Bucksnation.com This week's lineups feature a lineup that has finally clicked after years of struggling, a defensive lineup that is suffocating, and a lineup that we should all keep an eye on for various reasons. Let's get it jumping! Two Way Lineup I Like- Damian Lillard, C.J McCollum, Evan Turner, Al-Farouq Aminu, Jusuf Nurkic It's year three, but the Blazers have finally made Evan Turner useful. Turner was one of the bad contracts that got signed during the bananas summer

Oct. 19, 2017 - Source: Getty Images North America We are pretty much at the halfway point of the season with the majority of teams having played 38-40 games in the season and there have been some interesting developments. Injuries have hit some teams hard recently and will play a pivotal role in playoff seeding. The once dominant Rockets have gone 3-7 in their last 10 after suffering a multitude of injuries, including to MVP candidate James Harden. The Clippers had put toget

*Photo via AP Thanks to an established winning environment and a little bit of help from a well-timed film from Hustle and Flow director Craig Brewer, the Memphis Grizzlies abated the fears of all Memphians by resigning the big guy. Marc Gasol signed a brand spankin’ new deal worth $113 million for five years, assuring that Grit and Grind basketball in Memphis will continue. With their core four of Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, Tony Allen, and Gasol locked in for another seaso

*Photo via Getty Images (4) Portland Trailblazers @ (5) Memphis Grizzlies (MEM leads 3-1) Game 4 FedEx Forum, Memphis Injury update MEM – Allen, Udrih – IN; Conley – OUT POR – Batum, Afflalo, Kaman – IN; Matthews – OUT A sea of yellow towels being waved by the fans filled the FedEx Forum for game five of the first round playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Portland Trailblazers. If Memphis can win tonight’s game, they will eliminate the Blazers and earn the r

*Photo via USA Today (5) Memphis Grizzlies @ (4) Portland Trailblazers (MEM leads 3-0) Game 4 Moda Center, Portland Injury update MEM – Allen, Udrih – IN; Conley – OUT POR – Batum, Afflalo, Kaman – IN; Matthews – OUT A sea of red filled the Moda Center in Rip City to cheer on the Blazers. If their cheers succeeded, the Blazers would avoid the sweep in their first round series with the Memphis Grizzlies, who led the series 3-0. With Mike Conley out of the game, Portland woul

*Photo via AP (5) Memphis Grizzlies @ (4) Portland Trailblazers (MEM leads 2-0) Game Three Moda Center, Portland Injury update MEM – Conley, Allen – IN; Udrih – OUT POR – Batum, Afflalo, Kaman – IN; Matthews – OUT Pregame: The Moda Center in Portland was rocking almost as much as the city used to in the early 2000s at the Rose Garden. However, once the game started, those fans were sitting on their hands, just waiting for something to cheer about. Those fans desperately wan

*Photo via ADP Game 2 (4) Portland Trailblazers @ (5) Memphis Grizzlies (MEM leads 1-0) FedEx Forum, Memphis Injury Update MEM – Conley, Allen – I POR – Batum – IN; Kaman, Afflalo, Matthews - OUT [insert game 1 recap here]. That’s what I could have said. The Memphis Grizzlies, once again, dominated the Portland Trailblazers 97-82 to take a 2-0 series lead, as the series shifts to Portland. Crowds in baby blue poured into the Grindhouse to see if their home team could contin

*Photo via Getty The Memphis barbeque was cookin’ tonight, and burnt those Trailblazers right to a crisp. In game 2 of the TNT triple-header, the Memphis Grizzlies thumped the Portland Trailblazers, 100-86, though the game wasn’t as close as the final score suggests. This game opened with Memphis being exactly who they are: a rough and tough defensive team, with superior low-post play. Their first two buckets, a Marc Gasol driving layup, and a Zach Randolph up and under a-la

*Photo via AP (4) Portland Trailblazers vs. (5) Memphis Grizzlies One of the rare times that the lower seeded team will have the home-court advantage, this is even though the Trailblazers won the Midwest Division. This series could be the worst basketball we see in playoffs, as both of these teams have a bevy of injuries. Portland will be without Wesley Matthews, who knows when or if Nicolas Batum and Aaron Afflalo are coming back. Memphis will need Mike Conley and Tony Al