Shaquille O'Neal said no to a trade with the Trail Blazers
Blazers Blog —
Ian Thomson of Sports Illustrated is reporting that Shaquille O'Neal nixed a potential trade involving Raef LaFrentz's expiring contract that would have sent him to Portland before last season's trade deadline back in February. "During the middle of the season, Steve said Portland was interested," said O'Neal. "He said was I interested in going to Portland? I told him no, so he stopped that." The Blazers, however, are adamant that they didn't try to trade for Shaq in February. "Why would we when we've got Greg (Oden) developing and we've already got (Joel) Przybilla?" said a ...
Shaq Said No Thanks to Portland in February
Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog —
... Remember all that talk during the trade deadline about bringing Shaq to Portland? According to the big diesel, that was real and he said no. This is basically a juicy gossip article but still intriguing, did Portland really go after Shaq? Here's what O'Neal had to say: ...
Shaq Said No to Portland in February
Fanster.com —
... as the Blazers had serious interest in acquiring the Big Cactus. Shaq quickly let his feelings be known.
“During the middle of the season, Steve said Portland was interested,” said O’Neal. “He said was I interested in going to Portland? I told him no, so he stopped that.”
The Big Veto apparently nixed the trade because the Blazers aren’t close to winning a championship.
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While We’re Waiting…Braylon Not Offended, DeRosa and Waving the White Flag, Shaq to Portland Vetoed
WaitingForNextYear —
... their midseason conversations Kerr never raised the possibility of a trade with Cleveland, according to O’Neal, who said he asked Kerr to not deal him to Portland because the Blazers weren’t close to winning a championship. ‘They have a young team, and their team is pretty good the way it is,’ O’Neal said of the Blazers. ‘When he called me, he didn’t mention (Cleveland). He said, ‘Portland is really making the move for you.’ And I said, `I don’t really want to go to Portland.’ ” [ Ian Thomsen/Sports Illustrated ] - It has been discussed thoroughly here, but Windy has a concise ...
Shaquille O’Neal Claims He Nixed Portland Trade
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... (The Big Envoy) Therefore, Shaq let slip that Phoenix Suns president/GM Steve Kerr received interest from Portland for the Big Center of Attention during last season’s trade deadline, but he put his huge foot down on those discussions. Except, of course, no one else seems to think it happened like that . The Trail Blazers claim (anonymously) that there was never any interest in wedging against the salary cap for the Big Rose Garden since Portland didn’t expect to go for the championship last season. Steve Kerr has been blissfully quiet, but he can’t be thrilled to hear ...
While We’re Waiting… NBA Free Agency, Shaq and Portland, and Berea’s QB Decision
WaitingForNextYear —
... Kerr's] midseason conversations Kerr never raised the possibility of a trade with Cleveland, according to O’Neal, who said he asked Kerr to not deal him to Portland because the Blazers weren’t close to winning a championship. “They have a young team, and their team is pretty good the way it is,” O’Neal said of the Blazers. “When he called me, he didn’t mention (Cleveland). He said, ‘Portland is really making the move for you.’ And I said, `I don’t really want to go to Portland.”‘ [ Ian Thomsen/SI.com ]– The Big Canadian? “Watched Class AA Akron play Wednesday night and was ...
Portland Wanted Shaq
SLAM Online —
... The feeling, however, wasn’t mutual: “O’Neal says he vetoed the potential trade to Portland in a conversation with Suns GM Steve Kerr, who this week dealt Shaq to the Cavaliers in exchange for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, a second-round pick in next year’s draft and $500,000. ‘During the middle of the season, Steve said Portland was interested,’ said O’Neal. ‘He said was I interested in going to Portland? I told him no, so he stopped that.’” ...
Shaq Nixed Trade To Blazers
Hooped Up —
... was interested,” said O’Neal. “He said was I interested in going to Portland? I told him no, so he stopped that.” The Blazers, however, are adamant that they didn’t try to trade for Shaq in February. “Why would we when we’ve got Greg (Oden) developing and we’ve already got (Joel) Przybilla?” said a Blazers official who asked to remain anonymous. “If were in go-for-it mode, maybe we would be more interested.”
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Blazersedge —
... The "big" Blazers story over the weekend came from Ian Thomsen of CNNSI: Shaq's rumbling about a potential midseason trade to Portland. ...
Shaq and Amare trade rumors updated
Bright Side Of The Sun —
... Shaq is trade so why are we still talking about him? Because he's unleashed the first of what promises to be many more "tell all" interviews. The first is his revelation to SI.com's Ian Thomsen that Kerr approached Shaq about being traded to the Trailblazers at the deadline in February. Shaq, according to Thomsen nixed the deal. ...
