RAMBO! (credit SalemORguy from BLAZERSEDGE)

by osu_fugitive on Oct 7, 2009 1:00 PM PDT

UPDATE: Credit goes to SalemORguy from Blazersedge, should this catchphrase make a name this season, NOT ImBlazzin as I originally posted. Know that I'm working on a 2 color stencil shirt for this whole idea and will most likely be making some money on it too! –So get ahold of me SalemORguy, -email keith@zeroninelab.com

I'm sure many of you read the post on Oregonlive about this starting lineup and moniker as posted by ImBlazzin on that site:

RAMBO – Roy : Aldridge : Miller : Batum : Oden

Perfect.

Just wanted everyone else to see your creation on Oregonlive. Nate needs to start the 5 most talented guys on the roster, period. (And those of you who would argue for Webster, realize that Batum's defense is way more important in the starting lineup than coming off the bench)

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/10/blazers_insider_mcmillan_faces.html

Lets get this freakin season underway already!

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I don't see how this can't catch on

I love RAMBO

Hello Dum Dum

by ryryslyry on Oct 7, 2009 1:12 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, this is catchy!! But if Martell starts, we call it RAMMO...

EIther way, it’ll work nice….

by westpdx on Oct 7, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions

Last names, Cheif.

It’d be RAMWO… which doesn’t exactly make sense.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Oct 7, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I meant Chief.

I suck.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Oct 7, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah, MO'WAR doesn't have the same hook

by shralpster on Oct 7, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Start Blake too, and we're back to RAMBO again

As author of Da BOM (Blazer Optimist Manifesto), I hereby certify that we will win 62 games in the regular season. Disagree at your peril.

by jscot on Oct 7, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Cunningham
Howard
Aldridge
Miller
Przybilla

"Goals are good. Plans are better." -Ben.

by Sabonis4Ever on Oct 7, 2009 1:33 PM PDT reply actions

um, BARFO?

Bayless
Aldridge
Roy
Fernandez
Oden

My team went to the playoffs in my first year.

by pxilpooshr on Oct 7, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

you know it!

by rip_city_swagger on Oct 7, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

At the press conference..

after games where they start slow but end up blowing out the other team, Roy can sit at the table ignoring questions with a thousand yard stare muttering “They drew first blood, man, they drew first blood…”

by davidbowie on Oct 8, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

BOOBS

Numerically Blazers Edge is #25

by Outlaw is Rejector on Oct 7, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

who is "S"?

I heart taxes.

by everett on Oct 7, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions

ummm no one

it just needed to be said.

Numerically Blazers Edge is #25

by Outlaw is Rejector on Oct 7, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

hahahah... :)

… :)

I don't hate the Lakers, I hate their stupid fans.

by In Walks Rudy on Oct 7, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it was Steve...

Bayless, Outlaw, Oden, Batum, Steve…

by Ilikeemall on Oct 7, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions

I was at the FanFest . . .

and I still think Blake will be the starter. I’ll agree that Miller may have
more PG creative skills and post up moves, but he will have the ball in
his hands a LOT and that hurts BRoy’s productivity. Blake is a better fit
with Roy (ala Jordan with John Paxson), but I belive that they will both play
22 to 28 minutes depending on matchup and 4th quarter finish.
Does it really matter who starts ? It may to the players, but if we are truly
going to be a TEAM, I hope this is not the mindset. It’s how we finish !

Blake – Excellent A/TO ratio, good spacing, excellent 3 pt shooting as an outlet
              for Roy drive and kick & post guys.
Miller – Creative with ball, very good post PG, medium range game/drive very good,
             but will take away some of Roy’s strengths.
         * Niether are very good on defense – Average to below average.

It's GO time !

by walkoff41 on Oct 7, 2009 2:39 PM PDT reply actions

Millers defense is much better than Blakes as far as I could see last night. Miller was calling out rotations, and directing the D.

It’s not even close in my mind. Miller is leagues better than Blake, and will play much more minutes.

by dario argento on Oct 7, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes sir.

Neither are very quick on D anymore, but Miller can guard 2’s, fights through picks, and actually directs the defense. Hollinger had him rated only slightly behind Hinrich on defense last season. Since quicker PG’s kill everyone now, it’s really the stronger point guards who are a bonus on defense. Blake can’t defend Tony Parker very well and neither can Miller, but Miller can guard Billups and Kidd just fine, while Blake can’t.

“Kirk Hinrich (-6.09) re-established himself as one of the league’s better defenders in the backcourt after missing some time with an injury, though you wish he wouldn’t leave his feet quite so much. I’ve never thought quite as highly of Andre Miller (-4.40) or Raymond Felton (-2.36), but each defended both backcourt spots more than adequately and their strong adjusted plus-minus numbers warrant a shout-out here, too "-Hollinger

by Nick Van Excellent on Oct 7, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Millers D looked suspect to me, but I hope you're right

by cantdunk on Oct 8, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

D is about hustlin....

