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Trail Blazers in the second year of their rebuilding project amid a 3-year NBA playoff drought
Trail Blazers Last season: 21-61, missed the playoffs for the third straight year. COACH: Chauncey Billups (Fourth season with Portland, 81-165). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 23 at home against the Golden State Warriors. DEPARTURES: G Malcolm...
Jerry West becomes first three-time inductee as Carter and Billups enter basketball's Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The stage was filled with Laker greats when Jerry West made history Sunday night by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When one of them had his turn to speak, he could barely get the words out trying to...
Carter soared quickly and Billups started slowly, but there's more than one road to the Hall of Fame
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vince Carter remembers the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest like it just happened, when he went from an up-and-comer to a full-fledged phenom. He had been the NBA Rookie of the Year the season before with Toronto and now he was a first-time All-Star. But when he...
Basketball Hall of Fame to induct 13-member class led by Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups
A look at the 13-member class of 2024 being enshrined Sunday in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Vince Carter An eight-time All-Star during his NBA-record 22 seasons. The NBA Rookie of the Year in 1999, Carter is the only player to play in four different...
Blazers stay the course on their rebuilding project heading into the new season
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers didn't make any big moves in the offseason, opting instead to stay on course with a long-term rebuilding project. Jerami Grant, Deandre Ayton and Anfernee Simons will form the team's nucleus as Portland continues to develop young...
