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By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Bruce Ely, The OregonianThe offensive development of Greg Oden has given the Trail Blazers another scoring option, but the team is still struggling with how to blend his talents with Brandon Roy's and LaMarcus Aldridge's. The Mount Rushmore of the Trail Blazers convened Monday for a pri...

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Jamie Francis/The OregonianAndre Miller, Dante Cunningham, Martell Webster, Greg Oden, and Rudy Fernandez converse as the Portland Trail Blazers face the Memphis Grizzlies at the Rose Garden. The home winning streak? Over. While Memphis was on, the Blazers were decidedly out of sorts.

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian View full sizeThe Associated PressThe Portland Trail Blazers' Brandon Roy (left) runs into Minnesota Timberwolves' defender Sasha Pavlovic in the first quarter Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS -- Greg Oden has shown a lot in this early season for the Trail Blazers....

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian On Tuesday, Oden was the difference for the Blazers as they jumpstarted a five-game trip with a 93-79 rout of Memphis that ran the Blazers winning streak to three. Portland (5-3) has now beaten Memphis (1-7) eight consecutive times, and Tuesday's victory had moments from nearly every Bla...

By Jason Quick, The Oregonian Bruce Ely, The OregonianGreg Oden had nine rebounds against Denver, but he remembers the two missed free throws.Greg Oden was only halfway through the agony of defeat when he missed two potential game-winning free throws with 4.6 seconds left Thursday night, essentially sealing the Tra...

By Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian(brenthunsberger@news.oregonian.com) Tim Dona-what's-his name? As we report in Tuesday's Oregonian, the Portland Trail Blazers' announced home attendance and TV ratings so far this season are both up from last year at the same time. This on a 3-3 team without No.... Tim Dona-what's-his name? As we report in Tuesday's Oregonian, t...

By kylelaggner@news.oregonian.com McMillan regularly singles Blake out during pre- and postgame team meetings and during film review sessions, particularly when Blake faces the NBA's best point guards. All-Star Brandon Roy and emerging third-year player LaMarcus Aldridge may be the Blazers' offensive focal points,...

By jasonquick@news.oregonian.com All thanks to Greg Oden. The setting for this tale is Hawaii, shortly after the Blazers season ended in April. Much of the Blazers basketball staff and Oden were awarded a retreat of sorts to the island by owner Paul Allen to help break up the monotony of Oden's rehabilitation workouts.