either straight up or Mo T + Jackie for Ratliff and a 2006 #2

Ratliff is 32 but he's still a premier shotblocker, even last year. Go look at his game log. He had 10 games with 5 blocks or more. Its a good $$$ deal for Portland. It gives us one of the bigger longer frontcourts in the NBA as well.

you put
Ratliff 6'10, Frye 6'10, Rose 6'7, Curry 6'11, BigGame 7'1 and you have a lot of length and size patrolling the paint. It can make it a hell of a lot easier for the perimeter guys to get up on their men.

I think Ratliff is a great fit for 20 minutes a night, even if he's only good for 65-70 games.

why would portland do the trade?

maybe we should give up a second draft pick

Portland wouldn't do that really.

They save ONE year. Big deal.

i do it in a heartbeat, not sure if the blazers do. yes they do save some money, but it IS only one year. plus they have zach at pf.

A year ago we did not have a single center, and now we want to have 4!!!
I like Ratliff and Porland needs a back up PF, but...I don't think we need Ratliff because we have Jerome.

Portland won't do that trade.. C'mon, obviously Mo Taylor isn't the kind of player NAte Mcmillan would be looking for..

Taylor has a bad rap on defense, rebounding and playing consistently.. Making 9mill per yr isn't making his trade value any better..

Butler has yet to show something in the NBA..

I could care less about $$$. Cap flexibility went south when we signed JJ. With Curry it doesnt matter, because he was the kind of guy you wanted to have cap flexibility in the first place to get.

Ratliff is 32. He's had some healthy problems bt he's NOT Vin Baker. He plays very hard, and he's still one of the league's top shot blockers hands down. I was suprised how good he looked last year tuning into to see Telfair play.

Its a total stop gap move, but he really fits a mold of the kind of frontcourt players you want. He's quick. He gets a lot of tips that dont show up in the books, and his shot blocking can really change the way the guards play D.

There's no reason not win now if its not costing us, and this trade doesnt cost us. Go look at his game log. This isnt a Vin Baker reclamation move.

I'm looking at this:
PF Ratliff, Frye, Lee
C Curry, JJ, Ratliff

I think Mo T gives us nothing, where as Ratliff really fits a mold of what we are trying to do and create

Would you start Theo at PF and Eddy at C?

portland makes out like a bandit and new york becomes again the cap relief armpit of the nba. if you were to say talking przybilla that's a different fish.....mike

Mo T and Penny can get this deal done. We need to retain our young players.....