Wheels on the Sports Insider
June 1, 2012, 12:21 pm
Brian Wheeler the voice of the Portland Trailblazers joins the show to talk everything from the Blazers NBA Draft picks, the Blazers future, and other NBA news. Wheels Joined Brian Berger for the whole hour and also took questions from callers.
The big news from the Lottery is that the Blazers do get two picks and make the Blazers an attractive team to trade with. Wheels talks about the many rumored trades that can happen either trading for more picks, or trading for a veteran at one of the positions the Blazers need. Wheels continues that he is in favor of a trade of one or both of the picks for a player that has some ability left cause the Blazers have starting positions open.
Wheels and Brian also got into the much talked about Blazers’ GM position. He said that Chad Buchanan is ready for the draft but doesn’t know if Buchanan is going to stay or a new person is going to come in. The GM and Head Coach spot is important to fill before the draft so the Blazers can have consistent leadership leading to the draft and to the free agency period.
In addition to the trade questions they also took calls ranging from questions on the NBA Draft, Free Agency, and Trades for Millsap or for Rando, and GM / Coach Positions.