Since it's a travel day for the Blazers--that wonderful six-hour plane flight across the continent--a Ten Words or Less.

Today, it's a free topic. Ten words or less on anything which is on topic for this site--the Blazers definitely, the NBA for sure. Other topics, in particular, woofing about the NCAA tourney, are verboten.

As an added bonus, limericks are also acceptable. As it is exceedingly difficult to write 10-word limericks; the 10-word rule is waived for a valid limerick. However, limericksmustscan properly--or be close--unless it's obvious you are doing otherwise for poetic effect.

Anyone who posts a non-limerick submission of over ten words, or a limerick which doesn't scan, or is insufficiently on-topic will be--much like Fauxtradamus at the Rose Garden last night--mercilessly booed, and mocked by every NBA blogger from Henry Abbott to Darvin Ham. OK, I'm kidding about the last part.

让球滚起来:

There once was a guy called Arenas
Who promised five tens to demean us
"Hibachi!" he hollered
But he was swiftly collared
As we skillfully cut off his...drives to the hoop.