Go after Kurt Thomas with our trade exemption?

and not as good anymore.

What the difference in cost though…

A deal of Thomas to the Rockets for Brian Cook and $3,000,000 in cash considerations should do the trick.

Which sites like ShamSports and Storyteller still do. And they neglect the cap holds for the unsigned Euro draft picks. All in all not very accurate numbers in terms of cap space. Should be better again in the offseason.

Maybe sooner. But it’s hard to say who goes. I don’t see trading Travis. What he does is special. In both sense, yes, but the dude finished off the Celtics when BRoy was out. Back early in the season when the Celtics were just tearing it up. He puts the ball in the air like he just don’t care. Whatever Travis is, he is not chopped liver.

But this shows that there is some sense in the whole idea happening.

This is a team where even the superstar often avoid taking risky shots like the plague.

Obviously, you live by the high risk shot and you die by it, but Travis is a welcome renegade in my mind.

Givony wasn’t specific, even the Griz wouldn’t be so dumb to hand over their #1 for Trav. But he did say that Memphis was disappointed that the deal fell through, so at least we know that Outlaw has one “suitor” (just north of Starksville, too. My how convenient…)

and that’s not happening. I think his agent was more interested in Portland’s cap-space to faciliate a deal, until Miller was signed

and that’s OK with me, I like Aldridge and Oden as a starting PF/C combo for the next 10 years just fine. I could see a way to make Millsap’s PT “work” with the other 3 bigs, but not Lee

That’s part of the problem, though. Assuming Webster is healthy and there’s no injury to one of the other forwards, Outlaw will go from playing 25-30 minutes a game to playing 12-15 behind LMA. Something’s gotta give because as nice as Travis is he’s not going to enjoy that role

This is another reason why I see a deal coming before February, Outlaw for a veteran PF/C who won’t mind playing short minutes, and then (probably) get more minutes in the playoffs

Not another Ruffin, Shav, etc. Someone like Turiaf or Jeff Foster who brings experience and 6 hard fouls to the position

1) We need SF minutes to develop Batum.
2) We need SF minutes for Rudy(on offense)/Roy(on defense) to get Rudy 28-30 minutes a game.
3) We need SF minutes for Martell (hopefully he can come back from the injury).

i.e. there are no SF minutes left for Outlaw.

4) There’s only 10-12 minutes at PF for Outlaw when LMA is resting, and perhaps a couple minutes if we go small with LMA at center. We did that some last year, but if things go as expected with Oden we won’t do it near as much, if at all, this year.

5) He can’t play backup center, which we will need if Joel or Oden goes down, and he would kill us matching up against strong PF’s for extended minutes if LMA has to fill in as backup center in the event of a GO/Joel injury.

i.e. there are only a few regular minutes at PF for Outlaw, and he’s not the 4-5 we need in case of injuries.

6) Outlaw is like Z-Bo without rebounds and with less points. He won’t rebound (it’s so pathetic our announcers make embarrassing bets with him about his lack of effort to get rebounds, which he always loses BTW), he takes poor shots instead of passing the ball to the open 3-pt shooter (which is often Rudy standing wide open), and his defense is awful. Just like Z-Bo we will get better without him.

7) Outlaw was necessary when this team only relied on Roy and LMA as scoring threats. Now we are loaded with scoring threats. We have Rudy, GO (who will get the ball down low from Miller this year), Miller, Blake (a much better 3-pt option than Travis), hopefully Martell, and even Batum should be a better scorer this year (and take the ball to the hole, which Outlaw could but never does). We simply don’t need Travis to go one-on-one anymore. It’s time he goes to a team that wants his scoring without rebounding, passing, or defense.

You’re not really say that the Blazers shouldn’t be looking to add a backup PF several weeks after they made a toxic offer to Paul Millsap, are you?

Not all injuries are season-ending, there are plenty of “dings and tweaks” that will keep a player out of action for a couple of weeks. As of today the Blazer 4-5 positions are 6 deep with 4 veterans and 2 rookies That’s just too thin, especially when one of those veterans (Outlaw) and one of the rookies (Cunningham) are both too skinny to defend the post adequately against an average NBA PF.

Now, the Blazers “could” go out and fill their remaining 2 roster spots with practice fodder like Ruffin or Shav, or they could do as you’re suggesting and “consolidate” by dealing one of their “extra” 3-4 tweeners for a veteran PF/C and acheive better roster balance. Then, if LMA were to tweak his groin/hammy maybe the team wouldn’t go into a 2-week tailspin trying to “get by” with Outlaw or one of the rookies filling those PF minutes, and maybe they could afford to let LMA take an extra couple of days off doing rehab without feeling like they have to rush him back?