Sounds interesting, but improbable.

Portland Trail Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan says the team is being"very aggressive"in its approach to trade talks. He also says the Blazers are listening to offers for point guard Andre Miller and that Miller is generating "a lot of interest." -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Jeremy Tyler worked out for the Portland Trail Blazers today. Afterwards, he did something I have never seen before. Asked if he had crossed paths with Blazers coach Nate McMillan over the years, Tyler responded, "Nate McMillan? No... What college is that?" Reminded who McMillan was, Tyler then said, "Oh... I'm tripping." The exchange literally dropped the jaws of multiple media members attending. You can hear audible laughter on the tape as well.Here's the videoviaCSNNW.com. In Tyler's defense, he was speaking after a workout that left him exhausted and he said he had recently made two cross-country trips for workouts. Then again, McMillan was present this morning for the workout, shook hands and briefly chatted with the prospects afterwards and was answering questions roughly 30 feet away from Tyler when this exchange occurred. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

What Portland can offer to Cleveland for Ramon Sessions?

This is my first slideshow video that I made for my new youtube account (www.youtube.com/ThisIzKiki) subscribe me... For people that dont know me, i Truly love my Blazers for all the hard work and practices that they do on and off the court....Go Blazers!

Kerry Eggersof thePortland Tribune reportsthat that the Portland Trail Blazers aren't super pumped about The Game's switch from 95.5FM to 750AM. -------------------------------- The Blazers are trying to get out of their contract with "The Game" (KXL, 750 AM), which runs through 2022. Blazer management believes the move of the sports talk station from FM to the AM side is a step back and would like to either re-do its contract for a better market deal or have the opportunity to look elsewhere. Station officials, who have offered to simulcast games on FM (101.1) and AM, contend they have a legitimate contract in place and are reluctant to renegotiate. The issue may not get resolved until the fall. -------------------------------- Sorry for the overload of radio-related posts today. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

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BDA Sports President Bill Duffyrevealed on Wednesdaythat Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden participated in "interventions" to help deal with the mental side of his recovery from injuries. Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan拒绝置评when asked about the topic this afternoon, although he did say that he was not personally involved in any interventions with Oden. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Portland Trail Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchananresponded to a questionfromBrian Bergeron750 AM The Gameabout Finnish guard Petteri Koponen's statement that hefeels like a "hostage"and would like the team to release his rights... ---------------------------- "All three of the guys -- Victor Claver, Joel Freeland and Petteri Koponen -- we value all three of those guys. They bring something different to our team. For us, it's trying to find the right time that makes sense to bring them over. "I think one or two guys are probably more ready to contribute than the others. We want to make sure that we're not bringing them over to put them on the roster. We want to bring them over when they're ready to contribute for us. We like all three of those guys. Victor Claver had an outstanding year. He battled an injury at the end of the year but he's back healthy. We're very excited about Victor's future. Joel and Petteri both had strong seasons as well. We want to make sure that those guys are ready to contribute. "Our team where we're at, we're trying to make the next step in the playoffs and the postseason. We want to add guys in that are ready to make that next step. We want to make sure that we're not bringing a guy over and having him sit on the bench or the D-League and not maximizing that guy's talent for us. Finding the right time -- obviously the player would like to come over sooner rather than later. But we want to make sure we're doing the right thing for the team." ----------------------------Update (2:25 PM): Speaking by telephone this afternoon, Buchanan tells Blazersedge that Koponen hasn't used such strong language in his discussions with the Blazers and that Portland, to no surprise, would not consider outright releasing his rights. ----------------------------Has Koponen communicated that he feels like a hostage to you directly?"No, not necessarily. We've had a lot of conversations with his agent over the last few years. We're well aware that Petteri would love to come over and play for us and play in the NBA but at the same time we have to make sure the timing is right for our team. "We like the development that he's shown the last two years playing for Bologna. He's played primarily off the ball. We haven't had a great opportunity to evaluate him as a point guard, that's what we view him as at our level. Last year, we drafted Armon and Elliot, we have Patty, we didn't feel like... we didn't want to bring him over here and sit on the bench and not really contribute is the best way to put it. "We're aware that he's frustrated, we have no problem with that. The kid wants to come over here and play and we like that about him."Would you ever consider releasing him?"No. I don't foresee that at all. There's still some value around the league with him. We have to look out for what's best for our team moving forward. How Petteri fits into that is something that we discuss a lot. We wouldn't do that." ---------------------------- -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter