Make sure you don’t cuss around here. We don’t take kindly to cussing.

We hope you come to love our team as we do. And we look forward to yet another talented writer here.

but this is worth actually logging in so I can respond.

There are certain things you should know about this place:
1. It was ok to cheer for Brandon even when you were a Sonics fan. We like classy players on other teams, and give them credit.
2. Further to #1, part of the definition of “classy players” is that they don’t play for the L@kers.
3. Ben is cool.
4. Dave is so cool that he even gave Ben a job.
5. I’m going to rule the world someday. Not by force, but by acclamation, because people will love me so much. Those who don’t will be kindly but firmly re-educated. It is advisable to begin learning to love me now. I’m so cool that I even let Dave run this website.
6. Henry Abbott supposedly posts here. Some people think he is Mortimer. Some people think he is tominhawaii. Some people think he is Dave. I think that Mortimer is really Kevin Pritchard. Storyteller must be Tom Penn’s cousin. Some of these names will mean nothing to you now. This will change, if you truly become a Blazer fan, and a Bedger (Blazer’s Edger). You will read and analyze every comment, even if it means forgetting to eat. This is more than a website, it is a community consisting mostly of lunatics.
7. KP stands for Kevin Pritchard. He is our general manager. He is not perfect, he is not omniscient, and he does not use mind control on other GMs. He is just smarter, works harder, gets lucky sometimes, and wins.
8. KP’s goal is NOT to build a team that will win 15 championships in a row. His goal is to build a team that will win 15 championships in a row AND have enough talent stockpiled that our Development League team will win the NBA Eastern Conference championship 10 of those 15 years.
9. We need multiple PG prospects to give fans things to talk about on Internet sites through the dog days of summer. The more, the better.

Enjoy your new flame. She is Blazing, Red Hot and Rolling. She will soon consume you, but you won’t feel burned.

you lose the “Mr” thing and dive right in.

Seattle was screwed from the point of NO moving to OKC. David (King) Stern decreed it and it was done. Never have I been so disheartened by the NBA that this. I predict that it will come back to bite him but that does not stop the pain for all Seattle NBA fans. Portland becomes a poor substitute (maybe we will follow the Patriot’s model and become the Northwest Blazers?) but we are glad to provide a port in the storm. I agree about putting another city through what Seattle had endured and hope that it does not happen even if we dilute a deep team with an expansion draft.

An unintended consequence to this loss might be to force a new rapid transit system between Seattle and Portland. A Japan style high-speed train would be really cool! I think given the growth rate in the Northwest we will all be one city sometime in this century.

and I just want you to know that Sherman Alexie will say whatever he thinks you want to hear. He says he hates the Lkers but it doesn’t take any courage to do that. Everyone hates the Lkers. It’s a lot of beautiful words but it just shows he’s not qualified to be a Blazer fan. Just a few weeks ago he said the Sonics were the most important thing and now he’s saying he could support the Blazers. My friends, I know you see this flip-flopping for what it is; pretty words from a Sonics fan who is not qualified to be a Blazer fan.

was a great read. Man, it looks like we have our first blog laureate.

Blazers Edge just got so much cooler in my mind. Go Ben!

Sherman,

You don’t need us to tell you how Seattle was royally screwed by the Okie boys and David Stern.

But truly, there is hope in becoming a Blazer fan.

I grew up as a Sonic fan…..watching the exploits of Fred Brown, Slick Watts, Gus WIlliams, DJ, JJ, Paul SIlas, Lonnie Shelton, Jack Sikma, the PLAYER Wally Walker, as opposed to the weasly GM he would become…....

And them I fell in love with a woman who was a Trailblazer fan, and we began out married life living in White Salmon, WA. I spent several years engaged in a meaningless argument that the Sonics championship team was better than the Blazers championship team from 2 years prior.

But after listening to Bill Schonley broadcast the Blazer games while doing chores around the house, I gradually came around. Jim Paxson and Mychael Thompsen, then the great years of Clyde, Terry, Jerome and Buck.

I am a proud survivor of the JR Rider/Rasheed Wallace years, andam now ready to reap the rewards of long-time Blazer fandom with the current squad.

And while you still consider yourself to be a tertiary fan at this point, I’ll bet you a six pack of your favorite beverage that by season’s end, you will be a full blown Blazer fan.

You are getting in on the ground floor of a team that is looking at about a 15 year window for a championship. Welcome aboard! (please disregard any mixed meaphors)

so, i haven’t lost a long-term spouse, like mr. alexie, but I have been serially dating for many years, with disappointing results.

being from vancouver, i had a crush on a local for a while and had grand hopes for our relationship, before she heard elvis calling and broke my heart. after that i tried to date the girl down the street for a few years, but she never returned my affections and eventually moved away too. for a while, i licked my wounds and ogled this hot chick who could put it together in 7 seconds or less. but, like all fast girls, she didn’t age well. now, I can’t possibly date that girl from Toronto, cuz she is with my big brother.

there is this young lady down in portland – i sure like that town – and i have been admiring her for a while. i wonder if she would mind if i send her flowers now and then and maybe chat a bit on facebook? i am sure she has lots of new friends, sexy literate ones at that, but i am hoping she can tolerate another.

o, and a quick tip to any new alexie fans out there, don’t lend “the toughest indian in the world” to your father-in-law, no matter how much you liked it, unless he is fairly liberal for his age and doesn’t make fun of your earring.

When the literati come aboard, we know the ship is ready to sail. And, after the storm in Seattle, the calm waters in this ship’s port should be a welcome relief. Just think. No one is arguing about stadiums, coaches, moving, or players. They just argue about winning, and then winning some more. Here, the GM and the owner get along, both respect the coach and the coaches, and all work as a team. And because they do, the players they’ve assembled, for the most bright eyed, young, and excited, generate the same enthusiasm among the fan base. And the fan’s, hearing nothing of dogs, or dope, or fights, respond. And, why not. Who else has, for three successive years, kept the pot boiling the way the Blazers have. Roy and Aldridge, followed by Oden and Fernandez, and now Bayless. Portland has this very large Christmas tree, and every year, the fans get to open another present. And many years, we get two. So welcome aboard. There’s still one more present under the tree – Fernandez. You’ve arrived just in time for us to open this one. And then, and only then, can we argue about guards, and more guards. And who plays, and who doesn’t.

Not only am I a big Blazers fan, I’m also a fan of Sherman Alexie’s writing. So this rules.

I would not want a full bandwagon float for the championship parade through Portland in 2010. I would ride a tricycle while wearing a Lloyd Neal jersey.

And Bobby Gross was always my sixth man in my childhood stratomatic leagues. High FG% and that -5 defense

I think that Oliver Miller could push Galactus out of the paint and out eat him