mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com - 10/20/2008
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Following a week off, this strange exhibition schedule continues for the Trail Blazers on Monday, when they take on the Kings in Sacramento. It's the first of the final three preseason games, and this final week will take them from Sac to L.A. to play the Clippers, and then to Utah to play the ...
ripcityproject.com - 10/19/2008
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ripcityproject.com —
This is the Rip City Project preview of
the 2008-09 season for the Portland Trail Blazers. If...
you've been following our "An Evening with..." series you might come across some similar stuff as there's only so many things you can preview about a season, ...
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RCP Blogger Season Preview: Portland Trail Blazers
bizofbasketball.com - 10/26/2008
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bizofbasketball.com —
The Portland Trail Blazers exercised fourth-year options on
the contracts of forward/center LaMarcus Aldridge, guard Sergio Rodriguez...
and guard Brandon Roy, while exercising their third-year option on center Greg Oden. The moves, announced today by General Manager Kevin Pritchard , keep all ...
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Blazers Exercise Options for Roy, Aldridge, Rodriguez, ...
docksquadsports.com - 10/22/2008
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The Fundamentals
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... Mike Barrett of Trail Blazers.com: “The Oregonian’s Jason Quick had an opinion column about Oden in Sunday’s edition, and it seems to have a lot of people talking about Oden, and evaluating their expectations of him come the regular season. I’m around the team every day, and have seen most of the practices here in the preseason. I think Jason did hit the nail on the head in describing what he sees as ‘Oden’s burden’ to this point, even if we’re all guilty of helping to create the issue in the first place. Last week we were hosting ...
Monday linkage: Batum, Oden and season previews
Blazers Blog —
... compared to those of San Antonio All-Star Manu Ginobili. "The first time I saw him I was like, 'Yo, this guy is going to be good,' " said Aldridge, who said he immediately called Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard. "He was making Ginobili moves. And I called Kevin and was like, 'Kevin, this guy's good!' I think during summer league he struggled because he was nervous. But I think now that he's comfortable, he's looking better every day." Mike Barrett checks in on the Blazers' final week of preseason, and Greg Oden . Former writer for The Oregonian and Portland Tribune ...
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Does Carlos Boozer Stay Or Go? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 10/20/2008
Does Carlos Boozer have a home in Utah?
Well, technically, he stays in a hotel year long in Salt Lake City. That alone shows that he isn't commited to Utah yet. He lives in Miami during the offseason.
What can make him commit is: MONEY MONEY ...
