Webster no longer a Blazer, traded to the T-Wolves.
Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 at 10:56 pm by Stake in Basketball, NBA Basketball, Portland Trail Blazers
Pritchard wasn’t the only Blazer sent packing on draft night. The Portland Trail Blazers sent Martell Webster to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Ryan Gomes and the rights to the #16 pick, Luke Babbitt.
Luke Babbitt, 6’9″ SG/SF was one of the top talents in the 2010 NBA Draft. Known for his smooth and accurate lefty stroke with NBA 3 point range and a solid mid-range game, he shot 41% from downtown while averaging 21.9 PPG. All three rookies the Trail Blazers acquired on draft night are left-handed.
Ryan Gomes, 6’7″ F, averaged 11.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG for his career. He unlike Aldridge, is a physical PF that can bang down low. Gomes spent the past three seasons in Minnesota after coming over from Boston in the Kevin Garnett trade.
Martell Webster, 6’8″ SG/SF was selected 6th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft. He had career averages of 8.5 PPG and 3.1 RPG. On January 23, 2010 he scored a career-high 28 points in a win against the Detroit Pistons, also tying a career-high six three-pointers.
Also, the Blazers selected Memphis swingman Elliot Williams with the 22nd pick. Williams averaged 17.9 points, four rebounds and 3.8 assists with the Tigers last season as a sophomore after transferring from Duke.
This is just the beginning of hopefully more solid moves that the Blazers will make this off-season, Rudy might be the next go. Portland is in position to make sure a move, because it holds a mid-level exception worth about $6 million, and the expiring contracts of guard Andre Miller and Joel Przybilla, which total about $14 million.
Paul Allen
24. Jun, 2010
Vulcan runs the show here in Portland, don’t ever forget that.