Wes Matthews is due for a pretty hefty pay raise after this season if that is what the market is paying quality 2 guards. Going to be tough for Portland to retain him next year. Makes me wonder if he'll end up in trade discussions this year, only because Portland might need to get value in return for him while they can. Would hate to see him go anywhere, but it might have to happen unfortunately.

Hat tip to nawesemo, who first found this article about the Lakers putting LMA on their free agent wishlist: "Losing Aldridge will prove costly to the Blazers, but it’d be safe to assume Lakers will definitely come calling this summer in an attempt to pry him away from Portland."

With Westbrook AND Durant out for a while with longterm injuries, OKC is likely going to plummet to the bottom of the West standings.

"The radical individualism of the internet allows for the pernicious belief in bootstraps." Different take on the Blazer's media credentialing issue.

You won't like him when he's angry

Small warning. Some salty language is included Later in the comments, it says Lillard went back into his twitter history and deleted this stuff after this article came out. Aw...to be young and dumb....

"I will give everything for this team."

Good Lord, what is this?

CJ's quote for this pic: "Game day - Year 2. Line em up"