Blazers, Nuggets deal on draft night
Posted by chiflat-irons on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—The Trail Blazers obtained shield Raymond
Felton(notes) all through the Denver Nuggets in trade for veteran shield
Andre Miller(notes) within a industry Thursday evening that was element
of the flurry of moves that Portland produced all through the NBA
draft.
The Blazers also traded swingman Rudy Fernandez(notes) in the direction of the Dallas Mavericks in trade for the draft rights to Jordan Hamilton, the 26th all round choose who was in turn bundled all through the cope with Denver.
It was an productive draft for the Blazers and Chad Buchanan, Portland’s acting common manager subsequent the team dismissed wealthy Cho last month.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - APRIL 27: Raymond Felton #20 within of the Denver Nuggets drives in the direction of the basket in the direction of Kendrick Perkins #5 and Serge Ibaka #9 the two within of the Oklahoma online community Thunder in online game 5 within of the Western Conference Quarterfinals all through the 2011 NBA Playoffs on April 27, 2011 in the Ford center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. be aware TO USER: consumer expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or producing utilization of the photograph, consumer is consenting in the direction of the conditions and ailments within of the Getty pictures License Agreement.
Buchanan experienced hinted last 7 days that there is many curiosity in Miller primarily because his contract, a $7.8 million team option for the coming season, is non-guaranteed.
Miller, 35, averaged 12.7 points, 7 assists and 3.7 rebounds last season.
Felton, who turns 27 on Sunday, consists of a twelve weeks remaining on his contract that pays him $7.5 million. He was traded in feb all through the brand ny Knicks to Denver all through the Carmelo Anthony(notes) deal.
He averaged 11.5 points, 3.6 factors and 6.5 assists in 21 movement image games using the Nuggets, but carried out at the rear of Ty Lawson(notes). all round for the time period he strike occupation highs with an standard of 15.5 factors and 8.3 assists.
Buchanan recognised as Felton “a younger, experienced place shield entering the prime of his career.”
“We really feel like he’s a person who has gotten much better and better,” Buchanan said. “And we really feel he’ll hold on to acquire much better with us.”
The Blazers also sent Dallas the NBA rights to Finnish shield Petteri Koponen, obtained within a draft-night industry in 2007.
Fernandez announced the offer by utilizing Twitter: “thanks all blazers fans for ur help this three years!! So delighted to arrive to be all through one of the most effective team all through the nba!!!dallas!!!”
Fernandez, 26, has invested three seasons in Portland, averaging 9.1 factors much more than 24.1 mins in 218 games.
This previous season, he averaged 8.6 factors all through the standard time period but scored only 2.8 every online game within a first-round sequence in the direction of the Mavericks. He produced only 4 of 18 shots.
Hamilton, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound guard/forward, averaged 18.6 factors and 7.7 rebounds much more than two seasons using the Texas Longhorns.
As element within of the cope with Dallas, Portland also obtained the draft rights for 6-foot-6 Tanguy Ngombo, a Congolese forward who has carried out in Qatar offered that 2006.
Ngombo was the 57th all round pick. even although there experienced been reviews how the Blazers experienced struck a cope with Minnesota for Ngombo, Buchanan would not validate it.
“We’re presently in discussions to industry his rights. I’ll leave it at that,” Buchanan said.
The Blazers experienced the 21st and 51st picks all through the draft.
At No. 21, Portland selected 6-foot-2 shield Nolan Smith, who averaged 20.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists for Duke last season.
Smith declared himself eligible for last year’s draft subsequent Duke won the NCAA title, but eventually made the decision to stay using the Blue Devils for his senior year.
He may be the boy within of the previous due Derek Smith, who carried out on Louisville’s 1980 NCAA championship team before to some nine-year NBA career.
With the 51st pick, Portland selected shield Jon Diebler away from Ohio State.
Diebler, at 6-foot-6 and 205 pounds, averaged 12.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists using the Buckeyes last season.
He may be the large Ten’s mind for occupation 3-pointers with 374.
“I genuinely really feel marvelous concerning the moves that people produced today,” Blazers instructor Nate McMillan said. “I think we obtained much better not merely appropriate now, but for the future.”
Blazers President Larry Miller, who spoke briefly Thursday evening before to catching a airline to ny for the NBA labor negotiations, mentioned the Blazers will now turn their concern to employing a lasting common manager.
The team will also choose what to accomplish about past No. one draft choose Greg Oden(notes). The Blazers have until June 30 to create an $8.8 million qualifying provide if they need to make an effort to sustain the often-injured Oden, who gets a limited 100 % free agent.
