Al-Farouq Aminu

Dallas Mavericks’ Al-Farouq Aminu celebrates a score during an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Erik Gundersen

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.

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