have the chance.

BUT as has been mentioned, I can't really see it happening.

good young players?  Expiring contracts?  Draft picks?  Cash?  Hmmm.

I heard somewhere that he leaves the seat up.

But never say never.

Kopenen and 1 2nd round draft pick

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Expiring contract. If we can get rid of Miles then KP is a wizard, or Raef if not.

We have to start dropping points, and Kopenen might have some trade value. He probably won't ever make it onto our squad unless we start giving up a lot of point guards some other way, so why hold on to him? Harris would make me very happy. Losing a future project would upset me greatly, especially Sergio or Webster. Besides, I see no Finnish Blazer fans learning English on this site, that has to make El Mago much more valuable than Kopenen. No Trout, no Oden, no Roy, no LMA, no Sergio, no Webster and I would say yes. Honestly I don't think all of our projects will be something great. I don't know which ones will, but if we hang on to them until we do know we won't have to kick ourselves in the future for letting them go. However we do have too many extras not to get something going, this would seem like one of the best people we could add on in the entire league and if we could drop a couple of point guards to clear up the traffic jam, a pick we can't use and a contract we want to get rid of for a pickup like this, that would be unbeleivable.

unless you throw in Raef, since Kidd makes a ton. I don't see NJ wanting Raef.

he would get used to the up tempo...and slow it down when he wanted to!!! dam i like devin...that would be nice

This is the best I could get out of the trade machine. Miles and LaFrentz are interchangeable. Throw in some draft picks (which we can't use anyway), maybe a European or two (not that one of course), possibly a little cash, stir, and vuealla (a little help on the spelling of that would be great). In sum we would get Harris, be strapped with a contract that runs us the whole life yet half the money of Miles's (ironically with a guy named Hassell), and we lose some pieces that to me seem like they don't have as much upside as the projects we are keeping. New Jersey gets rid of Kidd, gets a lot of young talent and a draft pick or two so they can get on the path to rebuilding. Dallas gets Kidd for 2 years and puts themselves in a great spot for the '09 free agent class, dropping an additional $4.5m on the 09-10 season. The problem is I don't see us taking on another 3 year contract without dropping Miles, and the chances of that happening are, well, it depends on how badly these other guys want to make it happen. I would like to see it, but I am going to stop obsessing about it now.

but I'd most certainly agree to it. I like Harris, he's a good, young, fast pg. He'd fit great with Roy.

Should do a little homework.  A few minutes checking ESPN's player stats will show that Harris and Jack are similar in many areas.  

Both are 6-3, with Jack probably having an edge in strength and Harris in quickness.

Both are the same age.

Both have similar PER and scoring efficiency ratings.  

Harris is a better shooter, Jack slightly better from the line.

Some of the differences in stats (like scoring & assist avg) can be attributed to the different roles each is asked to play.

Overall, it's hard to state unequivically that we are getting a much better player than we are giving up.  If the deal includes moving Miles, then perhaps it is worth considering.  

Personally, I think Blake or Jones (plus draft picks) would be more likely to be included in any deal that brought us Harris.