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Historic photo of 1st Israeli & 1st Iranian to play in NBA: Omri Casspi & Hamed Haddadi

dpnim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:29:00 -0000

Historic photo of 1st Israeli & 1st Iranian to play in NBA: Omri Casspi & Hamed Haddadi

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I find this pretty awesome.

Lol, we're at the top of the League...

dpnim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:42:29 -0000

Lol, we're at the top of the League...

Undefeated!

Guarding Greg Oden

dpnim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:23:50 -0000

Guarding Greg Oden

Beyond the Beat, found this on The Dreamshake

Dodged a bullet?

dpnim — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:31:43 -0000

Dodged a bullet?

This could be a precursor to the NBA season or not but makes me feel quite glad we didn't pick him up.

Decided to try my hand at a few Blazer's Edge logos. This is the first, hope you're okay with the...

dpnim — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:57:24 -0000

Decided to try my hand at a few Blazer's Edge logos. This is the first, hope you're okay with the fire wings Blazers logo, it worked with the design. A few more will come later. Others feel free to post any of yours as well.

Watch Orlando Summer League games

dpnim — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:05:20 -0000

Watch Orlando Summer League games

I needed to watch some basketball and this is the best you'll get unless you're interested in WNBA. You can watch some summer league games here.

Official 2010 Mock Draft

dpnim — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:18:25 -0000

Official 2010 Mock Draft

I don't know if any one is really interested in discussing this but it may get you away from all this Hedo shopping talk (for a minute).

PG spot is log-jammed, what happens?

dpnim — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:05:34 -0000

Like most, if not all, here, believe that the PG spot needs improvement. A veteran PG, defensive minded PG, quick PG, and etc. etc.

We, again, after trading Sergio Rodriguez, have 3 PGs: Steve Blake, Jerryd Bayless and Patrick Mills.

I'm personally on the Kirk Hinrich bandwagon and believe he is attainable and would offer us an ideal amount of improvements. But I also would like us to keep Blake as his back up and I'm sure Nate sees it that way. From what I remember reading, the franchise is/was keen on keeping Blake, which was mentioned after he had shoulder surgery.

This is where it gets confusing or interesting. What happens if Hinrich is acquired? Trades aside or included. If Blake is likely to stay, does that mean the rotation would be Hinrich, Blake, Bayless or Mills? My intuition tells me Mills gets cut or traded in this situation. But will keeping Bayless at the 3rd spot hinder his growth? Most likely. With all this non-sense commotion on Hedo Turkoglu, is Hinrich sliding out of the picture? Is PG really a FA target? I still believe so but I'm weary now. I believe we are not after any back up PFs in the FA market, as we just drafted two PFs, nor should we be focusing on any SFs (ie Turkoglu). Though, is the franchise looking to replace Outlaw if he's sent away? Is that why we are focusing so much on Turkoglu? I vaguely remember KP saying (in this Article):

"We'll keep them," Pritchard said. "I can't see a scenario where we don't. They've been terrific for us this year. They were major parts of 54 wins. We'll pick them up."

Although, this could just be praise to keep their trade worth high. I guess what it really comes down to is our future outlook. Does the franchise believe Bayless is the future PG? Or are they looking to compete now, while slowly and I mean slowly develop Bayless, by keeping Blake ahead of him in the rotation while acquiring Hinrich. Is Mills insurance in the Summer League if Bayless doesn't produce? So many questions, so little answers.

I know many of you see that Blake is a trade asset in acquiring another PG. Do you see that changing with KP expressing his satisfaction towards Blake? Would you prefer to keep Mills as a 3rd string PG, making our quality of depth at the spot lower? Or keep Blake and have quality depth at the 1? I think the latter is much more ideal.

ESPN's Hollinger ranks Portland Trail Blazer franchise at #8 all-time

dpnim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:02:04 -0000

ESPN's Hollinger ranks Portland Trail Blazer franchise at #8 all-time

…if you take: Every rookie who has ever played in the NBA since 1946 … Weed out everyone who pla...

dpnim — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:01:13 -0000

…if you take:

Every rookie who has ever played in the NBA since 1946 …

Weed out everyone who played less than twenty minutes per game …

And sort them by who gets the highest percentage of total rebounds while on the court …

You’ll find that two current rookies are in the top ten all time. Which is really something.

One of them is Greg Oden, who is ninth at the moment. He’s ahead of people like Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Another 2008-2009 rookie, however, is currently third all time. By this measure he’s ahead of Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Oakley, Buck Williams, and Bill Walton (trailing only Clifford Ray and Larry Smith, who were three years older in their rookie years than the boy I’m talking about).

This rookie is also better known for doing something besides rebounding.

But TrueHoop reader Larry has pointed out, and Basketball-Reference.com confirms, this player is certainly showing that he’s a special rebounder.

So … who is he?

Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Here’s the evidence.

His total rebounding percentage is greater than his age, which just about never happens. He’s only 20, but he grabs 21.3 percent of the rebounds while he’s on the court.

A little love for Love but some love for Oden