The Impending Off-Season

by Dave on Apr 14, 2008 11:47 PM PDT in News

Since the off-season is nearly upon us again we should pause for a second and look forward to what's happening at Blazersedge during the summer months.

Those of you who have been with us before know that the conversation continues unabated, and often enhanced, through the off-season. Most of the major NBA and Blazer sources do a good job of recapping the season past but then they fade off into vacation or other coverage. We don't. In fact we never quit. Six days a week, every week of the off-season, you will find new posts here. Freed from the need to do constant game previews and recaps we explore the more philosophical, speculative, esoteric, historical and sometimes downright amusing aspects of the game. I daresay that nobody does this better than we do. We shine plenty during the season, but we're a neon lighthouse during the summer. So don't despair...your chance to talk Blazers won't end just because the games do. There is a LOT of stuff to recap and even more to look forward to.

Thursday morning you're going to get a recap of the final game of the season and the announcement of the Jersey Contest Grand Prize Winner who will take Fromagnon's place as the Poobah of Prognostication at Blazersedge.

Friday morning you'll get my recap of the season as a whole in broad strokes plus the invitation to the Second Annual Blazersedge Poet Laureate Crowning, marking the beginning of the end of Dr. Dave's tenure as BE Poet Laureate and the advent of a new Master of Verse to take us through the next season.

Beginning next Monday we'll do player-by-player evaluations including a detailed recap of their season, opinions on their progress, salary/contract information, and prospects for next year and beyond.

And all of that is just in the first couple of weeks. We'll have lottery and draft coverage, Summer League talk, Olympics coverage in August, and all kinds of goofiness to speed us through the dog days of summer.

Of course this is also the chance for YOU to shine and weigh in on all of these topics. In the absence of concrete games honing our opinions night after night one person's thoughts become nearly as good as another's. We highly encourage creative thinking around here too!

I look forward to spending the summer with you. Enjoy the last couple of contests in 2007-08!

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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Man

I wish the Blazers were going into the playoffs. I don't care if they got swept, I still want the playoffs. At least we still have American Idol for a few more weeks. I don't know think I'm up for recaps or preview diaries though. I'll still be on the Bedge through good time and bad times.

Early to Bedge and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

by tominhawaii on Apr 15, 2008 12:23 AM PDT 0 recs

american idol = wrong

I think brain cells just exploded!

Admitedly I've never watched the show except for that one opera guy. That was pretty cool. Was it that show? That's the one with Paula right?

Is it fall yet? Actually... how about draft day, I wouldn't mind fast forwarding to that and watching the magic again this year!

I can't wait until we draft Rose!

I have been known to be wrong, but you won't get rich off THOSE nickels.

by ratbastird on Apr 15, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up 0 recs

That Was Europe

I saw that video too. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA

I know American Idol is lame, but I got hooked on it early, and I've been strung out on it ever since. I only talk about it here, because there are others that watch it, and I love the fact that we're discussing American Idol on a Blazers blog.

Sorry for that typo in my first comment. My mind played a trick on me and I just caught it even though I've read it several times.

Early to Bedge and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

by tominhawaii on Apr 15, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm home.

First time poster, long time reader. I'm looking forward to spending way too much time at this site during the up coming off-season. The mystery, the intrigue...will Rudy come over, will we go after Jose Calderon, will Nate McMillan learn Spanish? Only time will tell. Stick with BlazersEdge.com and you'll always be the first to know. Here's hoping for a draft day reminiscent of 2005. I'm looking forward to seeing what KP and his miracle workers will pull off this summer. Go Blazers, Go.

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by bforsythe on Apr 15, 2008 1:32 AM PDT 0 recs

Welcome Friend

Any friend of the Blazers is a friend of mine.

Early to Bedge and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

by tominhawaii on Apr 15, 2008 1:40 AM PDT up 0 recs

Welcome!

I think you'll enjoy the summer. And I'm definitely down with the "sucka free" part.

You may not always be the first to know with Blazersedge, as that distinction usually goes to Jason Quick, Mike Barrett, and Casey Holdahl. But then again things get linked and re-reported so quickly nowadays that literally within five minutes of anything being posted anywhere it's here on BE. You will definitely get some of the best, most in-depth, most consistent, and widest-spanning analysis you will find anywhere. We're in a unique position here of being wrapped up enough in the team to have followed every move and nearly every nuance for years, unlike most national sources who just touch down, write, and then take off again. We also have some level of detachment and critical thinking though, plus enough space and time to cover stories, the lines in between the stories, and sometimes even the shadows behind those in-between lines. Wrap it all together and you have a place that doesn't replace all of the traditional sources but does a darn good job of augmenting them and bringing the stories into focus.

I look forward to you helping us do that.

--Dave

by Dave on Apr 15, 2008 1:50 AM PDT up 0 recs

Welcome Billy Forsythe!

You're a great character actor.

Do you mean the 2006 draft? I think 2005 was the year we semi-won the lottery, got the #3 pick, traded down to the #6 to get Marty-ell Webby-ster instead of getting Paul or Deron. I love Webster more than most, but I hope we don't win the lottery this year and pass up Rose to get, oh, I dunno, Johnny RawMcShootyGuard. He's got potential, but Rose is the sure bet at PG we need.

Anywhose, welcome my friend!

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Apr 15, 2008 3:15 AM PDT up 0 recs

Durrr..

<embarassment> Ouch...on my first post. Yes. I meant the 2006 draft. When we took the third pick and turned it into many good things. I promise guys, I'll try harder an become more focused as I go. Gotta KEEP MY COMPOSURE!!!!

