He's big. He plays hard in the paint. He rebounds and blocks at a decent clip. He has a reasonable contract. He's from Minnesota.
Yep, that's right. Joel "Vanilla Gorilla" Przybilla!
And you know the best part? Portland doesn't need him, they have Oden, Frye, Aldridge, McRoberts. They're loaded. And they have a lot of players coming up from draft and over the ocean, so they'll need to cut somebody.
Simple arithmetic dictates that the Blazers will be trading either now or this summer. They are so attached to the 15 players on their roster that they wouldn't cut anyone to make room for a much-needed big man after Greg Oden went down. So that's 15 players they like (although Raef LaFrentz could be bought out, Taurean Green's contract is not guaranteed next year, and James Jones has a player option). Add to that three first-round draft picks of recent years stashed overseas -- Rudy Fernandez, Joel Freeland, and Petteri Koponen. This summer the team has a first-round pick, and three high-quality second-round picks. That's 22 players in the mix. If Portland doesn't trade any of them away, they'll be forced to make painful cuts at some point, while letting the competition scoop them up for free. GM Kevin Pritchard is known to be crafty, and I don't think anyone expects him to let good players fall into the hands of other teams without compensation. The only remedy is to deal now or on draft day, and at the moment, thanks to a convincing winning jag, much of the roster is more valuable than ever.
Portland fans are also not opposed to a idea of trading him.
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=755200
And if we actually trade for Przybilla, we can draft the BPA on the draft, which is also very important.
So any trade ideas?
