Why You Will See Blazers Traded This Year

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Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Published 6/23/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... Dave Deckard of Blazers Edge (who also contributes to Sports NW) explains that salary cap issues will likely force the Blazers to trade of one of Martell Webster, Channing Frye or Jarrett Jack this year. ...

Monday Bullets
Published 6/23/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... An excellent explanation of why Portland is likely to make a trade or two before long, from Dave at BlazersEdge. Essentially, if the team stands pat, the cap room they have worked so hard to get next summer could be eaten up by cap holds for Martell Webster, Channing Frye, and Jarrett Jack. If Portland is going to get a big-time free agent next summer, and the roster remains as is, those players are still on the roster, they will have to be cut, traded, or signed to reasonable new deals before Portland can make a move. Also, I would not be surprised ...

Unsubstantiated Draft Links: Draft Links June 24
Published 6/24/2008 by jtom (noreply@blogger.com) at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... not. 12. Sacramento Kings Not a lot of action on this pick. It seems like they will just keep it and probably take Augustin if he's available. Otherwise a Wheel O' Big Man will be spun and any of the Speights/McGee/Jordan mess will be chosen. 13. Portland Trailblazers Some have them trading this thing for sure, others have them keeping it and taking something called Alexis Ajinca. One thing is for sure, the Blazers have options and probably don't need to get any younger. 14. Golden State Warriors The Warriors are the team that ...

Unsubstantiated Speculation: Team by Team Draft Rumors & Links
Published 6/24/2008 by Jason Tomassini at College Basketball by Collegehoops.net
... Kings Not a lot of action on this pick. It seems like they will just keep it and probably take Augustin if he's available. Otherwise a Wheel O' Big Man will be spun and any of the Speights/McGee/Jordan mess will be chosen. 13. Portland Trailblazers Some have them trading this thing for sure, others have them keeping it and taking something called Alexis Ajinca. One thing is for sure, the Blazers have options and probably don't need to get any younger. 14. Golden State Warriors The Warriors ...

Tuesday Burn
Published 6/24/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... Do yourself a favor and read (if you haven't already) the extensive piece on the Blazers' cap by Dave at Blazer's Edge . Droppin' knowledge. Another interesting mock draft today by SI.com's ...

Too Many Players in Portland
Published 6/25/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Dave from BlazersEdge explained tidily why the Blazers will almost certainly be making trades of some kind before the trading deadline. (Essentially, without some moves, the cap room Portland has hoarded for next summer would be eaten up by cap holds.) ...

Heating up
Published 6/25/2008 by mgrange at The Globe and Mail - From Deep
... on the front burner as of yesterday with two or three other potential deals “simmering.” Tomorrow night we'll get to find out. As I've written a couple of times this week, I think Jermaine O'Neal is fool's gold. For good reason the Raptors run the bulk of their offence through Chris Bosh and adding O'Neal simply means less touches for the Raptors best offensive option. What other deals might be out there? As mentioned Portland is likely to be very busy. Check out this post at Blazersedge (via ...