Tag Archives: Portland Trail Blazers
Taylor Smith’s Week 20 NBA Power Rankings: Mavericks on Top, Lakers Falling
Apparently, nobody really wants that eighth seed in the Western Conference. Every team currently ninth or lower in the West has dropped their most recent game, and no team has gone better than 5-5 in their last 10. The eighth place Blazers are just 6-4 in that stretch, but appear to have a stranglehold on [...]
Taylor Smith’s Top Five NBA Games of the Week
We’re into the second-to-last month of the NBA regular season, and what do people want to see? Possible future playoff matchups, of course. There’s never a bad time for a quality matchup, and the second half of this first week in March offers plenty of enticing games to watch in preparation for the postseason. So, [...]
Taylor Smith’s Week 19 NBA Power Rankings
Out West, the Mavericks, Nuggets, Lakers, and Jazz appear to be separating themselves from the pack as we near the playoffs. In the East, the Cavs appear to have gotten things back in order, and the Celtics are struggling once again. Here’s the full NBA rundown as we head into the second-to-last month of the regular [...]
Week 18 NBA Preview: Lakers Vs Nuggets Highlight Top Games Of The Week
It’s getting down to crunch time in the NBA, as we have a bit of a log-jam in the Eastern Conference, with the Chicago, Miami, Charlotte, and Milwaukee battling it out for the final three spots. We won’t know until the end of the season who will be the odd team out, while the Western [...]
2010 NBA Trade Breakdown: Handing Out The Grades
The 2010 NBA trade deadline has come and gone, as Thursday showcased a number of deals, most notably a blockbuster deal that sent Tracy McGrady to the Knicks and Kevin Martin to the Rockets. But with the trade hype passing through, it’s time to take a look at what all these moves mean for the [...]
Marcus Camby Dealt to Portland For Travis Outlaw, Steve Blake, and cash
According to reports by Yahoo! Sports, Marcus Camby is officially a Portland Trail Blazer, as the Los Angeles Clippers swung a deal that brought in back-up point guard Steve Blake, forward Travis Outlaw, and a reported $3 million in cash. This trade works best for Portland, who has been depending solely on veteran Juwan Howard [...]
NBA (Jan. 18th): Top Five Games of the Week
If you’re looking for the spot to be in, it’s the left side of your couch. The one with the table stand right next to it, where you set the beer, the remote control, and casually fiddle with your iPhone. But if you want to know when you should be sitting in that exact spot, [...]
December Chumpservations, Vol. 2: The injured Greg Oden, Tracy McGrady and Troy Polamalu
Portland’s Kneed Two and a half years ago, Ohio State’s Greg Oden was the consensus number one draft pick of the Portland Trailblazers. It was hoped the seven-footer would bring the franchise back to prosperity. Since that day, Oden has been a mainstay on injured reserve. Unfortunately for the Portland big man, his season was [...]
NBA Power Rankings (11/10): Surprising Suns rise in West
The 2009/10 NBA season is in full swing, and it’s been a very interesting first few weeks thus far. As expected, last year’s NBA finalists have gotten off to fast starts, and so have several other teams, but there have been a few surprises on both ends of the spectrum. Along with hot starts by [...]
2009/10 NBA Western Conference Playoff Predictions
With the 2009-10 NBA season getting started tomorrow night, and tons of new faces in new places, it’s time to predict which teams will finish where once the regular season is done. As always, the Western Conference is expected to be ultra-competitive, with up to 11 teams having somewhat legitimate aspirations of appearing in the [...]
