Portland Trail Blazers international forward Victor Claverposted a Twitter messageon Monday night that said he was en route to Portland from his training with the Spanish National team. ------------------------------- "Today I will not play. I'm at the airport to fly to Portland." ------------------------------- Last week, Spanish club Valenciaannouncedthat they were parting ways with Claver. AJune reportlinked Claver to the Blazers and Portland GM Neil Olshey called Claver a "good fit"last month. Claver, 23, was a first round pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.ed: text edited, bumped to front page
An insider's view on pro sports by SB Nation contributor Dan Grunfeld, who's a professional basketball player overseas and son of Washington Wizards president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld.
Reporter: I heard you were going to match any offer he [Batum] got, is that accurate? Olshey: Look we've all heard things. ]shrug] I had a conversation with his agent. I had a conversation with David Kahn from the Minnesota Timberwolves, that will remain private. .... What you will see at the end of the this - is that I believe what we did was in the best interest of the organization, today and in the future." Gone is the "We will match any offer" rhetoric. But who can read between these lines?
#Blazers GM Olshey on Barton: "I still have no idea how Will got to 40. Paul Allen started asking us to trade up at around 22 to get him." The #Blazers will sign 2nd-round pick Will Barton to a guaranteed contract ... 2nd-rounders do not typically receive guarantees https://twitter.com/BlazerFreeman/status/222451433553936385
David Aldridge reports on NBA.com that Marcus Camby is re-joining the Knicks to (likely) finish his career, signing for 3 years, $13 million total. It will be a sign and trade with Houston. The Rockets will receive Toney Douglas, Josh Harrelson, Jerome Jordan and a couple second-round picks.
From iamatrailblazersfan.com, photos of Damien Lillard, Meyers Leonard and Will Barton at today's introductory news conference.
This is a nice in depth talk with our new rookies. I don't know why, but to see the video you have to close the first video box.
