Alrighty, here's some videos for y'all today. First up, we have another insane preseason dunk from Blake Griffin. Seriously, the rookie looks insane and I love his aggressiveness on the court. Despite the end of the clip, I think Griffin will play on opening day this Wednesday (cuz Camby is already hurt) and he'll take the reins of the starting PF job for good right away. Griffin reminds me of a pre-surgery Amare that actually cares about defense and grabbing boards. Good stuff! Video courtesy of ClipperBlog.
The second video features another rookie (to-be) in Ricky Rubio where he just helped his new team Barca thoroughly rout his former team Joventut to the tune of 92-59. He sure looks NBA ready to me... too bad we'll probably have to wait two years to finally see him here. Some real fancy passes... esp. the last one, mind boggling awareness and creativity. Video courtesy of Ball in Europe.
And one last bit of news. Nicolas Batum has a torn labrum and will undergo surgery this week. It's the same injury that Jameer Nelson suffered last year. The recovery time is expected to be 3-5 months. If Batum is back at all, it'll be late in the season, he'll be rusty, and the team would already have a set rotation/chemistry. In my opinion this is practically the same as season ending for Batum. Really bad news for the young SF and the Blazers. Though maybe it'll open up more playing time for Rudy Fernandez, though I'd expect Martell Webster to take back his starting SF job (which he coincidentally lost to Batum last year cuz of his own season ending injury).
I know the season hasn't even started yet... but I'm seriously starting to get nervous for my Blazers. Their preseason performance has been completely lackluster. Just 4-4 so far and Roy in particular have struggle, putting up just 12.6 pts, 2.1 rebs, 4.4 asts, 2.1 tos in 26 minutes on 40% shooting. There's was also some dissent with newly acquired PG Andre Miller wanting a starting job and now this major injury to Batum. I'm just hoping we start hearing some good news out of Portland soon...
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2 comments:
Ruuuuu-beeeee-ooooooooo!
lol Two more years?!?! :(
As for Blazer got a W and that's some damn even playing time across the board. lol.
lol, that's the dunk where he puts himself out for 2 months.
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