blog.oregonlive.com - 6/29/2007
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UPDATE: Adrian Wojnarowski says it's a done deal: The New York Knicks just traded Channing Frye and Steve Francis to the Portland Trail Blazers for Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau and Fred Jones. UPDATE: According to Wheels, the deal would be...
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The Fan's Attic —
... The other big news of the night was that Portland traded oft-troubled Zach Randolph plus Fred Jones and Dan Dickau to the Knicks. In return, Portland gets Channing Frye and malcontent Steve Francis. The rumors suggest Portland may try to buy Francis out to get cap room and go after a free-agent small forward (Rashard Lewis?), and will keep Frye. I'm not sure why the team would want this trade unless it was all to get rid of Randolph. Frye seems to play the same position as Aldridge and has a similar game. Francis is a lockerroom cancer and hasn't produced like Randolph has in the past few years. If Randolph can stay out of trouble in NY (a big IF), Isiah Thomas and the Knicks really got the better of this deal. ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... I have the suspicion that Steve Francis will never play in a Portland uniform, which is also what Blazer broadcaster Brian Wheeler is reportedly saying too. If he is bought out, Portland could get cap relief equivalent to half of whatever salary he might earn, if any, from another team. ...
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Hoops Addict —
... Word out of Portland is that the Blazers are looking to buy out the contract of Steve Francis. ...
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sports.yahoo.com 6/29/2007 — The Portland Trail Blazers traded forward Zach Randolph to the New York Knicks for Channing Frye and Steve Francis on Thursday night.
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