Almost Draft Day Trade Talk

Wednesday, June 25 2008

Most of the talk is about Jermaine O'Neal reportedly being traded to the Raptors, or the Nuggets trading the Bobcats their 20th pick. (I have heard, as have many others, that the Nuggets were dead-set on picking Ty Lawson, and when Lawson rededicated himself to college the pick lost some luster.) There is also some chatter worth checking out involving big-name Pistons and big-name Warriors. And don't forget the mystery of the second pick.

But I am a Blazer fan, and the trade talk that I'm fixated on involves Portland and New Jersey. Here's the version Chad Ford is reporting:

... the Blazers are talking about moving up to No. 10 in a deal with the Nets that would send 13, 33 and Jarrett Jack to New Jersey for 10 and Mo Ager. The Blazers' target appears to be Augustin. I think the farthest he will drop is Cleveland at No. 19.

Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski and DraftExpress's Jonathan Givony have similar tales, although the Net in the deal...
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