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Nicolas Batum heading to Portland (airport), per his Twitter account

Good times.

By Michael Rand

July 18, 2012 at 6:52PM

Tweets from late last night/early this morning from Nicolas Batum, which the Oregonian in Portland assumes means the Blazers are, indeed, going to match the Wolves' offer sheet for the restricted free agent:

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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