Randolph move was right deal, right time

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Tuesday Tribune
Published 7/3/2007 by Dave <info@blazersedge.com> at Blazer's Edge: Front Page Posts
The Trib has its usual Tuesday Blazer coverage today.  Dwight Jaynes has a very complementary column covering Zach and Oden. ...

Tuesday Bullets
Published 7/3/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... UPDATE: Dwight Jaynes of the Portland Tribune: "If [Paul] Allen is willing to buy out that Francis contract, it would make a lot of sense he'd do the same thing with Darius Miles' deal." ...

The Randolph reaction
Published 7/3/2007 by Casey Holdahl at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... nburgh, addressing his rap sheet and off-court troubles. "I made mistakes when I was young. That's all over with. I'm on a fresh start." He can thank Isiah Thomas for his Zamboni-clean slate. While other teams in need of a proven inside scorer passed on Randolph precisely because of his run-ins with the law, the Knicks jumped at the chance. So what if their payroll now stands at $96.2 million, by far tops in the league. So what if this means Eddy Curry, not the toughest hombre to begin with, has to deal with the prospect of getting fewer touches, even if Thomas has called him a "franchise player" on more than one occasion. So what if the NBA has to be shuddering at the prospect of seeing the last of Portland's infamous "Jail Blazers" playing in its own backyard. "In the end, we were scared off by his posse," said one Eastern Conference GM yesterday. "We investigated getting him because he's got talent. And from what we found, the kid is not a bad kid when he is by himself." " ...