Sports Illustrated's Kelly Dwyer is talking to NBA bloggers about the upcoming season. So far this past week he's had some pretty interesting Q&A's with Blogabull's Matt Bernhardt, Sactown Royalty's Tom Ziller, True Hoop's (and avid Blazers fan) Henry Abbot, and RaptorBlog's Scott Carefoot. I read all four and... Link
Carmelo Anthony was only 3 years old the last time the Denver Nuggets won a division title. Anthony scored 28 points to lead Denver to its first division crown since the 1987-88 season with a 110-98 victory over Portland on Monday night.The Northwest Division title came sooner than most... Link
This storyline has become all too familiar. Though trailing Seattle for the entire second half at the Rose Garden Friday night, the Portland Trail Blazers had their chances.... Link
It's crunch time in the semifinals of the 2006 SBNation Air Jordan Memorial! In case you forgot or choose not to scroll down, here's the bracket: Right now at Blazers Edge, Vince Carter's Nike ode to dunking is handily beating Kevin Garnett's pity party adidas ad. You can vote... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-563').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; CHRIS WILCOX NAMED WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK SEATTLE – The NBA announced today that Sonics forward Chris Wilcox has been named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, April 3 through Sunday, April 9. Wilcox averaged 23.0 points and 15.3... Link
Here is my mock draft, usually when a player does well in the tournament, their stock goes up in the draft. Teams are gonna pass on Sheldon Williams, due to poor tournament performance. He’ll be the next Elton Brand and will help that Hornets go to the playoffs... Link
Alright, since everyone in the league was off last night, it's time to reset the playoff race. I'm going to break down the remaining win probabilities for each of the four teams in the hunt - the Lakers, Kings, Hornets and Jazz. (My previous posts on win probability are... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-481').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; A few days ago I was wondering about John McCaw… ~ Scott Says: March 5th, 2006 at 6:27 pm e “BTW, what local millionare sold his hockey team while the NHL was in lockout?” John McCaw? Mr. Baker Says: March 6th, 2006 at 8:41 am... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-470').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; What a difference a day makes! I’ve written before in this space about my irrational hatred for the Utah Jazz and last night was a splendid reward for me. The Sonics did to the Jazz what Crash did to Brokeback Mountain in the Oscar race... Link
Unfortunately, my gaming advice was right this time, though just barely. Paul Pierce and Wally Szczerbiak were unstoppable, Ryan Gomes dominated the boards, and the Blazers lost, again, 102-96. Nate had nine guys at his disposal, one of them being Ha, a sick Darius (in the literal sense), and... Link
Perhaps this is a bit pre-mature...if you call 11 minutes premature, but it looks like the Lakers are standing pat. Despite the plethora of rumors floating around, it appears our last 30 games are going to be played by the squad we currently have.I'm only slightly disappointed in that... Link
So it finally happened. Ruben Patterson and Charles Smith are on their way to Denver along with Reggie Evans, Voshon Lenard and Vitaly "The Potato" Potepenko (credit for that nick goes to Nuss at SuperSonicSoul) are new Blazers, and Earl Watson, Byron Russell, and Denver's 2nd rounder are on... Link
Rejoice Greg Ostertag fans, rejoice! The Kings have acquired Vitaly Potapenko and Sergei Monia for Brian Skinner in a deadline-day trade, various sources are reporting. As for Skindog, the first of the Philly Three to be peddled: We'll miss ya, dude. Not in a Bobby Jackson, Chris Webber way.... Link
Well I’m glad the NBA (David Stern) came to its senses and invited Gilbert Arenas to play in Houston this weekend after all. Too bad Gil had to go and finish the first half of the season with a 4-for-22 effort and 6 turnovers at Dallas. Ouch.So we have... Link
We're proud to report that we did not watch the Grammys last night, if just because Nirvana isn't eligible for nominations anymore. But we're told that Mariah Carey was a large part of the process; she might have even sang or something. But a reader from Portland brought up... Link
The Rodeo Road Trip is going well for San Antonio so far. San Antonio has won the first two of the eight-game trip, an annual event that puts the Spurs on the road when the rodeo comes to the AT&T Center each ...... Link
Baron Davis collected 29 points and 16 assists and Troy Murphy added 11 and 21 rebounds as the Warriors snapped a four-game losing streak with a 98-83 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.... Link
Maybe Michael Jordon knew something after all. With the 17th pick in the 2002 draft, Jordon's Washington Wizards did something almost unheard of these days: picked a college senior. The choice - Juan Dixon - languished for over three years as a little-used reserve. But now with Portland, Dixon... Link
It is Friday night at the Rose Garden, another sparsely attended home game in a season of them for the Trail Blazers, but at least Portland is playing hard. Again and again, centers Joel Przybilla and Theo Ratliff scramble and push for rebounding position; more often than not, however,... Link
Alright, I'm just going to say I'm damn glad there are no more games scheduled for Oklahoma this season. What a pitiful game. I mean, I thought the second quarter was absolutely horrendous, but the third quarter takes the cake. The Hornets missed something like their first 8 shots... Link
Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko who last season became the first non-center to lead the NBA in blocked shots per game is trying for a repeat. Kirilenko 6-9 was No. 2 going into Tuesday's games despite missing 10 contests because of injuries. He has blocked at least one shot... Link
So, 10-17 is bad. 7-9 at home is bad. A second five-game losing streak is bad. Dead last in the Pacific Division for most of December is bad. Losing to four last-place teams before New Year's is bad. Remember, the Knicks were in the Atlantic cellar at 0-5 when... Link
