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Aldridge underwent successful shoulder surgery Wednesday and is reportedly expected to return to the court in mid-to-late November. The Portland Trail Blazers rookie forward had surgery to repair a small ligament tear in his right shoulder. |
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Aldridge, 21, left the University of Texas after his sophomore season and was taken with the second pick in the 2006 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. The Blazers acquired him on draft night from Chicago in exchange for forward Viktor Khryapa and Tyrus Thomas, who was selected fourth in the draft. |
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Aldridge will undergo surgery to repair a small ligament tear in his right shoulder Wednesday. The amount of time the Portland Trail Blazers forward and second overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft will need to recover will be determined after surgery. |
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Aldridge was acquired with a future second round draft pick from the Chicago Bulls on draft night in exchange for forward Viktor Khryapa and Tyrus Thomas, who was selected fourth. Aldridge, 21, left the University of Texas after his sophomore season, averaging 15.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks. The Blazers rookie averaged nearly 12.0 points and seven rebounds in the Las Vegas Summer League in July. |
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The Bucks traded Magloire to the Portland Trail Blazers for guard Steve Blake, forward Brian Skinner and center Ha Seung-Jin on Monday. |
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Magloire, 28, averaged 9.2 points and a team-high 9.5 rebounds for Milwaukee last season. He was the only Bucks player to start all 82 games. He was seventh in the NBA in total rebounds (778) and 10th in rebounds per game. |
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Przybilla signed a five-year, $32 million contract to remain with the Portland Trail Blazers, the team announced on Monday. The 26-year-old center averaged six points and seven rebounds in 56 games last season. His playing time will likely increase from 24.9 minutes per game as fellow center Theo Ratliff was sent to Boston in a draft-day deal. |
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Przybilla is averaging 4.0 points and 5.6 rebounds over his six NBA seasons. |
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Portland waived Tskitishvili on Wednesday, another sad chapter for the former fifth overall pick in the 2002 draft. The power forward has been a major bust, playing for five teams since being drafted by Denver. The 23-year-old averaged 2.8 points and 1.7 rebounds for the Trail Blazers last season. |
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Boston traded LaFrentz to Portland on Wednesday along with Dan Dickau and the No. 7 pick in the NBA draft in exchange for Sebastien Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a 2008 pick. LaFrentz averaged 7.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 82 games for the Celtics last season. |
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LaFrentz is averaging 11.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots during his career spanning eight seasons. |
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Boston traded Dickau to Portland on Wednesday along with Raef LaFrentz and the No. 7 pick in the NBA draft in exchange for Sebastien Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a 2008 pick. Dickau played in just 19 games for the Celtics last season after undergoing surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon, averaging 3.3 points and 2.1 assists in those contests. |
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Dickau played 20 games for Portland during the 2003-04 season, averaging 2.3 points. He has career marks of 6.7 points, 2.8 assists and 1.4 rebounds in his four seasons. |
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Randolph was suspended one game and fined Monday by the Trail Blazers for leaving the arena during a game against the Golden State Warriors. Randolph, the team's leading scorer at 18.0 points per game, will miss Monday's road matchup at Golden State. |
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Randolph hasn't played in three games due to a knee injury and probably couldn't stomach the Blazers' performance of late. Portland has lost 31 of its last 35 games and owns the league's worst record at 21-59. |
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Miles was sent home by Portland on Friday after changing into his street clothes at halftime of the Trail Blazers' loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The team said it was not a suspension but that unspecified disciplinary action had taken place. |
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Miles will miss Friday's game against the Lakers, but it is not yet known if he will play on Saturday, when the Blazers are home against Golden State. |
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Miles missed the Trail Blazers' game against the Clippers on Sunday because of the death of his grandfather, Willie Miles Jr. With the funeral at noon Tuesday, Miles could return for Wednesday night's home game against Sacramento. |
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Miles was excused from Portland's game on Friday because of his grandfather's death. |
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Miles did not play Thursday because he was benched for missing the team's shootaround. "There's no excuse for that," Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan said. |
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A swollen knee has made Randolph questionable for Portland's next game. |
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Randolph has averaged 18.7 points and 8.4 rebounds in 63 games for Portland this season. |
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Dixon is a game-time decision for Portland on Saturday. Dixon's knee injury has caused him to miss the previous four games. |
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Dixon won't play for the Trail Blazers on Tuesday because of a knee injury. Martell Webster will get another start in his place. |
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Miles is reportedly still bothered by discomfort in his surgically repaired right knee. The Portland Trail Blazers' forward said he's "about 80 percent recovered" from the December 2005 surgery. |
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Since returning from injury, Miles has averaged 13.0 points and 4.2 rebounds in 15 games. |
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Przybilla is expected to miss at least another week for the Trail Blazers with a right knee injury. He has missed 11 games with the injury, which he suffered during Portland's 101-69 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Feb. 8. Przybilla is averaging 6.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game for the Trail Blazers this season. |
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Lenard was acquired by the Portland Trail Blazers before the NBA trade deadline on Thursday in a four-team deal also involving Denver, Sacramento, and Seattle. The 11-year veteran will be joined by Brian Skinner on the Trail Blazers as Sergei Monia and Vitaly Potapenko joined Sacramento. Ruben Patterson, Reggie Evans, and Charles Smith go to Denver and Seattle acquired Earl Watson, Bryon Russell, and Denver's 2008 second round draft pick. |
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Lenard is currently out for the remainder of the season with a torn left Achilles tendon. He finished the 2005-06 season averaging 8.3 points with 2.3 rebounds in 12 games for the Nuggets. |
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Przybilla is expected to miss another week of action for the Trail Blazers, as he continues to be hampered by a right knee injury. The injury kept him out for four games before the All-Star break. |
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Przybilla is averaging 6.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game for the Trail Blazers this season. His backup Theo Ratliff is also out with an injured left foot, so Ha Seung-Jin could see more playing time due to the injuries. |
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Miles played his first game since Dec. 2, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds in the Trail Blazers' 91-83 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday. The small forward missed 34 games, due to a sprained left knee. |
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Miles has scored 17.9 points with 5.8 assists in 16 games this season. |