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Blazers 102, T-Wolves 82 Re-Thoughts

Relative to the rest of the league, this was a small game. Stephon Marbury was in Boston, Shaq was obliterating people and very few people outside of Minny or Portland probably knew this game was happening.…Read More

Blazers/T-Wolves Pre-Thoughts

Portland enters must-win territory trying to wrap-up this road trip tonight in Minneapolis. Awaiting are the 18-39 Minnesota Timberwolves. This is a game that Portland has to win to avoid falling down…Read More

Blazers 84, Spurs 99 Re-Thoughts

Finding a hard time talking about this game because pretty much any key to success went the other way. Also I just have a weird feeling about it. I think the next week or so will put these two losses in…Read More

Blazers/Spurs Pre-Thoughts

We’re diving right into it today people. There is no need for a lengthy talking about the Spurs. You know what they bring to the table. Year after year they just keep doing the same thing. Foolish…Read More

Blazers 94, Rockets 98 Re-Thoughts

Well, you’re not going to beat many good team on the road playing that unevenly over the course of 48 minutes. Things started off fine with Roy doing most of the heavy lifting, but the moment the…Read More

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Blazers/Rockets Pre-Thoughts

And now….*cue ominous music*….The Texas Two-Step. “SJ…What’s the Texas…Read More

Blazers 116, Clippers 87 Re-Thoughts

So exactly how much can you take out of a February home victory over a terrible team? Not much. How much…Read More

Blazers/Clippers Pre-Thoughts

I can’t believe I have to talk about the Clippers for a third time this season. I literally almost…Read More

Hawks 98, Blazers 109 Non-Thoughts

You know, the DVR is easily one of the greatest inventions of the last two decades, but every so often…Read More

Webster likely out for rest of the season

I can’t tell you how sad this makes me. As dissapointed as I’m sure many of you were when…Read More

Blazers/Hawks Pre-Thoughts

Nothing like a return to the court to make everyone forget about the rollercoaster ride we just experienced. The trade deadline has come and gone, Portland has made no moves and this is the team who will…Read More

Trade Deadline Talk

UPDATE VI (10:37 AM): More from Ford’s chat on ESPN and he’s got some things to say about the Blazers: Ryan (Portland): After a week of dealing with the Blazers, if a deal doesn’t get…Read More

Blazers 94, Grizzlies 90 Re-Thoughts

I’m just going to start this off with an apology. I’m going to try my best to focus my thoughts on to this game…but I can’t promise anything. The trade deadline is looming over…Read More

Could Jefferson be the One?

From Adrian Wojnarowski’s trade deadline blog, there’s this: The Milwaukee Bucks have told teams they’re closer to moving Richard Jefferson to the Portland Trail Blazers for a package that…Read More

Is it time to scratch Butler off the list?

Thanks to Walker for pointing this out, but at the bottom of the Bulls-Kings trade article at NBA.com you can find this little nugget: Chicago is still looking for a suitor for Larry Hughes, who has essentially…Read More

Pritchard makes his first move

Updating the previous story, as Chicago made that deal with Sacramento, they also traded 32-year old power forward Michael Ruffin to the Blazers for Ike Diogu, who goes to the Kings. We can try to make…Read More

There goes Salmons

This is for the best, Blazers wise. Chicago is sending Drew Gooden and Andres Nocioni for John Salmons and Brad Miller, per NBA.com. Nice basketball deal for the Bulls, good money deal for the Kings. So…Read More

Grizzlies, Blazers – Trade Deadline Pre-Thoughts

On any other day, the big storyline would be that Darius Miles, harbinger of deadly non-cap space, is returning to the Rose Garden as an actual NBA player tonight. But with the trade deadline almost 24…Read More

The latest trade talk…

Over on ESPN, Marc Stein has come with the latest trade buzz as we count down the days until the trade deadline. You know the majority of the talk was about Amare but as you also know you can't talk…Read More

Oden Injury Quasi-Analysis

I’m not going to go too far into this, but anyone freaking out about Oden’s knee injury needs to calm down. The official Blazers press release said it was a chip fracture of the patella. I…Read More

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