Thursday night.
Southeast Portland.
Cleveland High School.
Blazers full-court scrimmage.
Crazy high school kids.
Stuffy gym.
Third quarter.
Five and some change left on the clock.
Greg Oden’s elbow.
Joel Przybilla’s right eye.
Rebound.
Dunk.
Blood.
Four to five stitches.
Red Sox lose.
Red Sox win!
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Archive for October, 2008
Ode To Joel
Posted in basketball, writing on October 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Roster Spot For Randolph?
Posted in basketball on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since tonight was debate night at Hofstra, it’s only fitting we re-visit the Portland Trail Blazers great debate – minus Joe Plumber of course – smack dab from Rip City.
Last month at this time Steven Hill and Luke Jackson looked poised to battle for the final roster spot. But now Shavlik Randolph – the last [...]
All That Jazz
Posted in basketball, writing on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Al Jolson and Neil Diamond have nothing on me.
I’ve belted out more stories on the Utah Jazz over the last three days after their recent stop in Portland that I’m quickly becoming known as The Jazz Singer.
You can get the skinny here on the Jazz running the Blazers ragged….Carlos Boozer (who will be a free [...]
Prayers For Lucas
Posted in basketball on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something has been missing at the Rose Garden and Portland’s practice facility lately, and it didn’t hit me until today.
Where has Maurice Lucas – Blazers assistant coach and the “Enforcer” himself – been?
Thanks to Dwight Jaynes we now know. This from Jaynes today:
Former Trail Blazer power forward and current assistant coach Maurice Lucas is in [...]
Whoa Nellie
Posted in basketball, writing on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I first launched this here blog, my reasons for doing so were two fold: to showcase the various venues where I feature my writing, and to share some stories about covering the league.
So without further ado….
Time and again, I’m asked how I go about chasing a story when on the Blazers beat from friends and [...]
Moving Right Along….
Posted in basketball, writing on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Minus Corporate Klinger and “Hotlips” Houlihan, the Portland Trail Blazers roster is beginning to resemble an episode of M*A*S*H* with each passing day.
Channing Frye – ankle.
Raef LaFrentz – shoulder.
Steve Blake – hamstring.
Martell Webster – foot.
Rudy Fernandez – ankle.
Joel Przybilla – bronchitis.
As one longtime sportswriter said to me last night in the back hallways of the [...]
Down Goes Marty….
Posted in basketball on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Martell Webster kicked it at home last night while his Blazers fell to the Golden State Warriors – and man was he missed.
Looks like Marty will have plenty more chances to watch Portland on TV….
This today from the Portland Trail Blazers:
WEBSTER UNDERGOES FOOT SURGERY
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Trail Blazers announced that guard Martell [...]
Portland’s Pistol Pete
Posted in basketball on October 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I never had the change to see Pistol Pete Maravich – that is unless you count YouTube – but last night at the Rose Garden I think I saw glimpses of his twin.
Rudy Fernandez was absolutely ridiculous as the Portland Trail Blazers worked over the Sacramento Kings in their first preseason game of the year. As [...]
Luke Warm
Posted in basketball, writing on October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This guy has to find a true home sooner or later, right?
Why not in Portland?
I first met Luke Jackson before the start of the 2006-07 season when I was back covering the New York Knicks. Jackson was in town with the Boston Celtics for a preseason game at Madison Square Garden and was still green with [...]
Diogu or Bust?
Posted in basketball, writing on October 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ike Diogu arrived in Portland this summer with little to no fanfare. That will change once he snags a few rebounds for the Blazers though.
While rookie point guard Jerryd Bayless owned the marquee in the deal between the Indiana Pacers and Portland, Diogu was more of a toss-in, or at least it appeared so. But [...]
