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Newsday: Latest on Rudy

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Some interesting quotes here: link "Pritchard and Walsh spoke in June, before the NBA Draft, about a swap of two second round picks for Fernandez, but Pritchard declined. There were rumors that Walsh offered Wilson Chander for Fernandez, but now we're hearing that Chandler wasn't offered. What's more accurate is that Chandler was mentioned as a player the Knicks believed they could move to get a first round pick if they wanted to." "Here's the catch: word is, via backchannels, that the Blazers want a high first round pick, meaning they don't want one that is lottery protected. That's an extremely high price to demand for a player whom everyone knows at this point is quite unhappy in Portland and clearly wants out. Here's the catch, however: don't expect the Knicks to raise their offer. Two seconds, take it or leave it." "...Multiple sources tell me he hasn't talked to the Knicks. The most logical reason, as we've been told, is that the Blazers have little reason to send Fernandez where he wants to go, which is to New York, and will instead solicit better offers elsewhere."