It sounds like Hedo Türkoğlu, the 30-year old point-forward that led the Orlando Magic into the NBA Finals, has come to an agreement to join the Portland Trailblazers in principle. The contract is reportedly for five years and $50 million dollars.  Portland has accomplished their primary mission; they’ve been chasing free agent Türkoğlu since the [...]

Aside from the fact that the Lakers got beat down by the Trailblazers for the seventh straight time at the Rose Garden, and Rudy Fernandez being injured and sent to the hospital from a hard foul by Trevor Ariza, Pau Gasol got dunked on once again by Nicolas Batum. Batum dunked three times in the [...]

French rookie and Portland Trailblazer Nicolas Batum had a nasty dunk on Pau Gasol last night in Portland’s 100-86 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. The dunk occurs in the first quarter as the LaMarcus Aldridge steals a lazy Derek Fisher passs, dribbles down court and leaves a pass to the trailing Nicolas Batum.  Gasol, [...]

Rotowire is reporting that Rudy Fernandez, the exciting “rookie” guard from Spain and Interbasket’s latest, greatest favorite player could be joining Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Joel Pryzbilla in the Blazers’ starting lineup. The move would force either Steve Blake or fellow international rookie Nicolas Batum to the bench.  With Portland off to a so-so [...]

The Toronto Raptors are out to a 2-0 start with Jose Calderon as the starting point guard.  After the Raptors traded away TJ Ford this past summer, they all but handed the starting role to Calderon, and so far results are good.  Yeah, it’s two games into the season, but I like building it up, [...]

Nicolas Batum is a stringy 6-8 small forward from Lisieux, France. The 215lb, 19-year old has impressed many with his long wingspan, his abilities to drive to the hole and consistently hit jumpshots. With his height, Batum is able to play power forward; with his speed and athleticism, he can also slide down into a [...]