Portland made the playoffs, but not because of its high-powered, two-guard offense. Some observers thought they’d given up when center Mason Plumlee was shipped to Denver – the Trail Blazers’ chief rivals for the 8th playoff slot – in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic AND a first-round pick in the coming draft. How sweet that turned […]
If Domantis Sabonis is just half as good as his dad, he will play a long time in the NBA. “Oldtimers” may recall Arvydas Sabonis, who played 16 seasons in Europe and was the bulwark of the 1988 Soviet Olympic gold medalists who whipped the David Robinson-led U.S. squad. He was one of the […]
It’s not so often someone like Steph Curry comes into the NBA with his imprint all over the game. The Portland/Golden State match-up was a classic example. Damian Lillard is a nice player. He can get his own shot and, for the most part, shoot the ball a lot. But he doesn’t do much for […]
You all see it, night after night, game after game, whether it’s OKC-San Antonio, or Toronto-Indiana, or Golden State-Portland. After the game, Ken Mauer says we should have seen Waiters fouling Ginobli. And the league’s day-after “two-minute report” says DeRozan made “body contact” with Mahinmi, “dislodging him and affecting his ability to catch the alley-oop […]