Ex-Garfield High and UW star Brandon Roy would seem to have a lock on the NBA Rookie of the Year award, but the Blazers aren't taking any chances. They've teamed with Portland-based Leatherman to create a limited-edition Brandon Roy tool which they'll send to 250 ROY voters. They are also selling a few.
The Brandon Roy Leatherman
All The News
--The real estate bubble really is getting crazy.
All the News, Seth Style
--Who's more depraved? Wisconsinites or Washingtonians? Guess it depends on whether you think getting the d from a horse is worse than giving the d to a dead deer.
Brandon Roy's First NBA Touch
Brandon Roy, who is as far as we can tell the first Garfield High School Bulldog to play in the NBA, started in last night's hometeam win over the Oklahoma City Sonics.
Washington Beats Oklahoma...in Other Things
We love Husky football, even when the team is in the midst a "victory deficient stage," we still get excited for games against Top 20 teams. Which is why we are clearing our schedule to watch the purple and gold get absolutely stomped in Norman tomorrow when they face the number 10 ranked Oklahoma Sooners.
Meet the Hometown Five
Now that the Sonics are dead to us, it's time to start meeting the only locally-owned team in the Pacific Northwest, your Portland Trail Blazers. First up--the Blazers' best player, power forward Zach Randolph. Randolph, an Indiana native who came to the NBA right after high school, averaged 18ppg and 8rpg last season. But what do we really care about? His crib (via Blazers Blog)...

