Both Jason Quick ^[1] and Casey Holdahl ^[2] are reporting on their blogs at The O that Zach Randolph is out for the season after having surgery on his right hand, which he apparently injured in our recent loss to the T-Wolves.

As one commentor on Casey’s blog glibly noted, “here comes another win streak.” Funny, and maybe true.

Of course, our upcoming schedule includes Houston (twice), San Antonio, Dallas, and Golden State, so let’s not get our hopes up. But it’ll be interesting to see how the team responds, and how the team’s game changes, with an extended period of Zach-lessness. We’ve been discussing the merits ^[3] of Z-Bo all day, and there’s a lot of debate on a variety of questions. Should he stay or should he go? What should we get for him? And does he really give our team it’s best shot at winning? Maybe some of these questions will get answered.

All I really know is this: now Z-Bo has time to go pay off his tab at Exotica ^[4] and start getting lap dances in earnest. Strippers of Portland, rejoice!!!