I am so excited I could run out and kiss the first person I see.

Just kidding. I think all of Portland collectively stood and cheered together.

It’s a great day! Save the newspaper clippings!

Allow yourself to imagine where we are heading.

If you’re like me, just stare at the NBA standings and grin.

I am very excited.

i am geeking out… somebody get a wooden spoon to put on my tongue

it’s a 5 way tie, but who cares!

You can see a collective glow from the whole team. Even the coaches.

To use a trite word, “Mojo”.

We are starting to show momentum, and perhaps swagger. It feels like we could beat anybody. Sure we lost to Phoenix earlier this season, but we are a different team now. We can beat them tomorrow night!

For me,

Not since Terry Porter and Clyde Drexler. The Brian Grant days were good, but right now seems even more exciting. This team seems like it really could go somewhere.

As a side note: I’m probably one of the luckiest Blazer fans. When I was a kid, my first exposure to the Blazers was listening on a little radio with headphones, after I was supposed to be asleep in bed. The first game I ever listened to was Bill Schonley calling the game, and it was the first game of a 10 game winning streak during the Drexler/Porter era. Immediate addiction!

I cant explain. I <3 this team. Travis’ defense looks better every game (thank GAWD) but he still does things on the offensive side predictably, one thing at a time though. I love how Batum is starting the game w/ a 3 . His form is inproving, he looks much better shooting and he is gonna be w/ this team for some time (that in and of itself makes me exstatic {sp?}) . Brandon and LMA were on point to night. Offensively and defensively , which makes me happy b/c when Oden, LMA , Roy AND Rudy are hitting shots add Outlaw and Blake, HOLY CRAPOLA thats a super good team!

I love being a Blazer fan!
Lets get those Suns tomorrow

Sophia

Who is going to stop us when Roy, LMA, and Roy are all on the same page. Not to mention getting quality contributions from Travis, Rudy, Joel, and Blake. This team is going places baby!

FINALLY our point differential matches our record, so no one can use that against us anymore!

I read somewhere that the NBA was going to do away with wins and losses, and just choose the champions with the point differential stat. THAT’S WHY IMPROVING IN THIS AREA IS SO IMPORTANT.

The best part about right now, is that we’re only going to get better. A lotta lotta LOT better. This is the worst version of Oden we will see for 15 years, LMA will become consistent like before and add veteran guile, Roy will just get more awesomer and respected by the refs, Rudy is only 23 and playing like a 5 year vet… we’re made in the shade.

I also believe that Oden will be perhaps THE best center in the NBA in the near future… like, next season or the season after that. He is so raw right now (relatively), yet so effective. His conditioning has improved vastly already, and once it is tippity toppity he will be impossible to guard. I love his FT shooting (will help IMMENSELY in close games, and to get him easy buckets), and his passing is years beyond most young centers (take a peek at Howard’s turnovers and passing abilities to see how good Oden already is).

His awkwardness will fade away and the learn-on-the-job-yet-still-win will reap us dividends that will make all of our dreams come true.

We shot well against Sacramento, but really didn’t play all THAT well. We just got too many weapons, too many good players— and we play like we expect to win. Making the adjustment from a team that HOPES to win each night, to a team that KNOWs they are going to win is a big one, and we need to maintain that to make the playoffs.

The west ain’t easy, and the schedule handed to us is as tough as it gets, and we’re winning and developing as a team very nicely. I am extremely excited for this season, and I know we’re going to be the top team in the NBA in the near future. I don’t say that lightly, either— we got a lot of a lot and it all fits and wants to be here. The normal ‘how-do-we-keep-’em-all’ ain’t gonna apply for this squadron of basketeers.

Mortimer

about the Blazers play so far.

I’m still concerned about the West, specificially Denver’s excellent play since getting Billups, SA’s holding on without Manu and Tony and Utah winning without DWill.

Portland is playing well enough to make the playoffs right now— no question about it— but there are 8 teams ready to pounce if they fall off.

That said, you have to be happy with the results so far.

We still have Martell to add to the mix!!! We have so many options that someone….is bound to be on…We just need to play as a team with the same collective goal. This is kinda like a high school garage band getting together and then playing some small gigs and then opening up for U2..soon we will be tour the planet as the headliner! However, we gotta keep together or it can get derailed. I trust in Nate and KP..and Paul’s checkbook :)

I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it
I’m about to lose control and I think I like it
I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know I want you

While Portland tactical forces may not be immediately visible to the average non Blazer fanatic NBA fan, they are a potent deterrent to potential adversaries since such forces can arrive quickly and remain indefinitely during the duration of a game. Routine forward deployment provides coach Nate with “on-call bench presence” to semingly any game and furnishes the capability to project this power and show credible resolve without provoking animosity. This presence also reminds potential adversaries of Blazer capability and resolve to enforce its will. In this regard, the length and still developing sheer raw power provide the Portland Trailblazers with unparalleled capability and potential.

There’s a new fleet that has set out in in the 7 seas of the NBA. Modern, disciplined and fully armed. Definately ready to get battle tested. And its headed for deep water

I know that we have a ton of road games but these guys are getting scary good and I am giddy like a school girl. We have a lot of fun ahead! The new and improved Blazers who are proving to be a good road team, too. So many weapons!!! Go Blazers!

To say the least. How could any Blazer fan not be excited. I know it’s still early but this team is starting to come around and find their identity. They’re playing some great ball and starting to put the trash teams to sleep. Stay out of foul trouble tonight and crash the boards and they can come out with a great win. GO BLAZERS!!!!

Sure the wins were not against the better teams in the league but I can’t remember the last time we won a game going away where the other team didn’t make a huge run and at least make it close in the fourth quarter. Fun stuff. I think these wins will go along way in teaching them how to close out a game after getting a big lead.

It is sounding good. I know I made a good move down I 5 for a new team to root for. Hard not to be excited. I won’t listen to the people who bug me with Jail Blazers garbage. Hell with them, I’m excited. Brandon is great and not a one man show. Great coach in Nate, got my Blazers hat with me today, and Blazers stuff is on my Christmas list. GO BLAZERS! I agree the Mariners suck, I wrote the Seahawks off for this year, dumping the Sonics once they left for OKC for the Blazers was a good move. Again hell with the haters, GO BLAZERS! Brandon is the man.

I am. We hung there despite the fact that Phoenix was desperate for a win, we weren’t, and we couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn all night. And you knew that Shaq and Amare were geared up to put Oden (who is not ready yet) in his place. Brandon can’t will this team to a victory every night.

I don’t think we’ll get out of the first round this year because the top four in the West are all championship-caliber teams… but I think we are setting up very nicely for the near future.