Forgive Me Pritchard, For I Have Sinned

I liked… gulp… Zach Randolph.

I shall now weep.

When I was a kid I had a Lakers Basketball and loved Magic, Scott, Worthy and Greene

I hated the blazers in the early 90’s- (I was a bulls fan) (I lived in Iowa)

I think the Pryz needs be ‘more’ physical

I hate the Kansas Jayhawks (KP is from Kansas)(they also stole Heinrick, LaFrentz and Collison all who were born in Iowa but left for Kansas. (bastards)

I think to many Portland fans think that the team needs to be Choir Boys. Its good to have a little attitude and someone who actually intimidates someone. Hopefully GO can become that person… I think hes to nice though. Although with all the negative feelings about GREGs injuries, maybe we will turn him mean?

I snuck into the Rudy Fernandez press conferance at the RoseGarden and took pictures. I even got handed a Press Release that had all the times and dates of the practices/media available events. Thanks again to that guy who opened the door to the otherwise locked stairwell door.

And lastly please forgive me KP for still thinking we are a year or two away from being a real threat. OHHH the Blasphemy!!

Sorry. And remember, forgiveness is next to godliness.

but you should burn in hell for some of these! :)

Actually, I’m with you on CDR in this past draft but in situations like that I just usually repeat the “in KP we trust” mantra until my frustration dissipates and I’m left with a calm and relaxed state of mind. I’ve always thought that Prz actually does a decent job on shaq (I’m too lazy to look up the boxscore but didn’t he have like 16 and 8?). I mean Shaq actually made his freethrows in that game. Think that will happen again? I wouldn’t exactly call that performance dominating and the way the refs were calling that game, there wasn’t a whole lot anyone could’ve done.

A few of my confessions:
Travis Outlaw pisses me off when he plays. Whenever he jacks up a contested 18 footer I end up yelling at the tv. And then of course when it goes in, I feel like I should still be upset but can’t be. Not saying I don’t like the guy, just that sometimes the way he playes irritates the crap out of me.

Sometimes, when the Blazers are playing like crap at the end of games I’ll begin to sarcastically root against them. Oh yeah, great job Sergio, lets throw a lob pass into 3 defenders. Yeah! Joel! way to blow that open dunk, didn’t think you could still touch the rim. Even better! Lamarcus, keep shooting those 20 footers! God forbid you take it inside once in a while.

My deepest DARKEST secret…I once, gulp, hoped for the, ahem, lakers to…win…in their championship series against the detroit pistons. At the time, my hate for Rasheed Wallace burned brighter than my hate for the team in purple and gold. Since the Lakers had already rattled off 3 in a row, I figured what the heck, who cares if they add one more at this point. But Rasheed winning a ring was probably the 2nd biggest blow to my fanhood that I’d ever experienced (#1 being the 2000 western finals; other notables being Oden injury I and Oden injury II, the sequel) and it was around that time that I stopped believing in the existance of god.

Rasheed Wallace and it will always be Rasheed Wallace

1. I own a Randolph jersey, and it’s not Shavlik.

2. I own a ..Miles jersey.

3. I once excitedly told my wife how I saw Darius Miles at the Best Buy.

4.I really wanted the Blazers to keep Ha, purely for the hilarity of seeing his ass busting around the court, I mean, it was like 4 feet wide.

5. This last one is for all the mean things I’ve yelled at the Blazers on the T.V.

Ahhhh. I feel better.

I have a J.R. Rider autograph on a Blazers Hoops Camp jersey I had when I was a kid and he was one of the guests (last minute replacement for Jermaine O’Neal).

I sold a Ha Seung-Jin Autograph to a kid for $10.

I felt some weird pride when Rasheed Wallace got the Technical Foul record.

I was pissed when KP was named interim Head Coach after the Cheeks firing.

I wanted to draft the Stache’.

I cheered for Wallace when he won the NBA Title in Detroit, (cheered for Drexler as well, but I don’t feel bad about that.)

I’m sure there are more… Aye..

 On the night before Oden’s surgery I hurt my knee in a soccer game. The same knee that I had had an ACL surgery a year before. Then I thought that it’d be better to have Oden with a serious knee problem than me having to go to surgery again.
The next morning my knee was fine, and we all know about Oden.
Sorry guys.

enough said…. that was terrible.

