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2008 Time Capsule: Willamette Week 1-pager on Channing Frye

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This was fun, WWeek's slinging it on their Facebook timeline as I write this.

2/7 game postponed

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Why is the game postponed?

NY Times | Zach Randolph's Bond With Kobe Bryant

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The best thing I've read all week. A year after Kobe Bryant’s fatal crash, the former N.B.A. All-Star Zach Randolph and his daughter MacKenly, who played for Bryant’s girls’ basketball team, are still learning how to grieve.

Dame to DJ Lob Makes #1 Top Play

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The nba.com Top Plays video for Wednesday 1/13/2021 features an allez-oop from Damian Lillard to Derrick Jones Jr. in the top spot.

Proposed CJ for Simmons deal

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Bleacher Report suggests Ben Simmons could play a Draymond Green-like role for the Blazers.

Dame personally targeted RoCo and DJJ

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According to this heat website, dame told management that DJJ and Roco were guys he’d like on the blazers.

Nassir Little: "you just don’t want to feel anything"

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Little explains his experience with COVID. I don't have access to The Athletic, as I'm sure others don't, so this is a link with some extensive quotes, but also contains a link to the article on The Atlantic.

Biggie's been busted

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Feel bad for the kid. Seemed like a nice guy and was hoping an NBA career could work out for him. This obviously wont help him get back into the league.

TrueHoop article on resting players

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The article is primarily about getting players long rests during the season and both Damian Lillard and Harry Giles are discussed extensively, along with other Trail Blazers. It's definitely worth a read.