actually the biggest difference is: One will be able to help next year while the other won't be able to for another 2-3 years.
The Blazers paid $3 million for the pick. That's a ton of money for an owner like Les Alexander. Unless they were targeting someone they felt strongly about a player (ala Carl Landry)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Carl Landry converting to SF? I read earlier that he was praticing his three-point shooting to increase his range, and possibly go over to SF. It will make more sense, taking a PF if its true.
You miss the bigger picture, he might be a bust be we have Scola AND Landry and now we're probably getting CDR too. It was worth the risk.
With the 33rd pick in the draft, Portland selects, Joey Dorsey, Power Forward, Memphis Uh I don't think the trade actually went down. I don't see it anywhere else except for that DraftExpress website.