The Portland Trail Blazers are playing some great ball and one of the main reasons is because of how well LaMarcus Aldridge has performed this season and while a trade looks like it's out of the question, the issue has come up over the past year and as the deadline gets closer, could the Trail Blazers deal him for names like Spencer Hawes, Lance Stephenson, Andre Miller, Ronny Turiaf or Omer Asik?
Read full storyThe Houston Rockets are looking like one of the best teams in the west this season and as the trading deadline gets closer in February, the team will continue to get mentioned because of Omer Asik and while a deal to the To Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers or Chicago Bulls or New Orleans Pelicans once seemed possible, it's now more likely that GM Daryl Morey will keep the center.
Read full storyLaMarcus Aldridge, Portland Trail Blazers negotiate a long-term extension as both Damian Lillard and Nicolas Batum seek new deals as well.
Read full storyThe Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers are playing on Thursday night as the second game on the TNT doubleheader and the matchup will be streaming online and it starts at 10:30 pm ET from the Moda Center and features one of the most surprising teams in the league and they are in the mix at the top of the west.
Read full storyThe NBA schedule is light on Thursday with just a TNT doubleheader with the Los Angeles Lakers playing the Miami Heat and LeBron James and the Portland Trail Blazers hosting the Denver Nuggets and before the games tip off, the NBA All-Star team rosters will be revealed.
Read full storyThe NBA schedule is now into 2014 and with half the month of January already gone, the trading deadline is around the corner and the top teams in the league have established themselves in the standings, with the Miami Heat, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers and San Antonio Spurs being part of the top crop.
Read full storyLaMarcus Aldridge might have requested a trade earlier in the offseason, but now the forward is hoping to remain with the Portland Trail Blazers for the remainder of his career.
Read full storyThe Miami Heat look to stay on top as they face the surging Portland Trail Blazers in a matchup of two of the league's top teams.
Read full storyThe Houston Rockets looked ready and willing to trade All-Star caliber center Omer Asik last week, but once the trade market started getting a bit out of control, the team decided to pull him back for now and the Rockets could be looking at the deadline for a deal and teams like the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia Sixers, Brooklyn Nets, Portland Trail Blazers and Chicago Bulls could be options.
Read full storyThe NBA schedule picks up on Thursday with the TNT set of games and they are good ones, as Doc Rivers visits his old friends Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in Brooklyn to take on the Nets, while the Houston Rockets will travel to play the Portland Trail Blazers in a battle between two solid western conference teams as the Blazers lead their division in the standings.
Read full storyThe Houston Rockets are hoping that Jeremy Lin can return to the lineup on Thursday against the Portland Trail Blazers after the point guard has missed two weeks with a right knee injury.
Read full storyOmer Asik interest is getting high as the Houston Rockets lower trade expectations. The Philadelphia 76ers top team to land center.
Read full storyThe NBA standings are continuing to remain strong at the top and with the eastern conference struggling mightily, the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat are the top squads in the east, while the Blazers and Spurs are best out west and out in California, the Lakers finally got superstar Kobe Bryant back from his Achilles injury.
Read full storyThe Houston Rockets are moving forward with their plans to trade Omer Asik and movement on a deal is stepping up says ESPN, as the team is looking to trade him by December 19 and the top option appears to be the Portland Trail Blazers for Robin Lopez or the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks and Pelicans.
Read full storyThe Houston Rockets are into the December part of the schedule and as the deadline nears for players that signed over the summer to be traded, that could mean general manager Daryl Morey and the team will look harder at a deal for center Omer Asik, who has been disgruntled since losing his spot in the starting lineup.
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