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Portland Favorites - End of Summer Update 2009
September 16, 2009 by
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It's hard to believe that our initial "Portland Favorites" post was written almost an entire year ago. Amazing how fast life goes by when your dirty martini (up, tanqueray 10, 3 olives) is always needing a refill. And with life constantly changing, our favorites...
Hersey Hawkins Named Player Development Director
September 15, 2009 by
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"Your" Portland Trail Blazers added another "good guy" to the organization today with the announcement from Kevin Pritchard that Hersey "Hawk" Hawkins will become the Player Development Director. Maybe the fact that he was a teammate of McMillan...
Trail Blazers 2009-10 TV Schedule - All Games in HD
September 14, 2009 by
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The team announced today that all 2009-10 games will be broadcast in HD which means that all Comcast subscribers will rejoice and spray champagne all over themselves for the next couple of months leading up to the game 1 against Houston. For those of you without Comcast...I&...
2009-10 Blazer Dancers - Announcement Party
September 14, 2009 by
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Please welcome your 2009-10 Blazer Dancers squad (sans Melissa)! No idea why she always seems to be absent from these events, but the squad still looks fantastic even without her. Am I counting 7 new girls to this year's group?
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Product Review: WholesaleKeychain.com - Blazers Keychains
September 14, 2009 by
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One of the nice things about blogging, is the free stuff that companies send off for you to play with, attempt to break, learn to love and then write about. Nothing better than free stuff, eh?
A month or so ago, a company named Wholesale Keychains sent us a couple of Trail...
Blazer Dancers - The Sweet 16 Season 2 - TV Schedule
September 11, 2009 by
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Season 2 of this wonderful show premiered on Tuesday! And we missed it. Lucky for us, it aired again Wednesday! Then Thursday! We still missed them all. Seriously, what is wrong with us?
Fortunately for you all, it airs just about every night of the week...
5 Reasons to Want Greg Ostertag as a Blazer
September 11, 2009 by
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I actually can't believe I just clicked the "Publish Post" button...
Anyways, if you haven't already heard, the Blazers are reportedly going to work out Greg Ostertag as he makes a move to re-ignite his once under-productive NBA career. And since we hadn...
LaMarcus Aldridge Contract Extension Update
September 11, 2009 by
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Kevin Pritchard has officially referred to Aldridge's contract extension as "complicated" but talks have begun to make some progress. Jason Quick weighed in last night on the situation...
Pritchard said the daily talks have been amicable and that the two sides...
Pendergraph Surgery Sucessful - Out 10-12 Weeks
September 10, 2009 by
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In a late night text that we did NOT receive, the Blazers informed multiple sources (here. here.) that Jeff Pendergraph had successful surgery and will miss approximately 10-12 weeks. That number sounds much less than we had initially thought which is...good...I guess? ...
Portland Trail Blazers Dictionary for Dangerous Fans
September 09, 2009 by
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The ultimate knowledge base of current Blazers terminology, slang and randomness to help your inner-homer come to life at games or in a bar with buddies? (Well, maybe in due time.)
If we've left anything off that you feel needs to be added, please drop a comment with your...
Portland Signs Rookie Jeff Pendergraph
September 08, 2009 by
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We want to make sure once again we shout out to Rip City Project for breaking the news yesterday that Pendergraph would undergo surgery on his hip and miss the majority of the season. (Certain big dogs refuse to acknowledge us lowly blogs sometimes.)
On the heels of that news...
Pendergraph to have Surgery - Miss Majority of 2009-10 Season
September 07, 2009 by
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The crew over at Rip City Project just dropped this bomb on a wonderful Labor Day afternoon...
We’ve heard from a reliable source that power forward Jeff Pendergraph, the 31st pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, will have hip surgery this week and is expected to be out for the majority...
Martell Webster Cleared for All Activities
September 04, 2009 by
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Upon hearing the news that Martell Webster has been officially cleared for all basketball related activities I find myself flooded with a mixed bag of emotions and thoughts. Is this a good thing for Portland or just another log pushed into the jam?
