Half empty? Half full? Portland's glass is shattered.

by Xiane on Dec 23, 2009 4:32 AM CST

We Rockets fans know from heartbreaking injury. We know what it's like to lose multiple stars for the season, or at the worst possible time. Portland is getting a special double dose of that now. My heart goes out to a worthy opponent in the Trailblazers and the great fans at Blazer's Edge.

Tonight Joel Przybilla ruptured his patella tendon. Brandon Roy hurt his shoulder and is going for an MRI. We think we don't have a center? We have two. Portland literally has none - Juwon Howard, for all his veteran grit, is not a center. I think they will pull the rookie Pendergraph off the injured list a bit early.

As I said there, next year make sure your season script is written by Frank Capra, not Franz Kafka.

Anyhow, Rockets fans, as bad as a slowly recovering McGrady and absent Yao is, its not as bad as this overfilled sick bay:

Greg Oden (Out for the season, knee injury.)

Nic Batum (Return unknown.)

Travis Outlaw (Return unknown.)

Joel Przybilla (Out for the season, major knee injury.)

Jeff Pendergraph (Went out in summer, may be coming back now.)

Rudy Fernandez (Out 2-4 more weeks.)

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I'd say...

I’d say this is karma for all the flopping last April, but that would be harsh. Because I like the Blazers and their fans.

Why, oh why, can’t this kind of stuff happen to Shaquille O’Neal?!?!?

by grungedave on Dec 23, 2009 9:53 AM CST reply actions

Or LA

Hey, a girl can hope, right?

by GetRed on Dec 23, 2009 11:20 AM CST up reply actions

you mean Aldridge?

No way, we like LaMarcus here.

by grungedave on Dec 23, 2009 11:45 AM CST up reply actions

I read that to be

The Lakers.

by Xiane on Dec 23, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions

I fail to see the periods between the "L" and "A"...

by grungedave on Dec 23, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions

not everyone cares about punctuation like you do

by Xiane on Dec 23, 2009 12:53 PM CST up reply actions

no one has any standards anymore

/guidance counselor from Clerks

by grungedave on Dec 23, 2009 1:00 PM CST up reply actions

used to like the blazers

until the flopping began…after that bayless flop last game, i have no sympathy…sorry blazers…maybe if you didnt flop so much you wouldn’t get hurt (except oden, feel bad for him)

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 23, 2009 9:57 AM CST reply actions

As a Warriors fan I can relate and feel your pain. We have played the last two years without most of our team, looks like you guys will be playing small ball too.

by Eschew Obfuscation on Dec 23, 2009 1:07 PM CST reply actions