by ClubKnicks on Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:40 am
oregonlive:Patterson on Monday said the team needs to trade him or find a way to let him go because he doesn't want to take a lesser role in the Blazers' rebuilding project that he says is putting more emphasis on using young players than winning games.
"I'm in my prime, and this youth movement isn't for me," Patterson, 30, said Monday from his hotel room in Memphis, where the Blazers play the Grizzlies tonight. "Either trade me or just let me go, because I can't deal with it. I just want to win and play hard, but the minutes are not here for me."
