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Blazer Report Cards: Wesley Matthews and Will Barton

We continue handing out report cards at Rip City Project, after having given out an A and a B- to Damian Lillard and Eric Maynor respectively in the previous entry of the series. Up today are the other…Read More

Prospect of Victor Oladipo Clouds Wesley Matthews’ Future

As all 30 teams prepare for the 2013 NBA Draft, each will have tough decisions ahead of them. For Portland, one of these decisions revolves around starting shooting guard, Wesley Matthews. The Blazers…Read More

Injury Update: Wesley Matthews

The right ankle sprain that kept Wesley Matthews out of the last 5 matchups of the Blazers’ season may have been more serious than his day-to-day status suggested. Matthews suffered the injury in a…Read More

Game 56 Recap: Blazers 92, Celtics 86

When Terry Stotts took the podium following his Blazers’ 92-86 win over the Boston Celtics (the team’s first win in their last eight games), he kicked off his remarks by complementing his…Read More

41 Down (Part One): Player Grades (The Rotation)

My first round of player capsules sprawled a little, so I decided to break part one of my two-part mid-season recap into two parts of its own. Since I started with the players with the least total minutes…Read More

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Game 35 Recap: Blazers 92, Heat 90

The game of basketball is strange, to say the least. Thursday the Blazers got a huge win 92-90 over…Read More

Game 34 Recap: Blazers 125, Magic 119 OT

Anybody can win a five-minute game — Terry Stotts The above is the sentiment of the Blazers’…Read More

Game 12 Recap: Blazers 103, Timberwolves 95

  Through 12 games, Lillard is averaging 20.2 pts, 6.0 assts and 3.0 rebs per game, while shooting…Read More

Game Preview: Portland Trail Blazers (3-5) Vs. Houston Rockets (4-4)

Tuesday’s match-up with the Sacramento Kings pitted the Blazers against the team that, should…Read More

Game Preview: Portland Trail Blazers (2-5) Vs. Sacramento Kings (2-5)

It’s only the second full week in November and only the third full week of the NBA regular season…Read More

Game 7 Recap: Blazers 87, Hawks 95

If this were 2000 or 2001 and Blazers’ head coach Terry Stotts kept a LiveJournal, his entry for…Read More

Game Preview: Portland Trail Blazers (2-4) vs. Atlanta Hawks (2-3)

  Hey @teamlou23 are you and Josh Smith playing tonight?If not then I’m betting Portland.…Read More

Recap Game 3: Blazers 95, Rockets 85 OT

Following Portland’s expected but still somewhat unexpected victory over the league-worst Los…Read More

Game Preview: Portland Trail Blazers (1-0) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (0-1)

For the second time in this young season, the Blazers face a top-tier conference rival coming off a…Read More

Game 1 Recap: Blazers 116, Lakers 106

It’s going to be hard to stay rational when discussing Wednesday’s home opener, a convincing…Read More

Portland Trail Blazers: First-Week Pre-Season Player Evaluations

The day for the Blazers to make roster cuts is swiftly approaching, and after five pre-season games,…Read More

Pre-Season Basketball: Takeaways from Portland’s First 5 Games

So we’re just about through with a week of pre-season basketball and, if you’re anything…Read More

The Many Facets Of Media Day

Media Day is many things. It’s the first formal introduction to the media for many of a team’s new…Read More

Here We Go

Since the Lloyd Center Buffalo Wild Wings is halfway between my place of business and where I live,…Read More

Game 30 Recap: Blazers 71, Clippers 74

This is the kind of game recap I hate to write. Mostly because with five minutes to go in the fourth…Read More