Archive for October, 2011

Things have taken an expected unexpected turn for the nasty in the ongoing debacle that is the NBA labor dispute. What had been postured as maybe the final throes of debate has now turned into an out-and-out siege, and the likelihood that we’ll see at least some part of 2011-12 is growing smaller by the minute. So, as if you haven’t already had enough, I thought I’d throw out some links to pieces that have come out in the last couple of days that every Blazer fan, and NBAer in general should take a look at. First there’s this. Saying [...]

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve clearly seen that the NBA has now officially cancelled the first two weeks of the season. For Portland, that means vacated games against Andre Miller and the Denver Nuggets, Blake Griffin and the LA Clippers, and league MVP Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls. And that’s just the beginning. It’s apparent now that the owners are willing to let the season go down in flames before they’ll budge on the money they want the players to give up. And can you blame them? I for one can’t. It’s their league, it’s their billions, [...]