News OK, I get that throwback jerseys are a total marketing stunt designed to part a fool (uh, me) from my money. But as a Trail Blazer fan who gets teary remembering the mid-1970s when Blazer stalwarts like Leroy Ellis sent me a letter or when Barry Clemens rallied Portland back from a 26-point deficit against the Lakers circa 1974, I think bringing back the red jersey from that era on the left ...   More

News It's been a long time since Juwan Howard was on Michigan's fabled Fab Five. So long that when Howard came into the NBA 15 years ago from Michigan, his first team was still known as the Bullets before that name was considered in poor taste for a franchise in Washington D.C. We tell you all this so you get a sense with today's news about the Trail Blazers signing the 36-year-old former All-Star ...   More

News As the Portland Trail Blazers ready for training camp next week, there's some good news today about my all-time favorite Blazer. That ex-Blazer, Maurice Lucas, will be resuming his assistant coaching duties after battling bladder cancer earlier this year. For those too young to remember the now 57-year-old Lucas when he played on the Blazers' 1976-77 championship team as part of his 14-year ...   More

News Ex-Portland Trail Blazer Ime Udoka, whose local hoops roots also include Jefferson High and Portland State University, has been signed by the Blazers as they get ready for training camp next week. Again, not an earth-shattering offseason move by the Blazers heading into camp. But if Udoka ends up making the team, he has proven throughout his basketball odyssey to be a good defender and not the ...   More

News Every flash of progress by Greg Oden sends me and other fans into speculating that the Trail Blazers center is finally poised to become a big contributor. The latest example comes just two games into the exhibition season after Oden put up back-to-back good nights against lowly Sacramento. Oden —who I root for in part because he seems like a decent human being— has nowhere to go ...   More

News Look, I know a Tuesday night game in November against Atlanta can't be everybody's must-see Trail Blazers game this year. And I do appreciate the fact that the nose-bleed seats I've already bought for two other games somehow gets me on a list where I get discount offers emailed to me by the team. But if you need any more evidence that the NBA has some financial problems, this email below sure ...   More

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News Remember when Casey Jarman, WW music editor and Blazers blogger extraordinaire, wrote last month about some of the big men who Portland could acquire. The always-modest Casey included Chicago's Tyrus Thomas, writing that the only "downside" was "I'm the only person in the world who thinks this is a good idea." Turns out Casey wasn't. Here's what else the prescient Casey had to say about Thomas ...   More

News I have no idea if a new local chapter of something called the Sports Fans Coalition can move the needle on getting access for Portland Trail Blazers fans throughout the Northwest to watching their team on games broadcast by Comcast. But good on coalition organizers for trying. Here's a release from the group that we got this morning, as well as links where you can go to support the effort: Washington, ...   More

News If the Portland Trail Blazers' reported deal of Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake for Marcus Camby happens, here's what WW's Blazers blogger Casey Jarman had to say about Camby last month in his piece looking at big men the Blazers might try to acquire: Upside: Bigtime defender at 6-foot-11 who can shoot well and pass like Arvydas Sabonis. Contract expires this year, so it's not a big commitment. Downside: ...   More