Month: October 2012
Damian Lillard out
Trail Blazers first-year point guard Damian Lillard wore gray Derrick Rose adidas sneakers and halfheartedly shot free throws while the rest of his teammates stretched near the back wall to […]
Trail Blazers at Sacramento Kings (What Stotts will be watching)
Tonight, the Trail Blazers visit the soon-to-be named Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. And yes, that name is as horrible as you think it is. The reason why I think […]
Barton is baaaaaack but hold that exclamation point…
Yes, rookie Will Barton has returned from that lingering hamstring injury but as he re-joins the team and makes his first NBA road trip, backup PG Ronnie Price (ankle) remains […]
Justin Holiday = The Biebs’ Christmas song
The Trail Blazers announced on Friday that they've added former Washington Huskie Justin Holiday to the training camp roster. A search just using the name "Justin Holiday" somehow confuses YouTube, because […]
Justin Holiday = The Biebs' Christmas song
The Trail Blazers announced on Friday that they've added former Washington Huskie Justin Holiday to the training camp roster. A search just using the name "Justin Holiday" somehow confuses YouTube, because […]
Conversations: More with my chat with Clyde
Here on the Blazer blog, I will have periodic "Conversations" posts. They'll be in-depth looks into my interviews with newsmakers and well-known names that didn't necessarily make it into the […]
Knee Jerk Reactions: Blazers 93, Lakers 75
Right now, the Trail Blazers gotta be popping champagne bottles somewhere in an Ontario hotel. Okay, well, not really. But the Blazers looked good in their NBA exhibition debut, taking […]
Introducing your starting five…
As the 2011-2012 season was winding down to something that looked like "Who Wants To Be Here Next Year?" auditions, more than anyone else J.J. Hickson set himself apart. Hickson […]
Practice Thoughts & Observations (Saturday, Oct. 6)
Reporting for Tualatin, Ore. or as I'd like to call it 'Comedy Central.' Today, I learned that Coach Terry Stotts got jokes. Before coming here, I asked around to several […]
I-5, get ready for Will Barton behind the wheel
On Thursday, Blazers rookie Will Barton felt like he was 16 again. Barton passed his Oregon written driver's exam, declaring the big news on his Twitter (@WillTheThrillerB5) a little before 4 […]