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PORTLAND’S LEBRON? CLYDE DREXLER

Soon to be Damian Lillard as Portland’s LeBron? Every team has it’s guy, it’s face, it’s go to player. When you say their name you know their team. Will LeBron James ever sound like Miami? Dwyane Wade carries that one. Cleveland? They’ve got LeBron for eternity. He’s the Chosen One, The King, and he’ll wear […]

LEBRON OR LEBRAWN, MAN’S GAME

Game of the year or MAN’S GAME OF THE YEAR? The Cavs needed their biggest star to stop being LeBron the facilitator and become LeBrawn the hammer. Then I googled LeBrawn. Not exactly the idea I was aiming for, but still within the metaphor. The Game Six outcome was foretold in the beginning when a […]

OLD MAN LEBRON STILL GOT GAME

Old man LeBron not old enough to be old. If you watch sports for life lessons, then watching LeBron is a graduate course. He’s been in the finals for six straight years and two different teams. So we think we know him. And we’re wrong. The only reason LeBron seems old is by the dewy […]

NBA PLAYERS RETURN TO OREGON ROOTS

Would the Blazers be better with local NBA players on the roster? Sometimes it works out when the guys come back home to play, sometimes not, but who wouldn’t want Klay Thompson and Kevin Love on the Blazers? Minnesota and Cleveland see Love close up. Oakland gets their fair share of Klay. In Portland they’d […]

LOVE LESSON MEANS KEVIN LOVE

The perfect Kevin Love sequence: Rips the rebound away from Biyombo, runs the court, drills a three, gets back on D. This is Kevin Love, Oregon kid, son of Stan Love, Oregon Duck. He’s related to Mike Love, Beach Boy, and Stan Love’s brother. That’s old news. The new news is he’s a part of […]

BLAZER FAN AT HALFTIME?

In bed asleep after Livingston ejection for this Blazer fan. It was chance to see Blazer fan history, of a team evening the NBA second round series 2-2 instead of facing elimination in the next game at 3-1. Then Shaun Livingston got tossed. Was it a fair call? Not for Blazer fan. Not saying it […]

PORTLAND HARD, BLAZER HARD

Hard Portland turns into Blazer Hard. Fans who watch Portland from a distance see the Trail Blazers avoiding a sweep from the Warrior broom instead of playing a five game series. It happens when you lose the first two game in the Bay Area. Now the Warriors, still Steph-less, come to Portland. This isn’t the […]

WILWRITE 1, TRAIL BLAZERS 0

Picking two winners on the same night? Good luck with that. Tuesday night was Willamette Writer, WilWrite Night, for WordPress at Portland’s Old Church, and Game 2 in the NBA playoffs in California. Which one to focus on? With time for one or the other, which one to choose: a power point presentation on WordPress, […]

NBA SECOND ROUND FOR PORTLAND BLAZERS

NBA Second Round For Second Time In Sixteen Years. Has it been that long? Can it be that long? Sixteen years and twice to the second round, none to the third. Right now, the Saturday before Sundays game against the Warriors, the Blazers have a chance. They might break through, which doesn’t mean they’ll get […]

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS NBA ALL STAR IN THE HOUSE

One NBA All Star is too many for the Portland Trail Blazers? No one is listed, but Damian Lillard in the Portland Trail Blazers NBA All Star. He wasn’t voted in, or chosen as a reserve, and it won’t matter. The Blazers are exceeding expectations, and Lillard leads the way. In a season ripe for […]