Charter Cable, Verizon FIOS and AT&T U-Verse Portland must need the ghost of Monty Hall, the DirecTV crickets are warming up again.
Hey fellow Blazersedge readers, I have a league up on Yahoo I welcome any fellow blazerfan to join in...heck even if you're not a fan, feel free to join.
Another year, another printable Blazers schedule from yours truly. Based on the official Blazers pocket schedules. Hope you enjoy!
Here's hoping the Blazers can draft this kid next summer :)
In an article about Batum, Haynes includes this quote from Olshey: "if Nic can make a jump, if Wes [Matthews] can make a jump, if L.A. [LaMarcus Aldridge] can just be L.A., and Damian [Lillard] can be who we think he has the ability to be, we're not that far away. And having a lottery pick potentially, and three second [round picks], and having $13 million in room potentially, is a pretty good position to be in eight months from now." That sounds to me like someone who isn't going to pick up the options on the Smith/Babbitt/Williams troika, and who is going to manage the season to ensure we aren't giving away our first rounder to the Bobcats.
Hardwood Paroxysm recently rolled out its 2012-2013 NBA season preview. Nicolas Batum is one of the six players featured on the cover illustration. Donning a superhero-type spandex costume, Batum is visible in red and black with the number 88 on his leg.
Hollinger forecasts the Blazers finishing 27-55, 5th in the Northwest, and 13th in the Western Conference. Reading Hollinger's forecasts for each team has been worth the price of insider.
From now on, the NBA will just list "frontcourt" players on the All-Star ballot, abandoning a separate section for the C position. So, you could end up with three power forwards starting the All-Star game, and zero centers and SF's. Is this good or bad for LaMarcus? Will it matter, since he was unlikely to be voted in anyway? There is no mention of whether this affects any voting for bench players, which didn't seem to matter already.
