I warned people he was coming

Greg Oden had another nice night this evening. I watched the T-wolves game Sunday and listened to the win over Chicago tonight. In each game he continued to have a huge influence on the defensive end, getting blocked shots and rebounds AND changing the way his opponents attacked the hoop. But in each game it has been more impressive that his offense is coming along. Oden is starting to build a consistency and confidence that are really nice. His arsenal looks pretty good right now: put backs, alley oops, jump hooks, and plenty of free throws (which he makes). I'm excited to see what he does as the season continues.

I just wanted to include his season stats so far. Take a look. Not bad, considering mpg.

Episode 2...a year later

Stephen and I finally recorded a second episode of our "new" podcast.



Here it is if you want to open it in a different window.

Dwight explains why I don't care for college sports (generally)

Read it. I'm totally with him.

Jaynes gets it right...again

I would love to see Jack Ramsay work with this Blazer team for a few days. And I'd love to see him on the sidelines, since I never got to do it back in the day. Read the whole thing.

This made me sad

Sonicsgate Trailer from sonicsgate on Vimeo. via TrueHoop

After Andre

I doubt that this deal would work after using up our cap space on Andre Miller, but here's something we could do once we sign him. This move is predicated on AK47's ability to be a point forward (something about which I'm not completely sure) and our unease with Bayless as the PG of the future. Also, this would assume that Rudy Fernandez gets a ton more run at the same time as Brandon Roy, hence bringing in someone who could perhaps play more of a point forward role. Maybe the Hedo idea was better than I first thought.



I'm not convinced I'd want to do this trade at all, just throwing it out there because of my unease with the Andre Miller deal.

I love July, but sure miss the NBA

These are getting me through a July with no NBA.

A great article about Greg Oden (with some sweet video included).

One of the two trades the Blazers are rumored to have in the works.


The other one.


And now, a sweet 25th birthday tribute to Brandon Roy. (via OregonLive)