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Jeff Pender-graphs: The Nickname Of The Game

Marcus Camby will not play against Toronto because of sprained right ankle – The Oregonian

Every time I hear about how well Kevin Durant is playing for Oklahoma City I say, “what if.” What if the Blazers had drafted Kevin Durant instead of Greg Oden? I was 100% for picking Oden. I was sold on the idea that you take a good big man over a great wing. But it looks like I was wrong, at least so far. Can you imagine Durant playing along side Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge? Wow, that would be amazing!

What has Kevin Durant done this year? Here are a few highlights:
• Averaging 29.8 points per game this year.
• 24.5 career ppg
• Durant has scored over 25 points in 27 straight games. No one else has done that in about 40 years.

Trailblazers get Marcus Camby for Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw. Great deal!

It’s been a fascinating year to talk about the Portland Trailblazers’ starting five. When the Blazers brought in Andre Miller as a free agent point guard and garnered lots of attention for being the “deepest team in the NBA,” talking about who would start for the Blazers was a fun topic. We had a great discussion about our “Favorite Blazer Starting 5″ and also have been looking at “Which Blazer Starting 5 Would Win?” making three teams out of the 15 Blazers on the roster right now. Because the Blazers have been ravaged by injury they have used a lot of different starting lineups this season. The fact that they are playing so well and staying in the playoff race has been awesome to watch… and continues to be fun to talk about!

So many good sporting events on TV this weekend. So what are you planning on watching and where?

• Super Bowl
• UFC 109
• Lakers @ Blazers

Let’s pretend for a moment that all of the Portland Trailblazers are healthy. I’ve taken the 15 Blazers who are currently on Portland’s roster and broken them um into three pretty even teams of five. So which team would win if they played each other? And I just have to say, how crazy deep are the Blazers to be able to put together three good teams of five?

TEAM 1
G Steve Blake 6-3
G Brandon Roy 6-6
C Juwan Howard 6-9
F Travis Outlaw 6-9
F Dante Cunningham 6-8

TEAM 2
G Andrew Miller 6-2
G Rudy Fernandez 6-6
C Joel Przybilla 7-1
F Nicolas Batum 6-8
F Jeff Pendergraph 6-9

TEAM 3
G Patty Mills 6-0
G Jerryd Bayless 6-3
C Greg Oden 7-0
F Martell Webster 6-7
F LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11

Portland Trail Blazers Rose Garden Earns LEED Gold Certification

Lunchtime Blazers links: A trade insult – By Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com