You want me to hustle during PRACTICE??

Blazers: RUN away with the title!

KP: Please don't trade the next decade's Scottie Pippen (Batum), Spanish Larry Bird (Rudy), Bill Russell (GO) or Captain BRoy - at least until they 3-peat..

by Visionary2 on Oct 8, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe most important - the ability to feed the post and Greg

From all indications Andre excels at this while Steve in past years has been very limited.

Greg is our most important offensive weapon. Why?

1. He forces a double team down low opening up the outside for easy open shots.

2. He appears ready to be our most efficient scorer. I would not be shocked to see him above 60% FG% and his FT% at over 75% (83.3% last night) brings his TS% to the top (Last year Nene led the league with 64.5% TS% shooting 60.4% FG% and 72.3% FT%.).

3. Greg’s presence disrupts defensive schemes against Roy – with Andre on the floor nobody can double Roy in the backcourt without Andre and Greg making them pay. Roy will be more efficient as will all the shooters.

4. The slam dunk is an emotional boost for the team and a deflater for the opponent. It takes home crowds out of t5he game and brings home crowds to life. With the threat of a slam from Greg the defense sell out to stop him leading to point #5.

5. Greg will cause serious foul problems for opposing bigs if he gets the ball on the block consistently.

This offense needs to run through Greg. Andre appears to be the right point guard for Greg. Whichever unit Greg plays with calls for Andre as well. I am a loyalist to Steve. I want Steve to win this competition – but so far there is early indication that it is not a contest.

RAMBO works for me!

"Either way we have two phenomenal units. I'm excited to play with either one." - Martell Webster

by lee3022 on Oct 7, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Music to my ears!

This offense needs to run through Greg

Rec! And another rec for Andre paired with Greg…

Personally, I hope they both are on the 2nd unit… what an incredible weapon…

Blazers: RUN away with the title!

KP: Please don't trade the next decade's Scottie Pippen (Batum), Spanish Larry Bird (Rudy), Bill Russell (GO) or Captain BRoy - at least until they 3-peat..

by Visionary2 on Oct 9, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions

I get all these points

But in a way, I think it’s selling both Brandon and Andre short. These are both very talented players, and both are credited with having really high BBIQs. Brandon has been good at doing what he does because that is what he HAD to do. Do I think it’ll take some serious adjustment on his part to figure out how to make this work? Sure. Do I get the feeling there is a little reticence on his part based on comfort level? Sure. But Brandon hasn’t played with a point guard who can make things happen like Dre. I really think in time he’ll warm up to the idea once he sees some of the doors Miller can open for him.

Remember all the doubles and triples that Brandon started getting thrown at him last year. You just can’t play like that forever. I see them playing together where Brandon becomes the second wave point guard if Andre doesn’t work magic in the first 10 seconds. And if the game is on the line at the end? Sure run a one, four Brandon play as usual and have Dre set the screen and then get into midrange where he’s money. We don’t have to take the ball all the way out of Brandon’s hands to make this work. Just give Dre the earlier part of the shot clock and Brandon the later. It’s still better than a less creative point burning part of the clock (Still love you Blake, though).

Seriously, this will work with two smart players when they get to know one another.

by Dunemonkey on Oct 7, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes.

Brandon becomes the second wave point guard if Andre doesn’t work magic in the first 10 seconds

RUN with Dre, then if that doesn’t work… hey, how ’bout letting our best 1:1 player give it a shot… Works for me…

Blazers: RUN away with the title!

KP: Please don't trade the next decade's Scottie Pippen (Batum), Spanish Larry Bird (Rudy), Bill Russell (GO) or Captain BRoy - at least until they 3-peat..

by Visionary2 on Oct 9, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought somebody on BEdge came up with RAMBO last night...

Could of swore I saw it last night during the second half live thread Ben was hosting… The
O-live thing posted after midnight… Guess I dreamt that… Oh Well!!!

GO BLAZERS!!!

by Ilikeemall on Oct 7, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah

I posted it in the game thread last night, but I don’t need the credit for it, I just like that it might catch on

by SalemORguy on Oct 7, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Well you are due the credit

I saw your post last night and today comes the copy:

Posted by ImBlazzin
October 07, 2009, 12:35AM

R-A-M-B-O That is the Blazers Starters Roy-Aldridge-Miller-Batum-Oden.

Nate stop thinking about the 54 games you won last season, that’s in the past and this is a new season.

