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Lillard: Blazers need to embrace being elite

November 19, 2014 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Fans in the Pacific Northwest haven’t felt this good since Starbucks introduced the caramel macchiato. The Portland Trail Blazers are coming off a 54-win season and fresh off a trip to the Western Conference semifinals where they lost to eventual NBA champion San Antonio. Things are looking up in Portland, and expectations for the 2014-15 … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Damian Lillard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Neil Olshey, Portland Trail Blazers

NBA Northwest Division Preview

October 16, 2013 by Joel Huerto 2 Comments

Anyone who watches ESPN’s “First Take” knows Skip Bayless’ daily diatribe on Russell Westbrook. Bayless slams Westbrook every chance he gets, pointing out Westbrook’s shortcomings as a point guard and how he is curbing Kevin Durant’s greatness. Bayless is right about one thing, and that is Westbrook is not a true point guard. What Bayless … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Northwest Division, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz

Miami continues to struggle against bigs

January 10, 2013 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The Miami Heat have hit a rough patch in their title defense. LeBron James and Co. have lost five of their last eight games, the most recent one to the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite leading by as much as 13 points, the Heat somehow let the Blazers hang around and eventually pull out a 92-90 … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Chris Bosh, LeBron James, Miami Heat, Nicolas Batum, Portland Trail Blazers, Wesley Matthews

Can OKC overcome loss of Harden?

October 30, 2012 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The Oklahoma City Thunder pulled off a shocking trade three days before the 2012-13 season opener. It was a blockbuster trade that will affect the Thunder adversely in the short term, but it was a great move long term. Also, the trade shouldn’t prevent Oklahoma City from winning the Northwest Division. 1-OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Denver Nuggets, James Harden, Minnesota Timberwolves, Northwest Division, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz

2010 NBA DRAFT DAY WINNERS AND LOSERS

June 25, 2010 by Joel Huerto 2 Comments

Zzzzzzz. Zzzzzzz. Is the draft over yet? Man, that was a snoozer. I think ESPN should re-hire Stephen A. Smith just to give the draft a jolt. That was like watching paint dry. Or, maybe ESPN should hand the draft over back to TNT so we can listen to Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley make … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: DeMarcus Cousins, Jeff Van Gundy, John Calipari, john wall, NBA Draft, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, sacramento kings, washington wizards

BRANDON ROY HAS WILLIS REED MOMENT

April 25, 2010 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

A knee injury was not enough to keep Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy from missing the playoffs. Eight days after undergoing knee surgery to fix a torn meniscus on his right knee, Roy returned to the basketball court and played in a pivotal playoff game at the Rose Garden. OK, maybe it wasn’t quite … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Brandon Roy, Portland Trail Blazers

BLAZERS NEED TO SIT BRANDON ROY

April 14, 2010 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Brandon Roy, the All-Star guard of the Portland Trail Blazers, is reportedly contemplating about playing through a torn meniscus on his right knee and be there for his team in the playoffs. Though Roy should be commended for even braving through a painful injury such as this one, the Blazers’ management and coaching staff should … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Brandon Roy, Portland Trail Blazers

BLAZERS LOSE ODEN FOR SEASON

December 2, 2009 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Portland’s injury woes just went from bad to worse when starting center Greg Oden fractured his left kneecap against Houston on Dec. 5 and will likely miss the rest of the season. Before his year was cut short, Oden was among the league leaders in field goal percentage (60 percent) and blocks (2.3) and was … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers, Sam Bowie

THE CURSE OF SAM BOWIE

March 22, 2009 by Joel Huerto 1 Comment

The comparisons are justified and the start of their careers are becoming eerily similar, leading me to believe that Greg Oden is the HD version of Sam Bowie. Ouch! Back in the 1984 NBA draft, the Portland Trail Blazers committed a basketball sin when they took Bowie, a 7-footer out of Kentucky, and passed on … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers, Sam Bowie

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