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I can care less if Stack returns. Harris & Bass are bigger losses.
And that Portland fan undersetimates Bass if he thinks their frountcourt gets hurt. Losing Outlaw would be big, but Bass is better than Frye and Harris is much better than Jack.
you're kidding right?
The supposed proposed trade would have Portland's frontcourt trade Outlaw and Frye for Bass. I know Harris is part of it, but I was talking about the blazer frontcourt.
Travis Outlaw is 6'9 and Frye is 6'10+. Frye plays a lot of C for portland when he hasn't played PF, and Outlaw plays PF with occasional stints as a SF. Bass was measured at the orlando pre-draft camp as 6'6.25 barefoot and 6'7.25 in shoes.
Portland would be trading away a lot of frontcourt versatility and depth for a somewhat undersized PF.
Furthermore, the assertion that Bass is better then frye is debatable. Bass plays 2 minutes more a game then frye, but only outscores him 7.7 to 6.7. On the other hand, Frye rebounds at a higher rate. Frye shoots a shade better from the floor, while Bass is a little better on free throws. Frye gets more assists and has fewer turnovers.
Because frye can play backup minutes at C, right now he has more value to portland then Bass would.
The bottom line is that harris would be a significant upgrade to jack at PG, but Bass would be a significant downgrade from Outlaw as 6th man. And portland has to lose frye on top of that.
It's understandable why Dallas would consider and reject this particular trade. It's equally understanable why portland would.