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Shaq Nixed Trade To Blazers


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Shaquille O'Neal claims that the Trail Blazers were interested in trading for him this past February.

 

O'Neal says he vetoed a trade to Portland in a conversation with Suns general manager Steve Kerr.

 

"During the middle of the season, Steve said Portland was interested," said O'Neal. "He said was I interested in going to Portland? I told him no, so he stopped that."

 

However, Portland is denying O'Neal's claims.

 

"Why would we when we've got Greg (Oden) developing and we've already got (Joel) Przybilla?" said a Blazers official. "If were in go-for-it mode, maybe we would be more interested."

 

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60149/20090628/shaq_nixed_trade_to_blazers/

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The Blazers official can say what he wants about Joel Przybilla, but they probably offered him and some others for O'Neal, so they could bring Oden off the bench and have someone "mentoring" him in the process.

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