Bucher: Camby traded to the Blazers

[DJB]

WOW. Mavs get Haywood and now the Blazers get Camby. The Spurs gotta get a big...NOW.

They're all gone... Unless we want to trade TP, which I'm all for. The guys got billboards in LA, I drive past one every morning on my way to work. TP for Bynum. Do it.

[Blackjack]

Twitter:

B Roy tells reporters after the game he is worried that his season could be in jeopardy as his hamstring is not progressing. V. Frustrated

[timvp]

I knew Roy would be mad that his boy Blake was traded away, but I didn't think he'd go that far.

[EricB]

I knew Roy would be mad that his boy Blake was traded away, but I didn't think he'd go that far.

Roy is to blake as Francis is to Mobley?

[Blackjack]

I guess the v-bookie should've been on Roy, not Camby, eh?

[Blackjack]

Could Brandon Roy be done for the year?

By Matt Moore

The Portland Trailblazers have given new meaning to snakebit. Murphy's Law has actually been renamed The McMillan Corollary. They've lost more guys to injury than a squad in Modern Warfare. But Martell Webster is back, they just traded for Marcus Camby to help with their frontcourt decimation, and surely things are looking brighter, right?

Welll...

Via Blazers Edge on Twitter:

B Roy tells reporters after the game he is worried that his season could be in jeopardy as his hamstring is not progressing. V. Frustrated

Roy did play in the game, after missing 15 games because of the hamstring he played 15 minutes and looked uncomfortable. He was 2 of 7 from the floor, then did not play in the second half.

After the game, Roy said, "I think if this [pain] is with me the whole season then I don't really have a shot at playing. This is bad. I don't know. It's something I have to talk to coach about. It's to the point where I can't play because it hurts too bad."

If Roy is done for the season, you can kiss the playoffs goodbye for this club. Even with their admirable performance without him to keep the team afloat, there's just not enough offense, especially with Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake moved to LA for them to keep pace. Losing Roy would be a catastrophic for this team's outlook both short-term and long-term for deciding if this core is on track to contend for the Finals.

At this point, we're headed straight for "The Curse of Darius Miles" territory. Hopefully Roy's hamstring will respond to treatment and he'll be back in time for the final playoff push. But then, we're still looking for something that's turned out right for Portland this year.

[Agloco]

Watch the Spurs make a trade for nobody.

FIFY

I've come to the conclusion that the Spurs are screwed either way. No one who is available could improve the Spurs so much as to get them over the hump. If they do execute a trade, they most likely get a ty contract(s) in return. After RJ, the FO isn't likely to bite.

The only appealing trades left are for Chicago - TT/J Sal and Philly - AI2/Sammy Dal. I don't see the FO signing off on the Philly contracts so that leaves TT and J Sal, neither of whom bring us a championship.