Portland Trail Blazers Wiretap

Clippers' Maggette To Miss Game At Portland

Corey Maggette will sit out the Los Angeles Clippers game against Portland on Saturday night with a chest contusion.

Maggette, coming off 19 points and seven rebounds in a win over Sacramento on Friday night, was injured in the second half against the Kings, but still finished the game.

Via ESPN


Randolph Done For Season After Hand Surgery

Zach Randolph of the Portland TrailBlazers had surgery on his right hand Friday and will miss the final 10 games of the season.

Randolph hurt his hand during a 94-93 loss at Minnesota last Sunday. The injury was not apparent in Thursday night's 96-92 home loss to Memphis, when Randolph scored a career-high 43 points and tied a season high with 17 rebounds while playing with his hand taped.

The surgery Friday removed bone fragments and repaired ligaments. Randolph will be in a cast for about five weeks, the team announced.

Via Union-Tribune


Blazers Name Kevin Pritchard GM

Kevin Pritchard was signed on Thursday to a five-year contract as the new general manager of the Portland TrialBlazers, according to a league source. The agreement was to be officially announced at the Blazers-Grizzlies game Thursday night in Portland.

Pritchard had been the Blazers' director of player personnel under team president and GM Steve Patterson, who was relieved of those duties earlier this month.

Via SI.com


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