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Golden State Warriors’ general manager announced that Kevin Durant won’t travel to Portland for Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference finals. Durant has now sat ou for three games since injuring his right calf in Game 5 of the conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets. Unfortunately for Durant, he is “not close” to [...]

Jusuf Nurkic has found new life as a member of the Portland Trailblazers. Nurkic had a very impressive rookie season for the Denver Nuggets in 2014-15 before dealing with injuries in his sophomore season and struggling to re-establish a role before being traded during the 2016-17 season. Since joining the Blazers last season, Nurkic has [...]

Damian Lillard is flying under the radar so far in his young career. Much to his chagrin. He’s none to pleased about constantly being overlooked for all-star games and being left out of the “best PG” conversation. But in his defense, he’s sixth in scoring so it’s hard to argue against him. Today, Lillard was [...]

Brothers Mason and Miles Plumlee squared off in Portland Tuesday night as the Milwaukee Bucks came to the Rose Garden, or excuse me the “Moda Center” to take on the Blazers. Miles wasn’t a very polite guest in Mason’s home though as he proceeded to dunk on every large white man he could in a [...]

Young players on bad teams generally don’t let losing ruin their day. You’ll often times see them smiling and joking on the bench while their team is getting handled. Kobe Bryant recently noticed this as the Lakers were getting worked by the Blazers the other night, and the two youngsters in question were Julius Randle [...]

May 10, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Greg Oden has been through a lot. He’s one of the most injury-prone athlete the NBA has ever seen. Even though he’s been the butt of many jokes, it had to be tough for him to deal with. Recently, he opened up to some of the internal struggles [...]

February 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It was a very sad day for most basketball fans, even those outside of Portland, when Brandon Roy retired at the start of this season. The former ROY and 3-time all-star was thought of as the future of the NBA for a short period before some significant knee [...]

With Derrick Rose out of the lineup, the Bulls lose the top spot to the Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and the white-hot Oklahoma City Thunder. [...]

Oklahoma City is hot, and Miami is not. The first road trips and injuries of the season shake up the NBA Power Rankings.... [...]

The Miami Heat suffered their first loss of the season, but remain on top of the pile in the second edition of the NBA Power Rankings. [...]