• i stopped paying close attention to the blazers for a few seasons, when we had ruben, damon, sheed then to darius and zach
• i was secretly disappointed we traded tyrus thomas
• i thought greg oden was overhyped

Before last year, and this year I HATED the Trail Blazers. I used to make fun of them, and anyone who liked them. Only time I followed them was when they made the Finals in 90 and 92. Especially in the " Jail Blazers " days I hated them. I would often say I’d rather kids idolize Steve Nash than them. They were with the Yankees among my least favorite teams IN SPORTS. I am converted now. Please forgive the hate. People bug me about Blazers love now. Jail Blazers often gets mentioned. Still hate the Yankees, but love the Blazers. With them win or lose.

He was featured prominently in TIME Magazine about six months before the draft, so I thought he must be good. Then I read Bill Simmons and thought he must be really good. I would not have started “DraftKevindurant.com”, but I wouldn’t have minded to get him either.

And I once traded for Darius in NBA Live.

I, also, became disenchanted during the JailBlazer years and become rather indifferent to them. I hadn’t come totally back on board when I got a chance to see the locker room (sans Blazers). Now I wish I had paid more attention.

and think it was a mistake trading him for Bayless…

—>To bragging about Zach Randolph being “The STEAL of the draft” in his draft year

—>To actually believing that Sebastian Telfair was going to be the next Stephon Marbury (and subsequently, that Starbury was going to be a hall-of-famer)

—>To still owning a Darius Miles jersey

—>To not having my Drexler jersey hanging with my other Blazer jerseys simply because I’m too lazy to go buy some hooks to hang it on

—>To secretly jumping off the Blazer bandwagon during the 1998-1999 season and rooting for the Utah Jazz

—>To owning and wearing a Utah Jazz coat during the 1998-1999 season

—>To playing as the rockets on some NBA Jam-style games…simply because I would rather be Hakeem/Drexler/Pippen/Barkley rather than whoever we had at the time

—>To loving Greg Poppavich’s beard

—>To doubting Nate McMillan’s handling of rookies.

It helps that our last name is Wallace.

I used foul language when the crappy radio reception went south and never believed in KP till he dumped Zach

(Does that count?)

I dubbed him “the Beanpole.” OK, and I also thought the Blazers should “draft the ’stach.” Finally, I didn’t even know who Batum WAS. Thank God our GM is smarter (and has done more homework) than me.

Having said that, I’ve never doubted that Greg Oden was the right pick. About five years (and hopefully a couple championships) from now, all the controversy about drafting Mr. Oden is going to seem awfully silly. I liken it to looking a gift horse in the mouth so closely that you choke it.

Please, fans & members of the media: let this kid breathe, if only so he won’t jump ship the day his rookie contract runs out.

1. I didn’t like brandon roy when he first arrived becuase of the comercial where he screamed “LETS GO”…and it was treated like a good thing (now I know it was) but at that time, it was Zachs team, and I didn’t really think too much of roy. :)

2. I never forgave the orginization for not having a devine communication about jordan.

3. I shout awful things at my television when we were up, then we are loosing, and we usually pull em out..kind of wins…it’s a strange set of circumstances.

4. I told my mom that we shouldn’t have won the game against the spurs becuase they didn’t have ginobli, and they made a run on us in the third..

5. I wanted durant.

6. I hate it when kp does something brilliant only becuase I alway’s look like a fool later for questioning it.

 are you sure I’m going to be forgiven…I feel awful for admiting some of these…. :(

He’s looking to be like a big, injury-prone bust to me. I never see him averaging more than 20 minutes a game for the rest of his career…

I think the clothing selection at Trailblazers.com SUCKS (not that KP has anything to do with this, but still…)

— I once included these words in a complete sentence… Zack Randolph, Darius Miles, Sebastian Telfair, all-stars.

— I campaigned for the Blazers to draft Brandon Roy for weeks leading up to the ’06 draft, but then at the last minute jumped ship to the Stache campaign.

