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So, my mole has confirmed to me once again that the Blazers are rolling out 
the red carpet for Hedo Turkoglu, in fact, he’s in the great northwest as we speak. He’s out there listening to the Blazers offer, but as my source has told me, the chances of him signing with the Blaze is “60-40,” as the Raptors are seriously in play.
Clearly the Turkoglu situation has an impact on the David Lee situation, and let’s go ahead a say it, Lee to Portland is not going down from what I’m hearing (there goes another suitor) so as a Knick fan, keep a real eye on what Hedo decides on. If he chooses Toronto, a safe-haven for Europeans, then the door would seemingly be officially closed on the teams interested in Lee.
The most ideal situation for the Blaze, as of the last week from what we’ve reported and what we’re still hearing, would be to ship Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake in a sign and trade for Andre Miller, then to snag Turkoglu for the full monte. In order for that to happen, the Blaze will need to trade Martell Webster and may use a pick to make that happen. Worst case scenario would be to bring in Turkoglu and figure out the best case scenario at the point if it’s not Miller. That could mean sticking Brandon Roy at the one for more minutes and bringing in a stop-gap.
Speaking of Roy, our mole has also confirmed to us that the reason why the Blazers have little interest in Nate is based on the fact that Roy feels that Nate, from AAU to college, has always overshadowed him.
So, as we said, don’t expect either Lee or Nate to end up in Portland.
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LOL at Brandon Roy being jealous of Nate Robinson!
And how many years do they plan on investing in Hedo? Most of there guys are yet to hit there prime, and when the oldest active player on your team is 29 (Pryzbilla), you don’t invest big money into a 30-year old…i think Portland would be making a mistake by signing him..he’ll help them now, but when everyone else is in the middle of their prime, Hedo wont be getting better..
I hear from the twitterverse that Turk’s better half prefers Toronto as a home base.
Like you said TD.. more of a Euro friendly land than Portland.
I agree that Turkoglu appears to be headed for Toronto. Portland needs to make a deal for Andre Miller. If that happens PHL will need a veteran PG. Would you trade Nate to Philly for Jrue Holiday?
This was on RealGM
http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60296/20090702/walsh_hints_at_unannounced_player_move/
Donnie Walsh e-mailed the Associated Press and seemed to imply that the Knicks will have more salary cap flexibility in the summer of 2010 than currently projected.
“I have a little leeway which will leave me in good position for next year,” Walsh wrote. “I know what it is but do not talk much about it.”
It is not clear whether Walsh is referring to an unannounced player move that would reduce the Knicks’ salary cap burden. Eddy Curry and Jared Jeffries have the two largest contracts that remain on the team’s books for the 2010-2011 season.
UH OH, I Told You Guys Dont Doubt Donnie. I wonder what it is and If we are getting a good player in return.
Maybe Curry is not exercising his option? I’m kidding, but seriously I hope it’s great news and not just lip service to justify offering Kidd three years.
Well, it does involve exercising…
wow! maybe donnie genius just signed ANTHONY ROBERSONS COUSIN…or BILL DUHON I HEARD HE DRAFTED JORDAN HILL CUZ HE SAW THE NAME “JORDAN” and got confused
Maybe he has some agreement with Curry and his agent that if he doesnt get his sh!t together Curry will take a cash advance in lieu of a buyout?
This way Curry gets some coin up front and can pay off his debts and save some coin on the cap?
How about a Nate plus Jefferies deal – hopefully for a PG?
Ooh! Ooh! I know what it is!
Its this trade isn’t it:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mctpmg
Its Rubio! not, look at ur face, I hope its Curry but I wont get my hopes up it could be Jefferies which is not quite as much of a impact cap move still good if its jefferies though.
Given the economy and lack of offers for RFA and FA, I think Nate is coming back for the qualifying year on his contract of 2M. I believe DW thought he would need to offer a new contract of 4 to 5 M a year to keep him. Nate may get traded later this year for another guard who came back for a qualifying year. Jarrett Jack comes to mind. Your thoughts
This is for “_avi_” Lee:
http://ia311541.us.archive.org/0/items/That_Sound_You_Hear_When_You_Lose_On_The_Price_Is_Right/Price_Is_Right_loser_clip.wav
I wonder if it has something to do with the way that cap holds are created to figure out how much a team really has to sign an FA. If the way those are calculated can be influenced in any way then that would be something that Donnie wouldn’t want to talk about as David Stern wouldn’t be publicly happy about salary cap circumvention. If it’s possible.
I heard after talking to JASON KIDD today,and GRANT HILL tomorrow,DONNIE GENIUS is going to have discussions with BILL LAMBIER and BOB COUSY .Stating that they both probably have at least 2 years left in their legs and they’ll both sign for the MLE. MR.WALSH also said he wont sign either of them ,if he can find someone older!
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