Feeling drafty

June 29, 2007 at 2:02 am · Filed under basketball, sports

The Portland Trail Blazers were more than a little busy tonight: they picked up Greg Oden, Rudy Fernandez, Petteri Koponen, Josh McRoberts, Taurean Green, Demetris Nichols, James Jones, Channing Frye and Steve Francis through a series of draft and trade moves. They lost Zach Randolph, Fred Jones and Dan Dickau.

Some observations:

• Portland now boasts a roster with a million players at every position, except small forward, where they have nobody. My kingdom for a SF!
• Francis will be the target of the world’s fastest contract buyout. Ever. There’s no way the Blazers will give him a spot in the locker room.
• Demetris Nichols? Who’s that?
• The Knicks think they got a good deal by picking up Randolph. They seem to forget that both he and their current center, Eddy Curry, are allergic to defense. Curry and Randolph will be the highest-scoring frontcourt duo in the league, and yet the Knicks will continue to lose games by 20 points.
• McRoberts has a lot of space between his eyebrows.

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