Found February 18, 2009 on
Rip City Project:
From Adrian Wojnarowski's trade deadline
blog, there's this:
The Milwaukee Bucks have told teams they’re closer to moving Richard Jefferson to the Portland Trail Blazers for a package that includes Travis Outlaw and Raef LaFrentz, one Eastern Conference executive said.
I'll tell you one thing, ...
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