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波特兰开拓者队的前锋尼古拉斯·巴图姆（Nicolas Batum）在2012年伦敦奥运会的开幕仪式上在国家游行中进行了愚蠢的舞蹈。Batum Boogie从：28秒开始。巴图姆（Batum）在伦敦与法国国家篮球队竞争。法国将开放对阵美国的小组比赛early Sunday morning。Video viaBasketUSA在Vimeo上。- 本·戈尔弗（Ben Golliver）|benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

USA Today 有一个预览的the 2012 London Olympics basketball competition and names Portland Trail Blazers center Joel Freeland as the "player you need to know" from Great Britain. Included are some thoughts from long-time coach andESPNcommentatorFran Fraschilla。---------------------------------- Players you need to know: F Joel Freeland, 25, is 6-11, operates well in pick-and-roll situations, has a decent mid-range game, runs the floor well and is a capable shot-blocker. Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2006, he will finally join the team after recently signing a three-year deal. Freeland spent the last three seasons in Spain's top pro league and averaged 12.9 points and 7.5 rebounds for Unicaja Malaga last season. Freeland averaged 11.2 points and 5.8 rebounds in the 2011 European Championship. … Fraschilla: "If there's one guy to keep an eye on, it's Joel Freeland, who just signed with the Portland Trail Blazers. They drafted in the first round a few years ago. He's been a rising star in Spain and is very close to making the move to the NBA — a 6-10 power forward, very athletic. He's a British-born kid who has spent his basketball formative years in Spain, and he's getting a chance to play in his country before we see him in the NBA, maybe even next season." ---------------------------------- There appears to be some confusion in the quotes about whether Freeland is coming over for the 2012-13 season, perhaps caused by some updated editing of older quotes, but you get the picture. The Blazers officially announced the signing of Freeland to a 3-year contract回到七月。Blazers head of NBA scouting Mike Born discussed Freeland这里。A Blazers-centric Olympics basketball television viewing guide fromBlazersmakrcan be found这里。Also,这里's a massive spreadsheettracking all televised Olympics coverage viaLisa Schmeiser(on Twitter这里). -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Welcome Joel "Freeman" to the NBA. The US is a Free Land, and Joel is a Free Man in the good ol' USA but darn, he is on his way to being the Rodney Dangerfield of the NBA.

詹姆斯·哈登（James Harden）将考虑与太阳队签约，如果他的合同在下个赛季后到期。“是的，”他说。“当然。我喜欢那里。我妈妈仍然住在那儿。所以这绝对是我的第二个家，就我的舒适水平而上学。但是，显然，我现在和雷声在一起，我们拥有的是特别的。”俄克拉荷马城将能够匹配任何Harden收到的报价。哈登说：“那是我手中的。”“那不是我的决定。那是前台。我会让他们决定。”----不幸的是，对于波特兰来说，这是关于2013年的艰难可能性的。

达米安·利拉德（Damian Lillard）在拉斯维加斯举行的2012年夏季联赛的亮点

洛杉矶快船announced the hiring周五，前波特兰开拓者队助理教练鲍勃·奥西普卡（Bob Ociepka）Ociepka将在前开拓者队教练内特·麦克米伦（Nate McMillan）和临时教练卡莱布（Kaleb Canales）的前两年的波特兰教练任教后加入教练Vinny Del Negro的员工。Ociepka此前曾在Del Negro执教过芝加哥公牛队的领导下，直到麦克米伦（McMillan）在2010年的员工“摇摆”中雇用他。- 本·戈尔弗（Ben Golliver）|benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Scott Howard-Cooper的NBA.com has a piece在波特兰开拓者队，今年夏天增加了西班牙前锋维克多·克莱弗（Victor Claver）和英国大个子乔尔·弗里兰德（Joel Freeland）。------------------------------------“我认为他们俩都到了绝对正确的时机，”尼尔·奥尔希（Neil Olshey）两者都被起草几年后加入该组织的总经理。"We’ve got a young roster and they’ve both got a chance to contribute immediately if their game translates from what they’ve done in international basketball. They both play positions where we’re going to need some depth. And they’ve both got transferrable skills. Joel’s ability to rebound, score around the basket, defend multiple positions. And Victor’s length, his ability to stretch the floor, he’s a nice complement to Nic." Indeed, Claver is expected to compete for minutes behind Nicolas Batum. The Olshey scouting report on Claver, who has been playing in the Spanish ACB League, regarded as the second-best league in the world? "I think defensively, he’s going to be able to do a really good job on threes with his length. He’s a good chase guy. He’s got quick feet, good instincts. He shrinks the court. He closes down passing lanes. We were hoping both were going to play in summer league, but clearly they’ve got a great opportunity now (with the Olympics) to compete at a really high level, which will accelerate their learning curve once they get back." ---------------------------- We发表了一些想法在本周早些时候出生的NBA球探迈克（NBA Scouting Mike）的西装外套导演的克拉弗（Claver）和弗里兰（Freeland）。- 本·戈尔弗（Ben Golliver）|benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

篮球高级统计专家埃德·库普弗（Ed Kupfer）has laid out the travel miles to be logged during the 2012-13 season and, to no one's surprise, the Portland Trail Blazers lead the league in most miles to be traveled. Full-size image这里。这是一个外观at the last four seasons worth of data. Portland has been either No. 1 or No. 2 every year. You can follow Ed on Twitter这里。The NBA's 2012-13 schedule was周四发布。- 本·戈尔弗（Ben Golliver）|benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter