On draft lottery night, Knicks Fanblog favorite Tommy Dee worked his sources to deliver the following scoop:
Several sources with knowledge of the situation have informed me that Nate Robinson has been telling people he wants to head back to the Pacific Northwest and sign an offer sheet with the Portland Trailblazers.
“Nate’s been telling people he doesn’t feel he’ll be around New York much longer,” the source told TKB. ” He wants Portland, he wants to go closer to home.”
But at this point, another source close to Blazers tells me, there is no interest from the Portland’s end. Portland desperately wants to add a veteran lead guard, which will allow superstar Brandon Roy, and Nate’s childhood buddy, to play the two. They feel it is his natural position.
I’m also hearing that Roy hasn’t gone out of his way to endorse Robinson. Roy knows a veteran one would be a huge addition.
Dee summarized what he heard this way:
But from what we’re hearing, it seems pretty definitive that Nate will not be a Knick in October and Lee will likely stay for a reasonable deal, unless the right trade comes along.
Pretty interesting I think. Evidently Hahn disagrees though, as he had this to say last night on his own blog:
Saw that post by the relentless Tommy Dee regarding Nate Robinson. All due respect to TD, who is a hard-working blogger, but I don’t know what the news is there. Nate is feeling the end may be near in NY and if he had his choice he’d love to play in the market closest to his beloved Seattle home, so he can be near his family. What’s the shock there?
And, just to make sure everyone knew how unimpressed he was, Hahn tweeted about it too.
Does this strike anyone else as totally gratuitous? Does Hahn feel threatened by Tommy or something?
And, on top of that, Hahn managed to look even sillier by including the cheap shot as part of an entry in which he pumped a rumor that popped up yesterday that the Bulls’ Ty Thomas was available in a trade even though that rumor was squarely debunked by Hoopsworld about an hour after it was posted.
Stay classy Alan.
Dan adds:
I think it’s particularly inane to pull a “you call that news” on someone in the blogosphere. The bulk of blog entries, especially in the Knicks universe are just speculation and discussion points. Tommy is an exception in that he has actual sources that he uses from time to time to inform the speculation.
That said, I do think Tommy’s scoop is news. More newsworthy, at least, than say any plethora of speculation or trivia that’s disclaimed as “just bloggin’” on the Knicks Fix.