Miller would not hint at precisely where the Blazers experienced been leaning on Oden.
The Blazers also traded swingman Rudy Fernandez(notes) in the direction of the Dallas Mavericks in trade for the draft rights to Jordan Hamilton, the 26th all round choose who was in turn bundled all through the cope with Denver.
It was an productive draft for the Blazers and Chad Buchanan, Portland’s acting common manager subsequent the team dismissed wealthy Cho last month.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - APRIL 27: Raymond Felton #20 within of the Denver Nuggets drives in the direction of the basket in the direction of Kendrick Perkins #5 and Serge Ibaka #9 the two within of the Oklahoma online community Thunder in online game 5 within of the Western Conference Quarterfinals all through the 2011 NBA Playoffs on April 27, 2011 in the Ford center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. be aware TO USER: consumer expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or producing utilization of the photograph, consumer is consenting in the direction of the conditions and ailments within of the Getty pictures License Agreement.
Buchanan experienced hinted last 7 days that there is many curiosity in Miller primarily because his contract, a $7.8 million team option for the coming season, is non-guaranteed.
Miller, 35, averaged 12.7 points, 7 assists and 3.7 rebounds last season.
Felton, who turns 27 on Sunday, consists of a twelve weeks remaining on his contract that pays him $7.5 million. He was traded in feb all through the brand ny Knicks to Denver all through the Carmelo Anthony(notes) deal.
He averaged 11.5 points, 3.6 factors and 6.5 assists in 21 movement image games using the Nuggets, but carried out at the rear of Ty Lawson(notes). all round for the time period he strike occupation highs with an standard of 15.5 factors and 8.3 assists.
Buchanan recognised as Felton “a younger, experienced place shield entering the prime of his career.”
“We really feel like he’s a person who has gotten much better and better,” Buchanan said. “And we really feel he’ll hold on to acquire much better with us.”
The Blazers also sent Dallas the NBA rights to Finnish shield Petteri Koponen, obtained within a draft-night industry in 2007.
Fernandez announced the offer by utilizing Twitter: “thanks all blazers fans for ur help this three years!! So delighted to arrive to be all through one of the most effective team all through the nba!!!dallas!!!”
Fernandez, 26, has invested three seasons in Portland, averaging 9.1 factors much more than 24.1 mins in 218 games.
This previous season, he averaged 8.6 factors all through the standard time period but scored only 2.8 every online game within a first-round sequence in the direction of the Mavericks. He produced only 4 of 18 shots.
Hamilton, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound guard/forward, averaged 18.6 factors and 7.7 rebounds much more than two seasons using the Texas Longhorns.
As element within of the cope with Dallas, Portland also obtained the draft rights for 6-foot-6 Tanguy Ngombo, a Congolese forward who has carried out in Qatar offered that 2006.
Ngombo was the 57th all round pick. even although there experienced been reviews how the Blazers experienced struck a cope with Minnesota for Ngombo, Buchanan would not validate it.
“We’re presently in discussions to industry his rights. I’ll leave it at that,” Buchanan said.
The Blazers experienced the 21st and 51st picks all through the draft.
At No. 21, Portland selected 6-foot-2 shield Nolan Smith, who averaged 20.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists for Duke last season.
Smith declared himself eligible for last year’s draft subsequent Duke won the NCAA title, but eventually made the decision to stay using the Blue Devils for his senior year.
He may be the boy within of the previous due Derek Smith, who carried out on Louisville’s 1980 NCAA championship team before to some nine-year NBA career.
With the 51st pick, Portland selected shield Jon Diebler away from Ohio State.
Diebler, at 6-foot-6 and 205 pounds, averaged 12.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists using the Buckeyes last season.
He may be the large Ten’s mind for occupation 3-pointers with 374.
“I genuinely really feel marvelous concerning the moves that people produced today,” Blazers instructor Nate McMillan said. “I think we obtained much better not merely appropriate now, but for the future.”
Blazers President Larry Miller, who spoke briefly Thursday evening before to catching a airline to ny for the NBA labor negotiations, mentioned the Blazers will now turn their concern to employing a lasting common manager.
The team will also choose what to accomplish about past No. one draft choose Greg Oden(notes). The Blazers have until June 30 to create an $8.8 million qualifying provide if they need to make an effort to sustain the often-injured Oden, who gets a limited 100 % free agent.
Miller would not hint at precisely where the Blazers experienced been leaning on Oden.