LaMarcus Aldridge, Andrew Bogut
Portland Trail Blazers’ LaMarcus Aldridge, left, goes up for a layup as Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Bogut defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.