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Luke Babbitt's Confidence Improved in Return to Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers injury woes helped Luke Babbitt get recalled from his four-game stint with the NBA D-League Saturday night. The 6-foot-9 rookie forward's time with the Idaho Stampede certainly seemed to have helped Babbitt's confidence in his return to the NBA. "With Luke, he's a good team guy, he just wanted...

Antoine Walker Solid in D-League Debut

Former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker hasn't played an NBA regular season game since February 19, 2008, though he took a step toward making it back to the NBA on Wednesday night by taking the court for the Idaho Stampede in the NBA D-League. Walker, 34, didn't look terrible in his D-League debut either, contributing just...

Portland's Luke Babbitt to Join D-League's Idaho Stampede

The Idaho Stampede are quickly becoming the Miami Heat of the NBA D-League. And according to two league sources, the 0-7 team's recent stockpiling of well-known talent is about to continue with the addition of small forward Luke Babbitt. The Portland Trail Blazers rookie taken 16th overall by Minnesota out of the...

Shoals Presents: A Very Interesting 2010 Draft Diary

Well, the 2010 NBA Draft happened, and disappoint it did not. I live-blogged the thing the old-fashioned way. Then I went back, took out the worst lines, elaborated on some ideas, and now have a draft document that's part recap, part diary. Not only do I finally understand what "retro-diary" mean, I see why it's a...

Blazers Send Martell Webster to Wolves for Luke Babbitt, Ryan Gomes

The Blazers will send small forward Martell Webster to the Timberwolves in exchange for Minnesota's No. 16 pick, Nevada forward Luke Babbitt, and veteran forward Ryan Gomes, according to multiple reports. It could be Kevin Pritchard's final trade as the Blazers' GM; earlier Thursday night, word broke that Pritchard has...

Luke Babbitt News From the Web

04/26/12 Search for meaning in Blazers' finale is largely... Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA The metal detector is out and ... searching ... searching ... nothing.
04/20/12 Blazers interact with fans in final practice Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA The Trail Blazers held their practice at Portland Community College on Thursday -- the key word being community.
04/19/12 Luke Babbitt gives fans a glimpse â now young... Source: The Portland Tribune - Portland OR Luke Babbitt missed his first two 3-pointers Wednesday night against the Utah Jazz. With 6:25 remaining in the second quarter, though, Babbitt got a pass beyond the arc from Craig Smith.
04/18/12 Blazers seek something to play for Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA The Elias Sports Bureau has not confirmed this, but it is estimated that Trail Blazers interim coach Kaleb Canales has said the phrase "Stay in the moment" approximately 230,123 times since taking over in mid-March.
04/17/12 Blog: Luke Babbitt gets first start, scores career... Source: Reno Gazette-Journal - Reno NV Former Wolf Pack standout Luke Babbitt got his first NBA start, and his cashed in on his opportunity.