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Blazers sign Howard to one-year deal

Veteran forward Juwan Howard has signed a one-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Tuesday Bullets

...pay off. In any case, wonder if dynamic pricing will come to the NBA. (Thanks, Jason.) Greg Ostertag is, according to one NBA executive, looking trim and surprisingly mobile in his comeback attempt. (That...

MINNEAPOLIS - FEBRUARY 10: Greg Ostertag #00 of the Utah Jazz looks on against the Minnesota Timberwolves on February 10, 2006 at...

Hall of Fame Friday Bullets

...Isiah Thomas's first name, is said to be poised for some kind of comeback. Greg Ostertag also just worked out for an NBA team. Javale McGee carried a video camera through his...

First Cup: Friday

Bill Plaschke of Los Angeles Times: "Typical Fish. At the end of the most indelible game of his enduring Lakers career, Derek Fisher disappeared....

First Cup: Wednesday

Frank Dell'Apa and Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "Rajon Rondo said he was going for the ball on the last significant sequence of the Ce...

Late Thursday Mini-Bullets

A lot of great players defy their positions: Is Tim Duncan a forward or a center? What is LeBron James? (Power wing? Is that a position?) But if you h...

Meet Your Blogger: Matt McHale of By the Horns

Basketball is funny. Basketbawful is even funnier. The site has been offering up the best satirical takes on the NBA for more than four years. We got ...

Sloan's secret: 'Put the best effort in'

Jerry Sloan didn't think his Jazz tenure would last long. Twenty years later, the longest-tenured pro head coach in the U.S. basks only in effort, not accolades.

First Cup: Tuesday

Marc Narducci of The Philadelphia Inquirer: "Of all the players who are considered possible future 76ers by the fans, the one who gets the most mentio...

Aaron McKie is Not the Only NBA Coach Who Could Get Traded

This time last week, Aaron McKie was an unpaid assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers (although he is still making money from his last contract as...

Monday Bullets

...Lakers were dreadful last year and show little sign of getting better. In case you missed it, Greg Oden speaks into a video camera on Portland's official website and on his blog he even...

Greg Ostertag's Legendary Domination of Tim Duncan

...great players can have terrible games in their first summer league. And the story is that Greg Ostertag killed Tim Duncan in his first summer league appearance. I linked to such a quote, from...

Summer League Notes

...Oden and Kevin Durant had bad first games, Maurice Cheeks would like to remind you that Greg Ostertag killed Tim Duncan in Duncan't first summer league game.The Oregonian's Jason Quick in...