Shooting percentages as they apply to certain areas of the court. Note who one of the best shooters in the NBA from the wing is. Check out the guy dominating under the hoop as well. Pretty impressive for a 6'9'' guy.

Enric CorbellaofMarca.com reportsthat Victor Claver, the Portland Trail Blazers' first round pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, is interested in coming to the NBA for the 2012-13 season. Claver, 23, currently plays for Valencia in Spain's ACB league and is said to be "seriously considering" coming to Portland. Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan expressed interest in bringing over Clavertwo weeks ago.Daveposted his thoughtshere.ed: text edited, bumped to front page

Emilio FernandezofLa Opinion De Malaga writesthat Joel Freeland, a first round pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, faces a July 10 deadline to decide whether he wants to buy out of his contract with Unicaja Malaga of the ACB league and come to the NBA for the 2012-13 season. The report also notes that Spanish power Regal Barcelona is also interested in Freeland should he opt not to come to the NBA. Freeland, 25, is regarded as one of the top big men in Europe. Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan expressed interest in bringing over Freelandtwo weeks ago.Daveposted his thoughtshere.ed: text edited, bumped to front page

More dealings from the NBPA union president, this one about his involvement with with some issues in the NBRPA, which is the union for retired NBA players (something I didn't know existed until right about now).

Jason QuickofThe Oregonianhas athorough look backat the Portland Trail Blazers' year without a GM and writes that Acting GM Chad Buchanan probably didn't do enough to get the full-time job. ---------------------------------- Some of the fall can be attributed to bad luck. And some of the blame can be directed at Buchanan, the 39-year-old interim general manager who previously had been happy sitting in arenas around the country eyeing the next Elliot Williams as the team's director of college scouting. Buchanan has whiffed on some decisions since taking over for Cho. His biggest mistakes were trading Andre Miller and Rudy Fernandez for Raymond Felton, and drafting Nolan Smith instead of Kenneth Faried. And he strayed from the Blazers' team-oriented culture by signing Jamal Crawford. Those decisions have probably cost Buchanan a shot at the real job. He admits he is shaken by his miscalculations in assembling this year's disaster, even though many of the decisions were made under the duress of a hurried end to the lockout and the deterioration of Brandon Roy and Greg Oden. He is a leader in the making, but not quite ready to run a team, both from a professional and personal standpoint. He still relishes being a daddy, and talked Tuesday of his son being at the age where he follows him to the door when he leaves for work, and how it tugs at his heartstrings to see him stay at the door until his car is out of sight. ---------------------------------- -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

So this was originally written for UrbanFaith.com, but the editorial staff is a little slammed at the moment, so I thought I'dget it up on my site first.Davenormally has to squeeze his faith-based-topics around basketball... this time, I thought we'd do it the other way around.艾德:撞到首页——本

Tracy McGrady Endorses Drinking Xuejin Beer... On the Court

After reading the numbers on Kobe's contract, it got me thinking might Buss be wise throwing Kobe under the bus through amenesty in order to rebuild around Bynum? This assumes that no one wants to trade for his contract. Personally, I think it might make the most financial sense to the Lakers. Trade Gasol for a future star(draft pick + scraps) and then throw Kobe to the curb if he gets no takers. Besides this discussion gives us sometbody woes besides the Blazers woes to discuss.

Alex KennedyofHoopsWorld.com reports金州勇士队前高管克里斯Mullin could be a target for the Portland Trail Blazers' GM search. ---------------------------- Chris Mullin is in the mix for the Portland Trail Blazers' general manager job, according to sources close to the situation. ---------------------------- Mullin's name came up back inJuly 2011andSeptember 2011.Update: Chris HaynesofCSNNW.com reportsthat Mullin is not a candidate. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter