Its only momentary, but the worst team in the western conference just beat denver, putting them below us by percentage points in the division. The NBA is crazy, we were lucky to beat min last night, but at least we didn't lose to the kings. Looks like nocioni might have been the difference maker.

I don't look at this very often, but was really suprised by this.

这是一篇来自英国佩普r talking about the globalisation of sports relating mainly to Basketball and "Soccer". It is a long read but a great comparison of the two leading bodies of the sports and the work and potential involved when dealing with new markets such as China and India. Well worth the time.

"Last night the Wolves got to see the full display of Blazer points; from the serviceable Blake to the questionable Sergio Rodriguez to the可怕的Jerryd Bayless, Our Beloved PuppiesZombies were able to count on their points (well, mostly Bassy) to get the job done against the competition." .... "As for Bayless, I think we all got a good look at why the guy has been on the bench for most of the year. In just under 7 minutes of play he logged 3 fouls and 2 blocked attempts while forcing everything that came near him. He also quickly became the target of aggressive pick-and-roll action on the defensive end of the court. Blazers fans, I can't tell you the last time the Wolves singled out an individual defender like this before. That, more than anything else, led to his short time on the court. He was obviously out of his element and didn't seem to have the first clue what he was doing out there. He's further away from the point than Randy Foye ever was....and that's saying something."

I have never been a fan of John Canzano's rather, shall we say, over the top way of writing, but today's column about Kevin Love's family takes the cake. It's the usual blend of Canzano-style hamfistedness and self-insertion, just taken to extremes. My favorite part was his encounter with Przybilla. Did it really go the way Canzano described it? Did Joel see him with a far-off look in his eye and say hey, John, a penny for your thoughts? Seriously? But most of all, this column was a masterpiece of paragraphs that aren't really paragraphs, just quick declarative statements isolated to look more meaningful and dramatic than they really are. If you follow the bald-faced wonder at any length, you know this is Canzano's calling card as a literary stylist. Here are, verbatim, whole paragraphs from today's column: "Emily Love is 15." "What?" "You were expecting Kevin here?" "Not one." "Not two." "But three." "And maybe it's right there." "Not weird before." "Weird now." "And that really tells you all you need to know." Does this man have an editor? Because that's what I want to know. It's the least we can ask. As readers of Portland sports media.

I don't remember that Ben has posted this already in one of his "full court press" reports or that it was posted at another place. It's quite a long and very good piece by Kerry Eggers on what went wrong with Terry Porter trying to revamp the Phoenix Suns into a more defensive team. While taking responsibility he does put some blame on key players not really buying into the philosophy change the front office wanted. Quotes from Shaq, Hill, Barnes and Steve Kerr are included. Nash and Amare were not available. Really interesting backstory.

From the fine folks at atthehive.com (I hate you...you know who you are)

check out the title of our game recap.... ohhhhh yeeeaaaahhhhhh.

haha, i'm in second.

Drexler and Porter Jerseys in this video. The Porter is Tajuan though. This video has nothing to do with the Blazers and is kind of offensive because it's about abortion, but the lyrics are funny and I can't stop listening to it (don't know what that says about me) either way here it is.