“Paul Allen, just like I said, he loves our team, but if Rudy it´s not his favorite he´s definitively one of his favorites. And that´s one reason why Rudy is considered untradable. The opposite teams wanted Rudy Fernandez …broke the deal, Paul Allen, our management, say no way, Rudy is untradable, it´s like Brandon Roy.

I´ve heard that his jersey is the most popular one in Portland now. And I can see why because Rudy connects with fans and Rudy has the advantage that not all the players in our team have, Rudy (…. I don´t understand a word here) ) be the favorite of the female fan base, so I guess that helps to sell some extra jerseys.

He (Claver) reminds me a little of Travis Outlaw, who we traded, Travis Outlaw played both 3 and 4 position for us, and I can personally see Victor Claver being that type of player. A guy that comes off the bench sometimes at the 3, sometimes at the 4. We think that Victor is an NBA player, we think that Victor could play in the NBA now. I think that we will consider bringing him over, but there´re other obstacles, you know, our roster situation, which is something that may change, of course there is a buy-out, so whatever happens I think Victor is gonna be successfull in the ACB if he stays here, but if he comes to the NBA it will be in Portland and we think, you know, he´s a guy that can help us.