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Theres no press on Raef LaFrentz so far in the last few weeks. Has he gained muscle mass? Has he lost weight?
OregonLive is covering everybody else on the team. Any scoop out there?
 
Here are some fake news reports from around the league:

The contract's shoulder is continuing to improve, said Duffy, who writes off the medical concerns as typical pre-draft scrutiny.

"Every player in the league has something,'' Duffy said. "It's just the nature of our business that nobody is ever 100 percent. A doctor told me that you could scope every NBA player's knees and they'd all be in much worse shape than the knees of regular people who aren't in the league.

"If people are that concerned [about the contract's health] that they don't want to draft him,'' Duffy warned with a laugh, "they'd better have a long-term contract.'' In other words, he doesn't expect these issues to sway Portland GM Kevin Pritchard from trading the contract No. 1.
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Here is another:

Pritchard: Ultimately in this league, you have to have talent. But you know, misguided talent doesn't win championships. Our eyes are on the prize. I believe that you can overachieve and get to a higher level if you're an unselfish team. If you're a team that your best players are also your best people off the court... We have that. We have the foundation for that. The [Contract], LaMarcus [Aldridge] and Brandon [Roy] are very unselfish kids, and they are only going to get better, and our future is very bright. If you were to ask me on where on a scale of unselfishness -- good people, -- where I put that? It goes right to the top; I mean we eliminate a lot of players because they don't fit our culture.

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Pritchard: The contract is doing very well. His was completely different than what Darius had. His was a pretty simple procedure. Darius was much more complex, and more difficult, and there's a lot longer rehabilitation time, and is much more serious. He could get back on our books for all we know. With the contract, we know what we are getting. It might not be today, maybe not be tomorrow - but when he gets it - it will be special
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Nate Dogg said:
Theres no press on Raef LaFrentz so far in the last few weeks. Has he gained muscle mass? Has he lost weight?
OregonLive is covering everybody else on the team. Any scoop out there?
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I hear he's put on fifty pounds of muscle doing nothing but bucking hay on his farm in Iowa, he's on track to come back at 360 lbs. next season, he's going to blow up!!
 
I'm hoping KP is on the phone with the Bobcats since they are looling to trade Gerald Wallace and shed salary. Raef & TO for Wallace and Morrison (a bad contract they would love to dump) would solve a lot of problems for us.
 
craigehlo said:
I'm hoping KP is on the phone with the Bobcats since they are looling to trade Gerald Wallace and shed salary. Raef & TO for Wallace and Morrison (a bad contract they would love to dump) would solve a lot of problems for us.
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That should please the "draft the stache" retards
 
craigehlo said:
I'm hoping KP is on the phone with the Bobcats since they are looling to trade Gerald Wallace and shed salary. Raef & TO for Wallace and Morrison (a bad contract they would love to dump) would solve a lot of problems for us.
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That is a really good deal if Wallace is seen as the missing piece at SF. Morrison has a rookie contract and if he somehow turned into an explosive offensive player, the Blazers would have a chance to match any offers at the end of the deal, or if he sucks, his 4th year option isn't exercised and he's gone.
 
You'd think that the 'Cats would want actual value for Gerald Wallace.

What are you, Laker fans?
 
#1_War_Poet_ForLife said:
Young talent is of higher value to a very bad team. It'd probably require Bayless+Raef+Outlaw for a player of Gerald Wallace's caliber.
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Not for a Charlotte franchise that can barely draw flies and is an absolute mess.

Pau Gasol was traded for less than cap space/Outlaw, and Memphis actually had some money.
 
PapaG said:
Not for a Charlotte franchise that can barely draw flies and is an absolute mess.

Pau Gasol was traded for less than cap space/Outlaw, and Memphis actually had some money.
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Pau Gasol yielded 2 1st round draft picks, Marc Gasol, and a semi-promising young player in Javaris Crittenton. Pau demanded a trade.
 
#1_War_Poet_ForLife said:
Young talent is of higher value to a very bad team. It'd probably require Bayless+Raef+Outlaw for a player of Gerald Wallace's caliber.
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Throw in a 1st and a few of the 2nd round picks as well if it lines up in the CBA.
 
#1_War_Poet_ForLife said:
Pau Gasol yielded 2 1st round draft picks, Marc Gasol, and a semi-promising young player in Javaris Crittenton. Pau demanded a trade.
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Charlotte is about to lose their team. Why not lowball them, although as bad as that team is, I don't see how adding cap space, a pick or two, and Outlaw is a lowball offer.
 
Wallace is only making ~10million, averaged, the next few seasons. His contrast is cheap as hell. They're better off moving Emeka or J-Rich
 
Nate Dogg said:
Hmm i see this topic went nowhere.
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Ummm, you asked about the status of Raef LaFrentz...


...a guy who will never play another game for this team. A guy whose only value around the league is in his contract. What does it matter how he is recovering and why do you care?

I mean if you care about the guy's feelings I'd understand. But any other reason?
 
Pontius said:
Ummm, you asked about the status of Raef LaFrentz...


...a guy who will never play another game for this team. A guy whose only value around the league is in his contract. What does it matter how he is recovering and why do you care?

I mean if you care about the guy's feelings I'd understand. But any other reason?
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Wait, are you saying it is a bad thing to be obsessively interested in anything that is even tangentially related to the Blazers?

barfo
 
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