Preseason schedule announced

by Lance Uppercut on Jul 31, 2008 4:40 PM PDT

Dave or Ben will probably be putting something up on the front page shortly (at which time they should delete this fanpost), but in the interim, I thought I'd pass along the preseason schedule.

Oct. 7: Sacramento @ Rose Garden, 7 p.m.

Oct. 8: Golden State @ Rose Garden, 7 p.m.

Oct.10: Atlanta @ Sprint Center (in Kansas City, MO!), 7 p.m.

Oct. 12: Utah @ Rose Garden, 3 p.m.

Oct. 20: @ Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Oct. 22: @ L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.

Oct. 23: @ Utah, 7 p.m.

I wrote a bit about the schedule over at my spot. It looks like we got a bunch of the teams that had a lot of personnel moves in the offseason.

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I hate it when folks who comment first

type “First!” so I’ll just take that spot right now and put an end to it.

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Jul 31, 2008 4:45 PM PDT 0 recs

first!...

to reply to your hate-mongering post.

love makes you feel better.

Ba da da da dah... I'm BEdgin' it!

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 31, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Love apparently doesn't do much for your sense of humor

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Jul 31, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

I feel like posters in here are my brothers (and sisters) of Blazer fandom. As you are my brother in this sense, it’s instinctual for me to reply sarcastically about “x” when you say you hate “x”... I meant no harm.

You sorta had it coming, brother. Unless you were trying to be funny by putting that first and I just totally missed the sarcasm… if that’s the case, I feel silly. It’s so hard to pick up that ever-fleeting sarcasm. The more I read your original comment and your reply to my reply, the more I think this is the case…

I think we should adopt a comment for when people completely blow it on picking up sarcasm. Boo, that should be it. You typed something sarcastic, I failed to pick it up and replied, you type Boo, I then know that I totally blew it.

BOO, me!

Ba da da da dah... I'm BEdgin' it!

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Aug 1, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up 0 recs

You're right, 'throws

For the record, I have no problem with the “First!” shtick. It’s silly, but no more so than a lot of comments on BE. I was trying to come up with an ironic witticism but I was in a hurry because I knew 92 was breathing down my neck.

Humor is a car that must be driven carefully. Two dented fenders, both drivers at fault. Move along folks, nothing to see here…

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

Geez....what did I do??

lol

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up 0 recs

You two

are hysterical.

I laughed last night when I read Animal’s not-first first post. Then I laughed at ‘92’s response. Everything beyond that was “Mom, he hit me!” “I did not!” “Yes, you did!” “I did not” ... ad nauseam.

Love you both.

"We, as Blazer fans, are perhaps the luckiest fans in the league."-Idog1976, July 19.

by jorga on Aug 1, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up 0 recs

I <3 Jorga 2

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

I had to comment first

and my comment barely beat yours. The resulting haste made waste, though at least jorga got a laugh out of it. But I think she was referring to you’vegottomakeyourfreethrows, not you.

OhhKAY, I’m pretty sure I will never, ever, try to be first again!

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

You mean she doesn't love me?

I am now very sad :(

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up 0 recs

I think she does love you

she just doesn’t know who you are!

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

That is so true!

No one know what it’s like to be the bad man….to be the sad man…behind blue eyes

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

Or red eyes, in your case

Are we officially off-topic enough yet? I’m waiting for the smackdown from Dave… Even Tom has run and hid… hidden?... hided? Whatever.

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

Well.....I don't think this one

is too big of a deal. Even Casey said for Dave to delete it. However…on topic…I am super stoked for even for these preseason games. This is my first set of full season tix and can’t wait

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

You like song lyrics

I can’t attend games at the Rose Garden (I live in the Bay Area) so when you do, please scream a little scream for me.

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

snort!

In fact I will Twist and Shout….does that work for ya?

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

Let's Dance!

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hey...is your Avatar

a picture of Bayless eating Kobe?

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's the Blazers

about to eat the rest of the league.

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 1, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

Close enough

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Aug 1, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Do season tix include the preseason games?

anyone?

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 31, 2008 4:45 PM PDT 0 recs

I don't think they do

But I can get you a more definitive answer in a second.

by Lance Uppercut on Jul 31, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks Casey

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 31, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

They did last season

I dunno, I’m pretty sure they did…..

Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game

by iDea on Jul 31, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yes

full season ticket packages are 44 games total, which include the 3 preseason games.

by gardenofoden on Jul 31, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

Garden of Oden is right

by Lance Uppercut on Jul 31, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Sweet!

This is my first full season tix. I can’t wait

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 31, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks to both of you

Homer: "Oh no!! A Bear is eating my father!." (On seeing Selma kissing Grampa)

by 92wastheyear on Jul 31, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

So....far....away

Doesn’t anybody stay in the same place anymore?

