Reader “bill” left a question in the comments section of today’s Smack asking for an update on the progress of Greg Oden.
This post from Oregonlive.com’s Blazers Blog has the latest on Oden’s recovery, including the fact that the Blazers asked Greg to back off his rabid weightlifting.
Check it out HERE.

He’s rocking an “I Am McLovin” t-shirt and potentially drinking wine from a box.

Yesterday, the big news out of Portland was that Greg Oden practiced with the Blazers.
True Hoop linked to the below video last night that he found on the Blazers’ official web site of Oden dunking over assistant coach Maurice Lucas in pre-game warmups. While it’s not life-changing, it’s definitely encouraging for Blazer fans.

From Marc Stein at ESPN.com:
Sources told ESPN.com that talks between the Mavericks and Nets, which had seemingly stalled, grew serious after the teams played Sunday night in New Jersey and have moved them to the brink of completing the NBA’s third blockbuster deal of the month.
Although sources say that the teams are still sorting […]

This morning ESPN’s Marc Stein has the latest on the proposed Jason Kidd three-way deal that would end up with him back in Dallas, racking up dimes at an alarming rate.
Among the obstacles holding up the deal? The Mavs’ reluctance to give up Devin Harris (We’re always backers of seizing the opportunity to win […]