Write Your Own Blazer Headline
by Dave on Sep 10, 2008 12:37 AM PDT
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PrintToday you get to try your hand at being a blogger/journalist/editor. Skip ahead to the end of next season, somewhere around late June. You are writing the headline for the season recap. How does it read? If you wish you can add a couple of sentences of the story afterwards. (Don't go too far overboard...we don't need half a page.) Remember we're talking about next season alone and remember we're talking about your actual forecast, not necessarily the dream headline.
Here's my shot to start things off, and it's pretty simple.
Mission Accomplished
The Blazers returned to the playoffs this season, which is the exact goal at which they were aiming. The end result didn't matter as much as the fact that they're right on track. Look out league...Portland is back.
Your turn!
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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Kobe Retires
"You can't buy your woman a watch because she got a clock on the stove."-Sir Charles Barkley
by shwa on Sep 10, 2008 1:30 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Bynum signs with Russian Club, Odom goes missing, Phil Jackson goes to retirement home
While we are at it let’s just dismantle their whole team
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
The "Age of Fear" Begins
As the Trailblazers returned to the playoffs this year, their emergence as the team that no one wanted to face in the first round was validated by their 4-2 elimination of the L@kers. They proceeded to take the Hornets to a seventh game before elimination, and established themselves as a team to be feared in the West next season, and for years to come.
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
Blazer's Edge Meets Highlights
What a ride. Thank goodness we’re not in the dark ages of September ’08 anymore. Next week, scratch-n-sniff Outlaw stickers!
"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan
It's all coming together now
With a winning regular season record and the first won playoff series in 9 years, the young Blazers have achieved all their goals for the year. “While some of our great fans surely had higher expectations for this highly talented young group, reaching the playoffs in the hardest conference ever was amazing in itself, and the second round exit is a learning experience that will prove to be invaluable”, said GM Kevin Pritchard on Monday. With dominant center Greg Oden winning Rookie of the Year and being selected for the All-Rookie First Team while teammates Rudy Fernandez and Jerry Bayless made the Second Team, Brandon Roy after his second All-Star appearance, two major acquisitions at the trade deadline and the extension of coach McMillan last week, the Blazers are ready for their breakout season now.
Fans are already waiting anxiously for the NBA Draft Night, a yearly spectacle to be held in New York City next in ten days…
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
World Champion Trail Blazers Enter the Playoffs Primed for another Championship Run
One seeded Portland takes on eighth seed Phoenix as they hope to repeat their improbable championship run. In last year’s NBA Finals they swept the Cleveland Cavaliers becoming the youngest NBA Champions ever.
Kilroy was here.
Blazermania Returns!!!
In their first venture to the post season, Brandon Roy and Greg Oden prove that they are guys who simply do not lose in a playoff series.
by BroyTheTruth on Sep 11, 2008 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Youth Prevails!
The Portland Trailblazers defeated the San Antonio Spurs in game 6 of the first round earning them a second round berth against the Charlotte Hornets.
If you let them make you, they'll make you into paper mache.
At a distance you're strong until the wind comes, then you'll crumble and blow away.
- Incubus
No charges pressed in Bynum decapitation last night at Rose Garden
by 50backflips on Sep 10, 2008 7:30 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
Best comment ever.
I actually spotted this over a Oregonlive, where S. Meagher namedropped the BEdge and this little post. I was laughing my arse off… if this doesn’t get rec’ed to Greenhood, something is seriously wrong.
C’mon people… REC THIS COMMENT.
"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Sep 10, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That was Hilarious
at the same time creepy. but i recd anyway b/c it was good..
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Portland Trailblazers: A Dynasty in the Making?
Steady improvement and smart personnel moves over the last few years are paying big dividends for Portland. The Blazers ended the season a game away from the WCF and it is obvious their gains are far from complete. Barring disaster, this coach and these players will be in the NBA title hunt for the better part of a decade.
Sports Editors Vote Trail Blazers' Sweep Story of the Year
Sports journalists voted the Portland Trail Blazers’ improbable perfect regular season (82-0), and NBA Championship the year’s best sports story. … The accolade follows last week’s announcement by TIME Magazine, which named Portland General Manager Kevin Pritchard Man of the Year.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
Supreme Court rules that the Trailblazers are in fact a monopoly, and must break up their players
David Stern emerges from the court room with a giant smile and expresses his relief:
“Well, we nearly lost the nba with this one, but now that the trailblazers must break up their roster, the nba can be competitive again”….
