Acting GM Buchanan: No Blazers Currently Under Trade Consideration
by Ben Golliver on Feb 25, 2012 2:03 PM PST
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Rumors are floating of potential interest in Portland Trail Blazers guard Raymond Felton from the Los Angeles Lakers. Meru has posted a few of the details here in the FanShots. Daniel Buerge at LakersNation.com has additional details here.
On Saturday, with less than three weeks to go before the Trade Deadline, Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan issued a fairly strong denial in response to an inquiry about Felton's status.
"All I would tell you is that we will continue to assess and evaluate our team and if there is a way to improve our team we will look into it. But at this time we have not considered doing anything with ANY of our players."
Emphasis was his.
The Blazers are reportedly expected to make a roster move in the near future by signing unrestricted free agent center Joel Przybilla, an addition that will require the release or trade of a player to open up a roster spot, as Portland currently has 15 players under contract.
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I really want to see a trade for Steve Nash or Monta Ellis.
< /dreaming>
by Devyn on Feb 25, 2012 2:10 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
So would Nash,
in the long run. But remember youre in Portland. Dont think past half a season with a pg. Management never does ;)
just win baby !
Is he just saying "the right thing"
or is he saying the wrong thing? Meaning: the right thing is that a trade is coming but he will deny it because its the right thing to do. The wrong thing is he is telling the truth and there is no trade coming.
I think a trade is the best way to fix this roster now(instead of blowing it up or completely rebuilding).Also, all of Pauls money can not bring the big name FAs here. So if no trade is coming, it prolly means they are going to try to put all their chips in on a big name free agent which could be a huge mistake. I hope that since we are picking up Joel and we need to clear a roster spot, that we make a trade to facillitate that. We need a gm, a pg and a center and I will beat that dead horse until we get them.
by cavejunctionblazer on Feb 25, 2012 2:16 PM PST reply actions
Well he's def being a bit cagey because someone's gotta go to sign Pryz
So at least ONE of the players will be walking whether it be by trade or waiving.
“All I would tell you is that we will continue to assess and evaluate our team and if there is a way to improve our team we will look into it. But at this time we have not considered doing anything with ANY of our players.”
That’s the correct thing to say.
yep
definitely the right thing to say… but them I’m very ok if it’s a total lie
by hoodieNation on Feb 25, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed. At the minimum I bet it's already a little white lie
I’m sure the players are aware of that too, but a little plausible deniability is nice.
yeah it helps avoid a Gasol type situation too
I’m sure guys hate knowing that they are being shopped around.
by hoodieNation on Feb 25, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Im really hoping we make a trade.
With batum and camby having contracts up, lots of rumors of people “actually” wanting felton. We should be trading for better guards
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by Blaze_that_trail on Feb 25, 2012 3:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Um,
My guess is that there is only one guy on the roster that shouldn’t assume they are trade bait.
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix
by philly420pdxhilo on Feb 25, 2012 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
This is GREAT news...
“All I would tell you is that we will continue to assess and evaluate our team and if there is a way to improve our team we will look into it. But at this time we have not considered doing anything with ANY of our players.”
Notice he said PLAYERS. Looks like we’re going to get a new head coach. I feel like a kid a Christmas!
Yep, that's what they always say just before they make a trade.
Of course, that is also what they always say just before they don’t make a trade.
So now we know what to expect to happen.
"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man." - Matty Walker in Body Heat (1981)
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Feb 25, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Whoops...
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7brsm7s
Batum Shakalaka
Why would the Pacers do that?
"Per John Hollingers twitter - Over the final 12:45 of today's game, Brandon Roy's PER was 84.98" GM 4 vs Mavs
Picks would be nice!
I believe they have two, sort of. There own 2012 1st rounder (might be in the 18-22 range) and Dallas’ 2012 first rounder (this pick is top 20 protected until 2018). Not sure if we could snag both, but I’m on board.
I think
We won’t see a trade. End of year we are bring in a new strong gm and Nate will be let go. The gm then can hire his own coach, have lots of cap space and flexibility, and do his first draft. Buchanan is smile not up to making a trade without Nates impute and direction. If the team is going in a different direction, management will not allow these two to do anything, unless a slam dunk falls in their lap. The problem is camby, Wallace. And Felton and their cap room could pull a good long term asset, but I thin Allen wants to try and buy a fa next year. Not going to happen so well end up losing assets and wasting cap space.
Blake knows what he's good at
and sticks to it. He’s played with a few Blazers and I think his family probably likes Portland better than Los Angeles.
I’d do the trade if it works.
Best Trade available
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=825jqqc
Imagine Bynum n Aldridge on the block. Some 1st are thrown Orlando’s way and maybe add a Oden for Barnes or Clark for some SF depth.
L.A. Obviously gets D12 and get there newly coveted PG
Magic slide Gasol to the 5 keep Anderson at the 4 get expirings in Camby and Wallace and a potential young star to pair with any big free agent signing on top of shedding Hedo’s contract.
