I was a guest on Ferrall: Coast To Coast on The SportsGrid Network hosted by Scott Ferrall
Longtime national sports radio host Scott Ferrall wanted to catch up with what is happening in the sports landscape in Portland. We chatted about the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Carmelo Anthony, and my upcoming book about Jerome Kersey.
The original Trail Blazer is gone
I’m guessing Harry Glickman stood 5-10, but he was a giant of a man.
Blazer fans recognize him as the gravel-voiced, warm-hearted executive who paved the way toward Portland getting its only franchise in the big four major sports leagues.
Glickman, who died Wednesday at age 96, was the patriarch of the Trail Blazers. But he was much more than that.
With Dame, CJ and good health, Blazers’ outlook bright in ’20-21
Last week, toward the end of a Chicago-based podcast in which I was the guest, I was asked if the Trail Blazers might break up their backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.
My answer was that I didn’t see Lillard — an institution in the Northwest, one of the franchise’s greatest-ever player — going anywhere, but that the Blazers might choose to trade McCollum “at some point” to bolster their talent at the forward spot.
In retrospect, I wish I’d thought the question through a little more.
Hey Guys! I Was Listening
Seems that Rasheed Wallace and Bonzi Wells used the occasion of a recent interview on “Rip City Drive” to engage a little hit-and-run action on my book, “Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball.”