Ok, ok, shameless plug for me to showoff my 1 year old's first Blazer jersey. Gotta admit he looks pretty awesome.

Nerlens Noel tore his ACL, and is out for the season. At this point he has two options: 1) declare for the NBA draft anyway, or 2) return to Kentucky for this sophomore year. If he declares he could fall in the draft much like Andre Drummond did last year, especially if it looks like he won't be ready for the preseason. If he is available when the Blazers draft (probalby 10-12 range), would you take him?

I have always wondered: do NBA players use steroids? Not that it can't be achieved naturally, but players like LeBron James, Dwight Howard, and others have always made me wonder. That Hedo is not very built and still was caught cheating makes me wonder all the more.

Nice story. Dame was just named an honorary coach for the 2013 NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Sports Basketball Game, It will feature teams of Special Olympics athletes paired with stars from the NBA and WNBA.

Former Blazer/Twolf Gary Trent now works for a Minnesota school, helping counsel and support at-risk children. Trent saw more than most of us knew, and even quit school to sell drugs for a while. Sounds like he's doing something terrific with himself, these days.

Apparently the Dubs are set to debut an alternate jersey...with sleeves. It looks kind of like a cycling jersey. The kicker is the mismatched, pinstriped shorts. Worst part: "other teams" will supposedly follow suit. Pray the Blazers aren't one of them.

Good read on O-Live on coaching staff: ... When the staff gathers for a coaching meeting to prepare for an opponent, there's an open forum to debate and brainstorm how they should defend that opponent, what offensive sets they should run -- even how they should stack their player rotation and who should be placed on the inactive roster. The meetings are a time for brutal honesty -- Hughes' specialty -- and Stotts craves input. Sometimes he'll ask an assistant directly what they think. Before the Blazers' win against the Timberwolves last week, he turned to Osbourne, offered two plays, and asked which the Blazers should open the game with. Osbourne answered and Stotts used his suggestion. And it worked -- the Blazers opened the game with a bucket. ... Full story: http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2013/02/blazers_coaching_staff.html#incart_river

makes not trading up and/or drafting him instead of lillard look better... could u imagine the amount of freaking out going on on BE right now if he were on our team... it would be "the end of the world" this and "big man curse" that

Some silly sounds and text over the Blazers comeback against the Mavs