Trade Winds

So once again it's not like I am breaking this story. But rumors are swirling about a 3 team trade, Portland, Dallas, and New Jersey:

Dallas would get Jason Kidd, perennial All Star, triple double machine, great playmaking point guard, wife beater, so all around good guy. Not to mention he is mentally tough something Dallas has lacked in recent years (Dirk), instantly puts them into serious contender status for the championship. I mean the problem with Dallas, is that JET (Jason Terry) has really lost a step over the past year, I don't know if this is due to his religious fervor, his new contract or what, but he just isn't playing at a level one would expect of him. Dirk is good but not a leader, and he needs someone to set him up for shots, insert J-Kidd. So with Kidd, Dirk and Josh Howard, this Mavericks team would be formidable.

New Jersey would get, Travis Outlaw, Channing Frye, Jarrett Jack, Jerry Stackhouse, and some 1st round draft picks. Alright, the 1st rounders are gonna suck, I mean, just read the paragraph above, because those pick sure as hell aren't coming from Portland. Jersey will most likely buy out Stackhouse, but I don't really get this from their standpoint, they have Richard Jefferson, why get Outlaw? Jack will be good for them, but not great, and Frye well, he's alright. I just don't think they are getting very much in return for Kidd.

Portland would get, Devin Harris and Brandon Bass. Now I like this from the Blazers standpoint, for a couple of reasons, Harris is good, not great, but he is the same age as Roy, he is a good person of character, and I think he would thrive on this team, he could definitely be the point guard of the future for us, and I see him being an upgrade over all of our point guards, and he's young and not exceedingly expensive. Also, Brandon Bass would become the perfect backup PF for us, you know like late in the game when Nate won't play Joel anymore and prefers to have LaMarcus at center and Outlaw at PF, well, lemme tell you, if he had Bass in there, we would have a lot better defense, a good offensive post player, and most importantly someone who wouldn't have their head so far up their ass that they wouldn't be able to rebound, this kid could be really good, and I think is the perfect complementary player that this Portland squad needs. Really I would like it if the Blazers didn't make this trade but somehow pried away Bass from Dallas, one scenario I used on the ESPN Trade Machine was to trade Channing Frye to Dallas, Dallas would then send Maurice Ager and the Juwan Howard to Charlotte, and Dallas would give us Brandon Bass, it doesn't make sense, but damn, I really would like us to get our hands on Bass.

So after a lot of deliberation, the only team this trade does NOT make sense for is NJ. They just aren't getting very good assets in return. I know there is some cap relief for them, and a couple of decent prospects, but it just doesn't seem like they are getting much in return. The draft picks are crappy, they get three young players, but who knows how long it will take Outlaw to relearn their offense, Frye is soft, and Jack is decent, but I only see him as a backup in this league. As far as from the Blazers standpoint, sure it seems like they are giving up a lot, but they really aren't, they get a great young point guard, and a rugged and rebounding backup PF, something that they really need. Basically looking at this team, I know LaMarcus is playing very soft right now, and has started to receive some criticism for this, but he still has time to develop, and he will. So because of that this team needs a player like Brandon Bass, not only for his toughness, but also because, like Outlaw, he can put up some points, in a different fashion for sure, but it works and it is what the Blazers need.

Here is another trade suggested, and this would be fucking horrible for the Blazers, okay so we dump D-Miles salary for what? To have fucking Jamaal Tinsley on our books until 2010-11? How does this make sense for the Blazers? Not to mention his problems with guns in the past, this article mentions a couple of times he was involved with gun related incidents. Yeah I bet the Blazers make that trade.