Brandon Roy returned to action this week inspiring and reviving his Portland Trailblazers playoff hopes. In his return, the Rose Garden played the theme music to Rocky, and the Blazers pulled off a 96-87 victory. All was good in Blazerland. Roy had returned, albeit to a bench role, and the Blazers had tied the series [...]
Monday, April 19, 2010
Expectations that the Portland Trail Blazers would have any chance in the playoffs after Brandon Roy was sidelined with microscopic surgery on a torn meniscus were slim to none. However, in game 1 Andre Miller matched Steve Nash nearly point for point and assist for assist, giving Blazer Nation hope while leading a Portland attack exposing [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Brandon Roy re-aggravated his hamstring injury during his return from a 12 game absence. After the Blazers acquired Marcus Camby to replenish their depleted frontcourt, things were starting to look good for salvaging the season, and making a push at deeper run in the playoffs. Roy has stated today he will play on Friday, but should [...]
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
We are now only weeks away from the NBA trade deadline. Rumors are circulating, and the buzzing trade chatter is heavily amassing. Some teams will be mortgaging young talent in order to take on expiring contracts in hopes of clearing cap space for the free agency fiasco in 2010. Other teams will be looking to capitalize, and [...]
Monday, January 4, 2010
Brandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers is a NBA superstar. He doesn’t throw down gyrating, windmill dunks while screaming loudly, or have any particular flashiness to his game. He is all about team basketball. Unfortunately, not having the flash and playing in an market like Portland leads to unjust obscurity. Just look at the NBA [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009
The match up of the Spurs vs. Trail Blazers will represent a slug-fest in the west. Portland will test themselves against the retooled Spurs lineup, as the Spurs will also see how well they can perform against a deep yet young team who is coming off of 54 wins last year. KEY MATCH UPS Tim Duncan [...]
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Brandon Roy and the Blazers agreed to a 5-year deal worth $82 million. The 2006-07 rookie of the year is cashing in as the leader/face of the franchise of the youthful Portland Trailblazers. The two-time All-Star is exceedingly underrated, but this new contract should ease the burden of his unjustly low popularity level.Roy puts up great [...]
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Trade rumors involving Carlos Boozer, Rip Hamilton, Andre Miller, and CJ Miles are circulating throughout the league. With substantial free agent activity about to ensue, trades will be made by both cash-strapped teams and ones hoping to clear cap room for next summer. Historically it has been proven that teams will make trades out of desperation [...]
Monday, July 6, 2009
This past Thursday, Hedo Turkoglu–who opted out in Orlando after vastly improving his stock during the Magic’s run to the finals–announced he would sign a fat deal with the Portland Trailblazers, good for $50 million over 5 years. Sounds good. Then on Friday, Turkoglu reneged on this agreement to come to the pacific northwest and decided [...]
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