Would you trade Oden, Blake and Batum for Tony Parker? Yeah, right
May 19th, 2009 by Dwight Jaynes | 16 Comments | Filed in NBA, Trail BlazersI really don’t know what to make of this idle chat, which features a discussion of dealing Nic Batum, Steve Blake and Greg Oden for Tony Parker. Are you kidding me? Is it April Fool’s Day again already? Is somebody trying to punk me here?
Yeah, I know — it’s supposed to be three guys sitting on a park bench idly chattering. It’s one of those “would you trade . . .” kind of deals rather than a prediction of something that could ever actually happen. But come on, this is the kind of nonsense that would get you laughed out of your favorite barber shop. It’s a non-starter of a topic even in that venue. It reminds me a little of the silly “Who would you rather be, Superman or Batman?” arguments we used to have in sixth grade.
So you’re saying that the Blazers — who still have Jermaine O’Neal nightmares every time they consider trading the likes of Travis Outlaw or Sergio Rodriguez — are going to let go of Nic Batum and Greg Oden, together, at this point of their careers?
Nope. Especially not for a guy who is going to be a free agent in a year. I cannot imagine handing Batum and Oden to Gregg Popovich and then watching him turn those guys into multi-year all-stars.
Besides, I’m still the guy out here believing that someday Oden is going to turn into the XXL version of Dwight Howard.
Tags: Dwight Howard, Dwight Jaynes, Greg Oden, Nic Batum, Portland Trail Blazers, Sergio Rodriguez, Steve Blake, Tony Parker, Travis Outlaw



