But back to basketball...

Taureen Green has checked in and, honestly, he's a great fit with this team. He plays tenacious defense, he runs the floor well, and the kid can flat out handle the rock.

It's no surprise he won two championships with the Florida Gators.

With Green on the floor and Jack at the two guard, you can expect the Trail Blazers to do two things. First of all, they'll push the ball. Both Jack and Green are comfortable handling the ball and that gives the Trail Blazers two options on the break.

Secondly, they'll play zone defense. Although Green is an excellent defender, the Trail Blazers just don't have the same amount of size on the floor that they have when Roy is out there. So, usually, this means that the Trail Blazers will fall back into a 2-3 zone and take their chances that their opponent won't beat them from the outside.

Tonight, they've had mixed results. First, there was a defensive 3 second violation, resulting in a technical foul, then there was an offensive 3 in the key. The bottom line is that the Sonics aren't killing them from the outside.

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