Dirk and Kidd to Portland

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Originally Posted by DelNegro

Portland has a core that very soon will be ready to compete for the next decade. Why would they mortgage so many years of their future to take on a 35 year old Jason Kidd and a 30 year old Dirk?

They have 13 players under contract for next year, 3 talented players in Europe (Fernandez, Freeland & Kaponen) and a bunch of draft choices over the next two years.

Portland can keep its core (Oden and Roy), trade a bunch of young guys or draft rights and still bring in a couple of stars--and be good now, as well as for years to come.