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Five Thoughts That Won't Change Basketball Forever

However, I do have one concern about this, which is in how you define a possession. Let me give you an example: Last night, with 9:26 left in a game against the Lakers, Travis Outlaw made a 3-pointer for Portland. He is credited with 3 points for that one possession, and Portland cements its rep...

Thursday, Dec 11

First Cup: Thursday

Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: "An executive from another NBA team called my cell phone around nine tonight, to make this quite unsolicited comment on the Bobcats trade: Huh?!?! The guy couldn't imagine how, empirically, the Bobcats have more talent now than they did before de...

Wednesday, Dec 10

Wednesday Bullets

Tom Ziller of Sactown Royalty on John Salmons vs. Kobe Bryant: "If Salmons weren't a teetotaler, he would've earned himself a comped night at the Hardwood Suite for his battle with Kobe. Kobe hit one more FG than Johnny ... while taking 12 more shots. And a bunch of the makes came when the game had be...

Friday, Dec 5

Friday Bullets

I suppose I should have known this, but in Tony Mejia's talk with Joe Dumars on Pro Basketball News, I learned that Dumars and Allen Iverson have in fact played against each other in the NBA.Among those hiding from terrorists in a Mumbai hotel a few days ago was a friend of Ray Allen's.Remember...

Thursday, Dec 4

Thursday Bullets

The Houston Chronicle is sticking it to Tracy McGrady.TrueHoop reader Brennan makes a really interesting point, which I'll paraphrase. We have all seen this a thousand times. Two opponents are chasing a ball as it heads out of bounds. One leaps for the ball, as the other steps out of bounds. The...

First Cup: Thursday

Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star: "Bryan Colangelo, the Raptors GM, and Sam Mitchell, the deposed coach, saw almost everything differently. But perhaps the chief team-hurting contradiction of their nearly three years together in Toronto was philosophical. Colangelo is a Western-bre...

Wednesday, Dec 3

Wednesday Bullets

Andrew Bynum says that the Lakers didn't get any rebounds after Phil Jackson took him out last night, and he implies that may have led to the loss. He has a point. By my look at the play-by-play, after Bynum sat with 5:31 left in the fourth, the Pacers proceeded to grab nine of the next 11 rebounds....

Monday, Dec 1

Late Monday Bullets

TrueHoop reader and food blogger Noah Galuten wonders if it's time to blow up the Suns: "They are pretty clearly not going to win a championship this year. Player values will only drop as the season progresses. So is it time to make some moves, keep your cap space open for 2010 and get some young...

Thursday, Oct 30

David Thorpe: Trouble Signs for Greg Oden

My thought has been: Any way you slice it, as a skilled seven-footer with a work ethic and a lot of character, Greg Oden will be employed in the NBA for several more years even if he doesn't play at all. He's valuable for his potential alone, and he's Portland's guy, thanks to the contract optio...

Wednesday, Oct 29

First Cup: Wednesday

Jason Quick of the Oregonian: "In a game that was never really competitive, the Blazers lost some of their luster, some of their pride, and for a half at least their prized center in Oden. The former No. 1 pick who missed all of last season recovering from right knee surgery, suffered what the t...

Monday, Oct 27

The Oregon Trail of Expectations

Not too long ago, I asked a fairly random assortment of NBA insiders and bigwigs what the story of the NBA would be this year, and unprompted by me, people like Commissioner David Stern and Economist Justin Wolfers singled out the Portland Trail Blazers as a story.

Wednesday, Oct 22

Wednesday: Second Cup

Melody Gutierrez of the Sacramento Bee: "Kevin Martin knew he netted more than a sweet YouTube clip Monday when he crossed over Rudy Fernandez to dunk on Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge in the Kings' 112-98 loss to Portland. Martin also won a $1,000 bet with teammate Mikki Moore on who would...

Friday, Oct 17

Experts Gaze into the Crystal Ball of 2008-2009

In four words: the Portland Trail Blazers. After going .500 in an Oden-less season, the Trail Blazers have a lot to look forward to in 2008-09. Alongside 7-foot Greg Oden at center, Portland will have the ability to overpower their opponents with 7-foot-1 Przybilla, 6-foot-11 Aldridge, an...

Wednesday, Oct 1

First Cup: Training Camp Wednesday

Brian Hendrickson of The Columbian: "As the media was allowed into the season's first practice, No. 1 draft pick Greg Oden -- preparing for his first season after spending all of last year recovering from microfracture surgery -- was nowhere to be found. He emerged moments later with train...

Friday, Sep 26

Late Friday Mini-Bullets

The NBA Draft is held in what has been called the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. But with the government seizing Washington Mutual ... that theater could be getting a new name.Pat Summitt, legendary coach, is ailing from a raccoon attack?Travis Coleman of the Great Falls Tribune tells...