Nate McMillan blocked a trade

[B-Roy]

http://www.dwightjaynes.com/there-was-almost-a-blazer-trade

But, on the other hand, some of the best trades are obviously the ones YOU DO make. I’ve heard already today that the team was a lot closer to a deal than it sounds and that, in fact, in at least one instance there was great difference of opinion about dealing away a certain Blazer. In the end, the coaching staff won out and the deal wasn’t made. The coaches just didn’t want to part with him.

Coaching staff. But "Nate" draws more attention to the thread.

 

[PapaG]

http://www.dwightjaynes.com/there-was-almost-a-blazer-trade



Coaching staff. But "Nate" draws more attention to the thread.

Has-been Jaynes is looking for blog hits. So sad.

 

[free_lafrentz]

If that "player" Jaynes refers to is Sergio and I ever find out, I am going to become incredibly HEATED. Especially towards Mr. McMillan.

 

[B-Roy]

Has-been Jaynes is looking for blog hits. So sad.

Take everything with a grain of salt, obviously.

Still discussion worthy.

I can speculate that it was one of three: Outlaw, Sergio, Batum

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I trust KP's evaluation of talent more than a guy who chooses to play Sergio over Jerryd and Magloire over LaMarcus. I don't think I would let Nate dictate roster decisions like this.

 

[PapaG]

I trust KP's evaluation of talent more than a guy who chooses to play Sergio over Jerryd and Magloire over LaMarcus. I don't think I would let Nate dictate roster decisions like this.

Nate doesn't have the power to block a trade and has-been Jaynes is looking for discussion on his crappy blog.

 

[Minstrel]

I don't think Nate "blocked" a trade. As PapaG says, he doesn't have that power. By "coaching staff won out," I assume it means that Nate and his staff were consulted on a trade, went to bat for a certain player and persuaded Pritchard that the player was worth keeping.

Assuming this report is accurate.

 

[Nikolokolus]

So which of the "youngins" do you guys think Nate balked on?

Nicolas, Jerryd, Sergio, Travis ... Channing wink?

 

[free_lafrentz]

I don't think Nate "blocked" a trade. As PapaG says, he doesn't have that power. By "coaching staff won out," I assume it means that Nate and his staff were consulted on a trade, went to bat for a certain player and persuaded Pritchard that the player was worth keeping.

Assuming this report is accurate.

Exactly. With all those circumstances assumed to be true I would imagine it's a SF - either Batum or Travis. Sergio would be the most expendable and easiest to move.

 

[VivaRipCity]

I think it wasn't sergio, but I could see Nate being too attached to batum and outlaw. If I had to pick one that i thought he tried to pull his veto out on it would be Batum. I think they see that he is going to be a special player. Interesting tho....Seems like everyone is just looking for someone to blame.

 

[hasoos]

It doesn't matter. It's time to get past this and move on. Sometimes these things just seem worse than they are because it's been pretty frustrating the last several years and folks just want to see the team get better.

 

[PapaG]

It doesn't matter. It's time to get past this and move on. Sometimes these things just seem worse than they are because it's been pretty frustrating the last several years and folks just want to see the team get better.

The team is better. Consistently better since Roy and LMA were drafted.

 

[maxiep]

I think it was Blake.

 

[B-Roy]

So which of the "youngins" do you guys think Nate balked on?

Nicolas, Jerryd, Sergio, Travis ... Channing wink?

I think I got it actually. Though I thought Sergio at first, I realized it couldn't be possible because Nate is racist! That rules out all the whities. Sergio, Rudy, Joel, Blake, Shavlik. Nate would never fight for them! I also realized that Nate was bald, meaning he would never fight to keep players that weren't bald for fear of being different! That rules out Roy, Aldridge, Frye, Bayless, and Batum. That leaves only Webster and Outlaw. Webster is in a boot, and Nate is not. Therefore, the player Nate was protecting must be Travis Outlaw!

 

[free_lafrentz]

I think it was Blake.

Why?

 

[maxiep]

Why?

Because he's someone the coaches love having on the floor as he steadies the youngsters. Coaches want to win now, and Steve helps us do that.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I think I got it actually. Though I thought Sergio at first, I realized it couldn't be possible because Nate is racist! That rules out all the whities. Sergio, Rudy, Joel, Blake, Shavlik. Nate would never fight for them! I also realized that Nate was bald, meaning he would never fight to keep players that weren't bald for fear of being different! That rules out Roy, Aldridge, Frye, Bayless, and Batum. That leaves only Webster and Outlaw. Webster is in a boot, and Nate is not. Therefore, the player Nate was protecting must be Travis Outlaw!

Ah, I bow to your flawless and airtight application of dedcutive reasoning.

 

[hasoos]

The team is better. Consistently better since Roy and LMA were drafted.

Yea but not by much. Those two you mention are the only ones who show up every night. They are also the only guys who have really been improving from year to year while maintaining a consistency from game to game. That is the problem. Those two show up almost every night (like 99% of them) and then it's a crap shoot on who else shows up, if anybody.

 

[PapaG]

Yea but not by much. Those two you mention are the only ones who show up every night. They are also the only guys who have really been improving from year to year while maintaining a consistency from game to game. That is the problem. Those two show up almost every night (like 99% of them) and then it's a crap shoot on who else shows up, if anybody.

By at least 10 games a season so far from being the worst team in the league.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

I'd say it was Batum and it blocked the Crash Wallace trade. They probably like Batum's starting right now and maybe Wallace might have been too offensive of a player for Nate's liking.

 

[Minstrel]

I'd say it was Batum and it blocked the Crash Wallace trade. They probably like Batum's starting right now and maybe Wallace might have been too offensive of a player for Nate's liking.

Wallace is also injured a lot. I wanted Wallace, but his high number of missed games worried me. At a cost of RLEC and Outlaw, I was willing to take the risk. I don't know if I would if Batum were also part of the cost.

 

[BlazersBlood]

I think it was either Outlaw or Batum. I don't think there's much of a market for Blake.

 

[Darkwebs]

I would guess that it was Outlaw. The guy is well-liked by all his teammates and he is clutch for our team. Despite his defensive deficiencies, maybe they like the offensive spark he brings off the bench.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Tonight, KOIN was quoting KP as saying that PA didn't want to make a deal......that he wanted to "go to war" with the team we have.

It is getting to the point nobody knows what to believe....which is probably the point.

 

[Natebishop3]

It was Ike.... KP sure showed him!

 

[Da_O]

I think it wasn't sergio, but I could see Nate being too attached to batum and outlaw. If I had to pick one that i thought he tried to pull his veto out on it would be Batum. I think they see that he is going to be a special player. Interesting tho....Seems like everyone is just looking for someone to blame.

People always tend to look for a scapegoat in these kind of situations.

 

[Mediocre Man]

My vote goes to Blake. If true that was a bad decision.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I highly doubt it was Sergio. My guess is that it was Batum.

 

[RR7]

Blake makes the most sense

 

[mgb]

What about Fyre? Of all the players he was one I wouldn't have mind seeing traded. He hasn't done much this year so he's the last one I'd think the coaches would want to keep, but who knows.