Portland Trail Blazers Rising Stars Challenge Participants

The Dual Vortex Dynamic Of Dame And Giannis

In terms of raw court dynamics, we haven't seen such a complementary rim-plus-arc pairing such as Dame and Giannis since the days of Shaq and Kobe, of T-Mac and Yao.

The Only Way NBA's Small Market Teams Succeed Is To Never Fail

by Jack Tien-Dana

The Heat felt like they deserved Damian Lillard; the Bucks acted like they needed him. Is there really any harm in borrowing against your future when the alternative is having no future?

The NBPA's Supine Pose In A Time Where The Labor Movement Is Coming Back

by Colin McGowan

Executives and owners exert near-total control over younger players, and mature stars exert near-total control over teams.

Season	Player	Team	Pos	Height	Weight	Age	Pre-NBA Draft Team	MVP
2013-2014	Damian Lillard	Portland Trail Blazers	G	6-2	195	23	Weber State	-
2012-2013	Damian Lillard	Portland Trail Blazers	G	6-2	195	22	Weber State	-
2010-2011	Wesley Matthews	Portland Trail Blazers	G	6-5	220	24	Marquette	-
2008-2009	Rudy Fernandez	Portland Trail Blazers	SG	6-6	185	23	Joventut Badalona (Spain)	-
2008-2009	Greg Oden	Portland Trail Blazers	C	7-0	273	21	Ohio State	-
2007-2008	LaMarcus Aldridge	Portland Trail Blazers	FC	6-11	265	22	Texas	-
2007-2008	Brandon Roy	Portland Trail Blazers	G	6-6	211	23	Washington	-
2006-2007	Brandon Roy	Portland Trail Blazers	G	6-6	211	22	Washington	-
1997-1998	Kelvin Cato	Portland Trail Blazers	C	6-11	255	23	Iowa State	-
1997-1998	Alvin Williams	Portland Trail Blazers	G	6-5	185	23	Villanova	-
1995-1996	Arvydas Sabonis	Portland Trail Blazers	C	7-3	279	31	Zalgiris (Lithuania)	-

Season

Player

Team

Pos

Height

Weight

Age

Pre-NBA Draft Team

MVP

2013-2014

Damian Lillard

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