Month: August 2014
Blazers Nicolas Batum In FIBA World Cup: France Squeaks Out 74-73 Win Over Serbia
Welcome to The Columbian's coverage of your Portland Trail Blazers competing in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. Damian Lillard did not make the final cut for Team USA […]
Blazers Victor Claver In FIBA World Cup: Spain Rolls Over Iran 90-60
Welcome to The Columbian's coverage of your Portland Trail Blazers competing in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. Damian Lillard did not make the final cut for Team USA […]
Blazers Nicolas Batum In FIBA World Cup: France Drops Opener To Brazil 65-63
Welcome to The Columbian's coverage of your Portland Trail Blazers competing in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. Damian Lillard did not make the final cut for Team USA […]
FIBA World Cup Primer: Blazers Batum And Claver In Action
In the wee hours of Saturday morning, group play for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup will tip-off. According to the NBA, a record 45 active players will be participating […]
Haynes: Damian Lillard First Alternate For USA If Derrick Rose, Other Player Opt Out
The clock is ticking in the countdown to the FIBA Basketball World Cup starting this weekend. Although Portland's star point guard was cut from the final roster over the weekend, Chris […]
Trail Mix: Lillard’s USA Snub, NBA Live Cover
Welcome back! We took a little vacation over the past week to recharge our batteries but the Blazers-world has kept on turning. First, we'll talk about Damian Lillard, simultaneously a bonafide superstar […]
Trail Mix: Rookie Guard Payton Looks Up To Damian Lillard
The NBA schedule is going to be released in less than five hours at 3PM PST. We do know that the Blazers will be opening the season at home against the […]
Reports: Blazers Host Thunder And Cavaliers In First Week Of NBA Season
At long last, we have an NBA schedule related leak pertaining to the home team. Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman, in a report about the Oklahoma City Thunder's schedule, wrote […]
Reports: Blazers Sign Shooting Big Man James Southerland To One-Year, Non-Guaranteed Contract
The Portland Trail Blazers have reportedly started to fill out their training camp roster in early August. Shams Charina of RealGM.com had the story first and the intrepid Chris Haynes of […]
Trail Mix: Former Blazer Greg Oden Arrested, Kevin Love To Cleveland Update
There was a lot of news today in the NBA, with some familiar names getting into the news for the wrong reasons. We start off first with the news of Greg […]