s_knight8

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Ruben Patterson has asked the Trail Blazers to trade him, but Portland
general manager John Nash said the troubled forward most likely still
will be with the team when training camp opens.

The major roadblock: Even if a team is willing to consider Patterson,
his contract has four seasons remaining, and he is scheduled to earn
$5.45 million this season.

"Because of the length of his contract and the nature of his contract,
there doesn't seem to be a great deal of interest," Nash said. "I've
explained to Ruben it's very likely that he will not be traded. And I
think his agent, Dan Fegan, is keenly aware of that, because I think
he's canvassed the NBA as well to determine what level of interest
exists."

Patterson, who could not be reached for comment, has sold his Tualatin
home and moved his family to his native Ohio. He also has maintained a
residence at a hotel near the Blazers' practice facility in Tualatin.

One reason for his trade request is that Patterson doesn't want to be
Zach Randolph's teammate in Portland. At a practice last season,
Randolph ****er punched Patterson while Patterson was being restrained
by two teammates. It began with a skirmish between Patterson and
Qyntel Woods, and Randolph was coming to Woods' aid.

Patterson suffered a broken left eye socket and missed three road
games because of the injury.A trade would end Patterson's
controversial career in Portland. He is a registered *** offender in
Oregon, resulting from a 2001 case in which he entered a modified
guilty plea to charges he ***ually assaulted his children's nanny
while playing for the Seattle SuperSonics. He also faced domestic
abuse charges since coming to the Blazers, but those were dropped.

Patterson is on probation and is required to notify authorities any
time he travels out of state.

dan

s_knight8 <s_knight8@hotmail.com> scribbled:

we'll take fisher.


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terraholm

His probation ended in may.

bozak

in a friggin heartbeat...

terraholm

With a gold brick tied around patterson's b......ah....neck...


Not one of Kobe's heartbeats I bet....