Here is his trade idea.
“Sources say the Trailblazers continue to only offer Travis Outlaw. I wouldn’t give up LaMarcus Aldridge, either. But if I were Memphis and even with a loaded perimeter , I’d ask for Rudy Fernandez, Nicholas Batum and Channing Frye and take Raef LaFrentz’s expiring deal and save some money and give them Darko Milicic (wow, is he awful) or Marko Jaric’s bad deal and Antoine Walker. I don’t see how that can’t happen.”

Talk about over reaching, giving up Rudy and Batum and Channing, and wait for it……RLEC? FOr Conley and a couple of stiffs? Good GOD how good does he think Conley is?

They already have Gay and Mayo, so although Outlaw could play PF, that seems like one too many guys who need and want the ball.

We are all going to have to come to grips with the fact that Outlaw will be traded, either this year or this summer. He just doesn’t fit with where the Blazers are headed, (that is unless he can improve, which I hope he does). I think KP will give him all the time he can this season before the deadline, but he will shop him around and find out his worth, if it is high, which I suspect it is, I think he will get traded. Which is sad, but good all at the same time.

"Sources say the Trailblazers continue to only offer Travis Outlaw. I wouldn’t give up LaMarcus Aldridge, either. But if I were Memphis and even with a loaded perimeter , I’d ask for Rudy Fernandez, Nicholas Batum and Channing Frye and take Raef LaFrentz’s expiring deal and save some money and give them Darko Milicic (wow, is he awful) or Marko Jaric’s bad deal and Antoine Walker. I don’t see how that can’t happen."

That’s the dumbest trade idea I’ve ever seen, and I like Conley.

My counteroffer: Shavlik, RLEC and the rights to Freeland for Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo.

Memphis has too many PG’s – and eveyone knows it. Further, Mayo has been getting 38 mpg at SF. At some point, Memphis will need to make a move. Conley, Crittendon, Lowry and Jaric are slated as PG’s. In the first three games, Conley picked up 25 mpg, Lowry 23 mpg and Crittendon 14 mpg. Lowry is the first guard off the bench behind Conley, and has the better stats. Memphis just picked up his 09/10 option. It’s a log jam though, and it looks like Lowry could step in and do the job.

As far as the trade, it sounds like a rumor from the summer, and from last year when we drafted Oden. Travis for Conley could work, alhtough Memphis has 4 PF’s on the roster right now, and we’d be thin at SF. After all, Batum’s a rookie and another injury would not help.

It sounds pretty iffy to me. After all, all we need are six guards, rather than five who already struggle for playing time. If you keep Blake, then that moves Sergio and Bayless to the 5 & 6 spots, and basically permanently to the bench. That’s a little early to give up on Bayless, and with Mayo, Memphis doesn’t need an SG any more.

Color me skeptical.

Travis & Bayless for Conley any day.

I’m fine with trading Blake, as long as the PG (however inexperienced) coming back can feed the post, which is one of the things Conley does well. Remember, Brandon controls the offense so really our starting PG just needs to be able to dribble out of traffic, hit open shots, push the tempo, and play defense on PG’s (none of which Blake is doing well at the moment). As far as all the leadership BS and game tempo who cares?

it was only to let other GM’s know he is on the trading block. Basic negotiations, when you make the offer and let the respective party know you are interested, they have the advantage because you are asking, and they are in a position of power. GM’s do it all the time. They make an offer they know has little chance of happening to announce to the league that a player is available. Be that as it may, I don’t want another young, project, unproven PG anyway and I think neither does Nate or KP.