The 2008-09 Blazers schedule was released today on
Blazers.com. There are 13 games to be shown on national tv, including the season opener at L.A. on Oct. 28th and the home opener on Halloween against San Antonio. If those two games weren't big enough the next night we'll see the Oden vs. Shaq matchup in Phoenix. It still doesn't get any easier as they play at Utah on Nov. 5th and then home against Yao Ming and Houston on the 6th. Finally Oden will face Dwight Howard in Orlando on the 10th to start a 5 game road trip that includes New Orleans. The NBA has decided to put the Oden to the test early against Tim Duncan, Shaq, Yao and Dwight Howard all within the Blazer's first 7 games.
Here's a video from the
Behind The Beat blog at Oregonlive.com.
Writer Jason Quick and photographer Bruce Ely will have a season long series called "Rip City Revival: An inside look at the Blazers pursuit of a second NBA title". Right now they are focusing on the second installment,
"Greg Oden: A big man's small step" which will include 3 separate blog posts. There's too much good stuff to put here so just go read the whole thing and learn how Greg Oden made coach Nate McMillan retire, and how Oden is like Scottie Pippen.
