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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By Dime Magazine
Today, Juwan Howard signed a one-year contact with the Portland Trail Blazers according to GM Kevin Pritchard. This will be the 15-year NBA vet’s eighth team. Last year, he split time between Denver and Charlotte where he averaged 4.1 points and 1.8 rebounds. Howard is also the last member of the Fab Five still standing in the NBA. What does he bring to the Blazers this year?
Tags: Juwan Howard, Kevin Pritchard, Portland Trail Blazers
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