The Trail Blazers have a very strong bench. Travis Outlaw, Jarrett Jack, James Jones and Channing Frye all play significant roles and have each won games for this Portland team. But with Brandon Roy out with a groin injury, that reserve unit is weakened dramatically. This is not because Sergio Rodriguez, Von Wafer and Raef LaFrentz are incapable of contributing - they have all proven themselves to be valuable. It is because when Roy is out, and Jarrett Jack enters the starting lineup as the 2-guard, there really is no player to come in off the bench as a shooting guard. There has rarely been a moment this season where either Roy or Jack has not been on the floor, for they are the two most dangerous Trail Blazers off the dribble. Jack played 40 minutes in Thursday's loss to the Warriors. He, and the Trail Blazers, need someone else, be it Rodriguez, Blake, Webster, or Outlaw, to step up and create plays in Roy's absence. Maybe tonight's the night.

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