May 2006 Portland Trail Blazers Wiretap

Bulls Looking For Size With Cap Space

Jun 30, 2006 9:54 AM

The Bulls will try to acquire some size with their $15M of cap room as they go into the free agency negotiating period on Saturday, with Detroit bruiser Ben Wallace and Atlanta tweener Al Harrington the best bets to get the first calls, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

While Othella Harrington and Darius Songaila are unlikely to return, the Bulls may also look towards Portland big man Joel Przybilla, Nazr Mohommed from San Antonio and Cleveland restricted free agent Drew Gooden, all of whom the Bulls have a stronger chance of securing than they do for Wallace.

Denver forward Nene is also a possibility, according to the Tribune, but the Nuggets have made Nene and Carmelo Anthony their off season priorities.

Chicago Tribune

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Magloire To The Wizards?

Jun 30, 2006 2:59 AM

The Milwaukee Bucks have one - and possibly two - trades still in the works that could come to fruition in the days ahead, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

One would undoubtedly involve center Jamaal Magloire, whom Harris would not hesitate to move if the right deal came along. Washington is said to be interested. The other possible trade, according to a source, would be of a more "surprising" nature.

Asked if his trade options involving Magloire had dried up, Harris said: "No. I think the thing was once you got into the draft, it was more focused in on that (draft). I didn't have anything for Jamaal relating to the draft. So when we got into the draft process, it really had no bearing on whether we could move Jamaal or not. (The conversations were) strictly draft picks, future draft picks and things like that."

Harris did try to move into the first round or at least up in the second round.

"A lot of things were going on," he said.

Harris said that he was among those who were on the phone with the Blazers, who made six trades on draft night.

"I was trying to do a couple things with Portland," he said. "They seemed to want to trade their whole team or at least acquire seven or eight players. I mean, it's incredible what was going on. I talked to (Portland scout) John Gabriel, and I said 'John, it's impressive; how are you keeping your roster updated?' They need all kinds of tags and erasers with all that stuff going on."

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Bargnani Goes First In 2006 NBA Draft

Jun 29, 2006 1:41 AM

Coming into draft night most experts labelled the draft as unpredictable, and in the end even this was an understatement.

As expected, Andrea Bargnani went first overall to the Toronto Raptors, and then the chaos started.  The Bulls took LaMarcus Aldridge with the second overall pick, but not for themselves, but rather for the Portland Trail Blazers - one of the six deals Portland made for the night - who then took fly flying forward Tyrus Thomas for the Bulls two picks later.

Michael Jordan got his guy in sharp shooter Adam Morrison with the third overall pick, while Rudy Gay fell to 8th to the Houston Rockets, who then traded the rights to Gay along with forward Stromile Swift back to Memphis for forward Shane Battier.  The trade will not become official until mid-July.

The night contained 11 deals, with Pacer second round selection (#45) Alexander Johnson having the honor of being dealt twice; from Indiana to Portland and then from Portland onto Memphis.  Portland were big winners, turning Sebastian Telfair and pick number four into Aldridge and Brandon Roy, who was one of the most coveted players heading into the draft.  Minnesota originally selected Roy but then later dealt his rights to the Blazers for guard Randy Foye.

Isiah Thomas once again drew the anger of Knicks fans on hand at Madison Square Garden when New York became the 20th team to pass on Connecticut guard Marcus Williams, who eventually was selected with the 22nd pick by New Jersey.  While Williams free fell after most expected him to be selected between picks 6 and 10, Thomas selected forward Reneldo Balkman.  Balkman, most believe, was a second rounder at best and could definitely have been selected later in the draft.

A full recap of picks, trades and rumors can be read on RealGM's Draft Night 2006 page.

RealGM

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Bulls Trade Down And Get Thomas At Four From Portland

Jun 28, 2006 10:07 PM

The Bulls traded the rights to LaMarcus Aldridge and a future second round pick to the Trail Blazers for the rights to Tyrus Thomas and Viktor Khryapa.

