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Jason Kidd’s Olympic Muse
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... and a revelatory exhibition from Portland’s Rudy Fernandez, I must admit, it never occurred to me that Jason Kidd would soon be reduced to gestures reminiscent of Elvis Presley’s final years ; ie. an aging superster giving away flashy trinkets in order to distract from a subpar performance. From ...

Olympic Roundup: Redeem Team barely tops Spain
SpottieOttieDopaliscious — ... , but those Spaniards can hoop. We all knew about the Gasol brothers, but their inside presence exposed the lack of size on the US team, which should never happen. Rudy Fernandez proved that he is a true baller, I'm sure GMs around the league are going to calling the Blazers to see if he's available after his vicious posterization of Dwight Howard. Most impressive of all was 17-year-old point guard ...

Blazers Fans, Now More Stoked (If That’s Possible)
The Big Lead — Greg Oden’s healthy. And Rudy Fernandez, seen here throwing down a vicious dunk on Dwight Howard, is in the mix. (Video here.) It might be - might - the sickest Olympic hoops dunk involving Team USA since Vince Carter dropped his balls on the head of that tall, cement-shoes wearing 7-footer from France (drafted by the Knicks, natch). Almost as important: Darius “Bust” Miles is gone. Good thing too - voice of the Blazers, play-by-play announcer Mike Barrett: Does ...

NBA Weekly: Paul Pierce Is Still The Truth
Hip 2 Da Game — ... by pouring in 25 points and on the season is averaging 15.4 points a game off the bench, while shooting 48.1% from the floor and 45.7% from three. Clearly he can do a lot more than just dunking on Dwight Howard. Oden, on the other hand, ...