Barbosa Trade

by Trail Blazer on Jun 27, 2008 1:30 PM PDT

I quickly excited when I heard about all of the rumors of Portland trying to acquire Barbosa from Phoenix. I thought that this trade would really improve the Blazers because of the versatility Barbosa offers. A lot of the speculated trades included our 13th pick, but now that the draft is over, the likelihood of this trade has fallen. Or maybe Bayless has more value then the 13th pick? Phoenix is looking for a back-up for Nash, and Bayless seems to fit the part. He is a guard that can push the ball and create for himself and his teammates. We Blazer fans have become so used to trades during the draft that we have forgotten about the option to trade after the draft. Has this trade fallen through or can it still happen?

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no

id rather keep Bayless

by raging WebTed on Jun 27, 2008 1:33 PM PDT 3 recs

+40

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by Outlaw is Rejector on Jun 27, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

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by mark twain on Jun 27, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Nicely done guys,

god Ilove this site and the Blazers

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by SpyderRyder on Jun 27, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

What is that +1 stuff?

President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 27, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's like you agree

But you don’t want to bother typing it out. There are a lot of times when someone says all that needs to be said.

It also represents adding +1 to your comment total, who at the site has the most comments anyways?

Boston coach Doc Rivers said he was surprised by the firing of Saunders.
"I don't understand it," Rivers said. "It makes coaching not fun."

by Dheepan on Jun 27, 2008 10:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dave

President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 27, 2008 10:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

I don't think so

Dave doesn’t comment too much in the threads, just in the gameday threads. He probably has the most Posts by far but I’m pretty sure someone else would have the most comments.

Boston coach Doc Rivers said he was surprised by the firing of Saunders.
"I don't understand it," Rivers said. "It makes coaching not fun."

by Dheepan on Jun 27, 2008 10:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dave has

13514 comments. Nobody is even close.

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by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 27, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey

Let’s bet back on topic.

Nothing to see here folks. Move along.

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by tominhawaii on Jun 28, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Okay, Tom, you're on...

........... I’ll give ya 6-to-1 that KP doesn’t trade Bayless before opening night.

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jun 28, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

He'll trade him

His teammates will get sick of having to tie his shoes for him, because he can’t reach, so KP will have to trade him.

<-;-)

by tominhawaii on Jun 29, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Tom keeping things on topic?

Outrageous

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by prezofdeath on Jul 25, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wait, why the heck am I commenting on a topic a month old that no one will see?

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by prezofdeath on Jul 25, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

+1 more

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by prezofdeath on Jul 25, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Bayless is a better fit for us than Barbosa

"My, that is a handsome fella. He must be the offspring of a Greek God!" - Bill Walton calling a Clipper's-Laker's game as Luke Walton checks in.

by JTDuck22 on Jun 27, 2008 1:38 PM PDT 0 recs

+1

by SpyderRyder on Jun 27, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

+1

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by prezofdeath on Jul 25, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

He's a BABY BLAZER...

................................... for better or worse, that’s the team we have. We get to see if they learn to play together and develop into stars. It’s kinda fun. And no jackasses evident among them, which is remarkable.

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jun 28, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

No way,

a thousand times over. Besides, MB said a week before the draft this rumor was nothing, meaning it was probably another smoke screen, showing that we intended to get our guard via trade.

by MGNNoah on Jun 27, 2008 1:41 PM PDT 0 recs

+1

by SpyderRyder on Jun 27, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

Isn't Bayless pretty much the same as Barbosa?

Except with more upside, and less current-side? Oh, and better defense.

by pualo on Jun 27, 2008 1:48 PM PDT 0 recs

except he can throw it down!!!! gagagagagaga

also, from what i’ve seen he has great BBIQ

by BroyTheTruth on Jun 27, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

We got our fast tweener dude from 'Zona

And he ain’t from Brazil.

by EngineerScotty on Jun 27, 2008 1:52 PM PDT 0 recs

"Deal or No Deal...?"

No deal.

This trade seems like it had some legitamicy to it compared to our needs, but was most likely a back-up plan. KP’s versatility/adversity in the draft allowed us to pick up a high quality player for little to nothing. No sense in trading off a talent like Bayless for Barbosa now.
Bayless should fit in very well with the other guards we have. So much in fact, that Blake’s minutes may depreciate. If we trade, I believe it should have something to do with RLEC and potentially Diogu.

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President Harry S. Truman

by Dr. Deal on Jun 27, 2008 1:57 PM PDT 0 recs

Too many languages

We have to deal with Spanish, French, Finnish, and Arizonan (we’ve got THREE of them now, anyone notice?). We just can’t handle Portuguese, too.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jun 27, 2008 2:21 PM PDT 0 recs

Don't we only have two from Arizona?

Or are you counting the new guy from ASU?

"My, that is a handsome fella. He must be the offspring of a Greek God!" - Bill Walton calling a Clipper's-Laker's game as Luke Walton checks in.

by JTDuck22 on Jun 27, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Chanaling, Digou, Bayless

Boston coach Doc Rivers said he was surprised by the firing of Saunders.
"I don't understand it," Rivers said. "It makes coaching not fun."

by Dheepan on Jun 27, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Diogu is from ASU

But ASU is in the state of AZ. So it depends what you mean.

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by MT Suit on Jun 27, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

The Tuscon dialect, or the Tempe/Phoenix dialect?

It’s amazing how much changes as you drive up I-10.

by EngineerScotty on Jun 27, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think that's "Changeling" Frye

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Yes, pualo, an extraordinarily discerning BEdger with a knack for subtle expression.

by CatMan2 on Jun 27, 2008 4:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

Counting languages, not schools

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jun 28, 2008 3:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

It's long gone and dead

If you listen to KP, Bayless was always rated by them as the fourth best player in the draft. Somehow, I don’t think KP’s going to trade the 4th best player in a draft like this for Barbosa, or for very many players at all at this point. If KP’s judgement turns out to be right, then you’d be giving up a future all star. And that just isn’t going to happen, anymore than you’d talk about trading Roy or Aldridge, for example, for Barbosa. KP said they “hit a home-run”. Well, you better get used to Bayless, because if you think KP knows ball player, then he’s going to be around awhile.

by Eben Calder on Jun 27, 2008 2:41 PM PDT 0 recs