Brandon Roy

If you don’t remember who Ha Seung Jin was, I truly cannot blame you. His one claim to fame is probably the fact that he was the first Korean in history to be drafted into the NBA. His claims to shame are probably his ugly face, awkward body and terrible basketball skills. Normally, the Short Term Blazers posts are cheery and starry-eyed memories of Blazers past with short stints in Portland. This one however, is going to be abnormal. Ha Seung Jin stunk. His career-high was 13 points and only ever played 46 games across 3 seasons. He was terrible, there’s no ifs-and-buts about ... Read Full Story

In this edition of Short Term Blazers , we examine last season’s late addition, Von Wafer. After the mid-season trade with Denver for Taurean Green, this trade was sort of pointless. However on the plus side, it did create a great short term Blazer for us to write about. Vakeaton Quamar Wafer (Von Wafer) has only been playing professional basketball for three years, but has already become an NBA (NBADL) journey man. Von only played 64 minutes in a Blazers uniform, but he was key to the team’s success. Who can forget his career high 11 points against the Clippers on Feb 27, 2008. ... Read Full Story

Last year, when Brandon Roy was selected to the bench for the Western Conference All-Stars in just his second season, there were a few dissenting voices around the league. There were claims that players such as Deron Williams should have taken his place. Then the game happened. B-Roy finished in 2008 with 18 points (equal tops in the West), nine rebounds (second to only Carlos Boozer's 10) and five assists. In a game which is typically play in a haphazard fashion, Roy committed zero turnovers and shot 8/10 from the field. People stopped questioning why he was selected to the squad. They expected him ... Read Full Story

The Short Term Blazers series will highlight past Blazers who may have had a short stint in the Rose City, but will forever live on in our hearts. Now I proudly present to you, the Jamaal Magloire edition. Where do we begin? Jamaal Magloire has done it all. To make it easier on you, the reader, here is a bulleted timeline of Magloires greatest achievements thus far in his basketball legacy: 1998 - Won a NCAA Championship with the Kentucky Wildcats as a starting sophomore 2000 - Left Kentucky as the schools all-time leader in blocks 2000 - Drafted 19th by the Charlotte Hornets ... Read Full Story

Brandon Roy was an easy winner of the 2006-07 NBA Rookie of the Year award. He received 127 out of a possible 128 first-place votes. Roy was taken sixth overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who traded his draft rights to the Portland Trail Blazers. He averaged 16.8 points and 4.0 assists per game this season. Read Full Story