The Miami Heat have kept their eyes on Greg Oden since the big man underwent his third knee surgery last year, and now they appear to be the frontrunner to sign him to a multi-year contract, ESPN.com reported on Thursday. That deal would keep him inactive for the remainder of this season, allow him to get fully healthy and be ... Read More »
Portland Trail Blazers big man LaMarcus Aldridge dodged a major bullet on Tuesday as X-rays to his injured right shooting wrist came back negative, according to Chris Haynes of Comcast SportsNet Northwest. Though he escaped a major injury in the form of a broken bone, the seventh year pro out of the University of Texas had an MRI that did ... Read More »
The national NBA power rankings came out on Monday across several major prominent outlets, and nearly all of them have the Portland Trail Blazers as a middle-of-the-road team ranked in the early 20s. NBA.com’s list has the Blazers at No. 21, right behind the Milwaukee Bucks and ahead of their Western Conference rival Phoenix Suns. At 2-4, the Blazers have ... Read More »
If LaMarcus Aldridge didn’t believe in himself enough to call himself a No. 1 player on the Portland Trailblazers, then he wouldn’t be the type of player that could be a number one guy. On the flip side, by calling himself ‘that guy’, he now has put a lot of pressure on himself to go out and prove it. Sometimes, ... Read More »
The Portland Trailblazers have signed former Los Angeles Lakers forward Adam Morrison following an NBA summer league season in 2012 in which he averaged 20 points and 5 rebounds a game. The former Gonzaga star will have a non-guaranteed training camp contract that will depend largely on his progression leading up to the regular season. For the Blazers, it’s a low-risk ... Read More »
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