Blazers sign Przybilla

[Alcoholic]

Trail Blazers Sign Przybilla


August 25, 2004

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed free agent center Joel Przybilla. The 24-year-old split the 2003-04 season between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawks.

“Joel is a young man that has demonstrated the ability to rebound and block shots especially when given the opportunity to play last season in Atlanta,” said Trail Blazers General Manager John Nash. “We would welcome those attributes to our team.”

An early entry candidate for the 2000 NBA Draft, Przybilla was selected in the first round (ninth pick overall) by the Houston Rockets. He was sent to Milwaukee in a draft-day deal and spent three-plus seasons with the Bucks before being traded to Atlanta on February 15, 2004.

In 12 games with the Hawks last season, Przybilla averaged 4.0ppg, 8.4rpg and 1.4bpg. He owns career averages of 2.1ppg, 4.0rpg and 1.37bpg in 153 NBA games over four seasons.

The 7-foot-1, 255-pound Przybilla played two seasons at the University of Minnesota. He led the Golden Gophers in scoring, 14.2ppg, rebounding, 8.4rpg, blocked shots, 3.9bpg, and field goal percentage, 61.3%, as a sophomore.

Przybilla started 26 games as a freshman, finishing second in the Big Ten Conference and eighth in the country in blocked shots, 3.0bpg.

[Jay-Peso]

I don't know about him

[FanOfAll]

You don't really need to . He's a scrub whose just in there to alter some shots and play tough.

[Owen]

blazers should sign the rooks they picked

[FanOfAll]

blazers should sign the rooks they picked

It's not that easy. For one, they play for CSKA, a Russian team. They have quite a large buyout and the Blazers are only allowed to pay a certain portion. I believe they bought out Khyrpa, but he's out for the year. Monya's buyout will come down next season to a more reasonable amount...also, the Blazers need to start trading 2 for 1's or cutting some players. They have too many players under contract atm...also way too many swingmen to sign on Monya or Khrypa (Woods, Outlaw, NVE, DA, maybe Miles, they want play SAR at the 3, Patterson, Frahm: non-guaranteed contract until Sept or Oct).

[Owen]

blazers should sign the rooks they picked

It's not that easy. For one, they play for CSKA, a Russian team. They have quite a large buyout and the Blazers are only allowed to pay a certain portion. I believe they bought out Khyrpa, but he's out for the year. Monya's buyout will come down next season to a more reasonable amount...also, the Blazers need to start trading 2 for 1's or cutting some players. They have too many players under contract atm...also way too many swingmen to sign on Monya or Khrypa (Woods, Outlaw, NVE, DA, maybe Miles, they want play SAR at the 3, Patterson, Frahm: non-guaranteed contract until Sept or Oct).

well, i cant understand what are they gonna do with those 1,2,3s.
at pg position, they got nve, mighty mouse, and bassy. they should move mighty mouse, or bassy wont have any playing time to develop himself.
also, having shareef on the bench is just a waste of talent. sending reef and damon, and getting center or powerforward will be the blazer's key to the success.

[FanOfAll]

blazers should sign the rooks they picked

It's not that easy. For one, they play for CSKA, a Russian team. They have quite a large buyout and the Blazers are only allowed to pay a certain portion. I believe they bought out Khyrpa, but he's out for the year. Monya's buyout will come down next season to a more reasonable amount...also, the Blazers need to start trading 2 for 1's or cutting some players. They have too many players under contract atm...also way too many swingmen to sign on Monya or Khrypa (Woods, Outlaw, NVE, DA, maybe Miles, they want play SAR at the 3, Patterson, Frahm: non-guaranteed contract until Sept or Oct).

well, i cant understand what are they gonna do with those 1,2,3s.
at pg position, they got nve, mighty mouse, and bassy. they should move mighty mouse, or bassy wont have any playing time to develop himself.
also, having shareef on the bench is just a waste of talent. sending reef and damon, and getting center or powerforward will be the blazer's key to the success.

I don't understand. But it's hard to move Damon. They've tried to move SAR before too, that didn't work out all that well either. They IMO need to move Patterson and DA (or Woods) as well...