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Portland Trailblazers-Detroit Pistons: Brandon Roy Needs Help in the Fourth

The excitement in the air was palpable. These Blazers were coming off a 4-1 road trip that included a road win over the Hornets. In some ways, that brought relief...

Written by Drew Barton about 11 days ago 195 reads 1 comments
Reeling Blazer Fans Wonder What's Happening with 2-3 Start

Going into the season, my hopes for this year's Blazer team were sky-high. Coming off a very fun 54-28 year, having upgraded the three weakest positions, and entering the fourth year for the ...

Written by Drew Barton about 25 days ago 65 reads 2 comments
Denver Nuggets to Portland Trail Blazers: We Are Still Better

At the 7:19 mark in the fourth quarter, LaMarcus Aldridge found a red-hot Rudy Fernandez open beyond the arc. He made the extra pass, Fernandez drained the three, the Blazers led 81-74, the Rose ...

Written by Drew Barton about about 1 month ago 456 reads 6 comments
Oh, Is It Houston? No Problem For Trail Blazers

Change came early with the opening tip. That was not Joel "the Thrilla" Przybilla with the opening tip. Greg Oden did enough in the pre-season to earn the starting job...

Written by Drew Barton about about 1 month ago 102 reads 1 comments
T Is for Title: The Portland Trail Blazers' Season Preview

Last season, the Blazers tied with the Nuggets for the best record in the Northwest Division, 54-28. They then gave back all the hard work in the first game of the playoffs, getting rolled up at home by Utah...

Written by Drew Barton about about 1 month ago 102 reads 4 comments
Preseason Melt-down; How the Jazz Wrecked the Blazers

Last night was the first preseason game I have been able to attend this year. I settled comfortably into my old home, took a picture with my camera phone of the Rose Garden and sent it to a couple ...

Written by Drew Barton about about 1 month ago 190 reads 1 comments
Trailblazers Preseason Basketball: What We Can Learn?

Last season, the Blazers were done in by two things in the post-season; first, they were not physical enough and second, when they absolutely had to score, they could not. So as this preseason gets rolling, Portland has several questions to answer...

Written by Drew Barton about about 1 month ago 216 reads 1 comments
Do the Blazers Need To Bring In Outside Players?

When last season started, I was considered unreasonably optimistic. Respected sites with good reputations pointed out that the jump from 41 wins to 50 wins was much more difficult than the jump ...

Written by Drew Barton about 4 months ago 228 reads 4 comments
Why Jason Kidd Would Ruin the TrailBlazers

A few years ago, the Trailblazers were making a run at the title. They had a very talented roster with players such as Rasheed Wallace, Scottie Pippen, Arvydas Sabonis, Brian Grant, and Damon Stoudamire leading the charge...

Written by Drew Barton about 5 months ago 312 reads 3 comments
Baseball Steroids and Sports Officiating:The Myth of the Level Playing Field

It is time to say what should have been said a long time ago. The complaints about baseball's steroid users are ridiculous, nonsensical, and disingenuous...

Written by Drew Barton about 6 months ago 182 reads 2 comments
The Legend Continues: Roy Leads the Blazers Past the Rockets in Game 2

Prior to the game, I was shocked at how demoralized Blazer fans were. For example, at work there were four co-holders of season tickets...

Written by Drew Barton about 7 months ago 59 reads 1 comments
Game One Requiem: What Does Losing a Home Game Mean to the Blazers?

I was looking for the right word to describe the first Blazer playoff game in six years. Destruction? Annihilation? Crushing? Ah, wait...I have it. Humiliation. Make no mistake, Houston came out and pummeled the Blazers beyond all recognition...

Written by Drew Barton about 7 months ago 112 reads 2 comments
Why The Rockets Will Not Upset the Blazers

Over the course of the season, the records of the Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers were very similar. The Blazers checked in with a 54-28 record while Houston finished 53-29...

Written by Drew Barton about 7 months ago 99 reads 2 comments
Wake Up, Portland Blazer Fans: Phoenix Doesn't Matter

The other night during the Blazers' matter-of-fact destruction of the hapless Memphis Grizzlies, a score flashed up on the scoreboard showing the final score in the Jazz-Suns game. Utah had won a close game in overtime, and...

Written by Drew Barton about 8 months ago 197 reads 5 comments
What Travis Outlaw and Brandon Roy Showed the Fans Against the New York Knicks

There are lessons to be learned from every NBA game. For example, anyone who doubted the ability of Mike D'Antoni to coach should learn from what he has done with the Knicks...

Written by Drew Barton about 9 months ago 132 reads 2 comments
Blazers-Bobcats: LaMarcus Aldridge and Jerryd Bayless Help Portland Avenge Loss

A couple weeks ago Portland shot 51 percent from the free throw line and gave up a game to Charlotte they should have won easily. Now Charlotte came into Portland fresh off a double-overtime win over the Lakers...

