Blazers say MRI confirms guard Allen Crabbe sustained a severe left ankle sprain. Expected recovery time is 4-6 weeks.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo)July 16, 2015This probably means the rockets will give their MLE to KJ McD. Or it at least makes it more likely they would match an offer. Either way it seems like bad news for the home team, if you were hoping to get KJ McD on the cheap, like I was.
Bobby Ohman does a pretty good job laying out the encouraging days ahead
As we look at Portland’s roster, there’s no reason to believe that it will even sniff a .500 record in 2015-16. That’s obviously not the goal of the front office right know. The team knew full well that the loss of LaMarcus Aldridge was going to set the Blazers back big time in the short term. By retaining Lillard on a long-term deal and adding a few solid young pieces, this team has its sights set for 2016-17 and beyond.
The Blazers acquired Harkless from the Orlando Magic in exchange for a future conditional second round pick. The pick is a protected 2020 second round draft pick and will only be conveyed to the Magic if it falls in the final five picks of the draft, otherwise the Blazers will get Harkless for free.
The game is scheduled to take place on August 1st in Johannesburg, South Africa after the 13th year of Basketball Without Border in Africa, which is described as the "NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program that has reached 1,000 campers from 31 African countries since 2003."
They seemed pretty impressed and show a bit of historical context. I liked the highlight reel. Vonleh's eurostep looks good and leverages his power to knock out the defender. Hard to not like what you see from him.
