By Jack Jensen
These days, the business of basketball is good for the Portland Trail Blazers. However, not too long ago, the City of Roses tagged their only pro sports team by another name: the Jail Blazers.
The era of the Jail Blazers is an interesting and lengthy time period, through which it extends from J.R. Rider’s heyday, until really 2005. Whereas, the Blazers had been branded with this label for a while, I chose to further examine Burnside’s best from ’01 through the ’04 season. Read More »
Tags: Arvydas Sabonis, Bonzi Wells, Brandon Roy, Chris Dudley, Damon Stoudamire, Darius Miles, J.R. Rider, Jail Blazers, Kevin Pritchard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Maurice Cheeks, Mike Dunleavy, Nate McMillan, Nick Van Exel, Omar Cook, Paul Allen, Portland Trail Blazers, Qyntel Woods, Rasheed Wallace, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, Ruben Patterson, Scottie Pippen, Shawn Kemp, Zach Randolph
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Sep 28, 2009 / 9:45 am
By Gerald Narciso
Sometimes in the NBA, deciding who’s going to start and who’s not is already predetermined. We all know who’s starting at the two-guard position for the Lakers and we know who’s the starting point guard down in New Orleans. But for the Portland Trailblazers’ point guard slot, it’s not that cut and dry. Last season, Steve Blake did a legit job at the point but now management upgraded the position this offseason by signing Andre Miller to a three-year, $21 million deal. Read More »
Tags: Andre Miller, Brandon Roy, Damon Stoudamire, Greg Anthony, Greg Oden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Steve Blake
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