Bayless Traded

"I feel like someone just traded my cat for a bag of goldfish." - Wilson Peery


While I'm not of such a strong opinion, it really does hurt. The Blazers lost someone that seemed like he was being groomed to be a core player. And for what? A pick in the 13-15 range. Hey, we need the space, and if we don't have to do the cold-blooded move of getting rid of Pendergraph, that's worthwhile enough, right

(Update 6:30 PM: Jason Quick reports Pendergraph is gone. Well, doubly cold-blooded, I guess. Maybe Patty Mills is the PG of the future, because, he hasn't already been beaten out by a rookie or anything.)


The trade can be read as serious vote of confidence in the abilities of Armon Johnson and Wes Matthews at the point guard position. Beyond that, Rudy Fernandez' strong performance in preaseason probably made it reasonable to have Wes play more minutes at the 1.


Basically, all we can hope is that Andre remains the Injury Vampire that he's been throughout the last decade and play all 82.


ESPN reported the story.