http://www.trailblazerstickets.org Just another GreatSeats Blogs weblog Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:33:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Portland Trailblazers have extended an $8.8 million qualifying offer to center Greg Oden, making him a restricted free agent.   The move allows the Trailblazers the opportunity to match any offer that another team may extend to Oden.   Oden missed the entire 2010-2011 NBA season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee.   The ... /2011/07/01/blazers-interested-in-retaining-odom/ Portland Trailblazers forward Gerald Wallace said he felt like he was stabbed in the back after being traded from the Charlotte Bobcats.   Wallace said he still hasn't gotten over the trade and that it's the most shocking event of his professional career.   He said it hurt to feel like he wasn't wanted ... /2011/03/16/wallace-angry-about-trade/ The Portland Trailblazers aren't ready to throw in the towel just yet after trading for Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace.   Despite all of the injuries, yet again, to the Trailblazers, the team has managed to tread water in the Western Conference and remain in the playoff hunt.   Wallace is sure to come ... /2011/03/02/blazers-acquire-g-wallace/ Portland Trailblazers guard Brandon Roy will undergo arthroscopic surgery on both of his knees. There is no timetable for his return, but the Trailblazers are certainly not going to rush back their star player. Roy has already missed 16 games this year because of soreness in his knees, a chronic problem. He said ... /2011/01/15/roy-to-have-surgery-on-both-knees/ Portland Trailblazers center Greg Oden is out for the entire season and will undergo surgery on his left knee. This is the same knee that he had surgery on just 20 months ago when his patella cracked after banging into a teammate. Oden is just 22-years old and other players have been ... /2010/11/24/oden-out-for-season/ By Bud L. Ellis The Portland Trail Blazers eclipsed the 50-win plateau the past two seasons. They’re already 10 percent to matching that mark, and the NBA season is but a few days old. The Blazers have set the pace in the Northwest Division in the early days of the ... /2010/11/07/blazers-off-to-roaring-start/ The Portland Trailblazers have hired former head coach Bernie Bickerstaff as an assistant coach.   Bickerstaff has been a coach with the Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats.   He spent the past two seasons as an assistant with the Chicago Bulls and has served as GM with two organizations.   The Blazers also ... /2010/07/28/blazers-hire-bickerstaff/ The Portland Trailblazers have traded point guard Steve Blake and forward Travis Outlaw to the Los Angeles Clippers for center Marcus Camby.   It's an interesting deal that helps accomplish a couple of different things for the injury-riddled Blazers.   For one, the team finally finds a center to play solid defense and grab ... /2010/02/18/blazers-trade-for-camby/ In desperate need of a big man for the upcoming Western Conference playoffs, the Trail Blazers jumped right into the trade deadline fun on Tuesday, shipping Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake (along with $3 million of cash considerations) to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for center Marcus Camby’s expiring ... /2010/02/17/blazers-send-outlaw-blake-to-clippers-for-camby/ Here's how far apart the Los Angeles Lakers are from the rest of the Western Conference: With their best player sidelined by an ankle injury, they can go on the road and thrash a playoff hopefully by nearly 20 points. Kobe Bryant snapped his streak of 235 consecutive games started after ... /2010/02/07/kobe-less-lakers-trounce-blazers-99-82/