Jason Quick: Rudy on his way out?

[Fez Hammersticks]

Jason Quick on the MSP

Minnesota is very interested as a lure to eventually bring over Rubio.

 

[LittleAlex]

What does Minnisota have that Portland would even want that also makes so little that a trade involving Rudy would work?

I don't think there is anything. And they don't have many players worth a two or three for one deal.

 

[Draco]

They don't need their #16 or #23 picks, we should try to snag those in this deep draft.

 

[Shapecity]

They want to trade Al Jefferson.

 

[RoyToy]

They want to trade Al Jefferson.

With the Blazers shaking things up and possibly killing everything they've achieved at this point, I suppose trading for Zach Randolph v2.0 would make sense.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Kevin Love or bust as far as I'm concerned.

#16 would be a great deal though

 

[RR7]

Love would be a great addition, but don't know how much else we can add to Rudy to entice them to move him to us. Outside of that, I'd take the 16 at this point, but I want to be able to trade it, and they don't have anybody else that fits Rudy's salary to make that deal during the draft.

 

[oldmangrouch]

The team needs to rebuild the bench. At this point, getting the 16th pick for Rudy would be a steal.

 

[Luther]

Love ftw. KLove>LMA

 

[Rastapopoulos]

At this point, getting the 16th pick for Rudy would be a steal.

That's ridiculous.

 

[Denny Crane]

Interesting dynamic here.

Minny might take LMA and Rudy for either Love or Jefferson. Either way, you might look at the TWolves front line and figure that could have been the Blazers'.

Whoever gets the short end of that stick might be another Durant/Oden kind of deal.

 

[oldmangrouch]

That's ridiculous.

So what's your alternative? Fire Nate, trade Roy, and rebuild the entire team to take advantage of his limited skill set and fragile ego?

Rudy just isn't good enough to be worth the hassle. If he doesn't want to be here, and can't accept his role here, he is pretty much worthless.

 

[Minstrel]

That's ridiculous.

Why? He was drafted 24th and, at best, he's justified his draft position (he looked like a potential steal in his rookie season, not so much in season 2). If he had merely stagnated at his rookie level, I'd say he'd be about the value of a #16 pick. Considering he regressed, I think the #16 pick would be a good deal in favour of Portland.

 

[RR7]

I'd orefer Rudy to the 16th pick, but I'll take the asset of the 16th pick over a Rudy who most likely does not want to come back to Portland.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

What happened to: "you're under contract, you have no leverage, you were injured last year, so work hard and stay healthy and we'll see what happens"?

Everybody needs to calm down. Some players (Beno Udrih, for example) seem to alternate bad seasons with good ones. Rudy is still a very talented basketball player with a high bball IQ, and a clutch 3-point shooter. He was also among league leaders in steals before he had back surgery. You would have to be very fortunate to find a better player with the 16th pick.

(And yes, he was picked at 24, but that was a steal. If you'd've re-done the draft after his rookie year (in which, let us not forget, he set a rookie record for 3-pointers) he would've been picked in the top ten in all likelihood.) We're in the silly season where everybody wildly overrates draft picks and remembers only the bad things about our current players.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

I would take Al jefferson....

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Rudy/Webster for Brewer/Gomes.

 

[Denny Crane]

Rudy/Webster for Brewer/Gomes.

That's a good trade. 1 bench player for 2 for the Blazers, 2 for 2 for the Wolves.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

That's a good trade. 1 bench player for 2 for the Blazers, 2 for 2 for the Wolves.

I look at it as each team parting with marginal players to get potentially better fits for the positions they presently fill. Or, Blazers get more consistency, and Wolves get more diversity.

 

[STOMP]

Love ftw. KLove>LMA

sorry but no. Dude is a sub on a terrible team, LA is a starter on a 50 win team. Besides the Portland connection, whats the infatuation about a PF with a center's weight and quickness, a SF's height and reach, who can't defend PFs let alone the 3's and 5's teams would constantly be trying to switch him onto? I wouldn't mind him off the bench but thats about it.

STOMP

 

[Nikolokolus]

Bayless + Rudy the 22nd and the 44th pick for Sessions and the 16th, then draft Avery Bradley or maybe Paul George (if he's still available) and call it good.

In the meantime, Martell gets more minutes to backup both Roy and Nic, and George (or Bradley) can cool his heels on the bench.

 

[Natebishop3]

I would like to see about adding Flynn. He intrigues me.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I would like to see about adding Flynn. He intrigues me.

Agreed. I was operating under the opinion that he would be beyond what we could offer, but if the Wolves thought that his presence might hinder Rubio eventually coming over, then who knows?

 

[RR7]

Bayless + Rudy the 22nd and the 44th pick for Sessions and the 16th, then draft Avery Bradley or maybe Paul George (if he's still available) and call it good.

In the meantime, Martell gets more minutes to backup both Roy and Nic, and George (or Bradley) can cool his heels on the bench.

Wow, that's horribly overpaying.

 

[Tince]

Bayless + Rudy the 22nd and the 44th pick for Sessions and the 16th, then draft Avery Bradley or maybe Paul George (if he's still available) and call it good.

In the meantime, Martell gets more minutes to backup both Roy and Nic, and George (or Bradley) can cool his heels on the bench.

People still think Sessions is good? After nobody wanted him last year in a weak free agent class? He still couldn't get decent minutes on a horrible Minnesota team. The guy just isn't that good!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Wow, that's horribly overpaying.

You're right, we should hold on to our 44th pick

People still think Sessions is good? After nobody wanted him last year in a weak free agent class? He still couldn't get decent minutes on a horrible Minnesota team. The guy just isn't that good!

Milwaukee sent a lot of signals that they would match any contract offered to Sessions and Minny took a chance and made a run at him that a cap constrained Bucks team couldn't match. That said I think he had a down year because he was a terrible match for the triangle, Minny wanted to get a long look at Flynn and if you look at Sessions at 82games.com you discover that he was one of the few bright spots on that roster and without much talent to throw the ball too, I suspect his point guard numbers took a bit of hit. Kurt Rambis' inability to get Sessions (and Love) good minutes says more about his ineptitude to me than any knock on the guy. FWIW, I think he's no all-star, but he's a pure point, with good length and nice mid range floater to compliment his pass first instincts; a solid (if unspectacular) replacement for Miller when the time comes.

 

[BGrantFan]

People still think Sessions is good? After nobody wanted him last year in a weak free agent class? He still couldn't get decent minutes on a horrible Minnesota team. The guy just isn't that good!

Sessions sucked last year because of the triangle offense!!! Don't you pay attention to this board???

 

[THE HCP]

Rudy can help our team this upcoming season so much more then the 16th pick EVER could!

 

[jlprk]

I thought you like 'em at 16!

 

[BGrantFan]

It's obvious that the only thing holding back the Blazers is not having the starting line-up and the bench of the Minnesota Timberwolves! Or, moving two bench players from a 15-win team into our starting line-up!