Kevin Pritchard is open to making a deal to bolster Portland's injured frontcourt.

?If it makes sense, we?ll do it,? said Pritchard. ?We?re not opposed to making a deal, that?s for sure.?

Pritchard says he has had the normal amount of conversation with fellow GMs for this time of year.

?As the deadline gets closer, there becomes more. The way it usually happens, the trade deadline is the catalyst to getting something done. When there?s a deadline, you look at things pretty hard.?

When asked if he thinks Portland needs help in the middle, Pritchard is reasonably direct.

?I like what I?ve seen out of Juwan (Howard),? he says. ?Jeff (Pendergraph) is doing a good job. He?s learning. Guys are getting some valuable experience. I like that part of it. But if you were going to point to one place (for a position need), it?s getting another big.?

Pritchard does see his Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla as his big men in the long term.

?Long-term, I love Greg and Joel for us.?