The Portland Trail Blazers would prefer to forget about last year and just start out completely new in 2010-2011. It isn’t that the Blazers had a terrible season last year. In fact, they were able to win 50 games and make the playoffs. The forgettable part of last season was the fact that they dealt with more injuries than any other team in the Northwest Division. Only two players from their entire roster were available for all 82 games last year. Portland fans can only hope that this year’s team will be much healthier.
Portland Trail Blazers Offseason Moves
The biggest move of the offseason was to bring in Wesley Matthews. Matthews went undrafted in 2009 but contributed in a big way to the Utah Jazz last year. He should give the team a great on-the-ball defender and a hard worker that can play the shooting guard or small forward spot.
The Blazers also did a nice job keeping Marcus Camby in the fold. Camby is still a great defensive presence, and with all the injury trouble they have had down low he is definitely needed.
On the negative side, Rudy Fernandez is disgruntled and wants out of Portland. Ferna ...
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NBA Portland Trail Blazers : 2010-2011 Predictions and Odds
October 29th, 2010 by Doc Moseman Leave a reply »
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