Chris Andersen hanging out with 3 of the best US cyclocrossers

Jamey Driscoll, Jeremy Powers, and Tim Johnson.

From this article it sounds like Ersan Iyasova maybe coming back to the bucks. If that happens we could drop a deal on them to do a sign and trade of Sessions and possibly take Thomas off their hands at the same time.

Probably not ideal for them or us, but it gets a cheaper younger version of A Miller and could net us a bit of experience in the front court.

Also, people should be reading Brew Hoops as it has really good main page content.

It isnt a big secret that the Blazers might like a backup 4 that doesent play like a 3rd string 2 (Sorry Channing, but at least you are a first rate dude.), but the BE is divided on which way to go, vet that we have to pay a premium on i.e. Brandon Bass or McDyess, or drafting our way to a backup 4:Hansbrough, Penedegraph, Brockman, Blair etc.

Perhaps we take KPs "another man's trash" approach and see if Sean May has anything left in the tank. He is a decent rebounder as evidenced by his career at UNC where he had a junior year TMR% of 26.5%, and was getting over a point per possession as well with a PER of 32.6 and even posted a PER of 19.2 for the cats in 07/08.

On the downside he has battled weight issues that have led to injury issues throughout his NBA career, but on the upside we could probably get him on the ridiculously cheap side of the coin and maybe on a partial guarantee.

Would anyone be offended by this move? Anyone thinks this at least borders on the "not a terrible idea" idea?

Some nice analysis about finding a backcourt mate to an awesome combo guard (although we are lucky that Roy has the size to be an awesome 2.) Interesting stuff, and I think it can be taken as a guide of who to put alongside Roy, or as a guide on how to get the 5th pick off of the Wiz.

Your choice, but either way it is a nice read.

(Self high five as I would like to see Delonte West as a Blazer, and this gives that idea some credence.)

Nice little article about a collegian turned euro star who might want to play in the NBA.

I like these stories as Anthony Parker really shored up my fantasy team his rookie season. I guess I should not care about this as I do not play fantasy basketball anymore.

What are the bobacts thinking by not having a summer league team? It seems like if you want young and cheap talent and have it develop then summer league is the way to go. This seems like a fairly silly cost cutting measure to me.

I was doing my usual thing of not polishing up my resume and or searching for jobs when I came across this little ditty from the posted link

"I'll be curious to see if Tony Allen sticks around or is traded (or even possibly released). His on court performance hasn't lived up to previous expectations and his off court distractions aren't helping anything."

I have to admit that I havent watched everything Tony Allen has done, but I remember him being a pretty good defender and decent spot up shooter and slasher. He might be able to help the Blazers backcourt out by guarding the best perimeter player so as to take some pressure off of Roy while being a bit more of a slashing threat than we currently have. Add the fact that he is a pretty cheap and possibly gettable player and he might be nice in the Black and Red.

The downside: character character character. He had a pretty publicized incident in Chicago where he may have been involved in a shooting incident and he was receiving death threats in this years playoffs. KP has said that me may allow a lower character guy on now that we have an established team, but TA may not have the upside or skills to make it a worthwhile risk. He also had a nasty knee injury a few years back that cost him some of his athleticism.

I would be interested in what others have to say about Allen.

PS Apparently I am in love with Ainge's 04' draft as I have been lobbying for Delonte West as well.

Guess what? Kevin Durant may not be a lock down defender. Somehow T Prince was dishonorable mention here. These crazy new stats are going to get us into some fights yo!