He's less optimistic than the Thunder.

She did not flinch. "My past," she told the room, "is littered with the bones of men who were foolish enough to think I was someone they could sleep on."

In a rare clip from 1985, Mychal Thompson cuts a promo during a Saturday night broadcast of Portland Wrestling, discussing the upcoming60th Anniversary Show. Unfortunately, the audio is problematic, but it's rare enough to enjoy anyway.

From Damon Stoudamire's Twitter feed today, heposted a pictureof himself as a kid meeting Dr. Jack Ramsay.

Hustle and Drone took Damian Lillard's 4 Bar Friday raps and compiled them into a song. Check it out. http://www.complex.com/music/2014/10/hustle-drone-again-and-again-feat-damian-lillard-premiere

Two things: 1) Yeah Ben! Doing Good! 2) You know I finally realized he doesn't look anything like Luke Babbit, his face is totally different. Just must have been that picture. Huh.

Open Court Panel, NBA greats talking about when they knew it was time to hang 'um up. Brent Barry says it was after playing Rudy Fernandez. Starts around 40 sec mark.

New Blazers song by artist Yung Jordan, take a listen!

"The toughness and physicality Harden has seen in camp is what he thought was missing in the first round of the playoffs last season when the Rockets lost to Portland. In those six games, Harden said, the Trail Blazers were tougher. 'We had all the talent – we were talented, skilled at every position," Harden said. "But physically, Portland beat us. Six games hitting us, LaMarcus (Aldridge) banging us, Wesley Matthews, Nick Batum – they wore us down.' "