NBA

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Minnesota Trades Roy To Portland For Foye

Jun 28, 2006 10:03 PM

The Timberwolves traded the rights to Brandon Roy to the Bllazers for the rights to Randy Foye and cash considerations.

NBA

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Telfair Traded To Boston For The Seventh Pick

Jun 28, 2006 5:08 PM

Andy Katz is reporting that Sebastian Telfair has been traded to the Boston Celtics for the seventh pick in the NBA Draft and one or two other players.

The trade had been rumored all day and will be official after the draft.

Since the trade was completed after the 2 PM deadline, the Celtics will pick for the Blazers

ESPN

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Telfair To Boston?

Jun 27, 2006 6:37 PM

Boston and Portland are talking about a deal that would send point guard Sebastian Telfair to Boston for the No. 7 pick and injured point Dan Dickau, ESPN's Andy Katz is reporting.

The decision for general manager Danny Ainge is whether or not Telfair is a better fit for Boston over whomever the Celtics could land at No. 7. After Monday's workout, the top choice appears to be Villanova senior guard Randy Foye, but Foye could easily be gone at No. 6 to Minnesota.

Telfair is now behind Steve Blake and Jarrett Jack on the team's depth chart, making it obvious why the Blazers are willing to move him.

This trade, if it happens, might not occur until after the draft, once Boston sees who falls to No. 7.

Deals that are apparently dead, don't have life or never did, according to Katz, include Houston and Atlanta swapping picks No. 5 and No. 8; Utah and Boston doing a Carlos Boozer trade that was a part of a larger package with Philadelphia, with Allen Iverson going to the Celtics; and Chicago shipping Tyson Chandler to Phoenix in a Shawn Marion deal.

ESPN

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Houston Rejects Deal For Darius Miles

Jun 24, 2006 11:21 AM

DraftExpress has learned that the Trailblazers are asking the Rockets to take on the contract of Darius Miles in return for Juwan Howard and the swapping of picks. A proposal made a few days ago by Portland a few days ago involved trading Darius Miles and the #30 and #31 picks in return for Juwan Howard and the #8 pick.

That offer was rejected by Houston and the teams have gone back to the drawing board.

DraftExpress

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Agents: Thomas Has No Promise

Jun 21, 2006 1:53 AM

Draftexpress.com worked overtime to find out whether or not Tyrus Thomas actually had been given a promise from a top-3 team in the NBA Draft.

Upon conducting their research, accounts given to the Oregonian are said to be consistent to what was published.

However, Thomas's agents Elfus and Siegel deny that Thomas has a top-3 promise and that he will continue to workout for teams.

DraftExpress.com

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Aldridge Works Out For Blazers

Jun 20, 2006 7:12 AM

The Trail Blazers resumed draft preparations Monday with a solo workout of LaMarcus Aldridge, a 6-foot-11, 234-pound forward/center who entered the draft after two seasons at Texas. Aldridge is projected as a top-five pick.

Tyrus Thomas, a 6-foot-8 forward from Louisiana State who also is projected as a top-five selection, pulled out of a scheduled solo workout with Portland today. Art Sasse, Blazers vice president of communications, said Thomas' agent informed the Blazers that a team with a higher draft spot than the Blazers had promised to select Thomas.

The Oregonian

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Tyrus Thomas Cancels Portland Workout, Top-3 Promise Speculated

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Gay Gaining Ground On Morrison?

The Oregonian

Przybilla Not In A Rush With Upcoming Free Agency

Portland Tribune

Blazers Will Not Discipline Randolph

ESPN

NBA Sees Blazers Staying Put

The Oregonian

Brevin Knight Becoming A Hot Commodity

Charlotte Observer

Ducks Owner Attempting To Move Blazers To Anaheim

Los Angeles Times

Legal Problems Continue For Randolph And The Blazers

The Oregonian

Blazers, Rose Garden May Be Sold Together

Associated Press

Blazers Study Draft With Eye On Trade

Oregon Live