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What teams are likely to trade away their 1st round picks away?

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Portland

I'd love to see Orlando move up to Portland's pick.

Cammo101 wrote:I'd love to see Orlando move up to Portland's pick.

There really isn't much on Orlando's roster that would interest Portland enough to make them trade their pick. Portland doesn't have any interest in Nelson. He's the Magic's best PG option and their fan base really wants a better PG than him, that should tell you all you need to know about the Blazers interest in him.

As for their SF's, both Hedo and Lewis could be nice fits for Portland, but both have their fair share of problems that make them hard to trade. Hedo is playing so far out of his mind right now that the Blazers won't match the high asking price the Magic undoubtedly have for him. Then, while I'm a fan of Lewis, there's about 107 million reasons why Portland might be hesitant to trade for him.

Would there be anyway for the Kings to get Portland's pick?

deNIEd wrote:Would there be anyway for the Kings to get Portland's pick?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: The Kings just really don't have anything to offer the Blazers. None of their contracts match up with Portland's 09 cap space plan, so scratch any chance of the Kings take on Miles' contract to get the pick. Then as far as players on the roster go, the Kings simply don't have any players that match up with the Blazers needs....

*At PG, they really only have Udrih, and while he's having a good year, he really isn't someone the Blazers would target. He's not a significant improvement over anything Portland already has at that spot.

*SG is pointless to even consider. Both teams best players are at this spot and neither player is getting traded from either side, so we'll move on.

*With SF, the Kings have Artest and Garcia. Garcia, like Udrih, really isn't an improvement over the current stable of SF's in Portland (Webster, Jones and now occasionally Outlaw). So the Blazers wouldn't give up the pick for him. Then you have Artest. Talentwise, Artest would be an AMAZING fit in Portland. He's everything you could ever want in a player. Arguably the best 2 way player in the NBA. Character wise... Ugh, no thanks. When he's happy, he's a great team player. When he's not happy, he can be a compete cancer to a team. As one of the Kings radio announcer said in an interview on the Blazers pre-game show a few days back, "Ron basically does what he wants, and that's just the guy he is. Once you realize that, it's easier to let some little things go." (Not an exact quote, but that's the gist of the point he was making.) With the kind of chemistry this Blazer team has created and are continuing to create, they don't need/want someone like that.

*At the 4, the Kings have a lot of high-priced and/or under preforming PF's. And besides, the only real help Portland needs at PF is to get a bruising/change-of-pace bigman to backup Aldridge. It's not a priority and it's something they can certainly get at a much cheaper price than having to give up their pick for.

*Finally, there's the C position, which Portland is obviously doesn't need any help.

Spurs... they have one rookie coming over in Splitter. I think they would be interested in trading for a 2009 1st.

If Isiah still has a job the Knicks will be trading their pick unfortunately.

Jemini80 wrote:If Isiah still has a job the Knicks will be trading their pick unfortunately.

Hello Isiah, this is Otis Smith calling...

TD is the MAN wrote:Spurs... they have one rookie coming over in Splitter. I think they would be interested in trading for a 2009 1st.

seattle will trade the spurs 2009 #1 for an old run down Duncan

think about it ... the cap space

TD is the MAN wrote:Spurs... they have one rookie coming over in Splitter. I think they would be interested in trading for a 2009 1st.

If they want to trade their 1st in this years draft why didnt they trade it to the Sonics in the Kurt Thomas deal instead of giving us their 09 1st?

nwsports253 wrote:If they want to trade their 1st in this years draft why didnt they trade it to the Sonics in the Kurt Thomas deal instead of giving us their 09 1st?

I am pretty sure that the Sonics didn't need to have like 6 picks in this years draft. The Sonics have their own, PHX's and like 4 2nd rounders. They are just balancing their draft picks.