RUDY > MJ
Women from Portland arrested on David Stern Terrorism Plot
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Bakin'
GM Kevin Pritchard’s deft moves and coach Nate McMillan’s ability to successfully blend the ingredients has the Portland Trail Blazers really cooking. After evaluating several recipes as the team started the season 11-20, the sweetest mix finished strong to obtain the 8th seed in the playoffs. Taking the number one seeded Hornets to a 7th game completed the prep work. All that remains is to keep the cake fresh over the summer and pop it into the oven for a very tasty 2009-10.
Blazing a trail to the Western Conference Finals
The Portland Trailblazers are making their first appearance in the Western Conference finals since the 1999-2000 season. Head coach Nate McMillan has led his team back to this point with breakout performances from three rookies, solid leadership from two All-stars and steady contributions from one of the deepest benches in the NBA.
Portland Blazes New Trail...Again
With the conclusion of the ‘08-’09 season, the Portland Trail Blazers took the first steps on a new journey through the record books. Consider the following achievements this year as the current squad began their quest to right the wrongs of seasons past: With their first return to the playoffs in six years, the Blazers have possibly begun a new run on their own NBA record of consecutive playoff appearances. Having just accomplished their 44th straight SRO at home this year, Portland seems intent on breaking their own NBA record of consecutive sell-outs. And, after notching 53 wins in this kindergarten year ( three all-star caliber rookies), can the regular-season win record be long for this world?
….
Blazer set history, defeat the Lakers 4-3 after overcoming 0-3 deficit to reach the NBA finals
For the first time in NBA history, a team has come back after facing an 0-3 deficit in an NBA playoff series. The series began to attract national attention when the upstart Portland Trailblazers (the league’s youngest team) claimed the 2nd seed in perhaps the most competitive conference of all time. Both Portland and LA stormed through the playoffs as if these powerhouse teams were on a collision course with each other, destined to meet in the finals. But what was expected to be the series to end all series’ between these two storied franchises started out as a disappointment as LA quickly took control after two blowout wins at home and a buzzer beating victory courtesy of Kobe Bryant in game 3 in Portland. But the team and its fans never gave up hope as “Beat LA” echoed throughout the rose garden as the teams left the floor of that game. What happened next will forever be remembered in the annals of NBA history…
Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely.
"He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors," Frye said after giving up his share to Oden in the workout.
We go down 0-3 to LA? Are you trying to kill me?
I’d be depressed for a week!
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
yeah but
coming back to beat LA in that fashion would give all the laker fans a chance to show themselves (front runners, arrogant, etc,) so when the series is over and the blazers have made history against our rival (thats a double whammy in itself, at that point winning the championship would almost just be icing on the cake), we can then identify said fans, round them up, and place them in our concentration camps that will be constructed in eastern Oregon. On the flip side, it’ll be a good test of dedication for us as blazer fans (I was going to games with Bassy was starting for petes sake). LA will be forever known for the greatest choke job in history and I won’t ever have to watch commercials of the 2000 western finals again.
Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely.
"He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors," Frye said after giving up his share to Oden in the workout.
can’t we put ‘em in Idaho? I’m from Central Oregon and Eastern Oregon is a little too close for me to have a buncha purple ’n yellow.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
hmmh its good point
maybe ship them up to Canada? People there may confuse them with raptor fans
I may be wrong, but I doubt it.
Wagons Roll
“Exhausting, dangerous, frightening, and exciting…”
that was the Oregon trail. The Blazers crossed their Mississippi yesterday making the playoff as the 6th seed. The road to bring the championship home lies ahead, hope is in the air. Wagons Roll.
After a first round loss,
Portland Trail Blazer fans optimistically look forward to the 2009-10 season when it is hoped they will at long last be able to employ the services of Greg Oden, their much hyped, twice injured “rookie” center.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
Just funnin.
I actually think Greg will play during this regular season. I’m not nearly so confident though that he will still be standing come playoff time. I need to be wrong here. We might eventually be able to eek out a championship without Oden, but it would be tremendously more difficult.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
Your name is borderline pornographic
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
It is though.
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
It wasn't intended Sophia.
