Also from the article, "Lets all admit that Randolph has been fatally exposed too much to Blazer- itus .... he's amoung the laziest defenders in the league and can't pass out of a double team."
Chad Fords Actual Insider excerpt I have Insider and Mozilla so i can paste the articles...anytime you gusy want one...gimme a holla (it includes proper citation) ..kind of "... Seven -- admit it, you're surprised it took me this long to propose another trade for the Blazers. Right? Well, why settle for dumping half of the bad eggs? Is there any way Nash can now package Randolph and Stoudamire or Dale Davis and Patterson for a decent point guard and even more cap space? Before firing off those nasty e-mails, Blazers fans, lets all admit that Randolph has been fatally exposed to too much Blazer-itus. He's showing all the symptoms, and despite his great scoring and rebounding numbers, he's among the laziest defenders in the league and can't pass out of a double team. Mark some of this down to immaturity, but also realize that some guys never outgrow that. Why not trade him while he's hot? Abdur-Rahim is better at the four anyway. How do you do it? Thought you'd never ask. What about this? Why don't the Blazers get on the phone with the Rockets and 76ers and get this trade done: Portland sends Randolph, Woods and Patterson to the Rockets and Davis and Stoudamire to the 76ers. Philadelphia sends Eric Snow to Houston and Glenn Robinson and Aaron McKie to Portland. Houston sends Steve Francis and Eric Piatkowski to Portland. This is one Francis trade that will work for the Rockets. The team has a $6.9 million trade exception that it can use to make up for the fact that it can only take back half of Francis' value in trade. Snow's salary would fit into the trade exception slot and make the trade possible under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement. Why does it work? For Portland, they would have dumped every bad guy on their roster and somehow wound up with Francis -- the perfect type of superstar they need to lead their team. They would have to swallow some bad contracts -- McKie and Robinson -- to get him, but the good news is McKie-for-Patterson really is a wash, money-wise, and Robinson comes off the books in 2005. Don't be distracted by Robinson here Blazers fans. He'll be gone soon enough. The prize is Francis, who despite his recent run-ins with Jeff Van Gundy, is a very good kid. In Houston, Van Gundy would end the growing blood feud with Francis and get back several players who can really help him in the long run. Snow is the perfect point guard to play in Van Gundy's system, and Randolph would give the Rockets another rock-solid, low-post scoring and rebounding option. In other words, no more Kelvin Cato at the four. Money-wise, the whole thing would be a wash for the Rockets, though they might have to pay Randolph lots of money in the summer of 2005. Randolph, Patterson and Woods have had their share of problems in Portland, but Van Gundy is the type of coach that will crack down on them or kick them to curb Eddie Griffin style. The Sixers move three contracts they've desperately been trying to dump and get back two solid players who happen to have contracts that expire in 2005. It would be mainly a cap move for Philadelphia. Getting McKie and Snow's long term contracts off the books actually gives the Sixers cap room in 2005. Giving the direction that the team is heading, that's the most important thing in Philly right now. However, there's no reason the team can't play as well or better with Davis and Stoudamire in the lineup for the next year and two months until their contracts expire..." (Ford, ESPN.COM. 10, February, 2004).
I propose that any time the words "Chad Ford" are typed next to each other, they come out "**** ****", so we don't have to see his name here any more...
Being able to read the whole article is cool, but couldn't it have gone here?... http://bbs.clutchcity.net/php3/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72792
yes gater it couldve gone there...but chances are those who wanted to read the actual article might not go back to that post.
You know, that article almost makes sense. Sign me up. Adding Randolph and Snow to our starting line up would be beautiful. I don't care if Randolph plays poor defense. I'm confident Van Gundy would get him working harder at defense. Look what he's done with Mo Taylor. He may not be the best defensive player but he's sure trying and showing improvement. He's rebounding a bit better too.
