Blazers Shopping Oden

[OSUBlazerfan]

Sources say Portland is pushing Greg Oden in trade talks. Oden's injury history, predictably, has GM's reluctant.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Is this is for Chris Paul, im ok with it, otherwise WTF are you doing CHO!?

 

[tlongII]

I don't believe this.

 

[B-Roy]

Oh this is not going to end well......

 

[PapaG]

The fireworks here alone would be worth Oden being traded.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Boooooo! Although, I guess I should wait to hear what we're allegedly pushing him for before I boo too loudly.

 

[hasoos]

It's a good move IMO. IMO the team needs to move Oden and Roy's contracts before they become the albatross we cannot remove from around the teams neck.

 

[Minstrel]

"Hey, we just traded Oden."
"Terrible trade. What did we get?"

To invert the old Lenny Dykstra moment.

 

[RW#30]

Cho better get something special.... I'll be really pissed if we get a nobody washed up player or a pick. Even Bowie got us Buck Williams and a chance to improve.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Twitter is evil, dont believe it.

 

[RW#30]

It's a good move IMO. IMO the team needs to move Oden and Roy's contracts before they become the albatross we cannot remove from around the teams neck.

Roy will be a Blazer for 4 more years. No team will trade for him with no insurance policy in place. Oden will cost us nothing or pro rate of the lockout shortened 8.8 million. He can still be traded next year by the deadline.

 

[Chuck Taylor]

Chad Ford says we're "quietly shopping Oden" over on his ESPN chat.

If we trade Oden for garbage, I'll quietly not renew my season tickets

 

[Pinwheel1]

Shopping and trading are two different things. I am sure he is shopping everyone except possibly LMA. What else do GM's do all day? They gadge to see the interest level for every player they have.

 

[MIXUM]

evin (Portland)

Any moves left for the Blazers to make?
Chad Ford (1:54 PM)

They're talking. Andre Miller is out there. Joel Przybilla too. They've also, as we've talked about for the past month, been quietly shopping Greg Oden. Devin Harris was their top target and now he's off the table. Not sure where they turn

 

[hasoos]

Chad Ford says we're "quietly shopping Oden" over on his ESPN chat.

If we trade Oden for garbage, I'll quietly not renew my season tickets

Really? You were really determining your whole season ticket purchase over Greg Oden. You really know how to set yourself up for success I see.

 

[hasoos]

Roy will be a Blazer for 4 more years. No team will trade for him with no insurance policy in place. Oden will cost us nothing or pro rate of the lockout shortened 8.8 million. He can still be traded next year by the deadline.

It doesn't mean you shouldn't try. All we need is one GM willing to roll the dice and take a huge risk because their job is probably on the line anyhow. I could care less what Oden's contract costs. Every dollar we are spending on his roster spot is a waste IMO. I would be more than happy to be wrong, but I feel that is the case here. It's time to move on.

 

[Chuck Taylor]

Really? You were really determining your whole season ticket purchase over Greg Oden. You really know how to set yourself up for success I see.

Perhaps it is a character flaw, but yeah, I really wouldn't renew if Oden was gone. He's my favorite player and gives us a chance (even a slim one) to contend if healthy.

 

[RoyToy]

I'm not really against this. He can't(and most likely won't) stay healthy and you don't know if he even wants to be here anymore. If you can get a good deal, go for it.

 

[PapaG]

Chad Ford says we're "quietly shopping Oden" over on his ESPN chat.

If we trade Oden for garbage, I'll quietly not renew my season tickets

Never has a player who produced so little had such ardant and disproportional fan support. You've been paying for season tickets without Oden playing for some time now, but you'll give up on the team if they trade him?

 

[blazerboy30]

Never has a player who produced so little had such ardant and disproportional fan support. You've been paying for season tickets without Oden playing for some time now, but you'll give up on the team if they trade him?

Maybe you missed the part where he said "trade Oden for garbage".

 

[Chuck Taylor]

Never has a player who produced so little had such ardant and disproportional fan support. You've been paying for season tickets without Oden playing for some time now, but you'll give up on the team if they trade him?

I'll never give up on the team....but I'm on the fence with the season tickets as is for financial reasons, trading Oden for garbage would make it an easy decision.

 

[hasoos]

Maybe you missed the part where he said "trade Oden for garbage".

Maybe you missed the part where Oden never became a good player.

 

[e_blazer]

Look, I'd be pretty unhappy with Cho if he wasn't checking around to see what Greg might bring in trade. I'd be equally unhappy if he traded him for something that wasn't pretty spectacular. I'd be surprised if he wasn't still on the Blazers' roster come Thursday afternoon.

 

[PapaG]

Maybe you missed the part where he said "trade Oden for garbage".

He clarified his meaning in a subsequent post.

Perhaps it is a character flaw, but yeah, I really wouldn't renew if Oden was gone. He's my favorite player and gives us a chance (even a slim one) to contend if healthy.

 

[andalusian]

Never has a player who produced so little had such ardant and disproportional fan support.

Really? Have you not been around for the great "Sergio is the best thing ever" campaign.

If there is something to be said for Oden - when he is healthy - he is super-productive, as in game changing productive, especially on the defensive end - while being pretty damn good on the offensive side as well.

 

[e_blazer]

Maybe you missed the part where Oden never became a good player.

I think we missed the part where the first 4 years being pretty much lost to injury = never. If that's the case, then Grant Hill never became a good player either.

 

[PapaG]

Really? Have you not been around for the great "Sergio is the best thing ever" campaign.

If there is something to be said for Oden - when he is healthy - he is super-productive, as in game changing productive, especially on the defensive end - while being pretty damn good on the offensive side as well.

That's one gimmick account trying to keep the board active.

Oden has a much broader, and much more impassioned, base of support. Pretty much every poster knew Sergio was garbage. Oden has talent, which makes the debate surrounding him more emotional.

 

[HailBlazers]

While he hasn't become a good reliable player he is without a doubt a good game changing player.

To give up on him now would be so hypocritical as a franchise it would make me question my fandom.

 

[PapaG]

I think we missed the part where the first 4 years being pretty much lost to injury = never. If that's the case, then Grant Hill never became a good player either.

Grant Hill was a 5-time All-Star prior to his injuries, and even made the AS game his rookie season.

Hill's injury issues didn't start until he was an established 5-time All-NBA player. Plus, Hill was ROY.

 

[hasoos]

I think we missed the part where the first 4 years being pretty much lost to injury = never. If that's the case, then Grant Hill never became a good player either.

Yes and the main lesson you are missing from that is that Orlando was hindered for a lot of years waiting for him to become that player, only to have him return and still not become a star level player later. How many of those years do you think Orlando would like back? Would they have been a better team for getting rid of him so that somebody else could wait for him to recover, while gaining a useful player for the meantime? Not to mention the cap flexibilty it would help towards.