There were two of us (my wife and I) living at Deep River; thus TwoDeep. Technically, I’m now OneDeep since my wife died a little over a year ago; but I suspect that could be pornographic too.
I guess I should just start over. My first name is Donovan, but I wonder what negative images that could conjure up? Besides it doesn’t appear to be cool/popular to use your first name as your screen name—-even if Dave does.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
True.
donovanindeepriver wouldn’t have raised any eyebrows, but don’t you think that sounds really dorky? ( :
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
Im sorry 2 hear about your wife
I am not really looking to make everything pornographic or gross around here.. i just thought that “twodeep” sounds pornographic…you dont have to explain yourself to me.. i was just giving you a hard time.
Sophia
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Not a problem. You're actually about
the 3rd one to mention it so it’s more than a single perception.
Problem is, to my knowledge, there isn’t a way to simply do a name change on this site, where all my posts would associate with the new name (instead, a new account must be created). After-all, I might have to reference some old comments if I later feel compelled to do a couple of “I told you so’s”. ( :
Incidentally, TwoDeep is also the high level qualifier in my email address and changing that makes me shudder when considering all the places the change would have to be communicated. So maybe I’m stuck with it for now. Porno is me.
I'm just a modest guy with much to be modest about
It deserves to be flagged Y5k. So feel free.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
I’m saving my flag for a real doooosy. but I’m watching you, TwoDeep. …. I’m watching you.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
Okay ... I'll be careful.
Still, as far as I know, I’ve never been flagged. It would be something I could tell my grand kids about.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
Mission Accomplished
we dn’t want to pull a George Bush and say it too early
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on Sep 10, 2008 10:08 AM PDT reply actions
Chemistry Experiment Causes Explosion .. and Fizzle
Coach Nate McMillan delicately, and masterfully, combined new ingredients and old this season, leading his Portland Trail Blazers to the playoffs for the first time in 5 years and delighting the Rose Garden faithful with a 34-7 home record. Once In the playoffs, however, inexperience and youth saw the Blazers swept out by the New Orleans Hornets in forgettable fashion.
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
BOO
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
This must be payback for the junk drawer calling you Igor...
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
All for fun, you know. I love Ben.
I also think he has the mischief of Marty Feldman´s Igor. ;-)
The Midnight Rambler
HAHA i know it was all in fun
as im sure Ben’s post is….(it better be Ben)
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Me, Igor?
I must of have missed that one. I would like to note to Ben our ONLY championship team was very inexperienced as well.
(yeah what if someone hacked in to Ben’s account and posted that hack for a post?)
P.S. I do LOVE that piece about the Blazers faithful getting a 34-7 home record, I can only dream…
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Oden and Co. Roll into Boston
Greg Oden grabbed the Mic at a local Karaoke club in Boston Saturday night, his gentle Tenor sang the tones to Queen’s “We are the Champions”. Note after perfect note spewed from the gentle giant’s oversized pallate. The Boston crowd roared into applause and realized they have no chance to Repeat when a first year All-Star center is this relaxed before game one of the NBA finals. Afterwards, as an encore, he nailed a Britney Spears’ cover of “You want a piece of Me”.
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 10:16 AM PDT reply actions
Was it good for you, too?
Amid screaming Blazermaniacs, falling confetti, and chants of Rip City, this young Portland Trail Blazer team found itself in a place it hadn’t been in for 30 years:
On top of the world.
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Sep 10, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
Blazers on Track to Win it All??
The Portland Trailblazers exceeded expectations this year, earning a 4th seed in the West and sweeping the Houston Rockets in the first round. The playoffs will resume at a date to be scheduled once a determination has been made on the nature of the event which recently occurred at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in France. Authorities have been quiet after contact was lost with the facilty, and efforts have primarily focused on controlling the hordes of mutants now roaming the countryside. No word yet on the missing Ron Artest who traveled to Europe shortly before the event began.
After dominating the politics of the NBA Kevin Pritchard set to run for President in 2012
"The next day in practice, if you sweat, it's going to come out of your pores, regardless. If you ask any coach around the league how many times they have smelled liquor on a player . . . As long as that player is showing up on time, doing the drills and running, that's part of it. But there have been times, yeah. Yeah, you probably smelled liquor on me. But it's not like I'm at practice drunk. I'm totally focused."
