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 [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Nude photographs of Trailblazers center Greg Oden have surfaced on the internet. Oden admitted to sending the images, via his mobile device, to an ex-college squeeze he was romantically involved with. He also made a public apology: “I would like to apologize to everybody: Portland, the fans, the organization. It was very embarrassing.” Kids these days call [...]
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 [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
Every NBA season sees a few guys break out. Players that finally got the chance to get the necessary minutes to put up legit stats and took advantage of the opportunity. Jeff Green of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kelenna Azubuike of the Golden State Warriors were these type of players from this past season. [...]
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Kidd has earned $158 million in salary alone over the course of his career. $158 million. How much more freakin' cash does he need? Does he live that "high on the hog" he'd go for the scratch instead of a real chance at winning? Does he drive a fur-lined Countach? Seems like a future Hall of Famer would like to close out his career with some hardware. Is this guy feeding all of his hometown of Oakland? And Latrell Sprewell's family? Could be the alimony payments to Joumana.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
This past week we have seen Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva join Detroit. Ron Artest took a pay cut and is hoping to get his first ring playing for the world champion Lakers. Hedo Turkoglu reneged on a Portland offer, selecting the Raptors instead. Rasheed Wallace is now alongside Kevin Garnett in Boston. Trevor Ariza maxed out his contract [...]
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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