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Waiving Jared Jeffries Neil Olshey: Jared was well aware that we were always going to have to waive him. He was part of a sign-and-trade where we had to do three years. His second year would have been guaranteed within five days after the end of the season. We felt it was appropriate to handle while he was here. He was a player that we we were going to have to renounce anyway to create the maximum amount of cap room. As we told Jared, we'll look into it again at the end of the summer. If we have a need and he doesn't have a job, it's something that we can discuss. Right now, where this organization is going, we need every ounce of cap room we can get to create the best roster possible. Blazers Edge

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Chris Haynes: #Blazers GM Neil Olshey says Jared Jeffries was always aware that he would be waived. Blazers have 11.6M in cap to work with this summer. Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Portland Trail Blazers, Free Agency, Neil Olshey, Jared Jeffries 

The Trail Blazers have waived F Jared Jeffries. Twitter

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

Chris Haynes: Jared Jeffries just informed CSNNW.com he has every intention of playing somewhere next season. He is a unrestriced free agent. Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Portland Trail Blazers, Free Agency, Jared Jeffries 

The 31-year-old veteran admits he has lost a step or two due to various knee injuries and surgeries, but he says he is not retiring at the end of the 2012-13 season after only appearing in 38 games. He wants to play a couple more years and he realizes Portland might not be the right fit for him going forward. CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

“If my role is to be similar to this year, just to do that, then I would have to make a decision,” Jeffries told CSNNW.com. “But I would like to play. I feel like my knee responded well and I feel like my knee feels good enough. Coming into this year, just getting the chance to be on this roster and being in a good situation was what I was looking for. But how I feel physically right now, I want to see if I can play a couple more years.” CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

A job in the NBA front office or coaching is in his future, but he says that will always be there. He made it clear, right now it's about getting the most out of his playing career before he doesn't have anything left. “I feel better than last year,” he said. “Last year my knees felt so bad. So far it's been good, maybe it's the result of not playing that many minutes, but whatever I can do to elongate my career, play a longer career in less pain, I'm with it.” CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

Immediately following the game, there wasn't much talk coming from the Trail Blazers' locker room, so Jared Jeffries used that silent time to address the team. He basically gave his reasoning to why the Trail Blazers have been struggling of late and he offered a solution. “I said we got to stop this bleeding,” Jeffries said. “We got to stop (expletive) around at the beginning of the game. You can't let a team come in and get into a rhythm. If we let guys come in and get a rhythm and get comfortable, you let Martell [Webster] get comfortable and as soon as Crawford checks in the game, he gets comfortable then you wonder why he makes a shot like that. It's because you didn't take him away early, you didn't mess with his confidence at all.” CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

Over the summer, Jeffries roamed the wild in pursuit of the small (pheasants), the big (buffalo) and the exotic (alligators). Over the years, he's hunted everything from deer to rabbits to raccoons to turkeys. He's even pursued wild pig. Jeffries' prized catch came in the summer of 2011, when he landed a gigantic buffalo that produced 583 pounds of meat. "We might not ever eat it all," Jeffries said, laughing. During that hunt, Jeffries traveled to an Indian reservation in South Dakota and immersed himself with the natives, roaming the land and soaking in the outdoors and culture. "It was awesome," he said. "I hung out on the reservation, met everybody. We walked and stalked (the buffalo)." Oregonian

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

But, Jeffries said, he hunts strictly for the sport and thrill. He doesn't have a trophy room full of animal heads and stuffed carcasses celebrating his conquests. "I really don't mount animals," Jeffries said. "I think that's weird. I don't want my daughter to walk around with dead animals on the wall. She'll be like, 'What's that?' And I'll be like, 'I killed that with my bare hands.'" Oregonian

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

Jared Zwerling: Spoke with Jared Jeffries today. He just arrived in Portland. Starts working out with the guys tomorrow. Excited about the opportunity. Twitter

Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

Hey guys, have you been wondering what Brad Miller has been up to since his retirement? Me too, obviously. Well, the answer is pretty much what you’d expect — hunting alligators with fellow Indiananite Jared Jeffries. From the Country Boys Outdoors Twitter: Me taking jerrod out for his first gator ever The Score

Brad Miller, Jared Jeffries 

Jeffries says he's going to miss the Big Apple, and not just for basketball. "I'm excited about the talent Portland has," he told ESPN New York. "But I'm gonna miss New York, man. I will miss the fans and city so much. I spent so much time in New York." Off the court, Jeffries said he's heard the fishing is good in Portland, but he's actually more excited about -- hunting. And he's done it before. "Portland has awesome hunting," he said. "I hunt for pheasant in South Dakota most years and also some bigger game." ESPN.com

New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Jared Jeffries 

Jason Quick: Blazers-Knicks trade will go through tomorrow. Blazers get Jared Jeffries, Dan Gadzuric, Kostas Papanikolaou and Georgios Prentezis and $$ Twitter

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Jason Quick: Possible details of Blazers-Knicks deal could be Knicks sending Kostas Papanikolaou to Blazers and $$ to help pay for Jeffries' $3.1M salary Twitter

New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Free Agency, Trade, Jared Jeffries, Kostas Papanikolaou 

Jared Zwerling: Jared Jeffries just told me: "I never thought they would let him go." Him meaning Jeremy Lin. We'll see what officially happens by Tuesday. Twitter

Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, Free Agency, Jeremy Lin, Jared Jeffries 

In the trade, the Knicks got even older, adding another former Knick, Kurt Thomas, 39. Knicks free agent Jared Jeffries was signed in the deal and shipped to Portland in the package, along with Dan Gadzuric’s non-guaranteed $1.4 million contract. New York Post

New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Trade, Dan Gadzuric, Kurt Thomas, Raymond Felton, Jeremy Lin, Jared Jeffries 

The New York Daily News reported that Felton and veteran Kurt Thomas would go the Knicks in exchange for center Dan Gadzuric, forward Jared Jeffries and a 2016 second-round draft pick. Several media outlets confirmed the report, but The Oregonian has learned that the deal is not complete and includes several other components coming to Portland. The details of the deal are expected to be finalized today. Oregonian

New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Free Agency, Trade, Dan Gadzuric, Kurt Thomas, Raymond Felton, Jared Jeffries 

Jason Quick: Been told the Blazers-Knicks deal is not done and will not be done until tomorrow. Lots of moving parts and pieces. Twitter

New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Free Agency, Trade, Dan Gadzuric, Kurt Thomas, Raymond Felton, Jared Jeffries 

Mike Tokito: Jared Jeffries is a UFA, so would have to be a S&T to send to #Blazers. Dan Gadzuric has $1.35 M for 2012-13, but none of it guaranteed. Twitter

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