It?s no secret Blazer coach Nate McMillan is less than enamored of the work ethic of the team?s two most-highly paid and most-talented players, Zach Randolph and Darius Miles. But Miles is injured and going nowhere, and Randolph?s going to be around for a while, too.
?We?re not going to trade Zach,? Portland GM John Nash says. ?I?ll trade anybody if there?s a better player offered, but we?ve had no offers and no conversation with other teams at all about Zach. I?m not saying we?ll keep either or both of them forever, but neither is a candidate for a trade.?
The Blazers would love to deal Ruben Patterson, but that seems unlikely to happen until next summer, when he will have only one year remaining on his contract in addition to an out clause.