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With so much attention being focused on the trade for Marcus Camby today, it was hard to believe there was a game tonight. The long All-Star layoff was very much the hesitation move before an explosive final stretch of the regular season for the Blazers. Even though Portland acquired Camby and Los Angeles acquired Blake and Outlaw, none of the players involved in the trade would play in this ...

Marcus Camby will add defense in the middle, something the Blazers have struggled with recently. His presence down low will allow for other "bigs" like LaMarcus and Juwan to focus on rebounding, shot blocking, or put backs. This is a huge reason why this is good. The Blazers needed an inside presence to make the most out of the half court offense, period. Without any bigs, they struggled, and then without ...

Here's the release from the Blazers: TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE MARCUS CAMBY Portland sends Blake, Outlaw and cash considerations to L.A. Clippers PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers have acquired forward/center Marcus Camby from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for guard Steve Blake, forward Travis Outlaw, and cash considerations, it was announced today by General Manager Kevin Pritchard. "We are very excited to bring an experienced big man of Marcus' caliber ...

The rumors had been floating around all day, but to see this tweet from Ric Bucher is really something: Source says Clippers have dealt Marcus Camby for Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake. Details and deeper confirmation to follow on the mothership. For months I never thought Kevin Pritchard would be willing to make a deal to trade away certain players. But if this is true, then my theories have been destroyed ...

The Portland Trail Blazers barely limped into the All Star break, playing with several injured players out, untested rookies, no Brandon Roy, and registering the most games of all teams at that point of the season. A respectable record they now possess, but a tough February and early March will prove a good test of how good the team is. This week caps off the last third of the NBA season, and ...

I’m aware that it is totally not cool to enjoy NBA All-Star Weekend. Matt Scheelar (Where has Sheed been, by the way? This “Matt” guy is an ASS.) showed as much with his informal Twitter survey. No Blazers playing? No big deal for me; having a Portland representative would just be the cherry on the already sweet and delicious icing. What about All-Star Weekend has me awkwardly mixing up my idioms? ...

The Blazers will play the Lakers for the first time in the 2009/2010 season. It's at the Rose Garden, where L.A. hasn't won in eight tries, spanning back to 2005. Lakers fans like to say that this game means more to Portland than it does to Los Angeles. But I beg to differ. In a long, arduous season for NBA teams, you have to get up for certain games. I'm pretty sure ...

With theánext LA Laker game getting closer, we asked Rey of The No-Look Pass to enlighten us on some of the stuff going on in Laker Land. It's just a simple Q and A with one of our blogger buddies. Check out his site for a good Laker perspective. Bust a Bucket: How much do you think the Lakers, Kobe in particular, care about losing eight straight at the Rose Garden? That ...

On the tail end of a back to back that started in Los Angeles, the Blazers wasted away an 8-point lead in the final four minutes, losing to Memphis, 109-105. Brandon Roy had 27 points and 9 assists, but managed zero field goals in the final quarter. This was a bizarre game. It was close throughout the first half, then Memphis started to pull away in the 3rd quarter. The arena ...

Memphis Grizzlies coverage at 3 Shades of Blue. Point Guard Andre Miller will need to have another good game (last night 22 points, 16 assists) so that our guards dominate this game to make up for our lack of size. Patty Mills gets his first NBA points in this one. Mike Conley has struggled against PDX in two games this year, but Jamaal Tinsley had a season high 16 points the last time ...