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Nolan Smith, Armon Johnson are bumped down the PG depth chart

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“我们有克劳福德和雷蒙德谁能发挥效果t and who will play the point," McMillan said after today's practice. "We got two experienced point guards and they're (Nolan and Armon) playing behind them. That's pretty much what it is." This is nothing new, if you've followed Nate's coaching career with even a casual interest (FWIW, Portland's most-recent lottery choice -- Jerryd Bayless -- says 'hi") So...I wonder if Elliott Williams is going to pick up the PT scraps behind Mssrs Felton, Matthews and Crawford? "Before we picked up Crawford, we had young inexperienced guards," McMillan said. " Now we just bumped those guys behind Felton and Crawford but they'll both get their chance at some point." AJ will get his "chance at some point"? Does Nate mean for the Idaho Stampeeders, or perhaps in a different NBA uniform? That would break Marcus Camby's heart...but it's all part of the game. Depth is a good thing to have, and the young legs will come in handy, when the schedule catches up with the veterans (BTW, I think I'm going to like this Chris Haynes fella from CSNNW. Buzztap has also been berry-berry good for me, these past 6-8 months)

Janet Weiss of Portland band Wild Flag talks about Fantasy hoops and Blazers.

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Its an out take but its still very entertaining. She knows her stuff abouts the NBA and Fantasy. Except for forgetting joel Przybilla's name, but makes up for it by remembering he is the Vanilla Gorilla. She drums for the indie rock super group Wild Flag and used to play drums for Sleater-Kinney.

Nate Robinson cut by okies

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Do you think Robinson can fit into our backup point role? Or do you think he would just disturb chemistry?

Dallas Tenders Offer To Kyrylo Fesenko

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The Mavericks still have one roster spot open and are exploring the feasibility of filling it with the best free-agent big man still available: Kyrylo Fesenko. Saturday the Mavericks extended a one-year offer to Fesenko. Three other teams are known to be chasing the Ukranian: Toronto, Golden State and Miami. Sources say that the Raptors are exploring avenues to create an open spot for Fesenko, who turned 25 on Saturday. Via Marc Stein & ESPNDallas.com

Hornets Deal Quincy Pondexter To Grizzlies For Greivis Vasquez

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The Hornets traded small forward Quincy Pondexter to the Grizzlies on Saturday in exchange for guard Greivis Vasquez. Vasquez averaged 4.5 points and 4.5 assists last season as a rookie with the Grizzlies. Via John Reid & the Times Picayune

Grizzlies sign Dante Cunningham

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Grizzlies sign Dante Cunningham after Bobcats decline to match offer

Raptors trainer stretches them out

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Saw this article regarding a recent acquisition made by the Raptors thats better than any player they were able to sign this off-season. Alex McKechnie is the new sports science director over there and he is famous for extending players careers. He worked for the lakers for 12 years on the run when they won 5 titles. The article is an interesting read, he is also one of the guys credited with resurrecting the career of Grant Hill, Wish the Blazers would of spent some cash and brought him in to head up the training staff.

The 2011-2012 Portland Trail Blazers

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Video I made to support this years squad. What do you guys think?

Clippers swagger bothers Lakers

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L*ker haters will enjoy this short paragraph halfway down.: "They have a lot of reason to be excited, but all the celebration after dunks and all that kind of stuff … I mean, let's just play basketball." Barnes, a former Clipper who joined the Lakers last season, added: "They act like they won the dunk contest after every dunk. So, as players, people aren't going to tolerate that."