The Ball Don't Lie interview with Greg Oden
sports.yahoo.com 7/17/2008 — Greg Oden wants a flying monkey. Who doesn't, really?

Bayless and the Numbers Game
nba.com 7/18/2008 — There are a plethora of numbers that jump off the page when you look at Portland rookie guard Jerryd Bayless' stat page through his first three games at the Las Vegas Summer League. First you see his 27.7 points per game average. That’s damn near 30 a game from a kid who doesn’t even turn 20-years old for another month. Next your eyes will fix upon his 5.3 boards per game, you're trained to...

Vegas: Blazers vs. T'wolves
blog.oregonlive.com 7/18/2008 — 1:01 - Pooh Jeter, former UP Pilot, in the game ... and straight to the line ... makes a pair ... Kop running the offense, drives to the baseline and swings out to Bayless ... driving to the hoop and...

Love Leads T-Wolves Past Blazers
nba.com 7/18/2008 —

Summer League 2008
nba.com 7/18/2008 — visitor 78 1 2 3 4 T Trail Blazers 15 21 20 22 78 Timberwolves 16 24 31 17 88 Recap | Play-By-Play 88 home Trail Blazers (1-2) Field Goals Rebounds pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a off def tot ast pf st to bs pts N.Batum F 27:43 5-7 1-2 1-4 1 4 5 0 4 1 5 0 ...

Pecherov update — Wizards Insider 7/15/2008
Oleksiy Pecherov, who missed last night's summer league opening loss to Portland with a sprained left ankle, is expected to miss tomorrow's game against Philadelphia but could play in the final three games. I fly to Las Vegas Friday morning and will ...

Blazers' Oden eager to start NBA career (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 7/17/2008
Greg Oden is itching to get his delayed NBA career going, but he's still forbidden from any 5-on-5 action until September. Oden's rookie season was over before it even started when he had right knee surgery last September. Recovery can take six months ...

U.S. Men's Team Exhibition Games To Air on ESPN and ESPN2 — NBA.com: News 7/17/2008
ESPN and ESPN 2 will televise the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team's five-game exhibition schedule beginning Friday, July 25.The USA men will tip off its schedule when it faces Canada in the 2008 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge at the ...

Saturday Ramblings: Bayless Time — NBA.com: News 7/20/2008
The man of the hour is Jerryd Bayless. Portland's shooting guard dropped 26 of his 36 points in the second half, including scoring 17 of the Trail Blazers' 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead his team to a 74-73 victory after the Suns had led by ...

Sunday funday.... — Wizards Insider 7/20/2008
The Wizards play a little later on today and I'm getting ready to head over to the arena to check out the Minnesota-Phoenix game but here are a few quick hitters related to the Wizards and summer league in general. -Portland rookie G Jerryd Bayless is ...