Yardbarker: Joel Przybilla

Game 7 Recap: Blazers 116, Timberwolves 93

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:52:15 -0500

More photos » by Don Ryan - AP Yeah, this is going to be two. And keep your hands off of my threads. Browse more photos » I didn't get to watch the game until late. Apologies for the tardiness of the game recap. Smashing good show for Portland tonight, with emphasis on the smash. But that's exactly what the Blazers needed to do to Minnesota. The ‘Wolves weren't fielding...

Blazers Hit High Gear

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:45:00 -0500

This is an impressive looking box score. The Blazers shoot 50 percent from the field, 47 percent from behind the three-point line, 90 percent from the line, collect 49 rebounds, 35 assists, score 21 fast-break points, grow a lead to as big as 28, and coast to a 116-93 win.I know the Timberwolves are rebuilding, and are young (where we were once), but Portland played one heck of a game. And, as impressive as the stat sheet is, it doesn't tell the complete story. You have to consider that t...

Game 5 Recap: Blazers 91, Hawks 97

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:46 -0500

More photos » by Sam Forencich - NBAE/Getty Images Is this a dagger which I see before me? Oh no wait, that's Macbeth. Browse more photos » The Blazers followed a familiar script in their 97-91 stumble against the Hawks tonight. Let's call it their version of Hamlet, circa 2009-2010. "This is the very ecstasy of love" The first quarter started well, as if the team had put its woes...

BasketballGeek.Com: Przybilla is a Top 10 Defender

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:53 -0500

BasketballGeek.Com: Przybilla is a Top 10 Defender Ryan over at BasketballGeek.com has put together an individual defensive efficiency rating and Blazers center Joel Przybilla fares very nicely.

Game 2 Recap: Blazers 94, Nuggets 97

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:09:09 -0500

More photos » by Don Ryan - AP Sir, we will be your escorts this evening. Do you prefer left lane, right lane, or would you just like a seat at the free throw line? Browse more photos » The Blazers faced a pretty tough test at the Rose Garden tonight. They didn't exactly fail it but much as in Game 1 they showed they still have things to learn. I can think of at least three things they can ...

Blazers Training Camp Day 3 Report

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:38:51 -0500

Joel Przybilla catches a breather after a very physical training camp practice. The team opened practice up for an entertaining full court scrimmage today. More on that below. But first a few notes. Asked about the organization's salary cap situation entering the season, a team official expressed happiness with the current setup and also pointed out that the cap holds for Victor Claver, Joel Freeland and Petteri Koponen will come off the books once the sea...

Przybilla — I

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:45:08 -0500

Let me warn you first: Joel Przybilla is, without a doubt, my favorite player on the Portland Trail Blazers team. Sure, I like watching Brandon, but Pryzzy is my guy... He's big and he's strong. He has a mean streak, playing a position where a guy needs to have a mean streak. He knows his role and he sticks to the script, staying low to crash for boards and score points off easy putbacks. He's a master craftsman of the rebounders' art, an absolutely special talent at ...

The Przybilla File

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:10:15 -0500

More photos » by Don Ryan - AP 3 months ago: Portland Trail Blazers center Joel Przybilla looks back as he walks off the floor after an incident with Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer where both players were ejected during the second half of their NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The Blazers beat the Jazz 125-104. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Browse more photos » With all of the t...

Joel Przybilla's Granny Is Upset With David Stern

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:35:22 -0500

David Stern has had to put up with a lot over his 25 years as NBA commissioner, but he's probably never had to endure the wrath of a player's angry grandmother. That's about to change, courtesy of Joel Przybilla's granny, who has apparently vowed to write Stern every day until she gets a ...

Solid Work Blazers. Portland Tops Denver. 101-92

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:56:31 -0500

There won't be a full on recap tonight as I was unable to watch the game. The X-mas spirit has invaded Blaze of Love and it was a fantastic night with friends that doesn't happen all that often. So I apologize for not expressing my views on the game, but I do want to take the chance ...

Przybilla plays Godzilla

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:51:59 -0500

Przybilla grabbed a career-high 25 rebounds and added 14 points..... Say What????? 25 boards! http://www.boomshakalaka.org/2008/03/23/przybilla-plays-godzilla/

It is on YouTube! (Shaq takes out Przybilla) And Barkley says his peace!

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:50:34 -0500

I knew it! I knew it! Someone did post Shaq's Attaq on poor Joel Przybilla over at YouTube.com. However, since embedding the said video to other sites has been disable by the YouTube user, the link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3mkxZ8f4-Q) is the next best thing. Recap: Portland Trailblazers center Joel Przybilla basically got hurt in the second Heat possession of the game! It's an amature video from the bleachers section, but you can still make everyone out on the court (well, at least you can tell who Shaquille is among the group...he is pretty hard not to miss). Well, at the possession goes, Shaq received the ball on the right block and turns right into Przybilla--BAM! Offensive foul. Everything seemed to be ok at first with almost everyone running down court with an exception of a few Trailblazers. Then looking at the instant replay up in the Jumbo Tron, the ground must have been the last place that Joel Przybilla wanted to be in as Shaq seemed to get entangled with his feet and did one of those wrestling kamikazi dives towards Przybilla and bore down his full weight (well most of it) and the basketball on Przybilla's face--effectively knocking him out of commission for the next few minutes. Of course, that is not end of it as there are reports that Charles Barkley had said that if that had ever been done to him, he would have had executed some swift retribution. I'll leave it at that. You can see the first two minutes of the Miami Heat at Portland Trailblazers match up in the aforementioned video. And I am glad that Joel Przybilla is ok.

The Shaq Attaq

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:55:11 -0500

Now I've heard it all (wish I could say that I saw it...maybe YouTube has it somewhere)... Here is what Sun-Sentinel columnist and longtime Miami Heat beat writer Ira Winderman wrote about the Heat's recent match up against the Portland Trailblazers: Portland center Joel Przybilla said he still doesn't know what hit him when O'Neal stumbled into him during Thursday's first quarter, knocking him out when the force of the ball and O'Neal's 325 pounds hit him in the face. "He apologized for it several times during the game," Przybilla said, "but I told him I didn't remember." The Shaq Attaq!!! This certainly beats Shaquille taking down a backboard (April 23, 1993): Sports Illustrated wrote: "Shaq strikes again! O'Neal sends home a dunk so powerful it rips apart the backboard's support braces, causing the Nets-Magic game at Meadowlands Arena to be delayed more than 45 minutes. The backboard, stanchion and base all have to be replaced. "I just went up and dunked and it broke," O'Neal said. "It really came crashing down. The shot clock hit me in the head. It hurt a little bit, but not that much. I have a hard head. It could have been serious, but it wasn't." Or somebody's teeth (it was that particular player's fault...he tried to take a charge on The Shaq). The name of the player escapes me at the moment (I think it was A.C. Green...can anyone verify this?), but I do remember that player losing two of his teeth and then scampering on his knees trying to recover them underneath the goal support. After collecting his fallen white pearls, the player then sought immediate dental attention. Man! I love the game of basketball. But at 5'10 1/2, if I see The Diesel coming straight at me--common sense dictates (as well as a need for self-preservation) to run the other way. Sorry guys, just threw that last part in there. It's my little attempt at humor :)