Much speculation has been going around about Monta Ellis' injury that apparently happened outdoors and not on a basketball court. Here's one for the freak accident file. The Timberwolves new center, Jason Collins,injured a triceps tendon in his elbow when his golf cart skidded on wet ground and   more...
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1. Stephon Marbury, Knicks. 2008-09 salary: $21.9 million. Marbury has moved from second place on the BBCRMOL to the top, and we should all hope he is duly flattered. Marbury's season ended with ankle surgery, and it's likely no one with the Knicks really noticed. He had averaged 13.9 points in 24   more...
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G: Robert PackG: Mahmoud Abdul-RaufF: LaPhonso EllisF: Antonio McDyessC: Dikembe MutomboAnd off the bench ...Reggie WilliamsBryant StithNick Van ExelRaef LaFrentzGreg AndersonRodney RogersDale EllisSevere offensive challenges with this team, doubt they'll make the playoffs in this 1990's free   more...

Rudy Fernandez vs. Jerryd Bayless and a Greg Oden poll...LAST SEASONThe Blazers had a 13-game win streak in December and boasted a 22-13 record at one point, but finished at an even .500, which wasn't bad considering they lost their prized #1 pick before the season. If you've wondered why Portland   more...
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The Kings, led by John Salmons took the season series 3-1 and handed the Blazers one of their more dismal road losses of the year, and Josh McRoberts made an appearance.Plus, in honor of Brad Miller undergoing surgery, the team wore headbands. Check out the pics in the comments.
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With the recent news of Chris Kaman aligning himself with the German National Team, The BearDown started thinking...What? In case you don't feel like following the link I'll sum it up. The 7 foot Clipper Center who's Great Grandparents were German has received German citizenship and will be playing   more...
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Rookie Game 2000 in Oakland. Kings' sophomore Jason Williams goes behind the back and hits it off his elbow to Nuggets sophomore Reaf LaFrentz. This would have been the greatest play ever in a Rookie Game if LaFrentz didn't get fouled on his way up. It is one of the greatest passes.

Before the past two games, it seems as if the Blazers' playoff chances were dust in the wind. However, after the Blazers encountered the two different LA teams these past couple days and all of that turned around an in instant. Brandon and James coming back from injury for the Lakers game sure   more...

This is part of my series of articles previewing all 30 NBA teams and the upcoming season.The Trailblazers are once again one of the youngest teams in the NBA. The problem with the Blazers are that they spent all their resources for young prospects but they now have an abundance of underdeveloped   more...
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The Celtics are fastly approaching the worst record in the NBA and while the Pierce injury has clearly sabotaged the season and deserves a lot of credit for the Celtics record much of the rest of the blame needs to be placed on GM Danny Ainge's Shoulders. A look at Danny's tenure as Celtics GM to   more...
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Last season really represented the beginning of a new era for the Portland Trailblazers. After bottoming out the season before with a 21-61 record, the Blazers rebuilding project finally found some smooth sailing.
Original Story: http://hoopsblogging.com/2007/10/28/seas....

It's funny to think about now, but it wasn't that long ago we were justifying tanking our season to grab Oden or Durant. One of these guys was going to "change the face of the franchise" and "turn us into a contender for years to come." I was no better than anybody else. I had the next 10 or so   more...
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File this one under "what was he thinking?" The "Associated Press" reported that Portland Trail Blazers veteran cent Raef LaFrentz will have an arthroscopic procedure performed on his right shoulder. LaFrentz has a torn labrum, which he suffered in a game against Seattle on February 22. The surgery   more...
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I just love Raef and have ever since he played for KU!