Damian Lillard

We already saw every pair of adidas that Damian Lillard wore during his Rookie Of The Year season with the Portland Trailblazers, but the Stripes brand has drawn up something special celebrating Lillard’s achievement with a limited colorway of the adidas Real Deal. It is said that there are only 510 pairs available, but a [...]

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In the latest adidas Basketball commercial, rapper A$AP Rocky from Harlem, NY lays flow over a commercial for the upcoming adidas Crazy Quick. Taking place inside of a huge left-foot Crazy Quick set in the middle of a city, Stripes players in Jrue Holiday, Damian Lillard, & John Wall showing their best moves while wearing [...]

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Mike Brown returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers wouldn’t be as big a story as LaMarcus Aldridge being traded to them. No, I’m not penning just random thoughts (though I do sometimes). The Cavaliers have or had Aldridge on the brain at one point or another. Per Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Cavaliers have fantasized [...]

The Portland Trail Blazers are suddenly a playoff contender, and J.J. Hickson is suddenly a hot commodity. At present, Portland is one game over .500 and just a half-game outside the Western Conference playoff bubble. In the midst of a rebuild, few expected the Blazers to toil with a .500 record, let alone a playoff [...]

The Kings are still waiting on DeMarcus Cousins to –as Kobe would put it– put his big boy pants on. The uber-talented power forward has been a near relentless source of stress for Sacramento’s management. Whether he’s mouthing off (a bit out of turn) to a broadcaster or hitting guys were it hurts, Cousins has [...]

When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Nicolas Batum to a four year deal worth nearly $50 million, the hope was that he would develop into a superstar this season. But is he ready? It’s a fair question, because while the 23-year-old continues to improve on a season-by-season basis, his averages of 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds [...]

September 11, 2012 – Dan Favale The Portland Trail Blazers are an enigma. Portland went from title contenders to clawing for a playoff spot to a bona fide lottery team in 66 games last season. And to make matters worse, it’s unclear whether the Blazers have enough pieces in place to turn it all around [...]