Blazers Beat Archive
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Erick Dampier To Portland Is A Possibility After Another Injury To A Blazer Big
Posted on October 10, 2010 | No CommentsThe Portland Trail Blazers have had injury trouble (yeah, tell me something I didn’t know). I could run through the entire list one more time, but I’m certain that you have heard it before. Long story short, if you are a Blazers big man, then you... -
Brandon Roy Doesn’t Smoke Marijuana, Appears In a Video Where Pot is Present
Posted on August 19, 2010 | 10 CommentsThe man with a squeaky clean image slipped up. But Brandon Roy is still the new ‘old Tiger Woods’. The one that you could visualize reading books to children or feeding the homeless. One that wouldn’t think twice about signing an extra twenty autographs to please the... -
Rudy Fernandez Calls It Quits, Refuses To Play The Remainder Of His Contract
Posted on August 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe Rudy Fernandez drama continues to develop within the Portland Trail Blazers organization. But this time, Rudy has gone too far. According to Rudy’s agent, Andy Miller, Rudy Fernandez would like the Portland Trail Blazers to release him, voiding the remainder of his contract, and... -
Blazers Actively Seeking A Trade For Disgruntled Shooting Guard Rudy Fernandez
Posted on July 28, 2010 | 6 CommentsThanks to Oregonian insider Jason Quick (via twitter) the Portland Trail Blazers are actively pursuing a trade that would ship the once promising Spaniard out of town for good. The report came directly from Rudy’s agent, Andy Miller and was relayed on to Jason Quick.... -
CP3 Redux: The Bottom Line on ANY trade to Portland
Posted on July 25, 2010 | No CommentsUltimately, the bottom line question is -- do we want CP3 at all and if yes do we still want him if it costs us Oden or Batum? -
Trade Rumor: Chris Paul to the Blazers?
Posted on July 24, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe Portland Trailblazers are one of four teams New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul is interested in being traded to—along with New York, Dallas and Orlando, ESPN's Chris Broussard reported today. Of the four teams, Broussard reports, the Blazers may have the most enticing package of cap and debt relief, young players and draft picks. -
Portland Trail Blazers Select Rich Cho As General Manager!
Posted on July 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Portland Trail Blazers have finally announced who their new general manager is, Rich Cho! Cho beat out strong candidates Danny Ferry and Randy Pfund for the job. Nate Mcmillan described Cho as the most sought after NBA executive for the last few years. By... -
Portland Trail Blazers Should Use Depth To Add Star PG
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsCBSSports.com recently reported that Chris Paul is not happy with his situation in New Orleans and wants to be traded before the regular season starts. The Portland Trail Blazers are a team that could use an upgrade at the PG spot to become legit contenders.... -
Rudy’s “List”: Examining The List, Options That Yield The Most For Portland.
Posted on July 16, 2010 | 9 CommentsFor the second year in a row the Portland Trail Blazers made a “toxic” offer to a restricted free agent and forced the Jazz to make tough decisions, both times restricting their financial freedom. First it was an offer to Paul Millsap that forced the... -
What’s Portland Going to Do With Rudy?
Posted on July 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe Portland Trail Blazers recently made their first move in free agency when they signed Utah Jazz restricted free agent Wesley Matthews to a five year $32 million deal. This made one thing absolutely clear, Rudy Fernandez will not be playing for the Trail Blazers...