Milwaukee/Portland- Portland get a nice vet

[Vindicater]

Milwaukee Trade:

Bobby Simmons

Portland Trade:

Darius Miles
Sergio Rodriguez.

Conclusions:

Milwaukee: Miles by all accounts is ready to go, he is merely being punished in Portland for past transgressions. His contract is almost exactly the same as Simmons. Rodriguez is a great PG prospect to groom as a backup for Williams.

Portland: They dont want Miles to play, neither the Blazers or the fans want it so why not move him for a player in Simmons who fits quite nicely into what the Blazers are trying to do. For the same price as Miles they get a veteren who plays defense and can fill out their hole at the swingman spot.

Thoughts?

[breaker91]

Simmons' value is not much higher than Miles. Portland says no. James Jones is doing what you say Simmons can bring to the Blazers for a fraction of the practice. They do not have a hole at the 3 with Webster, Jones and Outlaw making meaningful contributions.

[trwi7]

In this case "nice vet" means "overpaid garbage."

[Milkdud]

meh, I don't really see what purpose Simmons fills, we already have 3 SF who are all having solid to good seasons.

[Wizenheimer]

If Simmons contract was finished after the 08/09 season, this proposal would at least be considered by portland. It would greatly enhance portland's options for cap-space in 2009. But it doesn't so there's no way portland considers this trade.

[bucksbrewerspackersfan]

Yeah like Milwaukee wants Miles here no thank you.....

[Spykes]

Easy no for the Blazers. Even if you took Sergio out of the deal, I still doubt Portland considers this.

And LOL @ calling Simmons a "nice vet". He's about as nice a vet as Darius is right now.