Dead Finks Don't Talk
But dead finks don't talk too well
They've got a shaky sense of diction
It's not so much a living hell
It's just a dying fiction

WORD UP. STAY. FRESCO.

by Dheepan on Jul 31, 2008 4:50 PM PDT 0 recs

Yup

There is like two whole months in the way of the preseason. At least the NFL is getting all ramped up.

by tominhawaii on Jul 31, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Carol King

Such bittersweet music

Nature bats last.

by fisheyes on Jul 31, 2008 5:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

i feel the earth move under my feet ...

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by Y5k on Aug 1, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up 0 recs

when do they go on sale?

Oden/Pryz
LMA/Frye
WebFoot/Trout
Roy/Rudy
Blake/Bayless
**Champs 08-09**

by BigCelPhone on Jul 31, 2008 4:52 PM PDT 0 recs

Maybe check ebay?

(Tongue-in-cheek for sold-out predictions)

Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."

by lee3022 on Jul 31, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

KC huh?

Are they trying to find out if moving there is ok for Memphis?
Thanks Casey.. also do you know if any of these are televised? If so on what channels (i hope some national?)

Shaniqua don't live here no more... Is Shaniqua there, HELL NO!

by GreatOden'sRaven on Jul 31, 2008 5:00 PM PDT 0 recs

The Sprint Center is nice and new

and meets NBA standards. OKC is a small market but Kansas City is not and the argument that OKC had to leave Seattle for economic reasons goes a little flat for their bypassing a better arena in a bigger metro area in KC.

The NBA seems to want teams to have leverage against their cities by moving a few from time-to-time.

by lee3022 on Jul 31, 2008 5:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Look for me to be holding a huge RUDY > MJ sign on the 7th....

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Jul 31, 2008 5:13 PM PDT 0 recs

Regular Season Schedule comes out next week!

I wonder if another Christmas Day game is in store? Lakers/Blazers in the Rose Garden?

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on Jul 31, 2008 5:21 PM PDT 0 recs

Ohh all i want for christmas

Is Oden to destroy Bynum

Shaniqua don't live here no more... Is Shaniqua there, HELL NO!

by GreatOden'sRaven on Jul 31, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

thanx santa

"Doing research= good
Making up things=bad."

---jksnake99

by ptwnblzr on Jul 31, 2008 5:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

I can't wait for the Indy game...

I, for one, will give Jack a standing “O”.

by parkinglotj on Jul 31, 2008 8:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

I hope that they are visiting Milwaukee on a day when I can go.

Besides, Milwaukee fans are more mellow than Chicago fans. I probably wont even be noticed in my Blazer polo. Whereas I might die if I wore it to Chicago. That, and it is a long drive to the Windy City from where I’ll be.

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"In vino veritas." - Latin proverb
"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
"μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας." - 1 Timothy 5:23

by T Darkstar on Aug 1, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Apparently it's already decided how many times all teams play against each other

But not the dates. In an OKC newspaper was a report that they play Dallas and the Kings just once at home, and the Lakers and one other top team that I forgot (Utah, San Antonio?) just once away. Which means for us we have all four games against OKC.

Odenied: Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...

by Norsktroll on Jul 31, 2008 5:53 PM PDT 0 recs

We'll get all four against Utah.

I b’lieve that’s a guarantee among division-mates.

Ooh, L[xxx]rs have to visit the Rose Garden (where they always get kicked around) twice against hosting us once.
They’ll regret THAT, I bet.

Blazers have a five-on-three...and they pull it back and wait for help.

by QualityPie on Jul 31, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

yep

static every year:
home and away against all 15 east teams = 30
2 home/2 away agaisnt division = 16

changes year to year:
that leaves 36 games amonth the remaining 10 teams from the West. We play 6 of those teams 4 times each (2 home/2 away) (24 more), and the other 4 team 3 times each (1/2 or 2/1) (12 more)

so, all that remains to be seen is which of the Pacific and SW teams we play 4 times, and which we play only 3

Rule #1 of nitpicking is to get it right.

by douglast on Jul 31, 2008 8:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks for the breakdown

by lee3022 on Jul 31, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

Anybody have a time machine i could borrow real quick?

Also…How long after the regular season schedule is out do they mail the season tickets? I want to spread them out on my bed and snuggle with them.

Roy4Ever

by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 31, 2008 6:09 PM PDT 0 recs

Last Season

it was like a week or two before pre-season – really, really late in my book.

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on Aug 1, 2008 7:32 AM PDT up 0 recs

I wanna play--

Outside the obvious Laker game, which will mean a lot more obviously, I wanna see us play Minnesota.

I simply cannot wait for Oden and LMA to TOWER over lil’ Kevin Love and the Rich Man’s Z-Bo, Alvin Jefferson.

Oden versus Robert Swift will be cool too. Destroying OKC will always be sweet.

Ya know what? I’d settle just watching Oden play anyone. I’m easy. Crazy to think it’s only a lil’ over 2 months away. That’s NOTHING. Time moves so fast now, ever since global warming made the Earth spin faster and closer around the sun.

Crazy world holmes, etc, yo.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jul 31, 2008 6:40 PM PDT 0 recs