PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers have signed second-round draft pick Patrick Mills and exercised options on center Greg Oden, forwards Nicolas Batum and Rudy Fernandez and guard Jerryd Bayless.
Terms of the deal with Mills, a guard from Australia who played at Saint Mary's, were not released. He was the 55th overall pick in last June's draft.The Blazers exercised the team's fourth-year option on Oden, and their three-year option on the others. That will keep all players under contract through next season.
Oden was the No. 1 overall draft pick and Fernandez was acquired via trade in the 2007 draft. Batum and Bayless were acquired via trades in the 2008 draft.
