Matt Smith, sports reporter forKPTV Fox 12,highlights three recent situations-- the hiring of new assistant coaches,罗伊的说唱视频appearanceandPaul Allen's recent interview-- in which the Portland Trail Blazers actively controlled stories and limited independent media availability to key people. Smith concludes... ------------------------------ My whole point in detailing this is one part anecdotal, one part buyer-beware. Information distribution methods are changing. But there is still a vast difference between a carefully crafted press release and a bona fide interview, during which any question is fair game. I think it’s important to recognize that difference. ------------------------------ -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Joe DeRosa, Joe Forte, Sean Corbin and Phil Robinson are retiring. Five referees who so far have mainly D-League and some limited NBA experience will be "called up" bringing the total to 60 for the 2010-11 season. Steve Javie will be back after rehabbing from a painful knee condition. So will be Dick Bavetta, returning for his 36th season at age 71.

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Marc SteinofESPN.com 来自与花名册的列表for thenew version of NBA Jam... -------------------------- Players: Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden Legend: Clyde Drexler Oden will never miss a game because of injury in Jam. That's the good news. His challenge will be convincing Blazers-minded gamers to put him on the floor when they can choose Aldridge ahead of him or the option of teaming up their modern-day face of the franchise (Roy) with a glory-days FOTF (Glide). (P.S. -- Still not thrilled that Nicolas Batum didn't make the cut.) -------------------------- Easy choices, right? -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

Blazer GM Rich Cho was on Courtside tonight. I picked up 4 things from the show. 1. Cho said Greg Oden would be cleared for 2-on-2 and 3-on-3 in a couple of weeks. When asked when Greg would be cleared for 5-on-5 he said he would wait to see how Greg did playing 3-on-3 before making that determination. 2. When asked if there would be further roster changes before the season starts, Cho said he was working on a couple of things to make the team better. I didn't take that to mean anything was imminent or even likely. He's just working on it. 3. Elliot Williams was finally cleared to play 5-on-5 today for the first time since he was drafted by the Blazers. The Mike's drooled over his 48" vertical. 4.The most important thing.Paul Allen got a clean bill of health last week from his doctors and looked very good during an interview with Mike Barrett.

Portland Trail Blazers OwnerPaul Allenspeaks in a video interviewwith Blazers broadcasterMike Barrett. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter

I'm no insider, could somebody add to this? Seems exaggerated, but intriguing nonetheless.

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