While thinking about the trade possibilities for Antoine Wright and his expiring 1.8M contract I came to the conclusion that Wright was more valuable to us than any other team (in limited minutes defending buzzer beaters like Kobe's). But during the process I looked over the Portland roster (I'm kind of drawn to their wing players) and looking at their blogs/injuries etc, I came to the conclusion that because of season-ending injuries to Pryzbilla and Greg "Knee-Knocker" Oden Portland currently has 3 natural PF's - Aldridge, Juwan Howard and Pendergraph (the latter 2 being non-starters) and 2 tweeners in Outlaw and Cunningham...
SO, considering that they would be looking to the playoffs and all the dominant big-men they might be up against (nevermind the remainder of the season), one would naturally expect them to be looking at short-term solutions at the center position. Well with Reggie coming back soon and Rasho and POB already finding so few minutes behind our solid first 3 Bigs, what do you think BC could pry away from Portland's asset-loaded roster? They are deep at PG and wing positions, and they have extreme parity on the wings... Could Rasho and his 1.9M expiring contract (and 2nd rounders/cash/wright/banks etc) pry away one of Fernandez, Batum, Webster, or Outlaw? (listed in order of my personal preference)
Salary info - http://hoopshype.com/salaries/portland.htm
Rasho + picks + cash for Fernandez or Batum?
Rasho + Wright + picks + cash for Webster or Outlaw?
Outlaw is an expiring contract, plus he's a bit of a tweener, while we really need a SG to go along with Turk at SF on the wings... but the other 3 are solid, pretty well rounded players who are good, but not "too good" since we still needs solid minutes to develop Derozan....
SO, considering that they would be looking to the playoffs and all the dominant big-men they might be up against (nevermind the remainder of the season), one would naturally expect them to be looking at short-term solutions at the center position. Well with Reggie coming back soon and Rasho and POB already finding so few minutes behind our solid first 3 Bigs, what do you think BC could pry away from Portland's asset-loaded roster? They are deep at PG and wing positions, and they have extreme parity on the wings... Could Rasho and his 1.9M expiring contract (and 2nd rounders/cash/wright/banks etc) pry away one of Fernandez, Batum, Webster, or Outlaw? (listed in order of my personal preference)
Salary info - http://hoopshype.com/salaries/portland.htm
Rasho + picks + cash for Fernandez or Batum?
Rasho + Wright + picks + cash for Webster or Outlaw?
Outlaw is an expiring contract, plus he's a bit of a tweener, while we really need a SG to go along with Turk at SF on the wings... but the other 3 are solid, pretty well rounded players who are good, but not "too good" since we still needs solid minutes to develop Derozan....
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