Portland Events, Music, Art, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDXPIPELINE.com » basketball http://www.pdxpipeline.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Portland Trailblazers Draft Pick | Texas' D.J. Augustin? http://www.pdxpipeline.com/2008/06/20/portland-trailblazers-draft-pick-texas-dj-augustin/ http://www.pdxpipeline.com/2008/06/20/portland-trailblazers-draft-pick-texas-dj-augustin/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:05:14 +0000 Julian Chadwick http://pdxpipeline.wordpress.com/?p=1584 Greg Oden Jersey Radio Cab Portland, Oregon
Now, that Boston gave Kobe and crew their beat-down, it is time to look towards the draft. Since we have the 13th pick and Greg Oden doesn't have a little brother, the choice is not nearly as simple as last year. At Ball Don't Lie, Kelly Dwyer states the obvious to most Blazers fans. We could really use a strong “Point guard, point guard, point guard” to run this young “stacked” team.

But, who can we get with the 13th pick? Kelly suggests:

D.J. Augustin, PG, University of Texas

Fortunately for the Blazers, there are a lot of attractive point guards in this draft. Unfortunately, none of them are going to fall to the 13th spot. D.J. Augustin has the closest chance…continue reading…

I'll defer to Kelly, as he is one of the best basketball minds I've seen. The big surprise? WE HAVE STEVIE (formerly Franchise”) FRANCIS on our PAYROLL. I had forgotten about this $30 million mistake. I will now work to forget about it again and if you want to sleep well, you can try to do the same.

**Update (6/27): Well, the Blazers did not take Mr. Augustin. Instead they drafted Brandon Rush of Kansas and dealt him away for Arizona guard Jerryd Bayless . Full story at Oregonlive…

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