-Darius Miles
by Steve Guttenberg on Sep 10, 2008 11:21 AM PDT reply actions
Despite Setbacks, Portland Set to Blaze
A.) Had to throw some mystery in there
B.) had to throw in the obligitory play on words
If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Ice cream has no bones!
Bingo, Bango, Bongo!
That’s the sound the Blazers made in their dash through the western conference in the playoffs this year, dispatching Utah, Houston and LA in successive fashion. Now only four victories over the defending champion Boston Celtics keep Portland’s pride from a return to the pinnacle of the NBA.
I was about to use that same phrase
before I went with my other choice. +1 for using a Schonz phrase
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Sep 10, 2008 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Upstart Blazers Complete 'Dream Season' as NBA Champions; Fernandez named Finals MVP
Using the NBA regular season as their proving grounds (50-32), the young Blazers put it all together with great team defense anchored by Rookie of the Year Greg Oden and timely offense spurred by the Spanish sensation Rudy Fernandez to win it all. Regular season MVP runner-up Brandon Roy was all things at all times as the Blazers proved too versatile for the aging Celtics.
"You know when to say 'Yes', you know when to say 'No', everyone goes home in a limousine." - 'Fast' Eddie Felson
Blazers Dismal Season Mercifully Ends At Last
Before achieving any of the goals for this season, and falling out of the playoff hunt early, the woefully young and experienced Blazers suffered a PR disaster when their potential All-Star guards Brandon Roy, Rudy Fernandez, along with promising PF LaMarcus Aldridge and 1st overall pick Greg Oden were caught in a Denver hotel room molesting the mini-bar.
After each receiving league-record 100-game suspensions for their infractions, each player was subsequently cut by the team. This also led to the retirement in disgrace of former Coach Nate McMillan, who failed to discipline the players to avoid the incident.
Without their vaunted talent, the remaining Blazers were no match for their competition and finished a woeful 8-76, the worst record in NBA history. Worse news came when it was learned that former owner Paul Allen wished to move the team to Seattle, and was subsequently sued for all his billions of dollars and placed in the poor house by the City of Portland. Allen was then forced to sell the team to pay his legal fees.
New owner, Clay Bennett. former owner of the now-defunct Oklahoma Thunder, has vowed to make a good faith effort to keep the team in Portland, despite the team’s recent struggles. However, he’s insistent that Oregon taxpayers approve a 3.3 Billion Dollar tax package for construction of his own personal pleasure-dome as a requirement for continuing negotiations.
After firing GM Kevin Pritchard and re-hiring former Blazer GM Bob Whitsett, the city may actually be glad to see the backs of the ruin this team has now become.
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Sorry if this went a little long, and I’m not really trying to be negative. Just wanted to point out how bad things could actually get if everything went WRONG this year, rather than everything going JUST RIGHT as some people are forecasting. Patience people, this team will be good, even if we’re bounced out in the first round this year.
Wherever you go, there you are.
by Majikj0n on Sep 10, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
BOOOOOO
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This calls for a BANNING!
I am just kidding – well, sort of.
What is the matter is your spouse divorcing? Did you lose your job? What gives?
Your explanation at the end doesn’t cut it. You have single handedly blown up the franchise! Heresy!
Please don’t do things like this, my heart can’t take it.
LMA>LA!
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
by LaMarvelous on Sep 10, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My apologies.
I didn’t mean to cause anyone health problems.
Let’s just say I find the above scenario about as likely as us going 82-0 or sweeping through the playoffs to a championship this year. (You’ll find examples of both scenarios in the comments above.)
It’s just so easy to get caught up in wishful thinking that by the end of the season if all we’ve done is make the playoffs, people start to get discouraged. A little perspective is really all I’m after here. Honest.
Wherever you go, there you are.
The objective of this post
“Remember we’re talking about next season alone and remember we’re talking about your actual forecast, not necessarily the dream headline.”
Some people still went in the dream direction, and a few in the nightmare extreme ;-)
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
Apology accepted - as if there was ever any doubt
Thanks for the further clarification. I totally agree with your opinion that the two extremes are equally unlikely and preposterous.
The thought of Bennet owning the PTB or Trader Bob returning did make me quite nauseous.
I do hope that you don’t consider me going overboard if I think the Blazers get 50+ wins and make the playoffs. Heck, I think that depending on the first round match-up, the Blazers might ever win the first playoff series!
