All eyes are on Portland right now. As of early this morning the Trail Blazers were still talking...

All eyes are on Portland right now. As of early this morning the Trail Blazers were still talking to at least three teams: the Nets, the Bucks and the Bobcats.

Sources say that the Blazers still prefer a deal for Gerald Wallace, but are struggling to get something done. The Bobcats turned down an offer for Wallace yesterday, but came back to Portland last night looking for more assets for a Wallace deal. The Blazers have refused to part with Nicolas Batum so far and don't want to take back Nazr Mohammed and his contract in return.

The Bucks have had ongoing discussions with the Blazers about a Richard Jefferson and Luke Ridnour swap. But it sounds like the Blazers want more assets (read Ramon Sessions or a first-round pick) to take back Jefferson's contract.

The same is true for their talks with the Nets. Last night it sounded like there was some agreement on players. The latest has the Nets wanting Raef LaFrentz and Channing Frye for Vince Carter and Maurice Ager. The outstanding issue is the Blazers' insistence that the Nets include the Golden State Warriors' 2011 first-round pick, owned by New Jersey..

Chad Ford

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No Batum

I don’t like the idea of standing pat at this point — too much of a buyer’s market to come away with nothing IMO — but if it comes down to sending Batum or not doing a deal, they shouldn’t do the deal.

by BrailleTaser on Feb 19, 2009 7:50 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

+1

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Feb 19, 2009 8:17 AM PST up reply actions

I think the bobcats are desperater than they know

Expect the deals to get better by the minute. Teams needing financial relief are like car salesman that need to hit a quantity of sales mark. Eventually, they’ll sell for any price.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Feb 19, 2009 8:17 AM PST reply actions

I think this is great

go KP, only do it if it works best for us. You don’t need to do a trade just because we all expect you to. Be strong and get the best deal and don’t settle, we’ll be in good shape either way.
We trust your judgement KP

Being a Blazer fan is fun!

by Blazermaniac77 on Feb 19, 2009 9:27 AM PST reply actions