Portland can contend with Nelson/Crawford/Hedo/Aldridge/Bynum with Matthews/Williams/Thomas/Pryz.
You MUST be a Magic fan.
"Per John Hollingers twitter - Over the final 12:45 of today's game, Brandon Roy's PER was 84.98" GM 4 vs Mavs
Man i love reading some of these trades and just thinking a few things
1st: Why would all the teams do the trade
2nd: does it actually make us better?
3rd: how much was the person drinking before thinking of it :) im kidding with ya’ll
Now
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6pgjs3y
If we could do a trade, this could work. Instead of Walton you get trade exception.
Ridnour/Crawford
Batum/Crawford
Wallace/Williams
Aldridge/Williams
Camby/Aldridge
We still have cap room to try for a pg next year, or use Williams. Much clearer defined team, keeping flexibility and gaining some long term talent in Williams.
Minn. does this to get Rubio and gasol together.
Lakers do this to free up cap room and they already showed interest in Felton and beasley. Plus Kobe loves Matthews.
If lakers trade Pau it will be for ALOT more than getting Mathews and Felton
they can get a top end PG by trading Pau
They got Beasly too.
Like it. You would need to throw in Elliot Williams and 1st round pick to make this more probable.
Nightmare
Situation. Nate really is pulling the strings and has been the gm making the moves since cho left. Scary thought…Blake for Felton. Nate gets back the only guy who he liked at pg. we give away picks and Faried.
If Monta Ellis
is available,go and trade for this guy now…He will bring here what he knows well:scoring,scoring,scoring….Wake up front office and bring Monta Ellis in PDX…
give me a break
So who do you give up for Monta?
The guy was close to making the all star team this year.
You can't have too many inefficient, high usage, mini SG's...
…throw in the fact that he can’t play defense and would deplete our team to bring him here and…heck ya… go get him.
I really don’t get the REPEATED posts for Monta? To me there is two things we don’t need…and he’s both of them.
#7... GO BLAZERS!!!
Actually
Reading the lakers blogs a trade they like and I kind o honk works.
Blake, mcroberts, 1st. For Felton. We get a big, pg Nate loves and another 1st for next year.
Right but how is blake an upgrade over felton?!?
Obviously if the lakers arent satisfied with him and are actually thinking about trading for felton, why would we want blake back?
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by Blaze_that_trail on Feb 25, 2012 5:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
1 round pick, pg that Nate likes
Back up PF and just to get rid of him. What do expect for him? I’d grab the first rather then let him walk for nothing.
Sounds like some trade's about to happen
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
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by Tyler Durrden on Feb 25, 2012 8:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Too obvious?
Pau and Blake for Felton, Camby, and Oden (I’d even throw in a 1st rounder for giggles)
When the acting GM jumps in front of the mike to deny a trade rumor,
you do have to wonder a bit. After all, trade rumors float all the time, and no one comments on them. If they did, they’d be holding daily/weekly press confereces. So why comment on this one?
If Portland should trade anybody
It’s got to be Felton and Wallace for a point guard. Wallace is opting out of his contract to test the market this summer. We don’t need to have a situation like Wesley/batum/Wallace where one of them has to come off the bench. When both Wallace and Felton have expiring contracts, why not trade for Nash? All three players are unrestricted free agents after this season. It just makes perfect sense. Throw in a 1st rounder also if you have to. And with Camby retiring, and Oden probably not coming back Portland will have well over 12 million to spend (if we keep Nash) and be able to get someone like brook lopez, if we don’t keep Nash, then Portland will be able to offer someone a max contract. does this make sense to you guys?
by TheShougPanther5 on Feb 26, 2012 7:37 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Why would fans expect a big trade with an "acting" GM?
Buchanan has never made any significant statements in his acting role and these comments are meaningless. They might still make a trade, but don’t expect a blockbuster.
—This team has no clear direction and won’t hire a GM to give them one. Thats why I’m not surprised the current roster is not gelling as hoped.
blazers
Instead of trades, Blazers need to focus a lot harder in getting good players in the draft.
You get a rotation caliber player in the draft and you have a guy who contributes to the team for 4 years for low salary.
At this point I would rather see the Blazers focus on the draft then on getting old veterans.
I don’t know if it’s an “either or” thing on whether or not you blow up a team, but I do think the Blazers are not going anywhere until they develop some new talent. A few years down the road, with Aldridge and Batum as the grizzled veterans Blazers could be a contender if they have some talented 1st-3rd year players. I would not under any circumstances throw away draft picks. Instead, I would try to accumulate them and use them. Not all rookies pan out but you can live with a few low-paid draft washouts on the roster.
well it is pretty frustrating when the 'management' blows the pick
like skipping Faried who barely fell to our pick last summer. Guy is an interesting prospect, and if, per chance, things develop where you don’t need him, he would still have trade value.
If what you are doing is not working, try something else.
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