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No good, Hollinger says it will only add one win.
is this trade even 100% official? ESPN changed the headline from being done to in talks.
No good, Hollinger says it will only add one win.
Hokey smokes. This year he's hitting 40% on threes and averaging 1.4 3PA per game.
His first six years in the league he took a total of one three pointer.
Pop could use him to backup Bonner.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised.
Very well played..
Fixed.
But that's even better. It means he's reaaaally rested.
You are right:
Source: Camby may head to Portland
ESPN.com news services
Two struggling teams looked to each other for help on Monday.
The Los Angeles Clippers were in discussion to trade forward-center Marcus Camby to the Portland Trail Blazers for Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher.
One source close to the situation initially said that the sides had agreed on the deal, but multiple sources later said that the deal was close but not completed. A Clippers source called the talks "substantive."
The 35-year-old Camby is second in the league in rebounding this season at 12.1 boards per game, to go along with 7.7 points. The Blazers have had a hole in the middle of their lineup since Greg Oden went down with a knee injury in December.
In a text message to ESPNLosAngeles.com, Camby said that he "hadn't heard anything about it" from either his agent or the Clippers. He has said that he would prefer to remain in Los Angeles, but he understands why his name continues to come up in trade talks.
The 6-foot-9 Outlaw is averaging 9.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in his seventh season with Portland. Blake, a 6-3 guard, is putting up 7.6 points and 4.0 assists per game. He's coming off a 20-point, 12-assist game in a win over the Suns before the All-Star break.
The Clippers have lost four straight and are on the outside looking in at the playoff race in the West. The Blazers are clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the West, but star guard Brandon Roy has been nursing injuries and the team has been up and down.
Ric Bucher covers the NBA for ESPN The Magazine.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angele...ory?id=4917644
The thing is...the Clippers are cursed. They are NEVER right....whether it be health, coaching, etc. They are just damn cursed....like when Baron Davis signed with them to join Brand and then Brand bolted...
Ok, in THEORY IN THEORY AND PAPER
this is a great trade for the Clippers.
Guess I should've prefaced that
Ah. That's what happens when you're out of the loop for a while.
Hopefully this happens..I don't want the Lakers to get Hinrich, so this would help prevent it..although Mr. Stern would just have to make 1 phone call and they would get him anyways, but I'm just saying..
It's a good trade because Portland doesn't really give anything up..
It's good for the Spurs because it prevents the FO from acquiring another old man..now please no Raja Bell or Brad Miller type of player..
I'm expecting someone like Brad Miller.
Damn, at first you think no way, but it could work with his jumper and he's decent down low.
Brad Miller from 2003?
Yeah... Damn Sacramento
One source close to the situation initially said that the sides had agreed on the deal, but multiple sources later said that the deal was close but not completed.
actually it was last year, but he's still on the books in MN and listed as on their roster.
Damn't Bucher, you better not have killed that trade you mfer...
pop used older big men and older pg's and veteran experience around a solid and fairly young timmy now that he is older even though he is putting up mvp numbers he need the exact opposite of that timmy needs a sidekick that is freaking athletic!!
Sources: Camby upset about trade to Blazers
By Marc J. Spears
Los Angeles Clippers center Marcus Camby unknowingly attended his own farewell dinner on Monday night.
The Clippers are on the verge of completing a trade that will send Camby to the Portland Trail Blazers, league sources said, but the veteran center is not happy about the deal. Or the way he learned of it.
The proposed trade, which was first reported by Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, will send Camby to Portland in exchange for forward Travis Outlaw, guard Steve Blake and cash.
In town in advance of their Tuesday game against the Trail Blazers, the Clippers were having a team dinner at Portland’s Ringside steakhouse Monday night when Camby received a call on his cell phone from Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard. Pritchard informed Camby that he will likely be traded to Portland once the league finalizes the deal on Tuesday.
After taking the call, Camby immediately walked out of the restaurant. A source close to him says he is “very upset” about the trade. He had hoped to re-sign with the Clippers this summer.
“He likes the Clippers, he likes the organization, he likes L.A.,” the source said. “His wife is not happy in L.A. And he’s not one for change. He’s definitely not happy about this.”
Camby isn’t the only one angry.
Said one Clipper: “All the guys are upset because our best defensive player got traded basically for a backup point guard and money.”
Outlaw, 25, played in 11 games this season before breaking his left foot, and the Clippers are unsure when he’ll play again. Blake, 29, is averaging 7.6 points and four assists in 51 games.
The Blazers have been searching for some inside help to deflect the blow of losing centers Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla. Some in the league also believe Pritchard wants to clear the way for Jerryd Bayless to get more time in the backcourt with Andre Miller.
The Clippers, meanwhile, also have been shopping forward Al Thornton, who was meeting with his agent Monday in Portland.
Camby, 35, is averaging seven points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers. He is making $9.1 million this season in the final year of his contract. Just last week, he told Yahoo! Sports he hoped the Clippers wouldn’t trade him.
“It feels good to be a wanted man, but I like it here,” Camby said.
Camby left the restaurant without most of his teammates getting a chance to tell him goodbye. He is not believed to have finished his meal.
Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski contributed to this report.
i swear if we got al jefferson we would def. beat the lakers
Deplete the old men market.
Not really. Camby is an expiring and the Blazers want to shed some salary. They also want to make the playoffs and need a big, but have Oden/Gorilla coming back next year and thus can watch Camby leave after the season. Finally, they want to develop Batum and this opens time for him. Blake is expendable because they have a glut of PGs.
I don't see much in it for the Clips though. If this is true:
...and they manage to trade Thornton, it will make a bit more sense as Outlaw upgrades them a smidgeon at SF.The Clippers, meanwhile, also have been shopping forward Al Thornton, who was meeting with his agent Monday in Portland.
Wow....sounds like he's pretty damn pissed. If so, the Blazers might have just ed up some chemistry...
Wonder if Sterling was able to get a comp for that.
Adding Camby,..
Oh yes they are contenders with him manning the post. They're only 5 games behind Denver in their division and and only 10 behind the lakers when they didn't even have a center aside from a 37 year old PF Juwan Howard playing the position,..here comes Portland.
Nah, I'm sure Andre Miller will welcome him to the family.
wasnt Camby insulted when the Thuggets traded him to LA? Now he likes being in LA.
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