Comments on: Blazers Draft at 4:37 PM

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:39:16 +0000

And now ESPN is saying Z-Bo may head to the Knicks, though not necessarily tonight.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2919929

Would be a good deal for Zach, but I don’t know that it makes us a better place at all.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:31:02 +0000

Jason Quick just reported on 1080 that we are taking Oden at #1, and that Ray Allen to Boston may actually happen…

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:46:38 +0000

I think disappointment is something Minnesota fans will have to get used to. KG’s leaving and they need to start rebuilding. Too bad for them that the trade for Atlanta’s two picks didn’t go through…

By: Daaaaave

Daaaaave — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:30:51 +0000

Fantastic trade for Charlotte. Phoenix gets their man. Minnesota loses Garnett for a #8 and a #24. They probably get Noah and Hawes at 7 & 8 and maybe Byars or Almond at 24. Good picks in a deep draft, but I’d still be disappointed as a Wolves fan.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:51:06 +0000

A new twist in the KG soap opera. ESPN.com just posted this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2919016

According to sources, the Wolves are asking the Bobcats to give up the No. 8 pick along with an undisclosed player. In the proposed deal, Garnett would go to Phoenix, and the Suns would send Amare Stoudemire to Charlotte. The Bobcats would also be required to take Suns guard Marcus Banks.

The Bobcats have been offering the No. 8 pick to various teams for weeks and have several offers. If they can’t get something worked out with Minnesota and Phoenix before the draft, the Bobcats will likely move the pick in another deal, a source said.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:25:47 +0000

>>And how sad, with Theo, that he’s now just dead weight. Good guy, but dead weight.

Yeah, the Celtic organization certainly seems to have that effect, doesn’t it? Man, I’d love to see Kobe have to play there…

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:09:55 +0000

Yeah, I saw that offer thrown up somewhere on one of the blogs I’ve been following while attempting to work today. Don’t know that I believe it, though. Ray Allen is 30 years old and I don’t know if he’d really be as good for Boston as a new young guy you can build around.

That said, Danny Ainge is an idiot, so we’ll see what happens there. At least he’d be unloading dead weight in Theo. And how sad, with Theo, that he’s now just dead weight. Good guy, but dead weight.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:49:56 +0000

Looks like the Sonics might have broken out of the holding pattern (great that they fit that metaphor so well, isn’t it?).

Anyway, ESPN radio (1080AM in town) keeps reporting that Seattle’s shopping Ray Allen around. Did a little Googlin’ and found this:

Meanwhile, two league sources said the Sonics are calling around the league to gauge interest in guard Ray Allen.

KJR-AM radio reported that the Sonics offered Allen to the Boston Celtics for the fifth pick and Theo Ratliff.

http://www.theolympian.com/sports/story/147853.html