Here is a little excerpt from Blazer beat reporter Jason Quick’s sit down with Greg Oden on his Oregonlive blog. Here’s the full story if you’re interested.

I also asked him about his age – he turns 20 on Jan. 22. I told him he looks like he is 35, which got a chuckle out of him.
“It’s because of my beard. Sometimes I get lazy, and I just don’t cut it,” Oden said. “Plus, my barber is the only lady I trust to cut my hair, and she lives in Indianapolis. So when I was in Columbus, I was like … [...]

When Black Mambas are cornered they attack without hesitation, unleashing their deadly combination of size, speed and venom on their prey.
Kobe Bryant wants Jerry West back in control (w/full authority) or he wants out.
Things are getting realllly interesting…

If the Jazz had not had that collapse during the season and had managed to get home court advantage they would probably win the title. They just do not lose home playoff games. That being said I don’t think it was as big a win for Utah as people are making it sound. San Antonio has homecourt advantage and if it comes down to a Game 7 in the AT&T Center, the Spurs will be headed to the ‘Ship. This isn’t like Houston who tightened up in the deciding game because they’ve never been there, or like Golden State who [...]

I don’t care what anyone else says, there is not much better in the sporting world than a great tennis match. I am putting emphasis on great. A great tennis match has everything you would need and more. Drama, intensity, passion, crowds and importance. That is why four times a year, tennis will always captivate my attention. Plus what is wrong with wanting to stare at Maria Sharapova for two weeks? Tomorrow is the 2nd Grand Slam of the year, the clay-court extravaganza known as the French Open. The French Open is unique for its surface which causes nightmares for [...]

Coup made a solid argument about how the movement towards young and hungry coaches who have moved their way up the ladder is the way to go. Here is my argument against it; Mike Brown.
Now I have said it before and I will say it again. He is one of the worst coaches in basketball. I love seeing a black man get a chance to lead a team, but at the end of the day this brotha can’t coach. He is the reason why they lost the last two games. When you are getting outcoached by Flip Saunders (by default [...]

Going to try and keep this short, but I would like to commend the Charlotte Bobcats for taking on a relatively new name, Sam Vincent, as their new head coach. Avery Johnson had some choice comments about it and they were spot on.
“You’ve got to start somewhere. Every head coach, somebody had to give them a shot,” Johnson said Thursday. “When I took over, or Gregg Popovich or Phil Jackson or anybody, you always look back at your first opportunity.”
Exactly. In recent years, with job security on coaching staffs hitting incredible depths in the L, one thing which has stood [...]

Coaching changes abound in the L. Rick Adelman is to Houston, which I believe is a really good move. Adelman has been to the playoffs in fourteen of the sixteen seasons he has coached. That right there is unbelievable consistency. There is a reason why no one talks about his two-year stay in Golden State. Adelman should be considered one of the best coaches of all time. The only knack on him is that he has never won the big one. His teams have always been there and always been competitive but have never been over the hump. And now [...]

I just had to do it. Around the five minute mark Jon Barry tries to make a case for the Blazers trading the pick…um, for who exactly Jon? Rick Carlisle has some nice words for Portland. And I’ll just say it now, ok? GREG ODEN IS NOT SAM BOWIE. Now that I got that out, we can all go back to our lives.

May 22, 2007, will be a day remembered for generations in Portland, Oregon. Not only because we now have the beautiful choice between Mr. O and Tweedle D, not only because we beat 1-in-20 odds in landing the No. 1 pick, not only was it one of, if not the most, heart-stopping moment I have ever been a part of, not only because this is a new era in Blazer basketball, but because, ladies and gentleman, the City of Portland is back on the map.
The national media is now forced to talk about us. The Blazer logo will be a [...]

….I’ve watched the clip over and over again. Dominique Wilkins, Lenny Wilkens and Brandon Roy all standing on that mini-podium. I couldn’t be bothered to even make a joke about it because I was entirely too nervous. Sure I said we would get the #2 pick yesterday, but I never truly believed it. I’ve learned not to get my hopes up too much around here. Suddenly my palms were sweaty and quivering like a 15 year old boy about to ask a girl to Homecoming. The utter devastation that I would feel if I saw our logo would be inexplicable. [...]