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Eric (Indy)

With the Pacers on a bad losing streak, how soon will Bird make a move? Any chance they take McGrady's fat contract?

Chad Ford (1:06 PM)

I believe them when they say they won't fire Jim O'Brien. Bird is a pretty loyal guy and I think he's far more disgusted with the pathetic effort of some of the players than he is with the coach. Two guys who have some trade value are Troy Murphy and Jeff Foster. Both have only one more year left on the contract after this one. Murphy can really spread the defense and Foster is a very good post defender. I could see the Cavs making a serious run at Murphy and a number of teams in the West challenging the Lakers make a run at Foster. A lot of those teams lack a player to guard Pau Gasol. Blazers would be a great fit. So would Jazz/
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Good idea...would really depend on who we give up though. I have a feeling we're not going to make any moves and just play the season out...Not like we were going to win a ring this year even if everyone was healthy.
 
He's 32. He's not a shot blocker. Okay rebounder. No offensive ability. Terrible FT shooter.

What do have to give up? I sure wouldn't give much for this guy. Talk about mortaging your future - we have no use for this guy next year.
 
I wouldn't call it mortgaging your future. His contract would expire next season, so hardly a long-term commitment. Even next year, there's no guarantee Oden and Przy are ready to go and will stay healthy.

Finally, he's a pretty good defender and would seem like a good fit for the Blazers.

I think the key issue with him would be his health. He's out with a back issue at the moment, and while I don't think it's a major issue, I certainly wouldn't deal for him until he's shown he's healthy. At the deadline, Foster for Blake and a minimum salary throw in (Shav would have worked via the trade checker) would certainly get it done.
 
MikeDC said:
I wouldn't call it mortgaging your future. His contract would expire next season, so hardly a long-term commitment. Even next year, there's no guarantee Oden and Przy are ready to go and will stay healthy.

Finally, he's a pretty good defender and would seem like a good fit for the Blazers.

I think the key issue with him would be his health. He's out with a back issue at the moment, and while I don't think it's a major issue, I certainly wouldn't deal for him until he's shown he's healthy. At the deadline, Foster for Blake and a minimum salary throw in (Shav would have worked via the trade checker) would certainly get it done.
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Well Blake for Foster sure isn't very sexy. I was hoping we could package Blake's expiring with something else for a decent player. What I mean by mortaging the future is that Foster won't be around after next year when we are hitting our stride - Not worth trading any of our young guys.
 
I refuse to trust anyone who looks like Freddie Mercury.
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Kaydow said:
Well Blake for Foster sure isn't very sexy. I was hoping we could package Blake's expiring with something else for a decent player. What I mean by mortaging the future is that Foster won't be around after next year when we are hitting our stride - Not worth trading any of our young guys.
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Realistically many of your young guys won't be either. There's only so many minutes to go around, and if you were to trade Blake's expiring for a decent player you wanted to keep, then you'd have even fewer minutes for younger guys.

I mean, if I'm the Blazers and I'm projecting forward a couple years, I'm looking at
1- Bayless, Mills
2- Roy, Rudy, Petteri
3- Webster, Batum
4- LMA, Pendergraph, Cunningham
5- Oden, Przy, Freeland

plus a couple more first rounders. You barely even have the roster spots for those guys let alone minutes. So basically, a couple of those guys are gonna be gone anyway.

I spose whether they go for a guy like Foster depends on whether they can find a bigger name SF or maybe PG, but it's sort of a long shot either way.
 
Foster would be a great pickup. His game is similar to Joel's.
 
Fosters game is A LOT l like Pendergraph's. A hard nosed big. Though, he's not as athletic as JP.
 
zagsfan20 said:
Foster would be a great pickup. His game is similar to Joel's.
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Yeah I agree. I've been a fan of Foster for awhile as a backup big man. The guy just does the dirty stuff and hustles all the time. I wouldn't mind picking him up.. though it'd depend on who we'd give up.
 
The guys on Wheels @ Work today think he'd ge a great fit here................even following the return of Oden and Przybilla.
 
MikeDC said:
Realistically many of your young guys won't be either. There's only so many minutes to go around, and if you were to trade Blake's expiring for a decent player you wanted to keep, then you'd have even fewer minutes for younger guys.

I mean, if I'm the Blazers and I'm projecting forward a couple years, I'm looking at
1- Bayless, Mills
2- Roy, Rudy, Petteri
3- Webster, Batum
4- LMA, Pendergraph, Cunningham
5- Oden, Przy, Freeland

plus a couple more first rounders. You barely even have the roster spots for those guys let alone minutes. So basically, a couple of those guys are gonna be gone anyway.

I spose whether they go for a guy like Foster depends on whether they can find a bigger name SF or maybe PG, but it's sort of a long shot either way.
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I thought Petteri was a PG?
 
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