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Portland Trail Blazers ‘09-10 Season Preview

Hooped Up | October 27, 2009

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

The Blazers made tremendous strides last year, improving by 13 wins from their ‘07-08 campaign and with the help of newly acquired Andre Miller that shouldn’t change.

Brandon Roy is a stud and the combo of LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden (if healthy) forms one of the leagues better frontcourts.  The Blazers should have a top 4 finish in the west along with a deep playoff run. Happy days are here again in Portland. Read More »

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Aldridge Signs Extention With Portland

Hooped Up | October 23, 2009

After hitting some snag in the deal negotiations, the Portland Trailblazers signed forward LaMarcus Aldridge Thursday to a five-year contract extension with an estimated value of $65 million.

The 6-foot-11, 240-pound Texas product was originally seeking a similar deal that the Blazers struck with All-Star Brandon Roy, a five year $80 million dollar extension, according to reports. He eventually settled on a deal worth roughly $15 million less after months of negotiation.

Aldridge, acquired from Chicago in a draft day trade on June, 2006, played in 81 games last year for Portland.

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Save The Fan From NBA All-Star Voting Please

Hooped Up | January 30, 2009

I’m not crazy about the NASA math-lottery project that is the NBA All-Star roster selection process and I really think the NBA should just pick the entire All-Star squad themselves and spare us the confusing leftover numbers of the “vote”. In most cases, the typical fan needs to be saved from themselves and in the end the NBA picks the team anyway.

I have no problem with the starters selected because an idiot couldn’t have messed that up, but here are some of the leftover numbers that really bug me! Read More »

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Hooped Up: Portland Trailblazers 08-09 Season Preview

Hooped Up | October 27, 2008

A team-by-team preview of all 30 NBA teams heading into the 2008 – 2009 season, Hooped Up style.  

Portland Trailblazers
The young team with plenty of upside just got younger and…upside-er. The slick Rudy Fernandez had arrived to the league, Greg Oden is healthy and will vie for Rookie of the Year, they nabbed sleeper pick Jarryd Bayless in the draft, LaMarcus Aldridge is a power forward stud and Brandon Roy is one of the best young talents in the west and will be an all-star.

Barring an injury bug, it’s going to be helloooo playoffs!

Projected Starters: PG - Steve Blake / SG - Brandon Roy / SF - Rudy Fernandez / PF - LaMarcus Aldridge / C - Greg Oden

Additions: Rudy Fernandez, Jerryd Bayless, Nicolas Batum, Ike Diogu, Luke Jackson, Steven Hill, Jamaal Tatum

Losses: James Jones, Jarrett Jack, Brandon Rush, Josh McRoberts

Projected Wins: 45+

Team Theme Song:  The Cool Kids – ‘88
Blazers owner Paul Allen purchased the team in 1988 and this season he’ll remember all the reasons he made the investment. He’ll be doing the smurf in his owners box all season long!

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When this bunch sneaks into the playoffs, nobody will want to play them first.  At every position on the floor the Blazers have good talent and are deep.  They haven’t been in enough battles to have the experience necessary to go deep into the playoffs yet but with an electric group like this, an upset or two will happen. Plus, Nate McMillan is a better coach than he gets credit for.

The Blazers 2.0 version is officially here!

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