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Published 5/16/2008 by Dave at Blazer's Edge: Front Page Posts
... Here are some links to make your Friday go quicker. RealGM takes a look at the Blazer season. The AP looks at Greg Oden. Kerry Eggers talks about the draft and a bunch of other stuff. Dwight Jaynes argues for acquiring a pure point guard. Joe Freeman tells us all about next week's lottery party. Mike Barrett is talking about forwards and radio. Casey Holdahl gives you the entire history of ping pong and the NBA.  Plus, as usual, he has enough multimedia to make your head ...

First Cup: Friday
Published 5/16/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune: "[Rudy] Fernandez - the MVP in all three major tournaments he played in this season - is arguably the hottest ticket in European basketball. He leads the Spanish League in scoring (21.2 points) while shooting 59 percent from the field, 41 percent from 3-point range and 91 percent from the foul line. But Fernandez can make only $873,200 his first season with the Blazers under the NBA's rookie pay scale. He could make four to five times that in Europe next season, but Portland execs are optimistic that Fernandez, ...