Rob Simonsen

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Indiana Pacers. Poor Pacers. Poor, poor Pacers. Their roster this season is “Who He Play For?” come to life. Paul George is out indefinitely with one of the more gruesome injuries you’re likely to see on a basketball court, Lance Stephenson skipped town […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Minnesota Timberwolves. The kids are alright, they just aren’t that good yet. After trading away Kevin Love for the last two number one picks—Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins—the Wolves are once again going young and planning for the future. This team rebuilds so […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Memphis Grizzlies. Nine in a row? Nine in a row. And that’s wins for the Blazers, not hours I spent today at Best Buy trying to get a sweet deal on an iPad. Portland returns home having gone 3-0 on their most recent […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Chicago Bulls. Well, most of the Bulls anyway. Derrick Rose is out with a strained hamstring or bum ankles or general ennui or whatever. Rose sitting was to be expected, but both Pau Gasol and Kirk Hinrich will miss tonight’s contest as well. […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the New Orleans Pelicans. LaMarcus Aldridge is back! He was questionable coming into tonight, but it looks like he’ll give it a go. That’s great news, but we were one more sick day away from the greatest matchup of all time: Anthony Davis versus […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Brooklyn Nets. No Batum? No problem. The Blazers have gone 2-0 with Nicolas Batum on the shelf, and were last seen wiping the floor with the Denver Nuggets to the tune of 84 first-half points. Batum is targeting Monday for a return date, […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Charlotte Bobcats Hornets. The Hornets? You’re damn right. Death to the Bobcats. Hugo and his merry band of honeycomb aficionados are back. Break out the puffy Starter jackets. After sneaking into the playoffs last season, the Hornets were expected to make another leap […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Denver Nuggets. The Blazers return home after a short, disappointing road trip to Los Angeles. After jumping out to an early lead against the Clippers, a silly foul by LaMarcus Aldridge and a questionable no call on DeAndre Jordan ultimately downed Portland late. […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Dallas Mavericks. Mirror on the wall, here we are again. Since Terry Stotts was hired away from the Mavs, these two franchises have been decidedly linked. Jump shooting big man? Check. Incredibly efficient offense? Check. Raymond Felton?!?! Uggggggh. With spacing, three-point shooting, and […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Cleveland Cavaliers. The sky is falling! The Blazers are terrible! The season is ruined! Now would be a good time to start furiously pressing those giant red panic buttons, y’all. No, stop, don’t freak out just yet. It’s still early—come on back in […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Golden State Warriors. Well, 82-0 is officially out of the question. After an encouraging start against the Thunder, the Blazers laid a pumpkin against the Kings in Sacramento on All Hallows’ Eve. Losing to the lowly Kings is never a good look, but […]

Live from the Moda Center as the Portland Trail Blazers host the Oklahoma City Thunder! Forget game seven of the World Series, basketball is finally here! (Note to the baseball gods: I didn’t really mean that. Go Royals!) I’ve added fifteen pounds of muscle, I’m in the best shape of my life, and I’m really […]