— I wanted Portland to draft Chris Paul and let he and Telfair battle it out. (oh wait, would that be a sin?)

— I didn’t like it when the Lakers weren’t very good after the Shaq trade and Jazz weren’t very good after Malone/Stockton.

- Kobe IS fun to watch

- I also own a Darius Miles Jersey
 
- I thought Telfair was going to be great

- Miss the jail blazers,

I stopped watching basketball for 2 years

Sophia

• Sometimes I don’t think Nate is coaching in the right manner. I’m tired of the drive to the middle and kick out for a jump shot play. I’m tired of players passing around the perimeter and holding the ball. I want to see some good pick and roll or working the ball inside.

• I’ve noticed a trend that a lot of people like(d) and/or root(ed) for the Lakers and the Jazz. It’s ridiculous that the fans’ culture has dictated this as wrong. They are rivals of the Blazers but people are free to like whatever players they want to. Personally, I have never liked either of them. The 2000 Western Conference Finals is my greatest memory of losing; I was in third grade and I was extremely impressionable. That broke my spirit for a long time, but it made me learn how to cope with losing.

• I too was for Durant.

• I don’t want to say that I doubt Oden, but I question him sometimes.

• I struggle with patience. Lately I’ve been reminded that players actually have made progress. In my own opinion, Webster has steadily improved. I just tend to get caught up in the here-and-now and forget to wait for two to even three or four years. Will the team actually win a championship? How big is their window? Does it do any good to worry? I would kill for just one championship…

I gave up on the blazers when Oden went out for the whole season.

but then I returned to fan-hood like midway through their streak last year.

My girlfriend always cheers for Kobe, but I think she’s just confused or something.

Durant sort of seems like the man

- I too stopped watching basketball during the jail blazer years. I slowly started watching the year Roy was drafted and was fully back on board before last season began. And I don’t feel like a bandwagoner for doing so. Sorry, but I feel like I am STILL a true fan even though I did this.

- I also am always amazed at what K*be can do.

- I question Nate’s moves as a coach at least 1 time per game.

• The fact that Microsoft money is involved in the Blazers in any way bothers me.
• I often curse at Nate during the game.

But they also say players like him are a dime a dozen. Perhaps Batum will be another version.

I also liked all the troubled players of the past when they were on our roster. I’ll still check out their stats and see how they’re doing on their current respective teams.

This one is embarrassing. Probably the dumbest feeling I can recall… which also made me feel about two inches tall. Before a rockets game last season at the Rose Garden I got caught smoking some non-tobacco substance out on the 300 level concourse. Security came quick. Myself and a friend of mine were the only two out there.

They were leading us to the security room whereas one of them was talking to me the whole way. He was saying that they don’t appreciate stuff like that up on the 300 level (Being a family level). He was saying that we needed to be on the 100 or club levels, amongst other things… such as they catch a couple dozen people per game. And they also generally allow them to stay for the game. He also asked that I hand over anything that I had on me, which I did of course.

We made our way to the security room where we were told to take a seat. He showed his boss what I had given him and she replied, “Oh my”. It wasn’t really THAT much! She told us that we were getting kicked out and had to leave the property. I certainly wasn’t going to argue over that decision. I very well could have gone to jail.

So therefore Mr. Pritchard I ask for your forgiveness. I know that what I did was pure stupidity. I also realize now that there are video cameras watching every crook and cranny. All I can give you is my word that I’ll NEVER do such a thing again… at the Rose Garden. I truly learned my lesson! I have a clean record and this is my only blemish. Please Mr. Prichard, show your mercy upon me.

I think that Oden wont be that good after his injury.

Sometimes I hate Roy for not making out team a running team, and thats its boring to watch us play.

I secretly enjoyed that fans predicted that blazers will win over 50 games, cuz I felt that something will happen to Oden and they will be all whining, and I will stick their nose in their own predictions when blazers will not make the playoffs.

look at all these durant fans….. lol……

I will always miss ‘Sheed, Stoudamire, and O’Neal

that i do to wonder how Oden will fit in

I have and always will be a fan of Garnett and Iverson

A week or so before KP became interim head coach he was interviewed at half time or something and I was all, ‘who the heck is this guy and why are they interviewing him?’