Written by Drew Barton about 10 months ago 85 reads 0 comments
Brandon Roy: Thief Extraordinaire Wrecks the Wizards

Brandon Roy went nuts against the Washington Wizards, picking off a franchise record-tying 10 balls and scoring 22, while adding seven assists and five boards...

Written by Drew Barton about 10 months ago 155 reads 1 comments
LeBron James and Mo Williams torch the Blazers

Portland started the game off well. They went in to LaMarcus Aldridge and he responded, scoring seemingly at will. But then something happened; they forgot he was having a really, really good night and elected to look for offense elsewhere...

Written by Drew Barton about 10 months ago 1,061 reads 4 comments
Can Greg Oden Make Joe Freeman Shut Up?

The Morning Oregonian, the local poor excuse for a newspaper, had an article by Joe Freeman on the Blazers progress at midseason, with the game against the Milwaukee Bucks being their 41st of the season...

Written by Drew Barton about 10 months ago 272 reads 5 comments
Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge lead the Blazers to Victory over the Warriors

It felt like the Blazers were reeling. Brandon Roy had missed four consecutive games with a mid-hamstring injury. The Blazers had scored hardly any points in the second half against the hated Lakers and gotten blown out...

Written by Drew Barton about 10 months ago 91 reads 3 comments
Trail Blazers-Pistons: Travis Outlaw Returns to Fourth-Quarter Heroics

The names are impressive. Brandon Roy. Rasheed Wallace. Richard "Rip" Hamilton. And those are just the guys who did not play in this game. The guys who did play weren't half bad either. Allen Iverson has had a Hall of Fame career and isn't done yet.

Written by Drew Barton about 10 months ago 159 reads 0 comments
New Orleans Hornets overcome Cheap Shot Chandler's Ejection to Beat the Blazers

Coming off their big win against Boston, the Blazers had every right to feel confident. Instead, the pre-game show, pre-game blogs and so forth were all talking about the danger of a let-down, calling this a trap game...

Written by Drew Barton about 11 months ago 37 reads 0 comments
Trail Blazers-Celtics: Brandon Roy-less Portland Hangs Tough with Boston

Going into the Boston Celtic game on the 30th of December, it looked very bad for Portland. Even with super-stud Brandon Roy, they managed a franchise record low 78 points against the Celtics earlier this year...

Written by Drew Barton about 11 months ago 101 reads 2 comments
Roy-V-P! Brandon Roy carries the Blazers past the Raptors

Early in the Raptor-Blazer game, it was all about the big men. The Blazers, as they often do, went to LaMarcus Aldridge...

Written by Drew Barton about 11 months ago 136 reads 2 comments
Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks Ruin the Blazers' Christmas

When Dallas took an early time out, down 10-2, the Rose Garden was rocking and it looked like the Blazers might be on their way to another home rout of a pretty good team...

Written by Drew Barton about 11 months ago 130 reads 6 comments

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Drew Barton Article Archive

Portland Trailblazers-Detroit Pistons: Brandon Roy Needs Help in the Fourth

Reeling Blazer Fans Wonder What's Happening with 2-3 Start

Denver Nuggets to Portland Trail Blazers: We Are Still Better

Oh, Is It Houston? No Problem For Trail Blazers

T Is for Title: The Portland Trail Blazers' Season Preview

Preseason Melt-down; How the Jazz Wrecked the Blazers

Trailblazers Preseason Basketball: What We Can Learn?

Do the Blazers Need To Bring In Outside Players?

Why Jason Kidd Would Ruin the TrailBlazers

Baseball Steroids and Sports Officiating:The Myth of the Level Playing Field

The Legend Continues: Roy Leads the Blazers Past the Rockets in Game 2

Game One Requiem: What Does Losing a Home Game Mean to the Blazers?

Why The Rockets Will Not Upset the Blazers

Wake Up, Portland Blazer Fans: Phoenix Doesn't Matter

What Travis Outlaw and Brandon Roy Showed the Fans Against the New York Knicks

Blazers-Bobcats: LaMarcus Aldridge and Jerryd Bayless Help Portland Avenge Loss

Brandon Roy: Thief Extraordinaire Wrecks the Wizards

LeBron James and Mo Williams torch the Blazers

Can Greg Oden Make Joe Freeman Shut Up?

Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge lead the Blazers to Victory over the Warriors

Trail Blazers-Pistons: Travis Outlaw Returns to Fourth-Quarter Heroics

New Orleans Hornets overcome Cheap Shot Chandler's Ejection to Beat the Blazers

Trail Blazers-Celtics: Brandon Roy-less Portland Hangs Tough with Boston

Roy-V-P! Brandon Roy carries the Blazers past the Raptors

Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks Ruin the Blazers' Christmas

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