Craig Smith News

After a truly head-scratching season for the Portland Trail Blazers where they appeared to be a lower seeded playoff team, they shifted the tides by trading Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby, bottoming out for a draft pick in the process.

We continue the 2012 You be the GM feature with a look at the Portland Trail Blazers front office, starting with interim general manager Chad Buchanan .

Position: PF Height/Weight: 6-7/265 NBA experience: Seven seasons 2011-12 salary: $992,680 Contract status: Smith signed a one-year contract before the season and will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. 2011-12 regular season: Craig Smith was one of four Trail Blazers to shoot above 50 percent from the field on the season ... he posted ... (more)

Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews walks off the court after the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

On the one-month anniversary of being named Husker men's basketball coach, Miles finalized hiring two more members of his former staff at Colorado State, then spent the evening in Omaha meeting with a private booster group.