Blazers interim GM unsure about bringing back Oden, Andre Miller

Portland Trail Blazers college scouting director Chad Buchanan, who is serving as the team’s interim GM after this week’s firing of Rich Cho, is non-committal about the contract situations of center Greg Oden and point guard Andre Miller, the Portland Tribune reports.

But Cho said the organization was leaning toward making an $8.8 million qualifying offer to Oden for next season, and team president Larry Miller indicated the front office was “on the same page” regarding Oden, who can become a free a restricted free agent July 1.

“If Greg does the things that we need him to do or that we expect him to do, then we are going to issue a qualifying offer to him,” Miller said recently, according to CBS Sports. “Rich may have just said the same thing differently than the way I said it. The reality is, even up to (Blazers owner Paul), we’re on the same page.”

However, Buchanan does not seem so sure. “We’ve had a lot of discussions about that,” Buchanan said. “We’ll continue having those. I can’t give you much more than that on the situation with Greg or Andre.”

The Trail Blazers, meanwhile, have until June 30 to exercise their $7.8 million option on Miller for next season.

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