Camby has started every game that he’s been available for since joining the Blazers last year on March 12. Until tonight. He has some soreness in the knee on which he recently had surgery. Uncle Cam, as he’s known to the young Blazers, has a reputation for not liking to play hurt. That’s his right and honestly unless there’s a real need to be a warrior, like when the season is on the line in some way, I think it’s smart. The thing with guaranteed contracts is they get paid either way, so you want them healthy but you also want them to want to play. Definitely a case by case thing.
On a side note, I heard Mike and Mike interview Oden on their radio show last night. There’s a man that sounds really frustrated with rehabilitation and watching games from the best seat in the house as he called it. Except it’s not the best seat, he said, because he wants to be out on the floor. It’s going to be at least the middle of next season before he plays in an NBA game.
So Gerald Wallace is getting the start tonight. I’m anxious to see if he plays differently. He says he likes to be one of the players that establishes the rhythm of the game rather than coming off the bench to a game that he hasn’t made his mark on. I trust him on that. I’ve always hated not playing. Even though I’m waiting for nexts at the palyground rather than playing in the NBA.
Camby came off the bench for the Clippers behind Chris Kaman when he was healthy. I don’t see why he’d have a problem coming in for LaMarcus when he’s not one hundred percent. Camby hasn’t been hitting the boards as hard, he isn’t hitting that ugly but consistent eighteen footer from the top of the key and he isn’t lobbing it to LA for dunks. Watching the game the other night, seeing GWallace snatch board after board, I was wondering if Camby was pissed or just not feeling right. I think he’s legitimately hurting.
It’s been almost a year since the game that Blazer fans chanted his name for putting up 30 and pulling down 13 against the Thunder. Will we ever see another night from Uncle Cam like that?
the6thfan 
Camby came off the bench with fire in his eyes. He crashed the boards (8 reb) and made same key defensive plays, including four blocks.