Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Cavaliers--Pre-Game Edition

by Dave on Dec 11, 2009 11:01 PM PST in Gameday Threads

Here you have the thread for pre-game conversation concerning tonight's contest. Is it going to be a contest? If so, how and why? Share your thoughts here. Please be respectful of each other and the site, stay mostly on-topic, and refrain from posting links to illegal feeds or asking for such links.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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Rip city fist

ALLLL Rudy Then!!!!!

by Miker Blazer on Dec 11, 2009 4:01 PM PST reply actions

Start Miller!

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:02 PM PST reply actions

Dritte!

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:02 PM PST reply actions

Is that German for third?

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions

Ja.

If I remember my German classes right. Of course, in HS I had a German teacher whose thermos had a little extra something in it….

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions

...and he wasn't even German.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions

My high school Spanish teacher wasn't anywhere near a latino

He was a white guy from New York or New Jersey or something. Spoke excellent spanish though

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions

Now that Webster is back off IR

think he’ll get another autograph from LeBron?

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:04 PM PST reply actions

(rolling eyes)

The Princess of Blazersedge

It just takes an iron fist to keep the riff raff under control and her princess hand is mad strong- Idoltime

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 11, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions

Don't you roll your eyes at me, young lady.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions

lets go blazers

try not to lose by too much, thx

The Princess of Blazersedge

It just takes an iron fist to keep the riff raff under control and her princess hand is mad strong- Idoltime

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 11, 2009 4:04 PM PST reply actions

That's the spirit!

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:05 PM PST up reply actions

Our goal is to lose by less than 15.....and play "scrappy"

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions

Genuine effort the whole game will be enough to make me happy

by southern oregon on Dec 11, 2009 4:06 PM PST reply actions

In other news,

Tiger Woods taking an “indefinite break” from golf.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:06 PM PST reply actions

much like the Blazers D

as of late.

by InGOwetrust on Dec 11, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions

He can afford to take a year off while he gets a divorce.

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions

After which he'll need to come back

and win a few tournaments.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions

in Dubai

When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Dec 11, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions

The Perfect Storm

is brewing…I think we got this one.

by InGOwetrust on Dec 11, 2009 4:07 PM PST reply actions

I like your positive outlook.

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions

Go Blazers!

#52

by bustabucket on Dec 11, 2009 4:09 PM PST reply actions

!srezalB oG

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions

"Go Trail Blazers!!"

Is what you seem to be saying

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by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions

My Facebook seems to be full of ads

for Chris Dudley running as governor.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:11 PM PST reply actions

Really? Governor of what?

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions

Oregon, apparently.

Not sure what his positions are. His FB page is full of prattle about “taking Oregon back from career politicians” and other such demagoguery, and doesn’t seem to specify any positions on the issues. I’ve heard he’s pretty conservative, though—whether he’s a moderate reasonable conservative or an “OB4M4 IS A TERR0R1ST!!” conservative, I have no idea.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions

I have met him a couple of times;

He was living in Camas, WA at the time. He is very smart and funny.

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions

Dude went to Yale.

OTOH so did George W. Bush.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions

But I believe Dudley

actually got good grades and probably even learned something, as opposed to the other guy.

"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green

by antediluvian on Dec 11, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions

Likely true.

They ought to ban legacies. Affirmative action for dumb rich white people. :)

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions

I wonder if Dud's a Bonesman?

Nah, he’d already be further along in politics if he was

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by two4larue on Dec 11, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions

The beauty of behavioral targeting.

by InGOwetrust on Dec 11, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions

Lets go Blazers

Positive Thoughts…Positive Thoughts.

Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.

Follow my twitter www.twitter.com/PDXBlazersFTW, @PDXBlazersFTW. Lots of random Blazer Posts from links I find around the blogosphere.

by lanepete on Dec 11, 2009 4:13 PM PST reply actions

I see alot of Zone

defense in our immediate future and too many minutes for Howard and not enough for Bayless.

by InGOwetrust on Dec 11, 2009 4:15 PM PST reply actions

Wow. . .

How big is your Crystal Ball?

by 77ComeBack on Dec 11, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions

Crap, looks like Mo Williams & Andy Varejao are playing after initially being reported as questionable.

