trailblazerscentercourt.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
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Fans of just about every team complain at some point about not getting their fair share of foul calls, but as Trail Blazers fans, you have a legitimate beef. Portland is 27th out of 30 teams when it comes to free-throws attempted, shooting an average of 22.5 freebies per game. There are reasons. ...
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blog.oregonlive.com - 11/17/2008
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Of all the players on the Trail Blazers,
nobody is more eclectic than reserve forward Channing Frye....
He has his own Web site, channingfrye.com, where he champions the Keep Portland Weird slogan and encourages viewers to send him examples of...
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The ... ugh, six sweatiest players
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Monday afternoon linkage: Introducing Nic Batum
Blazers Blog —
... It's tough to really gauge how good Fernandez can be this season with the Blazers at 6-4. Are we seeing his best? Or is there still more to come? A couple more months will reveal a lot, that's for sure - the guys will know Rudy's game more and he'll know theirs. Don't get me wrong. He's been nothing short of amazing thus far. But hard pressed to critique his game, it is clear his defense needs some work. Casey Holdahl blogs about the Blazers lack of trips to the charity stripe . Nate McMillan suggests a bit of acting: "Flopping is part of it," says McMillan. "Acting is a part ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Casey Holdahl of Trail Blazers.com: “There’s another reason why the Trail Blazers are not getting to the line, and it comes down to something Nate McMillan calls ‘the game within the game.’ To hear McMillan explain it, the game within the game comes down to selling yourself on the court in order to draw a foul. You’ve seen it hundreds of times. It’s throwing your arms up after you run into a screen. It’s yelling. And yes, it’s flopping. ‘Flopping is part of it,’ says McMillan. ‘Acting is a part of it. And yelling. You go to the basket and you ...
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