Am I going too far? I think not.
LMA>LA!
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
This is absurd but I laughed so no flag from me
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
sweet, sweet mathematics
84-game season, huh? worst two out of three tiebrake for last place?
michelle you look good tonight.. ANYTHING IS POSSIBAAAAAAAAAAL!
The League Penalized them...
…an additional 2 losses for being ugly.
Wherever you go, there you are.
thanks
for implanting this nightmare material in my mind. When I wake up in the middle of the night screaming I’m going to tell my wife it’s your fault…
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
As long as it's possible for things to get worse...
…then things are never as bad as they could possibly be.
Wherever you go, there you are.
Oden PG Experiment Deemed a Success, Says McMillan
Nate McMillan said in a press conference after his Blazers won the 2009 NBA Championship that moving Oden to point guard made all the difference. “No one could guard him. I mean, you had guys like Nate [Robinson] and Luke [Ridnour] trying to keep him out of the paint.” Oden’s 55% three point percentage was an NBA record as was his 354 three pointers made.
The breakthrough came during the All-Star break when McMillan, tired of rookie Jerryd Bayless’s inability to play point guard, saw Oden dribbling the ball twice in the All-Star game. “I knew then he could do it,” boasted McMillan.
“Just everyone look out next year when I put Channing at shooting guard.”
by jamon51 on Sep 10, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
HAHA
However, the Sergio-Steve Blake Center/Power Forward duo didn’t quite give the same results.
This year is NOT a building season!!
by collectiveshane on Sep 10, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Oden's soft suptle hands too much for even Nash or Rondo to handle
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Cinderella Season Ends Too Early
One missed shot; one second too little. But “next year may get us over the top,” says McMillan.
If you say "basically" at the beginning of a sentence, you probably also put ketchup on everything you eat.
by CosmoPlavix on Sep 10, 2008 1:02 PM PDT reply actions
Comcast Still Working Out Broadcast Deal with other Providers
by ralphzillo on Sep 10, 2008 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
ROTFLMAO
But this will more likely run not at the end of this season, but the 2015-2016 season.
by antediluvian on Sep 12, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Darius Miles Cut From Celtics After 9 Games
mmmm . . . donutssss . . .
Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?
Blazers smoke Miles and rest of C's for NBA ring
In a change-of-pace, Miles wasn’t the one doing the smoking but rather being smoked, as the Blazers rolled over the Celtics in a relatively short five game series. Oden, fresh off the one of the most amazing rookie seasons in recent memory, was quoted as shouting, “Impossible is nothinggggg!”….nailing Garnett’s botched line from last year.
This is Rebecca Harlow, ESPN
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
A NEW ERA:
Can Anyone Stop Portland?
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Rapture Causes Blazer Game 7 Forfeit
The Blazers, up by 37 at halftime in their game seven of the Western Conference Finals versus the Los Angeles Lakers were forced to forfeit the game when the entire team disappeared coming out of the tunnel for the second half in the apocalyptic rapture. David Stern awarded the game in the half empty arena to the Lakers based on their ability to field their entire team.
Free Joel Freeland! (with the purchase of 1 Wafer)
Dishonored Kevin Pritchard abdicates office to Dave from BE after failing to properly utilize Sergio
Lakers Pick Up Bonzi Wells after Kobe Retires
The LA Lakers have decided to sign Bonzi Wells to a 6 year, $120 million dollar contract to replace the departed Kobe Bryant. Bryant, who has been missing after the Lakers were swept by the eventual NBA Champion Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals, was said to be extremely depressed after his team blew a 22 point lead in the fourth quarter of game four. He has been rumored to have signed with a team in China where he still has fans.
Bonzi was promised by Mitch Kupcheck to be the “go-to-guy” in Phil Jackson’s offense. The Zen Master, who continues to coach against his will as a part of the dowery for marrying Jeannie Buss, was quoted as saying, “You won the war Kobe you son of a….”
Blazermaniac Andy kicked out of Rose Garden for life
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 4:24 PM PDT reply actions
For Unknown reason's but he has been seen on state street with Isiah Rider
"It's how you play the Ga-ame..." - Greg Oden with Justin Timeberlake at the Espy's
by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 10, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Rider and BMA have both been seen rooting thru Safeway dumpsters
looking for “undented pop cans”
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 10, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Blazers forced finish game at YMCA after Oden breaks one too many backboard
“It was the only basketball court left in the city with two regulation hoops” says Coach Nate McMillan
by tingeyga on Sep 10, 2008 4:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Did he drink Pineapple juice first?