1. I don’t think Nate or anyone quite knows how to use Greg Oden, and may not be able to figure it out until after the all-star break … which I believe he will not be attending, unless on rookie team.

2. I own a ’Sheed jersey and wear it bicycling often.

3. I enjoy pot on occasion, but dismiss/dislike Blazers who do.

4. I thought Steve Patterson would be really good for our organization.

5. I once heckled cops outside the Rose Garden.

6. I fall asleep during late games as I am on the east coast.

First of all, I’ve been on the bandwagon since ’70 and nothing a Blazer player, coach or team owner/management can do will ever change that (unless the franchise moves)

Having said that…

If you voiced any disagreements with Blazer policies during the Whitsitt/Patterson/Nash era, you have nothing to ask forgiveness for…you were an intelligent fan that was merely throwing the Kool-Aid back in their faces

They’re entertaining. Every team should have at least one. I do prefer, however, that the Blazers have ONLY one.

Every time I see Bayless play, I can’t help but think of Jarret Jack and the similarities in their games.

I dressed up my Greg Oden Bobblehead with a crutch and a boot on his right foot.

I let my girlfriend wear my Oden Jersey, on opening night, which I think might have caused #52 to hurt himself.

I apologized to a bandwagon fan for a Blazer loss.

I failed to post consitantly on BEdge because I don’t have a lot of time to post.

I once thought Whitsett was a genius for putting together the teams of the late 90’s.

I’ve had unclean thoughts about Sophia..

I broke my Kevin Duckworth Dairy Queen cup the day before he died. I blame my roommate for that, but I should have kept them away from his clumsy self.

I think Brandon’s new sneaker line is actually boring, but I’m not into basketball shoes, except to play basketball in.

I averaged 110 points a game with Scottie Pippen, on NBA 2K. Only I turned of the ability to foul and pushed my opponents until they turned over the ball. BTW, Rasheed averaged 45 pts and 35 rebounds a game.

My most recent sin:

I blamed Coach Nate for some bad substitutions during the loss to Phoenix. But since then, I have said 52 Hail Pritchards and flogged myself with my Blazers Handtowel.

Here we go:

-I truly believe that since Drexler, Rasheed was our best and most talented player and I still love his game.
-I found Zach bells palsy picture hilarious and it made him look like winnie the pooh
-I belived at one point that Darius would be our best player
-I hated the trade of Foye for Roy (UW sucks)
-I never thought Jermaine O’Neal was that good
-I get mad every year when Nate lies to me and tells me we are gonna run
-I dont hate the Lakers as much anymore because most of their players are too bland to hate (The Colorado Kid excluded)
-I thought Hollywood Robinson was gonna be an all-star
-I was devestated when we traded Cliff Robinson
-I damned the Blazers when they traded Clyde Drexler
-I cried when freaking Vinny the Microwave Johnson (where the F did he come from?) torched the Blazers and won the title for the Pistons
-I never hated the JailBlazers when they were winning
-I found Damons tin foil weed carrier hilarious
-I had a Billy Ray Bates poster in my room as a kid, and thought he was as good as jordan (i was like six so cut me some slack)
-I think Travis has peaked
-I loved the story that Ruben couldnt figure out he was a 3 when drawing up plays and had to be R on the whiteboard.. I loved his hustle game.
-I believed Sebastian Telfair knew how to pass.
-I believed for a short while that Paul Allen stopped loving us, and it was our fault that he and the trailblazers were breaking up

After reading everyone’s confessions, I feel pretty pure as a Blazer fan.

- If I had to root for another team, shoot me now.

- I respect many non-Blazer players, but rarely root for them unless there’s some special reason (really great person, came back from terrible injury, and the like). and even then, it’s only if there’s no possible effect to the Blazers.

- I started rooting for them in the early 80’s and there hasn’t been any breaks in it. Even though I wasn’t ecstatic with the late 90’s team, they still had my support. And I actually followed even closer during the recent down years.

- I don’t think it’s a sin to root for a Blazer who you later regret rooting for. That stuff happens.

