Rudy Fer­nan­dez

An NBA exec­u­tive told the New York Times that the Blaz­ers and Knicks are dis­cussing a trade for Rudy Fernandez.

The Knicks would most likely part with either Wil­son Chan­dler or Toney Dou­glas in such a deal.

Another league exec­u­tive said Fer­nan­dez is avail­able but the Blaz­ers are hop­ing to receive a draft pick in return.

The Knicks cur­rently do not have a first-round pick in Thursday’s draft.

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Kevin Pritchard

The Blaz­ers have the No. 22 and No. 44 picks in the upcom­ing draft and GM Kevin Pritchard has already spo­ken to other teams about poten­tial trades.

“We’re hav­ing dis­cus­sions,” Pritchard told the Oregonian.

“I would never get into the details of where and who — we don’t com­ment on that kind of spec­u­la­tion. But it’s our job to look at every oppor­tu­nity. … You’re always assess­ing the land­scape, whether you’re look­ing to move up, down or stay where you are. You’re always assess­ing your options.”

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Greg Oden

In a ques­tion and answer blog post, Ira Win­der­man sug­gests the Heat may be inter­ested in acquir­ing Greg Oden from the Blazers.

“I do think there is an out­side chance the Heat makes a run at Greg Oden, or at least sees what the ask­ing price would be,” writes Winderman.

Win­der­man has cov­ered the Heat for 22 years.

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Bran­don Roy

Port­land guard Bran­don Roy has been com­ing off the bench since his dra­matic return from knee surgery, but he does not plan to do that in the team’s do-or-die Game 6.

The Trail Blaz­ers are down 3–2 to the Suns as the series shifts back to the Rose Garden.

“I’m gonna ask to start,” Roy said fol­low­ing Portland’s Game 5 loss to Phoenix on Mon­day night.

“It’s hard to get involved. I don’t think the guys are quite used to me com­ing off the bench and it’s hard for me to get my touches and try to get in a rhythm, so hope­fully I’ll be able to get back into the start­ing lineup.”

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Nico­las Batum

On Tues­day night in Phoenix, Port­land may have lost more than the game — Nico­las Batum suf­fered shoul­der strain.

After the game, Batum could not lift his right arm above his head or move it very far back­ward in the vis­it­ing locker room at US Air­ways Cen­ter. So his play­ing sta­tus is at least in jeop­ardy going for­ward in the Blaz­ers’ best-of-seven post­sea­son series that is even at 1–1.

“You know last year I played seven months with it and that was worse,” Batum said of his sur­gi­cally repaired right shoul­der. “So I’m sure I’m going to play.” Wait, is he sure? Or merely opti­mistic? “Opti­mistic,” he said, laugh­ing, before esti­mat­ing there to be a 50 per­cent chance.

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Mar­cus Camby

The Port­land Trail Blaz­ers have signed Mar­cus Camby to a two-year con­tract exten­sion. Per team pol­icy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Port­land felt right to me since I got here and the sup­port from the team, fans and orga­ni­za­tion has been incred­i­ble,” said Camby.

“I’m look­ing for­ward to con­tin­u­ing my career as a Trail Blazer and think this team can do some­thing special.”

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Mar­cus Camby

Mar­cus Camby and the Trail Blaz­ers are close to sign­ing a two-year exten­sion, which could be signed as early as today.

“Since the day Mar­cus was traded, the Blaz­ers and Mar­cus made it clear it was not for an interim engage­ment,” said Camby’s agent, Rick Kaplan. “It has been our goal to get some­thing done, and hope­fully he will stay in Portland.”

The deal is for two years and $21 mil­lion guar­an­teed. There is an addi­tional $4 mil­lion of “unlikely bonuses” or incen­tives attached.

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Brad Miller

If the Trail Blaz­ers sign Mar­cus Camby to an exten­sion before he hits the free agent mar­ket, the Knicks may be forced to turn their atten­tion towards Brad Miller.

New York is in des­per­ate need of a cen­ter and Miller could be their next tar­get, accord­ing to a league source.

Sources reported on Mon­day that Port­land is close to agree­ing to a two-year, $20 mil­lion exten­sion with Camby, who is New York’s first choice.

Knicks pres­i­dent Don­nie Walsh acquired Miller for the Pac­ers back in 2001 and he made an All-Star Game in 2003 before he went to Sacramento.

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Bran­don Roy

Port­land Trail Blaz­ers guard Bran­don Roy under­went suc­cess­ful arthro­scopic surgery today on his right knee to repair a par­tial tear of the menis­cus, it was announced by Gen­eral Man­ager Kevin Pritchard.

Roy, who will be side­lined for at least 1–2 weeks, will not travel with the team for the first two play­off games at Phoenix.

Dr. Don Roberts per­formed the knee arthroscopy this morn­ing at South­west Wash­ing­ton Med­ical Cen­ter in Van­cou­ver, WA.

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Bran­don Roy

Bran­don Roy really, really wants to be play­ing in the play­offs but it seems highly unlikely, accord­ing to sources.

You can be sure the Trail Blaz­ers would like to see the man who aver­aged 21.5 points, 4.7 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game on the court when the team takes on Amare Stoudemire and the Phoenix Suns, but a torn menis­cus is not some­thing to sneeze at.

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