Pick and Scroll

Your daily (Mon-Fri) roundup of links from around the blogosphere, typically Trail Blazers related.

• Dwight Jaynes evaluates the chances that the Blazers make a move. For the record, I do not believe that Jerryd Bayless is available, I think that Jaynes just wishes he were. He has his idea of how basketball ought to be played and Bayless at point guard does not fit that model. I respect Jaynes’ position, but I don’t think Pritchard agrees.

• Exhibit A: Casey Holdahl gets Kevin Pritchard’s thoughts on the trade deadline. Pritchard mentions that Bayless is playing well, does not mention Blake or Outlaw when talking about “keepers.”

• Brian T. Smith says the Blazers made an offer for Tyrus Thomas which doesn’t mean much in itself, Pritchard has probably made offers for LeBron James too.

• Sean Meagher of OregonLive.com has a great roundup of trade deadline links from around the league.

• Wendell Maxey does not think Portland will make a move until the offseason. Maxey has called the previous two trade deadlines dead-on, even when all the Raef Lafrenz rumors were swirling last season. He is like Miss Cleo but without the accent.

• But, just in case, SJ from Rip City Project gives us his thoughts on a potential trade for Thomas.

• Dave Deckard answers some great questions over at BlazersEdge.

• Matt Scheelar (nee’ “Sheed”) of Bust A Bucket wants to know if anybody in Portland cares about a Roy-less All Star game.

• The Basketball Jones does Dallas, and gives their special take on the “where amazing happens” commercials.

• NBA Playbook has video evidence for why you don’t save the ball from going out of bounds under your own basket.