Jason Quick of The Oregonian reports on Twitter that the Portland Trail Blazers have met with restricted free agent forward Nicolas Batum on Thursday and that the meeting was "constructive."------------------------------------- Blazers just complete meeting with Batum and agent in downtown Portland and say they will match any offer and will not engage in sign-and-trade. Blazers GM Olshey says it was "constructive" in that Blazers were able to get their message across face-to-face in meeting at The Nines Olshey: "We told Nic it is in his best interests to sign with us." -------------------------------------