Rudy Fernandez Wants to Stay in Portland, Andre Miller Thinks He May Be Leaving

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DENVER -- One Portland guard wants to stay long-term with the team. As for another, he wouldn't be surprised if he's soon traded.



Flash back a year or so ago and you'd have thought the guards in that situation would be Andre Miller wanting to stay and Rudy Fernandez preparing perhaps to be going elsewhere. Now, the roles look somewhat reversed.



In an interview with FanHouse before Wednesday's 109-90 loss to Denver at the Pepsi Center, Fernandez said he is interested in signing a long-term contract extension with the Trail Blazers. Yes, this is the same Fernandez who was fined $25,000 by the NBA last summer due to his agent publicly requesting a trade.



"Yeah, yeah,'' said Fernandez, who had recently confirmed to The Oregonian he no longer wants to be traded, said about now also wanting to sign long-term with Portland. "Right now, I feel good here. I feel good in the city and the team.''



Fernandez, who is under contract for next season but eligible for an extension this summer if rules remain the same under a new collective bargaining agreement, was asked if he hopes to talk to team officials after the season about such an extension.



"Yeah, absolutely,'' said Fernandez, the third-year man from Spain who said he no longer has the homesickness he once did due to his family spending more time in Portland and who likes now how he's being utilized by Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan.

 

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