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... 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... Read Full Story
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF RIP CITY! Brandon Roy has been selected to participate in the 2008 All-Star Game in New Orleans. Being voted as a reserve for the NBA All-Star Game by the Western Conference Coaches is a bigger HONOR than being voted on by the fans. Last week on the Blazers fifthquarter postgame show with Jay Allen I predicted BRoy would make the team over Ginobli because I felt Roy was having a better year and has the Blazers 1.5 games out of 1st place. If you read the pre-season... Read Full Story
25 points. 11 assists. 6 rebounds. 2 steals. 1 block. 0 TURNOVERS. This kid just keeps proving how great he truly is and will continue to be. The Blazers faced off against the Bulls tonight in what turned out to be quite the match-up. Two overtimes later and another dominant performance down the stretch by your reigning Rookie of the Year and the Blazers chalked up another win; make that 15 out of 16! The current streak this young team (youngest in the NBA) is on has seen its share of... Read Full Story
, BRoy showed everyone around the country he belonged on the All-Star team and is the one player on the Blazers who will be ready to compete at a high level during the final 35 games of the NBA season. The question remains? Will Aldridge, Webster, Outlaw, Jack, Frye and Sergio improve their shooting enough in the 2nd half to help the team grab the 8th spot in the west?Aldridge is the most important of the 6 players who must improve their shooting percentage. Aldridge gets a lot of easy... Read Full Story
