Blazers G Rudy Fernandez will miss 4-to-6 weeks after undergoing a microdiscectomy Tuesday to relieve leg pain caused by a nerve root in lower back. “He can get going right away on conditioning… He can swim, it’s more the impact of running and jumping [that might take longer],” Dr. Rich Edelson of Sports Medicine Oregon [...]

The Sacramento Kings are discussing a trade that would send Kenny Thomas to New Orleans Hornets in exchange for center Emeka Okafor. Thomas, who is due $8.7, will be an unrestricted free agentin 2010 and this is why he is a coveted player. However, Okafor is due about $62 million over the next five seasons. [...]

Probably not since the San Antonio Spurs had to wait two years for David Robinson has a rookie’s debut been a longer wait than that of Greg Oden. After a year away from the game, Oden made his first appearance in a Portland Trailblazers’ uniform and so far he’s off to a good start. Of [...]