Ken BergerofCBSSports.com reportsthat Portland Trail Blazers owner Pal Allen met with Los Angeles Clippers GM Neil Olshey as the Blazers continue their search for a new GM. ----------------------------- League sources say Clippers GM Neil Olshey met with Portland owner Paul Allen in London recently about the Blazers' GM opening. Olshey does not have a contract for next season with the Clippers. ----------------------------- Olshey's namepreviously came upwith regard to Portland's GM position in September 2011 before Olshey re-signed with the Clippers. Olsheyfinished thirdin voting for the 2012 NBA Executive of the Year. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Chad FordofESPN.comhas posted the followingworkout video and interviewof Weber State point guard Damian Lillard. Lillard is considered one of the top-2 point guard prospects in the 2012 NBA Draft class. A Lillard highlight video wasposted earlier this week. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

TalkBasket.com reports-- citingMalagaHoy.com--that there are multiple big-name international teams interested in Joel Freeland, a 25-year-old British big man selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft who played last season for Unicaja Malaga in Spain's ACB league. ---------------------------- The chances that Joel Freeland will continue his career in Malaga are becoming smaller. Three elite teams are reportedly willing to make an offer in order to break his contract. As it was reported by malagahoy.es, Barcelona, CSKA Moscow and Anadolu Efes have already made first inquiries regarding the possiblity of signing Joel Freeland. ---------------------------- Blazers Acting GM Chad Buchanan hasexpressed interestin bringing Freeland to the NBA for the 2012-2013 season. Freelandreportedly facesa July 10 deadline to buy out of his current contract. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Dwight JaynesofCSNNW.comwithan interesting pieceon former Miami Heat executive Randy Pfund, who was a candidate for the Portland Trail Blazers GM job a few years back. Pfund sounds a bit skeptical about how the process went down. ----------------------- "They had a lot going on at the time," he said. "I didn't talk to Paul [Allen], he was in Europe. I had lunch with Larry Miller and had a quick meeting with Nate McMillan at the practice facility that probably did not go that well. I'm not sure if it was all just a dog-and-pony show or what. "I felt like I had about 10 minutes to present myself. I was disappointed with that." -----------------------

Steve KylerofHoopsWorld.com reportsthat the top two candidates for the Portland Trail Blazers' open GM position could be Los Angeles Lakers executive Mitch Kupchak and former Golden State Warriors executive Chris Mullin. ---------------------------- Hearing Portland GM job is hinging on Mitch Kupchak's decision --- Portland has him as the top candidate. Chris Mullin could be Plan B ---------------------------- Both have been linked to the job in recent rumors. The Blazers have not yet requested to speak to Kupchak and he said he wasstaying putduring exit interviews. The Mullin idea wasshot down recentlyin one report. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

I'm officially on the Machado bandwagon.

Why isn't this guy higher on the draft boards? His scoring and rebounding is impressive.

Part two of my "This Is Rip City" video...