The Other Side: Portland Trail Blazers (Washington Post)

[ABM]

From: The Washington Post

While the Washington Wizards were getting trounced in Los Angeles on Thursday night, Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy was in a much more celebratory mood back home in Seattle, where the Washington Huskies retired his No. 3 jersey. Roy is a long way from having his No. 7 jersey retired by the Trail Blazers, but the 2007 rookie of the year and 2008 (and likely 2009) all-star is certainly moving in the right direction. He is averaging a career-high 22.3 points and has the young Blazers (25-17) in the thick of tightly-contested race in the Western Conference.

Wizards fans are familiar with Roy after he scored 12 of his 22 points in the final eight minutes of Portland's 98-92 win in Washington on Dec. 3. Former Wizard and Maryland standout Steve Blake scored made 3 of 4 free throws in the final 13.2 seconds to secure the win. Blake is averaging career-highs 11.6 points and 43.4 percent three-point shooting (82 of 189), but he won't be around for the rematch because has missed the past four games with a separated right shoulder and is expected to miss another one-to-three weeks.

The Trail Blazers are 2-2 without Blake, with Sergio Rodriguez replacing him in the starting lineup. They are 15-5 at Rose Garden this season, and they are coming off a 104-98 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. Here is what else you should know about the Trail Blazers before they host the Wizards on Saturday night:........................

 

[julius]

There were a few things I took from that article was that the guy(s) didn't do much research, and that the team probably knows better what to do with Greg than Greg does, and that upsets Greg.

This is why having Canzano writing for the Oregonian (basically unchecked) is bad. It makes people who read that article click on the link and think that he actually knows what he's talking about.