http://www.blazerslocker.com Daily Blog for Portland Trailblazers Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:45:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Portland Trailblazers selected 20-year old forward Victor Claver with the 22nd pick in the NBA Draft last night. Claver played in 121 games in his 5-year career in Spain and he averaged 10.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. While he is a tad soft ... http://www.blazerslocker.com/2009/06/26/1-22-victor-claver-f/ The Trailblazers have lost F/C Raef LaFrentz for the next 6-8 months due to surgery he recently had to repair a torn right labrum.  This will likely cause him to miss most if not all of the 2008-09 NBA season.  The 32-year old LaFrentz played in 39 games (0 starts) for ... http://www.blazerslocker.com/2008/09/27/the-portland-trailblazers-lose-cf-raef-lafrentz/ The Trailblazers have signed 24-year old forward Shavlik Randolph to a 1-year deal. Randolph has been injury prone in his first three seasons in the NBA but he is a talented player. Randolph played in 9 games (0 starts) for the 76ers last season and he averaged 3.0 ... http://www.blazerslocker.com/2008/09/27/the-portland-trailblazers-sign-forward-shavlik-randolph/ The Trailblazers have acquired rookie point guard Jerryd Bayless and power forward Ike Diogu from the Pacers for Jarrett Jack, first round pick Brandon Rush and F/C Josh McRoberts. This was a steal for the Blazers as both Diogu and Bayless have big time upsides. Bayless might start ... http://www.blazerslocker.com/2008/06/26/the-portland-trailblazers-acquire-jerryd-bayless-and-ike-diogu-from-the-pacers/ Reserve forward James Jones has informed the Trailblazers that he is opting out of his contract for next season thus becoming a free agent. Jones liked playing in Portland but money talks. Jones played in 58 games (3 starts) for the Trailblazers last season and he averaged 22.0 ... http://www.blazerslocker.com/2008/06/26/james-jones-opts-out-of-his-contract-with-the-portland-trailblazers/ The Blazers played the defending World Champions tough in the season opener on Tuesday. LaMarcus Aldridge made the most of his new starting job at power forward as he led the Blazers with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Martell Webster also had a good game ... http://www.blazerslocker.com/2007/11/01/san-antonio-spurs-106-portland-trailblazers-97/ The Trailblazers suffered a huge blow as rookie center Greg Oden underwent arthroscopic and microfracture surgery and will miss this whole season. http://www.blazerslocker.com/2007/09/18/the-portland-trailblazers-lose-greg-oden-for-the-season/ The Trailblazers have re-signed Travis Outlaw for the next three seasons. http://www.blazerslocker.com/2007/07/23/the-portland-trailblazers-re-sign-travis-outlaw/ The Trailblazers have officially acquired James Jones in the trade that also netted the Blazers Rudy Fernandez on draft day for a pile of cold, hard cash. http://www.blazerslocker.com/2007/07/13/the-portland-trailblazers-acquire-james-jones-from-the-suns/ Stevie Francis must feel like he has hit the lottery. http://www.blazerslocker.com/2007/07/13/the-portland-trailblazers-buy-out-stevie-francis-and-let-him-walk-away/