Development was the key word for the Blazers in the last season, as GM Kevin Pritchard was step by step building a young team via the draft and with Head Coach Nate McMillan, the Blazers were turning into a better team year after year. I remember that the Blazers ended the 2005/2006 season with a dismal 21-61 record and since then, they have finished the next regular seasons with records of 32-50, 41-41 and last year... Read more

Portland's off season last season was lived with euphoria: after all, the team had the rookie of year, Brandon Roy, and the number one choice in the draft: Greg Oden. All of a sudden, all that euphoria disappeared when Oden got injured and missed the whole season and very few expected that the team without him would still reach a .500 record, in a conference where the Warriors with a 48-34 record couldn't reach a... Read more