Τασεις επιστροφης στα παρκε απο τον Brandon Roy...

( αν και με προβλιματιζει το γεγονος οτι το γραφει στο sport24 )

Τασεις επιστροφης στα παρκε απο τον Brandon Roy...

( αν και με προβλιματιζει το γεγονος οτι το γραφει στο sport24 )

Το ρεπορτάζ του sport24 είναι κόπια από το eurobasket.com (πάντα χωρίς πηγή). Όμως το ρεπορτάζ δεν αμφισβητείται καθώς υπάρχει και ηχητικό ντοκουμέντο της συνέντευξης.
Αα, και να επιστρέψει στα παρκέ ο Brandon, αυτό δεν θα γίνει για το Portland.

Δωσε μας ομως τις φωτεινες σου γνωσεις και πληροφοριες αγαπητε 'hood

Πσσσ...την 40άρα την έχουμε εύκολα...
πρέπει να είμαστε η χειρότερη ομάδα στη λίγκα αυτή τη στιγμή.
Δεν μπορώ να καταλάβω,πως ξεκινήσαμε και πως καταλήξαμε έτσι τώρα...
Ας βοηθήσει κανένας συμφορουμίτης που ασχολείται περισσότερο...

WojYahooNBA: Portland has fired coach Nate McMillan, league source tells Y! Sports.

Greg Oden's time with the Portland Trail Blazers, which effectively ended in February when it was announced that he would soon be undergoing his third microfracture knee surgery, is officially over now.

Sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com that Oden's representatives were informed Thursday the Blazers are waiving the 24-year-old because they need to create roster room to accommodate all the Portland players acquired earlier in the day in separate trades with New Jersey and Houston.

In his five pro seasons since the Blazers selected him No. 1 overall ahead Kevin Durant in the 2007 NBA draft, Oden has appeared in only 82 games and endured five knee surgeries.

ESPN.com reported in December that Oden's salary for this season was negotiated from nearly $9 million to $1.5 million after yet another health setback. The Blazers were then forced to announce last month that Oden would need another microfracture procedure on his left knee and kept him on the roster until now, sources said, partly because they thought they might need to plug Oden's contract into a deal before Thursday's 3 p.m. trade deadline.

When the deadline passed with the Blazers acquiring guard Jonny Flynn and the expiring contracts of Memhet Okur, Shawne Williams and Hasheem Thabeet and shedding veterans Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby, they decided to waive Oden and young center Chris Johnson to make the roster numbers work.

It remains to be seen whether Oden, because of his modest salary, is claimed on waivers even though he isn't expected to be ready to try to resume his career until well into the 2012-13 season.

When asked about Oden's future plans and whether he will be pressing to find a new team during free agency starting in July, agent Bill Duffy and Mike Conley Sr. said in a statement Thursday: "We will be in no rush. The first priority is Greg's health ... with no timeline."

Blazers interim GM Chad Buchanan, director of college scouting when Oden was drafted, told Portland reporters last month: "Looking back on it, I would still draft Greg. (With) hindsight, it's easy to make an assumption (now). ... You can't predict the injuries that would come. Going back on it, I wouldn't have changed anything in drafting Greg."

mullatowarrior He's been sewed together and has more parts than Frankenstein. 76 fans like this.
brebarrett2 you gotta feel bad for greg. what a shame. anyone who remembers how he dominated noah and horford in the national championship realize that we missed out on greatness
seattlemarinersnumber1 Shocking...what took you so long?

Adding the right coach and the right draft picks around a core of Aldridge and Batum could result in only a one-year visit to the lottery and a return to the playoffs in 2013. Whether they get there that quickly depends on a lot of things – such as a cohesive management plan – but the path is there.

LaMarcus Aldridge says,
“He [Coach Canales] just brings this energy and confidence. There’s this new, fired-up, rejuvenated energy that we didn’t have. He’s bringing some new fire to the team and everybody respects him so much that I feel like we’ve been rejuvenated a little bit."

Blazers offer Roy Hibbert deal

The Portland Trail Blazers have offered restricted free agent center Roy Hibbert a four-year, $58 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard.

The $58-million offer sheet, earlier reported by SI.com, is the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.

According to SI.com, the Indiana Pacers did not offer Hibbert the maximum and the 25-year-old All-Star is leaning toward signing the Blazers' offer sheet.

If Hibbert signs with Portland, the Pacers would have the right to match and retain their 7-foot-2, 260-pound center. Indiana underwent a front-office makeover last week, with Larry Bird resigning as president of basketball operations and David Morway resigning as general manager. They were replaced by former Pacers executive Donnie Walsh and Kevin Pritchard, respectively.

The Pacers drafted Hibbert with the 17th overall pick in 2008 and the Georgetown product has seen his scoring and rebounding averages rise every season, reaching a career-high 12.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season.

With Hibbert anchoring their frontcourt, the Pacers were 42-24 this year and lost to the Miami Heat in six games in the second round of the playoffs.

Πιστευω πολυ καλη κινηση.Αν γινει τελικα αυτη η μετακινηση θα μιλαμε για μια απο τις πιο δυνατες γραμμες στους ψηλους με αλντριτζ και χιμπερτ..