There goes our level playing field.

by Norsktroll on Dec 11, 2009 4:18 PM PST reply actions

That's not fair.

#52

by Roybot on Dec 11, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions

I know. Now our players will have

to look at Varejao.

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions

In other news: Lebron is out with the stomach flu!

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions

Ooops--just kidding. Psyche!

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions

I'm not laughing

Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff.

by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions

what?

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by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions

and Shaq is retiring

been there, heard that

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by two4larue on Dec 11, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions

I'd enjoy being a fly on the wall during the Bayless conversations internally

KP is raving about him in interviews but Nate/staff won’t expand his minutes during the game. There’s a disconnect somewhere, probably between either KP and Nate, or KP and us (meaning KP is not giving us all the details).

I’d lean toward the idea that there’s more to the story than we’re hearing during interviews and press conferences.

I’d understand why Bayless would like to move on (whether or not he’s actually requested to do so). He has to think about his next contract, which will be negotiated in just over a year and a half. He needs to show some consistent ability on the court to get a bigger paycheck, but that won’t happen in 17 minutes a game against the other teams’ benches.

by Timmay! on Dec 11, 2009 4:21 PM PST reply actions

+1

#52

by jksnake99 on Dec 11, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe it's all part of an evil plot

to lowball Rex at contract time. :)

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Awesome plan. Then it would have been easier to wait and see if LaMarcus gets anything close to a max offer.

by Norsktroll on Dec 11, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions

I had a conspiracy theory that said Nate was limiting Oden's minutes (under the disguise of foul trouble) for that same reason

then he got hurt and took care of that “problem” which I “created.”

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by jksnake99 on Dec 11, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions

I'm dreading this Summer's contract negotiations with Oden

Or should I say, this Fall’s negotiations.

by Timmay! on Dec 11, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions

Don't dread on me

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by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions

yeah, wow will that be an interesting time.

I still think we’ll let him become an RFA unless we lowball him and he accepts.

#52

by jksnake99 on Dec 11, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions

I'm hoping he'll take an incentive-laden deal

But I suspect he’ll be worried enough about his future that he’ll want to secure it.

by Timmay! on Dec 11, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions

Hey, Shawn Bradley got a big paycheck

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions

way back when

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by EngineerScotty on Dec 11, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions

Of Course it is

where’s Jesse Ventura when you need him?

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by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions

There’s a disconnect somewhere, probably between either KP and Nate, or KP and us (meaning KP is not giving us all the details).

Ya think?

KP comes on 95.5 and says “yeah, Nate and I had a meeting and I told him PA wants you to start Patty Mills as soon as he’s healthy so you better get busy showcasing Blake and/or Miller”

Sometiimes we’ll hear about what “really” happened in the war room after the fact, but the less “we” know the better job the front office is doing keeping their “leaks” stopped up

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by two4larue on Dec 11, 2009 4:38 PM PST up reply actions

Oh no disagreement on KP playing it close to the vest

Like I said, I’d like to know the real story on this one.

by Timmay! on Dec 11, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions

hopefully Grandpa Hubie will be nice about the Blazers and make us feel better about all the injuries

#52

by jksnake99 on Dec 11, 2009 4:22 PM PST reply actions

The JD wont load past 2:00 pm

And the site in general is really slow

by southern oregon on Dec 11, 2009 4:23 PM PST reply actions

it's your hamster

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by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions

Ok for me...

maybe your neighbor is hijacking your bandwidth for euro porn

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by RenoBlazerFan on Dec 11, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions

I'll be done by the tip.

AK1984.
Mortimer.
Norsktroll.

by L-TrainFTW! on Dec 11, 2009 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

Philly all over Houston early.

#52

by jksnake99 on Dec 11, 2009 4:28 PM PST reply actions

So... who's ready for the snow?

by M'sin.. on Dec 11, 2009 4:29 PM PST reply actions

WOOOooo000oooOOOooo000oooOOOT

Travis Outlaw, the Funnel Cake of the Blazers

by 22baylor on Dec 11, 2009 4:31 PM PST reply actions

ooootway oooootway!!

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by bow4meow on Dec 11, 2009 4:31 PM PST reply actions

make lebron shoot jumpers!

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