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by bforsythe on Apr 15, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up 0 recs

I don´t know if Nate will learn Spanish

but as my name is amlmart1 you will learn a little more of my language. Poco a poco (little by little).

The devil knows more due to being old than by being the devil.

by amlmart1 on Apr 15, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

Poco a poco, si!

Amlmart, I would LOVE to learn a few Spanish basketball phrases. For instance, what can I yell when Rudy makes a spectacular move? (We want him to feel at home.)

Right now, we sing "ole, ole, ole" when Sergio makes a basket, but does anyone in Spain really say that at basketball games?

by Corvid on Apr 15, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

"Ole" is good.

But I like "Ole" when doing passes between players, one "ole" for each pass, or even for a good movement, like when the bullfighter make the bull pass next to him using the "capote" (cape) and then people sing one long "Ole" each time the bullfighter does it. I don´t like bullfight and I don´t like the image of my country related with bullfight, but I must recognize that it is something special.

The devil knows more due to being old than by being the devil.

by amlmart1 on Apr 15, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Bullfights are fine

as long as you have a bar-b-que right afterwards. Otherwise it is just a waste.

mmmmmm....steaks!

by 92wastheyear on Apr 15, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Working Spanish...

As I am a restaurant manager, I do speak a kind of hybrid form of Mexican slang that is probably not appropriate published on the 'net. But I do value my relationship will all of my amigos. They all call me 'Carnal', which I think is good...

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by bforsythe on Apr 15, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up 0 recs

If I may help you anyway

you only have to tell me. Carnal is good, mexican slang for "bro" (brother), coming from "pariente carnal" what literally translated could be "flesh relative". Also "pariente consanguíneo o de sangre" ("blood relative").

The devil knows more due to being old than by being the devil.

by amlmart1 on Apr 15, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Does anybody say

"cuate" in Spain to mean amigo/tio, or would people just look at me weird if I said that?

by BlazersOrBust on Apr 15, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Nobody says "cuate"

Only if someone is doing an imitation of a mexican.

The devil knows more due to being old than by being the devil.

by amlmart1 on Apr 15, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

my spanish peeps

They all call me Huero or Huerito...I'm told it's a term of endearment...like my white brother or something of the sort...but this is the second job where the spanish speaking female types have given me the nickname.

written by the Blazer Thoughts artist formely known as "Scott R"

by saregister on Apr 15, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

I love the Bedge and I look forward to the summer

before.............!

by annthefan on Apr 15, 2008 2:49 AM PDT 0 recs

Summers are great

it's when my thoughts actually could have relevance. I get to state wild opinion based on no fact. sort of like the fact we'll be drafting rose and have one more year of growth before the blazers rule the universe for 10 to 15 years.

I have to admit, I'm a little worried about an article I read yesterday stating that one reason the blazers wanted oden to go easy and not play is that they're not sure what the cause of his knee issues are.

I'm hoping it was just a bunch of excuses as to why Oden shouldn't be playing and totally irrelevant.

I have been known to be wrong, but you won't get rich off THOSE nickels.

by ratbastird on Apr 15, 2008 8:45 AM PDT 0 recs

Fixin' a Hole

I don't know
How it begain
I'll just hammer it apart
To make it whole again

"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Apr 15, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

holes are meant to be filled

i like how you fill it with a hammer.

and i just realized how very wrong that statement was.

I'm going to shut up and walk away because I really don't know what i could say right.

I have been known to be wrong, but you won't get rich off THOSE nickels.

by ratbastird on Apr 15, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

It is all a bit of a riddle, Eh?

"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Apr 15, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

Careful

I'm going to rule the universe. The Blazers may win every game, of course, but that doesn't change the realities of authority.

It would not be advisable to make this mistake again. Me Re-Education Minister seems quite enthusiastic.

I'm frequently misguided, but always obnoxious -- HT to TiH

by jscot on Apr 15, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

Perhaps

he'll re-educate me to type "my" instead of "me" when appropriate.

I'm frequently misguided, but always obnoxious -- HT to TiH

by jscot on Apr 15, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

Well you can bow to my authority

as ruler of the multiverses.

multi is more than uni. It even has more letters.

I have been known to be wrong, but you won't get rich off THOSE nickels.

by ratbastird on Apr 15, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

Somehow, I knew

from the way you post that your reality is not always confined to this universe.

I'm frequently misguided, but always obnoxious -- HT to TiH

by jscot on Apr 15, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yes

That quote bothered me a bit also.

"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Apr 15, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

I welcome the release of death

This season went exactly as expected- 40 wins, not much player development, and lots of Chicago Cubs talk among fans.

Unwrap the seventh seal, sound the trumpets seven times, and let the incessant over-analysis, navel gazing, IS NOT! IS SO! arguments begin!

Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me;

-Emily Dickinson

by Farty MacFartson on Apr 15, 2008 9:44 AM PDT 0 recs

Wait, don't tell me...

Fatty is going to end his sabbatical and become the new BE Poet Laureate?! (book it) As much as I love and miss Fatty, can't we ease into his return? Please, Dave... PLEASE?

by nathan junior on Apr 15, 2008 11:19 AM PDT 0 recs

Nice post, Dave

I was dreading the sudden end to the Blazers season and especially the dog days following the playoffs. But it sounds like B.E. will get me thru the dark summer months.

"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Apr 15, 2008 12:42 PM PDT 0 recs