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Nate from Quick's article: http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/07/trail_blazers_looking_for_a_fa.html
Say what you like about Nate and his coaching style, but he pretty much nails it with that. Just like Martell, Rudy is a player most effective when he's given lots of shots and lots of minutes, and those were never going to be in abundance with Brandon Roy and Nic Batum ahead of him on the depth chart.
Can't wait to watch RF5 flourish under a coach that knows how to take advantage of a players strengths instead of a coach who trys to make a roster full of players fit into his scheme.
Can't wait to watch RF5 flourish under a coach that knows how to take advantage of a players strengths instead of a coach who trys to make a roster full of players fit into his scheme.
The source described the relationship between Fernandez and the Blazers as "symbiotic."
That's actually a very good use of the word "symbiotic". Living together, but not necessarily in a way that benefits each party.
barfo
Here are the latest with Boston and New York.
Cho has backed off to say he is not in any hurry to trade Rudy. Basically Cho is waiting to see if Boston or NY Knicks will change their offers.
Boston
Boston isn't sure they are willing to give up two 1st round picks as they are countering with a 1st & 2nd round picks. Basically Boston is getting two good role players in Rudy Fernandez and Joel Przybilla.
The problem for Boston is they haven't found any better free agents or better players from other teams willing to take back Rasheed Wallace contract for an exception. With Kendrick Perkins out 6-7 months with a torn ACL, the Celtics need a center and Joel would fix that problem.
Here is the "rumored" offer by Portland:
$8.65M - Rudy Fernandez, Joel Przybilla and Portland 2011 2nd to Boston
$7.08M - Rasheed Wallace, Tony Gaffney, 2011 & 2013 1st round picks (both picks lottery protected over several years) to Portland
New York
Right now the offer is less thrilling as NY offers a 1st round pick in 2014 and Toney Douglas. Portland wants Anthony Randolph and New York is thinking about it, but hasn't approved any deals yet.
$8.65M - Rudy Fernandez, Joel Przybilla and Portland 2011 2nd to Boston
$7.08M - Rasheed Wallace, Tony Gaffney, 2011 & 2013 1st round picks (both picks lottery protected over several years) to Portland
Well, just for fun, let's say that it's a precursor to a deal for CP3 (I mean, isn't that what we want to talk about anyway?). Let's say that the Hornets want some immediate cap relief, so Wallace gets moved along in a trade for Posey, retires and cuts about $6.5M off the Hornets' payroll this year. The Blazers then package Miller, Bayless, Batum & change for CP3.
Stern would never allow that to hapen. I don't even think I'd feel comfortable with that blatant attempt to circumvent the CBA.
Why is that a circumvention of the CBA?
barfo
Fuck that! Bring in my dawg Sheed and start him! Bench LA! CTC baby!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthony Randolph would be a coup. I think adding him to our roster would give us a great asset to bring off our bench, or another guy that we could throw at New Orleans. Would it mean that we would have to give up Joel? If not, I think we could still put together a nice deal to try to pry away Collison.
Rudy and Pendergraph for Randolph.
Joel, Bayless, and Cunningham for Collison and Posey.
That gives us a roster of:
Miller/Collison/Johnson
Roy/Matthews/Williams
Batum/Posey/Babbitt
Aldridge/Randolph
Oden/Camby
That's an insane team right there. Good vets, with plenty of experience, but also a good core of young guys too.
My nine man rotation would be Miller, Roy, Batum, Aldridge, Oden, Camby, Collison, Matthews, and Randolph. Camby, Randolph, and Matthews can all play two positions. Collison would be groomed to take over the point from Miller in two years, maybe sooner.
I love this. We would have to gut the team to get Paul, so how much better would we be, if at all? These trades make us clearly better without touching our core.Anthony Randolph would be a coup. I think adding him to our roster would give us a great asset to bring off our bench, or another guy that we could throw at New Orleans. Would it mean that we would have to give up Joel? If not, I think we could still put together a nice deal to try to pry away Collison.
Rudy and Pendergraph for Randolph.
Joel, Bayless, and Cunningham for Collison and Posey.
That gives us a roster of:
Miller/Collison/Johnson
Roy/Matthews/Williams
Batum/Posey/Babbitt
Aldridge/Randolph
Oden/Camby
That's an insane team right there. Good vets, with plenty of experience, but also a good core of young guys too.
My nine man rotation would be Miller, Roy, Batum, Aldridge, Oden, Camby, Collison, Matthews, and Randolph. Camby, Randolph, and Matthews can all play two positions. Collison would be groomed to take over the point from Miller in two years, maybe sooner.

Anyone like this deal?
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=28uk9zr
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NY doesn't, I'm guessing.
I dunno if they'd do Randolph for Rudy alone. And if not, not sure if they're going to value the difference between Joel and Turiaf to make it up.
