Month: October 2013
Aldridge talks GM survey, four other Blazers mentioned
Today, the NBA's annual General Manager survey from around the league was released on NBA.com. Every year, all of the general managers from around the league are asked a series […]
Lowe: Blazers defense will finish 15th or worse
In his Tuesday column, Grantland.com's Zach Lowe released his "32 Bold Predictions" for the NBA season. Terry Stotts and the Trail Blazers are feeling good about the progress of their […]
Practice Report: Aldridge out vs. Kings
Terry Stotts told the media after Saturday's practice that LaMarcus Aldridge will not play on Sunday against the Sacramento Kings at the Moda Center. He said that everybody else was […]
Preseason Primer: Aldridge out, Batum back vs. Clippers
Tonight the Portland Trail Blazers continue their exhibition season as they are in Los Angeles taking on the Clippers for the second time. They will be without LaMarcus Aldridge, who […]
Arnovitz: Neil Olshey says Blazers will know whether they hit “fork in the road” after 2014
Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com, who's based out of Los Angeles and has been covering Neil Olshey since he was with the Clippers, had a very interesting piece run today on […]
Pelton: Blazers in the playoff hunt, will finish 10th in the West
ESPN's insider NBA writers have been doing an NBA season forecast in the lead up to the NBA season starting with the teams that Kevin Pelton's SCHOENE projection system projects […]
Update: MRI on Aldridge negative, will sit out Friday with sore knee
UPDATE 5:27 PM: The Blazers announced via twitter that LaMarcus Aldridge underwent an MRI after sitting practice on Thursday with left knee pain. The results of the MRI came back […]
Simmons: Blazers will make playoffs
Bill Simmons, ESPN's jack of all trades, editor-in-chief of Grantland.com and the author of "The Book of Basketball" has been doing an NBA preview with fellow ESPN employee and former […]
Practice Report: Batum (concussion) will not play Wednesday vs. Utah, eager to return
Nicolas Batum is progressing in his recovery from a concussion suffered on October 8th but he will not be able to play in Portland's next game, as he has not […]
Caplan: Blazers need “true” playoff run to make Aldridge happy
Jeff Caplan of NBA.com did his preview of the Portland Trail Blazers today and wrote that in order for the Blazers to keep their all-star forward LaMarcus Aldridge, they have […]