This was a great interview of Andre and his perspective of the team and the playoffs. It's nice to read something outside of BEdge that doesn't concern any of the following: Miami, LAL or the Knicks.

Marc SteinofESPN.com reportsthat both the Charlotte Bobcats and Los Angeles Lakers may have had interest in Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan this summer if he hadn't agreed to an extension... --------------------- For all the justifiable skepticism about the Bobcats' willingness to engage Portland in a bidding war for McMillan, they were expected to factor into McMillan's thinking, given his ties to the area as a North Carolina native as well as to Bobcats team president Fred Whitfield. So let's just say that the removal of Charlotte as a potential landing spot couldn't have hurt the Blazers' ability to secure McMillan's signature this week on a new two-year extension. Yet there's also a belief in coaching circles that the Blazers began to press McMillan on accepting an extension because of their far stronger fear that the Lakers were going to pursue him as a potential replacement for Phil Jackson, who continues to insist that this season is his farewell to coaching. --------------------- McMillan signed a two-year extension with the Blazersearlier this week. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Gerald Wallace without braids?

Kerry Eggersof thePortland Tribunehasa profileon the happy-go-lucky, team-building Portland Trail Blazers point guard Patty Mills, who discusses his fondness for music, Australian Rules football and the city of Portland... --------------------- On the day the Blazers traded Joel Przybilla, Dante Cunningham and Sean Marks to Charlotte in the Gerald Wallace deal, Mills tweeted, "Not a fan of seeing three of my close friends leave." "It was heart-wrenching," Mills says. "Not just for me, but for all of us. If you didn’t know how close (the Blazer players) were before that, you’d know now, to see how everyone felt. You know this is a business, but that showed how close all of us are." --------------------- -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Gerald Wallace drawing

波特兰开拓者已经宣布的迹象ing of reserve center Jarron Collins to a second 10-day contract. Portland's roster stands at 14 players. Collins has played in three games for the Blazers, averaging 0 points and 2 rebounds in roughly 4 minutes per game. This contract carries Collins through games against the Charlotte Bobcats (March 11), Atlanta Hawks (March 12), Dallas Mavericks (March 15), Cleveland Cavaliers (March 17), Philadelphia 76ers (March 19) and Los Angeles Lakers (March 20). After that stretch, the Blazers would need to decide whether to keep Collins for the remainder of the season or part ways. He is the only healthy true center on the roster aside from starter Marcus Camby, however power forward LaMarcus Aldridge has seen a bunch of time in the middle. Here's the team's release... ---------------------------- The Portland Trail Blazers have signed center Jarron Collins to a second 10-day contract, it was announced today by General Manager Rich Cho. Portland signed Collins to a 10-day contract on March 1. He has appeared in three games for the Trail Blazers, totaling six rebounds and one assists. Collins, 32, holds career averages of 3.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 15.8 minutes in 540 games (216 starts) with Utah, Phoenix, L.A. Clippers and Portland. A 10-year NBA veteran who played collegiately at Stanford, Collins (6-11, 249) also spent the 2009 preseason with the Trail Blazers, averaging 3.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 14.0 minutes in four games. ---------------------------- The Blazers signed Collins to his first 10-day contracton March 1, shortly after a three-for-one trade for forward Gerald Wallace opened up two roster spots. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

A nice article from the Seattle Times about Martell Webster and how he's adjusting to his trade to the 'Wolves. Evidently he and his family still have a house in Portland and he's got another baby girl on the way.

Huge earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan. Large tsunami causing some major damage in Japan. Still waiting for casualty reports.

Three googles done incorrectly.

If you haven't seen Batum's pics from childhood...worth your time. Scroll around a bit, this one is with his father who died on the free throw line when Nic was 2.Gallery