One of the better dunks of the season came from the most unlikely source. Last night, 36-year-old forward, Juwan Howard surprised everyone (especially Chris Kaman) with this monster cram during the second quarter in a game against the Clippers last night. Honestly, I don’t remember Juwan dunking that hard, even when he was at Michigan.

As some of you Blazers fans might know, Anthony Tolliver of the D-League’s Idaho Stampede was called up by Portland yesterday. With Greg Oden out for the season, the Blazers were given the “Hardship Exception” and used it on Tolliver, who is a 6-9, 240 pound power forward. He is the second D-League call up of the 2009-10 season, the first being Chris Hunter of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, who was called up by the Warriors. Read More »

Martell Webster loves to shoot the long ball. In fact, more than 50 percent of Martell’s shot attempts stem from beyond-the-arc. With a 6-6 frame and underrated athleticism, Webster can dunk on people when he wants to. A few weeks ago, he smashed one right over Chuck Hayes and last night unleashed the beast on the Kings’ Jason Thompson. The best was the reaction to one of the Blazers’ TV commentators, “Do something else besides shoot that three…he’s dunking!”

Ever since the beginning of training camp, the point guard logjam in Portland has been an ongoing issue. Andre Miller wants to start and is not happy with his role with the Blazers. He has struggled to fit in with the team’s system and there is speculation that he’s on the trading block. Jerryd Bayless just wants consistent minutes and is reportedly looking to be moved. Steve Blake’s numbers have been significantly down from a season ago and although he hasn’t asked out of the Rose City, you can bet he wouldn’t mind seeing Miller go. Read More »

You can’t beat the holidays in New York City. With the lit Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, the bright lights of Times Square and the world famous Rockettes performing in their annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular – tourism is at a high this time of year. But for the visiting Portland Trailblazers, a trip to the Big Apple is just another business trip in just another city. After arriving Sunday night via their chartered 747 plane, painting the town red was the last thing Blazer players were trying to do. Read More »

Some of the benches on NBA squads are just nasty. It used to be teams would go just seven or eight deep in their rotation. Now some of these teams have benches so stacked that they could probably handle Milwaukee or Sacramento’s starting fives. I ranked my top five second units in the league. Keep in mind, starting lineups haven’t been set in stone and some of these guys might start come opening night (tonight for some). Read More »

Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated ran a poll with a bunch of NBA scouts for their season’s predictions. Not surprisingly, the scouts had the Lakers and Spurs at the top of the Western Conference, but what struck me as interesting is they had the Jazz fourth behind the Blazers. I love my Jazz don’t get me wrong, but I also try to be objective with my opinions. Read More »