Chris Thompson of Deadspin regales the glories of Andre Miller's old man game, and we get to relive some great memories. Follow the link for clips of the fake timeout, the 52-point game, Andre Miller's dunk (as rare as Halley's comet), and his leveling of Blake Griffin.
Colangelo: I understand his disappointment. He’s a great player. For whatever reason, the times he’s been with us he just hasn’t played as well as he’s capable of playing. That happens to be at a position where we are overloaded.
Hardwood Paroxysm kicks a little more dirt in the grave. "What’s sad here is that we didn’t get to see what this team could do. They had their breakout season, Wesley Matthews went down for the year, and that was it — Aldridge left, and in his wake a few others followed. The lost opportunities are what people can’t forget, even decades later. They haunt the dark corners of our brain, nagging us with a sense of what could have been and what should have been."
In a sense, Aminu, who is visiting South Africa as part of the first NBA Africa Game, truly is returning to his homeland. Although he grew up in suburbs of Atlanta, Aminu's parents are native Nigerians and the Trail Blazers small forward has a strong connection with the culture and history of the world's second-largest continent.
Wesley Matthews joined Jabari Young on the Young 'N Charge podcast to discuss his time with the Trail Blazers, signing with the Dallas Mavericks and more.
A story on one of the newest and most mysterious Blazers
I understand why, but still not the way I wanted Wesley Matthews to go out as a Blazer, especially with how he felt afterwards.
The NBA is officially amid the doldrums of its off-season. The draft, summer league and (most of) free agency have come and gone and we're still almost three months away from the new season beginning. With no pressing news to discuss, SI.com paneled its NBA experts to discuss which team took the biggest step back this off-season.
Trail Blazers center Mason Plumlee, acquired from the Brooklyn Nets during the 2015 Draft along with rookie guard Pat Connaughton, was a guest on SiriusXM NBA Radio Tuesday afternoon with Mike Dunleavy.
Damian Lillard and Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins have a few things in common. Though they took dissimilar paths to the NBA — Wiggins was the most hyped high school player since LeBron James, while Lillard didn’t get noticed until late in his run at Weber State — both easily won Rookie of the Year, are sponsored by adidas and are the faces of their respective franchises.
