gameday open thread…firsts allowed

see you guys at the game.

what TV station this is going to be on?

The Blazers site just says TBA as of 12:30am.

The “R- garden” will be rocking this year, I CANNOT wait!
Guaranteed, P-TB’s will have the best crowd in the league this year!

FINALLY is right, wow I am excited!

Stoked to see everyone at the game.. G-O blazers – section 325

I want a hundred games!!! LOL

No TV vs. Sac, but TV vs. GS. “Are you ready to rumble?”

Hey everyone my name is Mortimer, I found this site looking for interracial dating tips and I think you’d like it too:

www.blazersedge.com

I sez’d this in the junk drawer to make sure no one would read it, but I’ll mention it again— my DirecTV guide sez the game will be on channel 656, live at 7pm, and it is the Kings own broadcast. I’ve had NBA League Pass for the last few seasons, so perhaps the channel isn’t available to all, but check n’ see.

Quite a few of us out there have the ol’ DirecTV, so we’re in luck at least!

I dunno how the online feeds work, but since it IS gonna be on TV, I guess the internet feeds that people watch could steal it so you could watch it.

Pretty much all Blazer pre-season games were on TV last season, either by the Blazers broadcast team or the dreaded nightly enemy’s broadcast team. I bet we’ll still be in luck…

AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, no matter how good or how bad, just remember it is pre-season and likely the first game EVER of any player you might be worried about.

Everyone take it slow and don’t rush to believing we suck just yet… I mean, we DO suck, but you gotta wait for official confirmation.

Mortimer

it has happened to me. right in front of my face and i just can’t describe it.

blogging the updates from the game, lucky me living in the bay area I get the kings feed :)

It’s just the first game of preseason. I hope I don’t have to read comments on how bad reg Oden is after it, like I did after the intersquad scrimmage. Yeah, he’s going to be the next big thing, but c’mon people! He’s still a rookie, who still hasn’t played in a regular season game yet. Of course he’s not quite in the flow yet. Perhaps, just as fans set their hopes to high for the players, I set my hopes too high for the fans.

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just kidding. Go blazers! See you on the 300 level

I know it’s important, I honestly do but we’re talking about practice. We’re talking about practice man. We’re talking about practice. We’re talking about practice. We’re not talking about the [regular season] game. We’re talking about practice. When you come to the arena, and you see me [them] play, you’ve seen me [them] play right, you’ve seen me [them] give everything I’ve [they’ve] got, but we’re talking about practice right now.

Given the response of the community to the Fanfest, I am dumbfounded that tonight’s game will not be broadcast. It seems like there’s a virtual guarantee that thousands of people will watch the game, and subsequently, the ads. Is there a way we can rally to get this game on TV, or is it too late?

By the way, does anyone else sense that there are at least two overly greedy parties in the comcast fiasco that’s preventing a lot of people from seeing Blazer games?

I don’t want or need to hold back because this is the preseason, because the Trail Blazers will be playing a 48 minute game in uniforms, with refs, against another NBA team, and that is good enough for me to be completely and totally jacked up!

It’s not about being realistic (whatever THAT means), about this is only the preseason…..it’s a BLAZER game in what I hope will be one of the most magical seasons ever.

I can dream and no one can keep that from me!

Yeah, I am a Blazer fan(atic)!

Batum better show up tonight, or else!

I will be there, I will be there, I will be there!!!

Serious. Can’t contain my excitement. I can’t focus at work.

Wizards at Mavs: CSN 8:30 PM ET
Grizzlies at Rockets: FSNHOU 8:30 PM ET
Jazz at Lakers: KJZZ KCAL HD (also on NBA TV in some regions) 10:00 PM ET in parallel to the Blazers. Hey, I might catch that one to see how the competition is doing. Very funny :(

Blowout.

I’ll be at the game. Heres a couple of predictions:

1. At some point during the game Bayless will have a monster dunk. Either on a steal leading to a fast break, or simply taking it to the rack on someone. He will be drinbbling around and realize, " I need to make my highlight for the game.."