GO BLAZERS

Nice work!

"Either way we have two phenomenal units. I'm excited to play with either one." - Martell Webster

by lee3022 on Oct 7, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions

You own this.

And it makes me giggle. Thanks!

My team went to the playoffs in my first year.

by pxilpooshr on Oct 7, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Umm something weird that I hope doesn't go beyond this site

was I happened to notice that our end of game line-up for a lot of games last year had funky first initials.

Greg
Lamarcus
Brandon
Steve
Travis

You're saying that they look like they're giving it their all. And you know why they look that way? Because they're bad, and it literally takes them the maximum physical effort to accomplish basic baseball tasks like throwing the ball from short to first. When David Eckstein throws the ball to first base, he has to wind up like a shot-putter, spin around forty-three times, and launch it at an angle 89 degrees from the horizontal. Afterwards, he undergoes an IV drip for a fortnight and he's so out of breath that he requires several months of acupuncture to regain the power of speech. For this we laud him. -Junior of Deadspin on 'scrappy' players

by TheOdenator on Oct 7, 2009 4:25 PM PDT reply actions

I would take that set of letters and turn it into.....

THE GREASED LIGHTNING BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
LMA Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I <3 LMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMA - Putting the POWER in POWER FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The concussion must have jarred him into "Destroy All Opposition Terminator Mode!" - BlazersOrBust

by LaMarvelous on Oct 7, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

bowchicabow wow

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

"I told Pau the Lakers never win here in Portland; I think it's great." -- Rudy Fernandez

by ratbastird on Oct 8, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions

You might want to think about changing your title to give credit where due to SalemORguy (see thread above)

Who clearly posted long before the Oregonlive guy.

starting lineup…RAMBO

Roy
Aldridge
Miller
Batum
Oden

by SalemORguy on Oct 6, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 12 recs

Notice the rec’s and the date and time

Compared with:

Posted by ImBlazzin
October 07, 2009, 12:35AM

R-A-M-B-O That is the Blazers Starters Roy-Aldridge-Miller-Batum-Oden.

Nate stop thinking about the 54 games you won last season, that’s in the past and this is a new season.

GO BLAZERS

"Either way we have two phenomenal units. I'm excited to play with either one." - Martell Webster

by lee3022 on Oct 7, 2009 10:55 PM PDT reply actions

Not sure where the credit belongs, but this was a post from Norsk in the junk drawer almost 3 weeks ago

RT @fox12oregon The Blazers’ potential starting lineup spells RAMBO = Roy Aldridge Miller Batum Oden

Welcome Juwan Howard. I hate you (from your time with the Mavs).

by Norsktroll on Sep 17, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by Corvid on Oct 8, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions

Norsk. is. everywhere.

Does he sleep, or just be a genius 24 hours a day???

by Rudiculous on Oct 8, 2009 1:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Not so fast

Can’t wait to see the Rambo offense

Roy
Aldridge
Miller
Batum
Oden

Tony Bennett reports that Minnesota and Portland are swapping draft picks — Roy to Portland, Foye to Minnesota. That’s it? That’s the trade? None of the ESPN guys seem remotely fazed. I knew Kevin McHale couldn’t just pick the best guy in the draft without somehow screwing it up. I would have bet my Ndudi Ebi rookie cards on it.

by Salem Stephen on Jul 25, 2009 12:59 PM HST reply actions 0 recs

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/7/25/962357/andre-miller-preliminary-thoughts#18688355

by tominhawaii on Oct 8, 2009 3:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Hold on, I found this in the archives...

It was way back there, but I think this is clearly the earliest reference:

And the Lord spoke ‘Under the name of RAMBO shall they go forth; and thy enemies shall tremble; thy adversaries be out rebounded; and thy rivals be viciously dunked on.’

My boss is a Jewish carpenter

by John on Sept 2, 89AD 11:29 PM HST reply actions 12.3 billion recs

Now granted he does NOT actually call out the Blazers or spell out the acronym so technically he could have been predicting the original movie (or book). But the basketball references seem pretty clear to me.

by matthewcc on Oct 8, 2009 5:49 AM PDT up reply actions

by tominhawaii on Oct 8, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions

by R.A.M.B.O on Oct 8, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions

Or...

D ante’s Inferno
U me Idoka
N ic Batum
K P (gotta give him some love)

M iller
O den
N ic
S teve
T rout
A ldridge

Blazers: RUN away with the title!

KP: Please don't trade the next decade's Scottie Pippen (Batum), Spanish Larry Bird (Rudy), Bill Russell (GO) or Captain BRoy - at least until they 3-peat..

by Visionary2 on Oct 9, 2009 12:10 AM PDT reply actions