Oden isn’t good enough to let Przybilla go. The Blazers would lose a lot of games after this trade and that would make the Portland fans unhappy. Blazers fans are already kind of a pain in the butt just when they’re just happy go lucky.

for anything less than an All-Star quality player.

TT may still end up being a bust, but with what he showed tonight, he could be worth much more than the Vanilla Gorilla.

First off, the Blazers have 2009 cap space, and not 2010 cap space (without something major happening). They will be re-signing Roy and LMA that year.

Second, Portland is not trading Joel Przybilla for a while yet. Oden is still developing, and Przybilla has been playing the best ball of his career. He is, literally, the best backup in the NBA right now. He is very valuable to cover for a foul prone and inconsistent Oden.

Even next year, two years from now, when Oden is Oden, I don’t see the Blazers throwing away the luxury that having Joel gives them.

THIRD, the Blazers biggest problem right now is defense; particularly perimeter defense. Mike Miller is no defender and while a good offensive player not worth the price, and Drew Gooden sucks at everything. He’s the suckiest bunch of suck that ever sucked.

Mortimer

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=321432392456302830303032556802&teams=4236232317423&te=&cash=

Bulls trade:
Tyrus, Noc, Thabo
Bulls get:
Brad Miller, Yi Jianlian

Mavs trade:
Stackhouse
Mavs get:
Noc

Nets trade:
Yi, Sean Williams
Nets get:
Tyrus

Kings trade:
Miller
Kings get:
Stackhouse, Thabo, Williams

This is just a mishmash of a couple things I’ve been thinking off
1. Yi seems to be losing favor with the Nets (Sports2’s Nets board hates him at least), but he’s legitimately got center size and can pay away from the basket in somewhat similar way to Miller. And he’s in the same draft class as Noah, so he’ll be on his rookie deal in 2010 just like him. So it sets us up for 2010 with a potential cheap replacement for Miller who comes off the books. They also will give away Williams. Tyrus had his kick ass game vs the Nets :)

2. Dallas wants help. Noc for Stack is basically generating Stack’s expiring contract, which we can re-direct to the Kings to give them salary relief. And they get Thabo and Wiliams as younger prospects.

3. We don’t hurt our chances of re-signing Gordon.

4. We’ve got a solid guy at every position for this year and probably next, with a reasonable succession plan for the guys we’ll not re-sign.

1- Rose, Hinrich
2- Gordon, Hughes
3- Deng
4- Gooden, Noah
5- Miller, Yi

I’d still look to trade Kirk and Hughes, but this gives us lots of options and solves several immediate and long-range problems.