Summer Practice

My friend Andy told me that the Blazers are practicing already. I didn't really believe it, so I checked it out, and it's true.

I was impressed, most of the team was there, apparently even the perma-rehabbing Darius Miles showed up. He was there watching his spot on the team slip away with every forgettable moment that slips by in his recent career.

Most impressive though, Martell Webster. Andy said he had shed some pounds and that he had been training all summer, again, disbelief on my end. But then I saw this wingman curl off a pick and hit a three, then drive past his defender and dunk on someone...couldn't be? Mike Barrett said Desmond Mason was there, maybe that was him, didn't look like him, but maybe it was him. I looked up a headshot of Webster and sure enough, it was him. Slimmer and more athletic. Impressive.

As Barrett says, NBA teams can't require their players to show up until late in September. Maybe all this summer practicing will equal a few more wins this year, if anything it's great to see a team actually want to be a team. If you aren't on the bandwagon yet for this upcoming year, how can you not be now?

KT