I highly doubt the Portland Trailblazers are actually saying something that silly, but I know they have to be happy with their performance to date this season without their number one draft pick Greg Oden. The Blazers won their tenth game in a row last night against Denver and are eighth overall in the Western Conference. Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge lead the way for this up and coming team by scoring 37 points a game together while Travis Outlaw and Martell Webster are chipping in 12.3 and 11.7 points per game respectively. Nate McMillan is an excellent NBA coach and I fully expect this team to become a real contender for a Championship in the coming years.

The Portland Traiblazers had only a 5.3% chance of winning the number one pick in the 2007 draft, but that didn’t stop them from winning last night in the drawing. The NBA’s rookie of the year and one of many young talents on the Blazers team Brandon Roy represented the Blazers during the lottery drawing. The Sonics were able to land the second pick of the draft so we do know Oden and Durant will end up on one of these two teams barring a trade. I’m almost willing to guarantee Portland makes the playoffs next year with this huge victory and the Sonics won’t really improve at all.

Poor Memphis Grizzlies! They had the worst record in the NBA and a 25% chance of landing the first pick and ended up with the fourth. VP Jerry West was extremely upset with the outcome and thinks the lottery system needs to be changed. The system has barely ever helped out any of the worst teams so this might be the final straw.

The Portland Trailblazers and Toronto Raptors both had two players on the first team. Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge could be the cornerstone players who turn around the Blazers recent woes based on their excellent play this year. Andrea Bargnani and Jorge Garbosa proved they are solid this year in Toronto helping the Raptors make the playoffs this year. Congrats gentlemen and think of the possible All Rookie team next year with the likes of Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Brandan Wright, Roy Hibbert, and so on.

First Team
Brandon Roy, Portland (29) 58
Andrea Bargnani, Toronto (28) 57
Randy Foye, Minnesota (21) 48
Rudy Gay, Memphis (12) 39
LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland (14) 37
Jorge Garbajosa, Toronto (13) 37

Second Team
Paul Millsap, Utah (10) 36
Adam Morrison, Charlotte (12) 35
Tyrus Thomas, Chicago (5) 26
Craig Smith, Minnesota (1) 21
Rajon Rondo, Boston (1) 10
Walter Herrmann, Charlotte (1) 10
Marcus Williams, New Jersey (1) 10