Tag: Portland trail Blazers
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Stacey Augmon
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! Name: Stacey Augmon Nickname: ‘Plastic Man’ ‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Stace’ / ‘Stacka’ / ‘Girl’s Name’ Teams played for: Atlanta Hawks (’91-’96) Detroit Pistons (’96-’97) Portland Trail Blazers (’97-’01) Charlotte / New Orleans #Hornets (’01-‘04) Orlando Magic (’04-’06) Career Stats (per game): 8.0 pts // 3.2 rebs // 1.6 asts // 1.0… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Bonzi Wells
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! Name: Gawen Deangelo Bonzi Wells Nickname: ‘Bonzi’ / ‘The Bonz’ ‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Bonza’ / ‘Bonzo’ Teams played for: Portland Trail Blazers (’99-’03) Memphis Grizzlies (’03-’05) Sacramento Kings (’05-’06) Houston Rockets (’06-’08) New Orleans #Hornets (’08) Career Stats (per game): 12.1 pts // 4.6 rebs // 2.1 asts // 46.0 FG%… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Brandon Roy
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! Name: Brandon Roy Nickname: ‘B-Roy’ / ‘The Natural’ ‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Roy’ / ‘Fitzy’ / ‘‘No Knees’ / ‘HG’ Teams played for: Portland Trail Blazers (’06-’11) Minnesota Timberwolves (‘12) Career Stats (per game): 18.8 pts // 4.3 rebs // 4.7 asts // 1.0 stls // 45.9 FG% // 34.8 3P% … Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Patty Mills’ FIRST ever playoff game – Blazers vs Suns, April 20, 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! How’s this! 8 years ago today, dead-set Aussie ledge Patty Mills played in his FIRST NBA playoff game… in only his 11th EVER actual NBA appearance! That’s a hair-raising rocket ride if ever there was one, and one that befits an Aussie legend of about the stature of Ian Thorpe, Alicia… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Luke Schenscher’s 2nd best Portland game: Blazers vs Rockets, April 11, 2007
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 11 years ago today, Fanta Pants Shaq — the ledge Luke Schenscher — was in the Pacific Northwest tugging on the black, white and red no. 24 for the Portland Trail Blazers. And on this night, answering the question ‘what would happen if Raggedy Andy was 7-foot tall and played basketball?’,… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Luke Schenscher debut game for Portland vs New York Knicks, March 22, 2007
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist your cans to the sky! 11 years ago today, after being thrown a lifeline by the Portland Trail Blazers, Fanta Pants Shaq himself — the ledge Luke Schenscher — pulled on the black, white and red togs for his first game for the signature franchise of fixies, craft breweries, and… Read more
NBA Straya – Monday Mar 12: WEEKEND WRAP (Episode 75)
NBA Straya!! DRAKE BEAT THE ROCKETS & ANTHONY DAVIS IS A BEAST! Today’s weekend wrap show covers ALL of the NBA action from the weekend, including the Rockets and Pelicans having their wins streaks snapped by Drake and the Wiz, the Warriors falling to their worst record in the Steve Kerr-era, Kawhi might be back… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Patty Mills vs the Blazers, Feb 25 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years ago today, the Bala supreme Patty Mills — aka Patty Thrills, aka Patty Cakes, aka the Torres Strait Terror — was coming off leading Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth NBA title… and on a typically cold, wet Oregon night at the Rose Garden, went… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget: Luc Longley vs Portland, Jan 29 1998
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 20 years ago today, Luc Longley — aka Australia’s Bill Russell, aka Lucky Luc, aka the 7-foot John Stockton — suited up for his reigning champion Chicago Bulls and went into Portland’s Rose Garden and laid an almighty smackdown on Arvydas Sabonis and the Portland Trail Blazers only bettered by Shane… Read more