2. Outlaw will dominate. enough said.

3. Blazers will win. By a lot.

- Go Blazers!

I don’t think the Kings will be that bad.

They won 38 games last year, and while Artest KILLED us last season he was a huge ballhog who was a bad teammate on the court. They lose him, everyone does better.

Kevin Martin is one of the best scorers in the game, and with more shots should be a top 5 scorer. Incredibly efficient.

John Salmons has always done well when he’s gotten real minutes as a King, and Francisco Garcia is a solid, underrated player as well.

Beno Udrih, while maybe overpaid, may also not be overpaid— he played well to end the season and earn the deal, but more remains to be seen to be sure if he is real.

Spencer Hawes has no redeeming qualities and has a real ugly face. Hey, Oden mighta’ had micro, but at least he wasn’t 14 when it happened! I dunno if that is a legitimate bragging point, but it’s all I have to cling to right now.

Geoff Petrie has always been a smart GM, and considering how decent they were last season, I wouldn’t be surprised if the departure of Artest actually helps the team a lot, ala us losing Z-Bo.

We’ll see, and I ain’t gonna put money on it, but they have enough decent pieces to be decent. Probably not playoff caliber decent, and they need a draft or two to return to goodness again, but they won’t be a cellar dwellar by any stretch of the imagination if ya asks me.

Mortimer

still love that, “Pritchslap!”

Channel 656 tonight on DirecTv at 7pm. I just had the wife at home check and that channel does not say we don’t get it when clicked. It does show the game tonight……hmmmm

Fingers crossed……….at least I’m going to tomorrow’s game, but i’d LOVE to watch tonight.

I shamelessly replace my son’s pic w/ a HUGE pic of Batum on my computer.

Also, i started a debate in the lunch room about Greg Oden’s ceiling… awww good times. I cant wait I cant wait I cant wait!

Ahh Im soo stoked

It is seriously pointless to study. I mean, how did people exist without the Blazers back then?

Sorta feels like a low-level version of X-mas.
I hope the Blazers own this game.

prez, you raise a great point.

I’m off to pick up my date for a fine meal at Mint and then we’ll take our place in row C behind the visitors bench (where I can discourage them, and hopefully not the girl, with my wit).

The season begins for me right now!

I hate to complain about such a wonderful blog, but I find myself making the same mistake repeatedly and I thought it could be worth discussing. When I’m excited to watch/listen to a Blazers game, I head to Blazersedge and check out the game day thread. When I later forget what time the game is, I usually look for that little post you always put at the top to get that info. This happens about… every game. The information is in other places, I realize that. I even have those other places bookmarked for this reason. But I’d rather be at Blazersedge.

So, here is my humble suggestion: throw a bit of that kind of bookkeeping info at the top of these posts for reference.

Pre-Game radio broadcast on 95.5 (The Game) 6 pm PDT.

Game radio broadcast ar 7 pm.

and saw this post.

It’s a fanpost titled “Blazers Kings Matchup Preview”, and I got excited to take a look and send you guys to see what our opponents thought.

I won’t ruin the punchline, but let’s just say it’s another reason to be thankful for our community (no offense to theirs, it’s one of the most active, passionate, and respectful out there…. besides us)

Doin’ a lil’ shootin’

Don’t mean he’ll play, just what’s happenin’ now.

any barely any people in stands we had more in our scrimmage go blazers !! blazermania!

Now I’m skeptical, (about the television coverage), Because it(my t.v.) also say’s that washington and dallas are playing… But the screens black and it reads “Program not locally Available” uh, oh! It also does the same for the houston and memphis game. oh NO! oh yeah, we’re not supose to panic.

I’m calm.

on the Pre-Game 95.5

I’m in Eugene NOT listening to pregame because some dudes are talking smack on every channel. The same to guys.

So I don’t know if they’re switching over at seven.

Any Eugene folks out there?

Roy, Oden, and McMil all pumping the “Make it Better” campaign on 95.5

I just finished ready the thread to this point and I am ready!

G.O. Blazers!