I wish it didn’t have to be like this, Bucks. I’d been following your surprising progress all season, and was happy that Milwaukee basketball finally had some type of hope. Tonight was supposed to mark a happy and festive meeting of two talented young teams at different points in their upward trajectory. But the world…
THEATER ON THE ICY SHORES OF STEVE BLAKE MICHIGAN I like a lot of things about the Blazers’ bench this year; the ascent of Allen Crabbe, Joel Freeland continuing to defiantly get minutes, general competence. But more than anything, I like that Steve Blake is kind of like the Scrappy Doo version of Chris Kaman.…
SONS OF DOCTORS On Saturday the Trail Blazers will play a basketball game in Los Angeles beneath a large mural depicting Matt Barnes which covers up some of the 16 championship banners belonging to the Clippers’ Staples Center cotenants. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford also have their own, larger banners, but who…
This was an unequivocally terrible performance from the Blazers. Like really, really bad. Let’s forget that this happened, and not talk about it ever. Except for right now, because I guess I’m sort of obligated to tell you about it. The first half of the basketball game that we’re never going to talk about ever…