Camby Traded

I guess Bobby Brown should be Let go soon…..the trade makes no sense, if we are looking for Cap Room, we should just let Camby expire. MDSr, is TOO ACTIVE.

My guess is it’s the first step. Picking up another PG allows us to part with one of our current ones, either of whom help to free up 2010 cap space… if that is our plan…

yeah, I mean, I would rather trade Camby to a contender at least, but I think they need a solid PG at the bench. What are the contract situations of Outlaw and Blake?

Blake and Blake….sounds like a Law Firm. “Blake to Blake…for the dunk”. If they ever both play at the same time, it will be a fun time for Ralph.

but seriously wtf?

Article for Trade on ESPN now changed to "camby MAY be headed to Portland"

"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."

ESPN had it up for around 10 minutes before I posted (and I apologize SilverClip, I would not have posted if I had seen yours).

Don’t really think so, I think Outlaw isn’t an expiring so he’s not helping much for 2010. I know he can score but he doesn’t grab boards.

So…fingers crossed on Dunleavy looking for a better deal.

i guess he seriously was going to resign with the clips.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=mc-cambytrade021510

or like others have suggested, maybe it’s just part 1 of a combination move.

perhaps this was done to set another move. looking at baron, bobby, bassy, n blake it should be obvious that one or two of them are going to be on the move . we’ll just have to wait and see

were trading the second leading rebounder in the nba for a backup point guard and an often injured sf.Who does what thornton does.Wow i hope dumbleavy has something up his sleeve.If not he’s just as bad as a gm as a coach.

throw in webster or batum this is just horrible.

His leg would suddenly snap and he’s out for the season.

Hopefully these comments persuade Dunleavy or DTS not to do this trade.

and Outlaw and Blake give us more options. But having AT and Telfair still around is AWKWARD. I don’t get it. There’s got to be a plan to get rid of at least one of those guys.

One league source cautioned that the Blazers’ ownership had yet to sign off on the deal. The Denver Nuggets also are trying to make a last-ditch effort to bring back Camby before the Portland deal is finalized.

Looks like this trade is not over yet and is still in discussion

We need to rec this up.

“All your team does is acquire cheap young good players. Wouldn’t you want a guy like Al Thornton, who averaged 17 ppg last year? He’s on a relatively cheap rookie contract since he was drafted semi-late (14th overall).”

I’m not familiar with Thornton but the thing is, because Blazers are like a vacuum cleaner for cheap young good players. When healthy the team has about 12-13 players that all belong in the rotation. If this trade goes through I believe the purpose for it from the Blazers standpoint is to thin the herd, and get a half-season rent-a-center in exchange. (although my hope would be that the team would be able to get him to like the place well enough to do a new contract)

Not sure why the Clippers do it though. The only logical reason for a team to do it would seem to me if they are in the reverse situation to the Blazers, not having enough players as opposed to the Blazers problem of having too many players.

Assuming the trade is Camby for Outlaw + Blake + ca$h, I believe:

1. Neither Outlaw nor Blake can be traded for the remainder of the season.
2. The Clippers save some money this year (the prorated portion of the $1.3M salary difference), plus get whatever cash in the deal.
3. The roster goes up to 16, meaning someone else has to get dealt or bought out.
4. Nothing changes as far as cap space for the FA class of 2010.

So…

Why make this trade? Nothing else better is available? The only logical reason (aside from saving/making money, which benefits DTS and DTS alone) is to have the Bird rights of Outlaw and Blake. Otherwise…

This trade only pisses off Camby, the players, and the fans.

camby can go play for a playoff team for 33 games and if he really wants to stay, the clips can sign him after the season is over…there isnt anything to stop them from doing that…i would rather have outlaw coming off the bench for scoring than thornton who is just a one one player and doesnt seem to have a good basketball iq…and blake is better than our backups…if we get a draft pick as well, so much the better.

If the Rose Garden throws in its beer selection.

I’ve seen reports that the Clippers are one of the teams teetering on profitability this year. A few more million probably seals the deal.

How does Dunleavy keep failing upwards like this? I have a great idea, take the one guy who actually gives a damn and not only wants to be a Clipper now, but wanted to resign and trade him away for a mediocre point guard and a small forward who can’t shoot and is basically a weaker copy of the SF you took out of the starting lineup and are trying to get rid of. Did we get a 1st round pick or one of the players Portland has stashed in Europe that may play sometime soon? No? And no other playoff contender made a better offer? Did you call anyone else, Mike? Or were you at the Big Lots buying more pinstriped suits?

Oh, that’s right, Sterling is getting another 3 million dollars, so the Clippers will make a profit. I hate this guy so much….I don’t know how you can be in a room with him and not want to bitchslap him. I put this in the trade machine and it blew up.

I live in a world where two of my favorite teams (Clippers and Pirates) are owned by oblivious ciphers who only care about making money and have no problem winning 33% of their games as long as they have good stadiums (that are half full) and get revenue sharing. I’m not a child, I know if Sterling had his way, he’d have 12 minimum contract players (preferably Caucasian, but that’s another story). Every time I see something good happen, three things happen that obliterate that spark of hope . But they won’t break my spirit. Not until Sterling and Dunleavy trade Blake Griffin for Peter Griffin and a Homer Simpson to be named later.

He is looking to destroy this franchise after he steps down or was pushed out.

“… Camby, who was unhappy with his role in L.A. …”