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Green Target: J.J. Hickson
Next on our Green Target list, the young and promising, J.J. Hickson. He is an undersized power forward/center that has a lot of energy. Once thought to be "untradeable" when he was an up and coming young player playing next to LeBron James in Cleveland, has now been a player that can't find himself with one team. He actually averaged a double-double last year for the...
Defense And Depth Top List Of Portland Trail Blazers' Priorities
Two key areas are in need of revamping if the Portland Trail Blazers want improve upon last season’s lackluster 33 win performance.
Portland must improve their depth ... everywhere. The Blazers had the least used bench in the association, featuring a group that played a little over 13 minutes per game and shot an abhorrent .39% from the field. The Blazers have a starting...
Former 76er Maurice Cheeks Named New Pistons Head Coach
After coaching stints with the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers, Maurice Cheeks is getting a third shot as an NBA head coach. For the past four seasons, he was an assistant in Oklahoma City. The team announced Monday that Cheeks has agreed to take over the responsibilities of Lawrence Frank.
“After spending some time with Maurice, I was very impressed not only with...
Suns looking to deal Marcin Gortat for Cody Zeller?
Heading into the last year of his contract, many have speculated that Marcin Gortat will be a hot commodity this offseason for teams looking to add a quality big man entering in his prime.
Thoughts On Possible New Portland Trail Blazer Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Around this same time last year, I started liking two guys that I thought would be great pieces for the Portland Trail Blazers. Those two guys were Damian Lillard and Meyers Leonard.
Leonard and Lillard had great workouts and interviews for Portland. Both of them seemed to be a great fit for Portland. With today’s game being a guard’s league, Portland was in dire need of...
How Draft Workouts Can Help Future Trajectory Of The Portland Trail Blazers
There are many facets to the NBA draft and each franchise is deeply entrenched in preparation for the June 27 event. The combine has come and gone and now the prospects are visiting teams for individual and group workouts. This phase of the recruiting and analyzing process is often overlooked as merely an internal affair. However, for a small market team like the Portland Trail Blazers...
Portland Trail Blazers must improve NBA’s worst bench this off-season
With a talented starting five, the Portland Trail Blazers should have been more competitive this past season. However, the team boasted a bench made up of rookies, former first round draft pick busts, and journeymen veterans that provided no relief for the starters. Priority number one this NBA off-season for Portland; up-grade their talent on the bench.
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Portland hopes Damian Lillard magic continues
via Oregon Live
The Portland Trailblazers are known for blowing two of its highest draft picks. In the superstar class of 1984(best ever), they blew the 2nd overall pick on Sam Bowie, passing on Michael Jordan (dumbest pick ever). They ended up with the short end of the stick in 2007 with the 1st overall pick, taking Greg Oden over Kevin Durant (who would’ve known). They had better...
Trail Blazers’ Wesley Matthews underwent elbow surgery
Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews underwent a successful arthroscopic debridement of his left elbow yesterday, according to CSN North West.Matthews’ procedure was performed by Dr. Ken Yamaguchi at Washington University Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. The guard is expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks as a result of the procedure.Debridement is considered...
Report: Blazers want Victor Oladipo; will consider trading up in draft
Photo Credit: detnews.com/AP Victor Oladipo, when he is not doing his best Usher impression or getting insane Michael Jordan comparisons, showed drastic improvement this year at Indiana, and led them to be one of the juggernaut of the past NCAA season. Oladipo, a quality defensive-minded guard, who also has shown some promise on the other end of the floor, combined with what many...
CALL IT A COMEBACK
Prospect: Oden 'looks unbelievable'
Deshaun Thomas, who also attended Ohio State and is expected to be second round pick, has been working out with Greg Oden and came away very impressed.
The Portland Trail Blazers didn't have a bad season, but it wasn't that great ei...
The Portland Trail Blazers didn't have a bad season, but it wasn't that great either.
Tips Portland should follow if they want to make 2014 Playoffs
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NWSB Insider and Portland Trail Blazers' blogger Jason Hartzog gives five tips to the Portland Trail Blazers that, if followed, will lead them to the 2014 NBA Playoffs. Aside from building off of the...
Tips Portland should follow if they want to make 2014 Playoffs
The Road Map
The Portland Trail Blazers didn’t have a bad season, but it wasn’t that great either.
Here are my exclusive top-5 tips for the Portland Trail Blazers making the 2014 NBA Playoffs, enjoy.
Have Nikola Pekovic sign an offer sheet worth top dollar to force the Minnesota Timberwolves to pay him. Like they did with Nicolas Batum last off-season? Yes. Just like that...
Gary Payton to help Damian Lillard become a better defender
ROY + HOF = Good things for Rip City
Damian Lillard is the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year. He’s a dynamic scorer, a solid floor general and a player who can impact the box score in a number of different categories.
The one area where Damian Lillard has yet to establish himself for the Portland Trail Blazers is defense, and that’s where Gary Payton enters the picture.
According...
Video: Will Barton punishes the rim with a reverse alley-oop slam
The Portland Trailblazers are out of the playoffs. That did not stop Will Barton from having a career night against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
Barton double-doubled with 22 points, 13 rebounds and six assists coming off the bench.
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