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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Limits? What limits? Roy delivers a Blazers win

PORTLAND —First, the Blazers welcomed a former All-Star. Then, a former All-Star welcomed himself back. One day after being traded to Portland from the Bobcats, Gerald Wallace watched from the Blazers bench as he waits to be cleared to play.

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Gerald Wallce: Small-town kid with big-time goals

PORTLAND — The sign from the Rose Garden stands said it best: “Crash Landing.” Gerald Wallace still hasn’t played a game since Charlotte traded him to the Trail Blazers Thursday, but Friday, the 28-year-old known as “Crash” did step into

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Brandon Roy talks of teammates old and new

Brandon Roy met with the media after Friday’s shootaround and addressed the departure of his former teammates, the acquisition of Gerald Wallace, and how he’s holding up since his return Wednesday. On losing Joel Przybilla and Dante Cunningham: “I’ve been

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Reports: Blazers acquire Gerald Wallace for Przybilla, Cunningham and picks

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Blazers have acquired Gerald Wallace from the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Joel Przybilla, Dante Cunningham and two first-round draft picks. Wallace, a 10-year veteran, is averaging 15.6 points per game this season,

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Will he play? Will he be traded? And…um…oh yeah, the Lakers

Trade questions, injury questions, playoff questions — all were swirling at the Blazers’ practice facility Tuesday. The thematic answer? We’ll tell you later. Inquiry No. 1 pertained to whether Brandon Roy or Marcus Camby would start Wednesday against the Lakers.

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Blazers in glorious fifth place

PORTLAND — That nod. LaMarcus Aldridge’s chin, bobbing up and down, screaming confidence, exuding assurance, all but guaranteeing victory. Who knows what the signature play was for the Blazers Wednesday. Perhaps the fake timeout Andre Miller turned into a layup,

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Roy and Camby both return to practice

Tualatin, Ore. — Coaches are always looking for that extra something in practice, but Wednesday, Blazers coach Nate McMillan got that extra somebody. Actually, make that extra somebodies. Brandon Roy and Marcus Camby each participated in practice for the first

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Did Batum really say that?

As most serious Blazers and Bulls fans know by now, there has been some vehement reaction to a quote Nicolas Batum delivered last night regarding Derrick Rose’s defense. First off, here’s the full quote. “We know that Derrick Rose is

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LaMarcus Aldridge left off All Star team…for now

The All Star reserves were announced today and LaMarcus Aldridge once again found himself left off. The Blazers power forward, who’s averaged about 25 points and 10 rebounds per game in 2011 has been the subject of plentiful “should he

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Final: Blazers 99, Spurs 86

PORTLAND — Two power forwards stepped onto the court before tip-off. One was a two-time regular-season MVP, three-time Finals MVP and four-time NBA champion. The other was the one worth paying to see. Two teams stepped onto the court before

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