Blazers to Use 15th Roster Spot on Travis Diener?
Written by Sophia Brugato   
Monday, 01 March 2010 11:04

According to the twitter account of Adrian Wojnarowski, The Portland Trail Blazers are rumored this morning to sign point guard Travis Diener, who was waived by the Indiana Pacers. According to Yahoo Sports, Diener averaged .8 points and 1.0 assists. Diener is 6 foot 1 inch and weighs in at 175 lbs. If signed, he'll be the Blazers 4th point guard.

UPDATE

There does not seem to be any official word yet from the team regarding this matter but Ben from Blazersedge.com has a fantastic rundown on Diener.

If Miller or Bayless were to go down, McMillan would be left to decide between playing Patty Mills, a rookie he doesn't seem to particularly trust and has only played in the most garbage of garbage time, and sliding either Rudy Fernandez or Brandon Roy down from the 2 spot. Playing an untested, high-tempo rookie heavy minutes in pressure situations would be anathema for McMillan. Rudy hasn't shown sufficient ball-handling ability or lateral quickness defensively to handle the point guard position. Roy remains hampered by his hamstring and is struggling to keep up with the opposing team's 3rd perimeter option, let alone their point guards.

 

I will make sure to update this post as more information comes along.

 

-Sophia Brugato | Twitter: @sophiabiabia | s.brugato(at)gmail(dot)com

 



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written by SethJohnston, March 01, 2010
If I start a Will Conroy movement, and nobody is around to hear it, does Travis Diener still suck?
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written by Sophia Brugato, March 01, 2010
HAHA Seth, well I think the philosophical answer would be "yes" but i'll have to check that out and get back to you.

What is the bigger issue here is this move seems to indicate how little McMillan likes Mills, if playing time hasn't already been a pretty clear indication. It seems like a good enough move although I am sick and tired of hearing about Nate McMillan and point guards.

-Sophia
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written by O Storm!, March 01, 2010
I sincerely hope that the Patty Mills train derails.
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written by O Storm!, March 01, 2010
Or rather, the Patty Mills bandwagon of fans. Not Patty Mills own personal train smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Sophia Brugato, March 01, 2010
Well, I don't know how many are truly on the Patty Mills Bandwagon. I certainly see no "Team Mills" shirts on the streets.

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written by O Storm!, March 01, 2010
Well then it looks like my work here is done!

He and Erick Barkley can compare notes on their experiences as undersized PG's on the end of the bench in Portland.
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