Whither "THE" trade?

[Denny Crane]

I don't remember seeing anyone post this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...mbrace-Iverson-waiting-for-Gra?urn=nba,207269

Alex Raskin, HOOPSWORLD: "Kevin Pritchard prides himself and his co-workers on keeping their cool. 'We don't panic,' said Pritchard. 'What we talk about all the time is calm waters. Can we still have calm waters? As a group, as a coaching staff, as players, during the game, over the course of a game, over the course of a week, over the course of a year, we stay 'calm waters.' So when asked if the Blazers would react to [Greg] Oden's injury with a trade, Pritchard didn't have to search for an answer. 'No, not right now.' Making a trade is a sticky situation for Portland anyway. The team doesn't want to relinquish young talent such as Jerryd Bayless(notes) or Rudy Fernandez(notes); injuries have diminished the trade value of Patrick Mills(notes), Nicolas Batum(notes), Martell Webster(notes) and Travis Outlaw(notes); and veterans like Steve Blake(notes) and Juwan Howard(notes) have more value on the Blazers than they do elsewhere. Andre Miller(notes) can be traded after December 15th, but it's unclear how much value he has at this point. His PER has fallen over three points since last year and he is owed over $7 million next season."

 

[THE HCP]

I hope we don't make a trade.

 

[Denny Crane]

I liked the Blake has more value on the blazers than elsewhere bit.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I liked the Blake has more value on the blazers than elsewhere bit.

Understatement of the decade.

The rest of the article is pretty much spot on though, this team doesn't really have tradeable assets unless teams are desperate for salary relief which Blake and Outlaw would represent (4 and 3.6 million respectively).

This team is pretty much stuck.

 

[handiman]

I liked the Blake has more value on the blazers than elsewhere bit.

A better way of phrasing it might be:

"veterans like Steve Blake... have more value to the Blazers if they play elsewhere."