Is there anyone else out there who DOESN’T have skeletons in their Blazer closet? :)

I also called Alaa Abdelnaby some bad names once.

that I bet against the blazers four years ago. It was blazers v. jazz and I won the bet. I am ashamed and just yesterday I decided the only justice would be to put that money to rest. So I gave 1.50 to a homeless guy when I was walking home. Im not joking

That will be with him till he dies. I grew in KS and let me tell you, this past year’s tourney was heaven to anyone from that state.

these posts are great…

I think we should trade Bayless.

Starting Lineup in the future…

Sergio
Roy/Rudy
Batum
Aldridge
Oden

I said a mildly deragetory remark once regarding D-Miles worth to the Blazers, post knee surgery, within earshot of D-Miles at a bar…later the same night I started talking to him and thought he was a pretty cool cat otherwise.

I stopped watching the Blazers when Pritchard was interim coaching because I considered it as a sign of the apocolypse.

I think we should trade Outlaw and Blake as soon as something worthwhile presents itself, to consolidate the roster, stabilize rotations, and make a serious run for the play-offs, this year.

I consider the theory of needing a seasoned, play-off savvy veteran bunk, because The 77 Blazers had no such thing. Might need a future Hall of Famer though…

I did not try to meet up with the BEdgers at the opening night game this year because I was busy flirting with a bartender I know that was working one of the bars at the garden.

I wanted to meet TIH, but blew him off for said cute bartender re: above entry.

I am not really Chinese, but play one on TV.

I am a UA Alum, so I sincerely mean this

-I think Channing is a good 8th man off the bench. Nothing more. His attitude is awesome but I would trade him with a head touching his ceiling Trout for a better all around player

Becomes my superstar when i play 2k9 and Roy get’s reduced to a role player… I am so sorry. But Nic starts so they evens it out i guess.

1 – I almost didn’t go to the season opener
2 – I didn’t pay attention to the preseason except the first game (8th row!)
3 – I have never made an attempt to meet the players

To make myself feel better….
1 – I am moving to downtown Portland in 4-6 weeks
2 – I have a huge Blazer logo on the back of my Audi
3 – I supported my team through the good and bad

Thanks for the chance to confess, good idea

1. “I miss Mo”. Worst move ever by the Blazers: dumping Moses – ask Maurice Lucas. I can’t get past it.
2. I still can’t stand Kiki. I know, I know….48-49 points…first game…so what.
3. To this day I despise Ainge – traitor
4. I wish Lloyd Neal had torn Jack N. (Coo Coo Man) to pieces that night at the Forum. Would have missed some good movies though I suppose.
5. I still think Chocolate Thunder and Luke’s “fight” was lame.
6. I never felt sorry for Rudy T.
7. If I can’t sit courtside; I don’t want to go. After that it’s all better on TV – except the halftime show.

There I’ve said it now. It’s all my fault, but I can’t let it go.

I cried when the Blazers lost in game 7

I was sad to see Sheed traded, he had been my favorite since becoming a Blazer

I neglected the team Martell Webster’s rookie year because of school.

I rooted for the Lakers to beat the Suns in 2006.

I don’t like Blaze…

my favorite player in the league is Dwyane Wade

I didn’t like Mike Barrett or Mike Rice at first. I thought Barrett was like a phony news reporter when he had that studio gig at half time.

I still don’t like Brian Wheeler…he is kinda annoying and the noises he makes when something exciting happens are awkward.

I liked James “Hollywood” Robinson – a lot. Not sure why.

I also really enjoyed the 1998-99 team – Grant, Aug, O’Neal, Sabas, Walt’s 3’s – not a well-regarded squad, but dang it, they were fun!

Speaking of O’Neal, I ran into Wally Scales’ office (a long time Blazer VP – I worked with him at PGE at the time) the day the trade was announced for Double-D. I said, “Jermaine is going to be an All-Star – you watch!” Wally said, “no way, and you get someone who is ready right now.” I should have bet him money.

I was excited for the Qyntel Woods draft pick.

For some reason I really thought Erick Barkley deserved more playing time.

I wanted us to draft Morrison at first … but when I found out we ended up with two lottery players, I felt better.

The first Blazer game I ever went to, I rooted for the Rockets (but they had Clyde, so that makes it OK…right?)