Snippets

Alright, I have been kind of dormant these last couple of days, and for that, I apologize. So I am just going to spit out a bunch of links to the various going ons concerning the Blazers the past few days.

• This could be of interest to Blazer fans.

• For those of you who didn't know, Roy supposedly hurt his fingers during Wednesday nights loss, apparently though he is okay and will play. I guess the All-Star nod he received helps to alleviate the pain.

• What's that you say? All-Star nod? Yes as you all must know by now Brandon Roy was selected by the coaches for his first trip to the All Star game in just his second year in the league. More on this later....

• Nice backhanded compliment column about former Blazer Zach Randolph. Speaking of Z-Bo, the Oregonian had a quote from him in the paper today regarding his return to Portland since the trade and how Zach felt the crowd would respond, "I don't know....... a standing ovation?" Probably not Zach, now I know people liked Randolph, hell, I did, it's easy to get seduced by his talents (scoring and rebounding), but as the column suggests there are a lot of intangibles he does not bring to the table, and now that he is gone I finally get it. The man is clueless, which is obvious from his quote, Zach played well for us, but the fans did not really like him that much, never bought into his style, which is why he is gone. And I say good riddance.

• Couple of signings this week, former Blazer Damon "Mighty Mouse" Stoudamire will join the Spurs, and in news of another dimunitive guard, Earl Boykins will sign with Charlotte (apparently he would really like to win a championship).

• Update: Apparently Donyell Marshall is a little rusty, he hasn't played since November and last night against the Sonics, when he took off his warmups, he also took his jersey off, nice Donyell, nice.