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Thunder has traded reserve point guard Eric Maynor to Blazers, a source told Y! Sports.

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Thunder also get rights to Giorgio Printezis from Portland

Edit: I'm not making this a 3 way, because it essentially wasn't and instead starting another for Brewer:

Knicks traded Ronnie Brewer to the Thunder for a future 2nd round pick.

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at viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1235266

No poll until word of what its for, but interesting landing spot for him as a backup to Lillard.

I believe it's just a trade exception. Either way, win for the Blazers since they now have seven NBA caliber players.

Might be getting a 2nd rounder too. Either way, this is what I've been saying Maynor's value is for awhile. He never had the crazy value RealGM claimed.

Yeah, it needs to be for something, but sounds like it might be a top 55 2nd. If so, decent pick up but not sure why OKC needed to trim the salary versus just keeping the insurance.

Blazers will probably waive Elliot Williams to make room.

I knew blazers would pull out some nonsensical trade.

Surrender a minor asset for a player that has at least five equivalents in the d-league.
And of course, the Pargo's weren't good enough, but Maynor is.

Bet they won't waive their 3-4 futile players either in favor of d-league talent.
Theres good front offices and there's bad front offices, just reality.

HartfordWhalers wrote:Yeah, it needs to be for something, but sounds like it might be a top 55 2nd. If so, decent pick up but not sure why OKC needed to trim the salary versus just keeping the insurance.

Have u seen what Presti is doing with these picks ?

HartfordWhalers wrote:Yeah, it needs to be for something, but sounds like it might be a top 55 2nd. If so, decent pick up but not sure why OKC needed to trim the salary versus just keeping the insurance.

Money saved is money in the owner pocket. If I can essentially be a million dollars richer by cutting my 3rd string PG why not. If needed and somebody gets hurt , FAs out there that can give you what Maynor gave you for cheaper

So ignore everything you all have posted in here. The Maynor trade yielded the trade exception that OKC sent to NYK for Brewer. Pretty solid I think. Gives them some depth at SF.

EDIT: OKC also got rights to a Euro from Portland. Don't know anything about him.

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:So ignore everything you all have posted in here. The Maynor trade yielded the trade exception that OKC send to NYK for Brewer. Pretty solid I think.

Reptile is relieved to learn the red and whites kept pick(s).

okc traded maynor for brewer.

you're telling me portland didn't couldn't get ronnie brewer for that same trade exception? brewer is sort of kind of better than maynor.

The only thing I DONT understand this from Portland's POV is why give any assets for somebody they will probably waive (cap hold)? We are trying to preserve as much cap space as possible and his cap hold is going to put a dent in those plans.

Price is the player who's going to be waived according to reports in Portland, not Williams.

Also, according to a beat writer from OKC, Portland didn't trade any picks, all they send out was the TPE.

deanwoof wrote:okc traded maynor for brewer.

you're telling me portland didn't couldn't get ronnie brewer for that same trade exception? brewer is sort of kind of better than maynor.

for portland, prefer maynor to brewer, personally.

deanwoof wrote:okc traded maynor for brewer.

you're telling me portland didn't couldn't get ronnie brewer for that same trade exception? brewer is sort of kind of better than maynor.

Blazers needed to improve their guard situation, get another ball handler. This trade makes sense.

DeBlazerRiddem wrote:

deanwoof wrote:okc traded maynor for brewer.

you're telling me portland didn't couldn't get ronnie brewer for that same trade exception? brewer is sort of kind of better than maynor.

Blazers needed to improve their guard situation, get another ball handler. This trade makes sense.

Hard to knock Portland, who has the worst bench in the league, for picking up a bench player for nothing. Love this trade for OKC though. Brewer can be solid for us and we stash a Euro that we will never see.

Ok, updated OP.

New York in: TPE, future 2nd
New York out: Brewer

OKC In: Brewer rights to Giorgio Printezis
OKC out: Maynor, future 2nd

Portland in: Maynor
Portland out: rights to Giorgio Printezis

Not sure New York's motivation. It saves money, but the future 2nd is pretty worthless. And its a useful player on the vet min, for a team that could be in the 4/5 seed game. Just seems penny pinching.

For OKC I now like it. But they didn't need a TPE for this. Brewer is min salary, he could be absorbed anyway. Humpff. I'm splitting this back up into 2 trades -- Brewer part here. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1235266

(That said, feel free to discuss as a combo here. )

I think NY did it to open up roster spots for waived players and I've heard they are interested in Amundson and Kenyon Martin who are already available.