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 10, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't let em fool you fellas, its ALL about the Ring
The Portland Trailblazers enter tomorrow night first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers having swept the season series from their rivals. Los Angeles will be without Kobe Bryant again tonight as he is still in rehab for a shattered ego (think Vince Young) which occurred coincidentally on the same play that shattered the backboard in the Staples Center. A monstrous dunk by Greg Oden brought the hoop and Bryant’s self worth crashing down during the game on April 10th. Bryant was rushed to the locker room where he threw his jersey, bawled for an hour straight, asked a nearby reporter if anyone saw that then stormed out of the arena. Sources say the highlight on local news with the caption “That ain’t right” caused Bryant to sob uncontrollably and check himself into rehab under suicide watch.
The Blazers enter the playoffs this year after posting a .500 record the previous year and climbed all the way to the #1 spot to draw the 41-41 Lakers. All Stars Brandon Roy, Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge lead a promising young team on their first trip to get a ring. “Anything less than a sparkling sign of ultimate victory on my hand would be a travesty, a tragedy and a failure for my beloved fans of Portland” stated 6’11 Channing Frye. “Our focus has been and always will be getting the Buffet of Goodness one of those gorgeous NBA Championship rings. I got 10 fingers and 10 toes.. Greg and I can play 20 years right?” Frye added. Roy was more reserved. “Its the Lakers, so we know its an easy out in 4. The rest of the way may be tough, but once we get into the second round we know we have to step up our game and bring it every night.”
Speaking of rings, any fan out there watching the game against Denver saw little used reserve Nicolas Batum give his own ring. His 6 month girlfriend, who could only be identified as a mysterious “Sophia” was proposed to in the halftime ceremony at center court. “While I agreed, I told him that I wont wear this ring until he wins one for me” stated Sophia, a common poster to BlazersEdge (The most popular and intelligent Blazers blog on the internet.)
Game is tonight at 7. Buy your tickets for the second round today, because when youre playing the Lakers, you KNOW its only going to last 4!
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 10, 2008 5:14 PM PDT reply actions
Blazers Make Playoffs. NBA Issues Depends to Western Conference Teams
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 10, 2008 5:31 PM PDT reply actions
Here's the best one of them all
posted on O’live:
Posted by rajzwaibel on 09/10/08 at 5:49PM
Taco Bells files for bankruptcy after giving away too many Chalupas.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
Blazing New Trails
This new young core of talented players brings new definition to chemistry and cohesiveness……
Fea dis
Here it is...
Large Hadron Collider fires up at full speed, discovers Blazers basketball is the center of the universe
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
or better yet....
Large Hadron Collider fires up and finds ‘GODen particle’ in Portland
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Prichard Out 8-10 Weeks With Ankle Surgery
Reports from the Blazers’ Front Office indicate that he doesn’t actually need surgery, but is getting it in order to help fill the Blazers’ off-season quota / OHSU punch card and ward off any bad karma.
We Have Risen!
…The Blazers return to the playoffs and subsequent upsetting of long time rivals The Lakers signal that it’s no longer “Rise With Us” because We Have Risen!
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
Jesus in a blazers jersey as the main pic?
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 11, 2008 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
One of those ridiculous arm and knee sleeves?
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Sep 12, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Blazers of Glory.
Several years ago, the Portland Trail Blazers were a laughing stock of the NBA. A bad team on the court, and players constantly in trouble off the court. Many had understandably written them off. Great organization, gone downhill. Until some changes got made. New coach and GM. An addition of an MVP caliber player in Brandon Roy, surrounded by a great supporting cast consisting of players such as Martell Webster and Travis Outlaw. The team led by those three, romped through the regular season, swept the Fakers in 4, outscoring them by at least 20 every game, and handling Dallas and Utah on the road to a stunning sweep of the Celtics to win the title. Brandon Roy All Star, League and Finals MVP. Portland Trail Blazers 2008-09 NBA Champions. From the ashes of the Jail Blazers days, to champs. Truly Blazers of Glory.
by CanadianBlazerfan on Sep 12, 2008 8:09 PM PDT reply actions
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