As a huge fan of Nicolas...
Blaze of Glory - 9/2/09
September 02, 2009 by
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The Blaze of Glory is your almost-daily link list of Blazer blog ridiculousness and other random Blazers info. If you ever want your Blazer blog featured, make sure to drop us a line unless your name is Dwight Jaynes. (Kidding!)
Will Portland live up to all the hype? [HoopsWorld...
Blazer Dancers Invade China!
August 31, 2009 by
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Nice to see that our beloved Blazer Dancers also get some work in the off-season. They headed to China to see the sights, perform a little, and even pose with...Jordan Farmar? I'm sure there is some Portland city ordinance that forbids anyone from posing with and...
Blaze of Glory - 8/31/09
August 31, 2009 by
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The Blaze of Glory is your almost-daily link list of Blazer blog ridiculousness and other random Blazers info. If you ever want your Blazer blog featured, make sure to drop us a line unless your name is Dwight Jaynes. (Kidding!)
Brandon cracks the top 10 on this top 100 players...
And We're Back!
August 31, 2009 by
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I can't even explain how nice the last 2 weeks were...
The NBA's off-season is pretty tough to cover especially since I'm not into loading you up with a ton of filler and summer workout snoozefests. The regular season just needs to get here...NOW.
I'm assuming...
Clyde Drexler Interview - Honored for Dream Team 1992
August 19, 2009 by
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Our boy Ryan over at Hoops Addict sent us this interview he just ran with Clyde Drexler that you all must check out.
Clyde was in Chicago recently with the rest of the 1992 Dream Team as they were all honored for being a part of one of the most amazing teams in the history...
Top Free Agents Available to the Blazers
June 30, 2009 by
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Earlier today, Empty the Bench listed out the top unrestricted free agents available starting tomorrow and as always, did a fantastic job. They started with the top 12 and then threw together another quick list of the rest. Definitely go check it out.
Who do I think...
Ric Bucher Spreading Steve Blake, Andre Miller, and Turkoglu Rumors
June 29, 2009 by
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In the ever-so-elegant Twitter world, Ric Bucher has put all of us on the edge of our seats with a Tweet rumoring that Steve Blake could be on his way to Philadelphia for Andre Miller plus the free agent addition of Hedo Turkoglu.
RicBucher: @SnaketheJake27 Heard both Hedo and Andre...
Blaze of Glory - 6/29/09
June 29, 2009 by
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The Blaze of Glory is your almost-daily link list of Blazer blog ridiculousness and other random Blazers info. If you ever want your Blazer blog featured, make sure to drop us a line unless your name is Dwight Jaynes. (Kidding!)
I wouldn't doubt that Shaq vetoed a trade to...
Portland Trail Blazers 2009 NBA Draft Recap
June 26, 2009 by
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A quick breakdown of where "your" Portland Trail Blazers ended up after a night full of trades, rumors and foreigners...
22. Portland (from Dallas)* - Victor Claver - 6'11" | 217 | SF | Spain
31. Portland (from Sacramento)** - Jeff Pendergraph...
Sergio Rodriguez Traded to Sacramento for #31
June 25, 2009 by
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Many Blazers fans' prayers have been answered with the apparent trade of Sergio Rodriguez and the #38 pick to the Sacramento Kings for the #31 pick. That's basically saying that Sergio is worth nothing to this team...
Here is Sergio's agent's confirmation....
Shaquille O'Neal Traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers
June 24, 2009 by
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In late breaking news tonight, it appears that the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns have agreed to the first blockbuster deal of the offseason.
Shaquille O'Neal will be sent to the Cavs with Sasha Pavlovic and Ben Wallace heading off to the Suns. This is a complete...
Blazers Trade 24th Pick and More for 22nd Pick
June 24, 2009 by
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Another update/rumor/trade for tomorrow's NBA Draft...(via ESPN)
The Portland TrailBlazers acquired the 22nd pick in Thursday's NBA draft from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the 24th and 56th picks in this year's draft, and worst of their second round picks in 2010...
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