I can't wait for these 10 days to pass. . .
by ryryslyry on Feb 10, 2009 9:46 PM PST
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I love Blazers Edge. I have been lurking around here for almost 2 years now. It is always the place I go to first to check up on Blazer news and to read the various opinions of other Blazer fans like myself. In the last year I have participated a little more by adding a comment or two here and there. Most of these comments are usually sarcastic or very short but I look at is as dipping my toe in the water before I jump in.
I have never written a Fanpost before, and I hate that this is my first one. I am absolutely annoyed beyond belief of all the trade speculation in the fanpost area. I look on the left sidebar and I see 8 out of 10 fanposts about trades. Although Dave has tried the Trade Drawer it obviously is not working. There are fans joining the site today to post their trade proposal, often times a proposal that has been proposed upwards of 25 times.
Like I said before I hate that this is my first fanpost, but I just have to vent about this. I can’t wait until Feb. 19. I CAN’T WAIT. Why? Because I miss my site. I miss our site. I miss the discussion about the players we have progressing, instead of discussing the players we have as valuable trade assets. I don’t mind speculation, every fan does it, but enough is enough people. Let the front office handle the trades and we can keep enjoying being fans.
I apologize if this comes off as an attack. It’s not. It’s only frustration manifesting itself in a fanpost.
I honestly do love this site very much and I hope once the deadline passes we can go back to the great conversations we had before the mad rush of trade proposals.
Feb. 19 can come no sooner
GO BLAZERS!
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dude
relax and enjoy it… this is rediculous..I’d rather read about trades than this
by winnerwinner on Feb 10, 2009 9:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
think we could get an excel spreadsheet for it?
by LicketyBrindle on Feb 10, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We could probably get Eddy Curry and cash considerations
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
by RDreamer on Feb 10, 2009 10:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Its that time of the year
Every NBA writer/blog/radioguy/news caster, is talking about trades. Oh well, just dont hurt yourself. Find your happy place!
"- It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog."
Seth: Posting and Toasting
by lethaldose on Feb 10, 2009 9:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not out of control angry
just more frustrated than anything. I know this post is a little whiney but I had to vent. Sorry to those it upsets.
by ryryslyry on Feb 10, 2009 10:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you are exhibiting what the church folk might call "righteous anger."
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec.
the site should have a “vote this fanpost off the site” function. It’s almost like ESPN’s board in here.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 10:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I agree that even though I like discussing about the "GM aspects" of the NBA it has become cluttered and repetitive
The cake is a lie. Trade the cake!
by Norsktroll on Feb 10, 2009 10:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
we've heard so much about some players for so long
gerald wallace for instance beforre his injury. and then i would check charlotte’s boxscore and find… well, not much to show much of an impact on the game.
i’m not sure if it’s the influence of fantasy sports — but people ‘fall in love’ with certain guys around the league, and then simply tout them over and over and over again.
there’s someone here who loves kirk hinrich, others who’re crazy about richard jefferson… and this gets linked to the blazers they want to trade.
ignacio
by ignacio on Feb 10, 2009 10:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I love the Pac Man
But i guess thats just me wishin I could make it rain :(
by ggassen85 on Feb 10, 2009 10:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have to agree with this Poster
or Post-i? (How should that be said and spelled? Where are my English teachers!?) I find the members who join and create like five posts on their first day discussing the same crap especially annoying. But thats just me, maybe I am in the minority.
by ggassen85 on Feb 10, 2009 10:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's not you
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
by tssbro on Feb 10, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is not just you: but they are really interested in them. Remember, conversion does not happen through
outright attack. It comes through co-opting emotional world views.
".. is gumby an alien?"
by staylost on Feb 10, 2009 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he is the poster, you are the postee
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Definately not you.
I’ve been around a little while now, but haven’t even contemplated the idea of putting my own post up. That sort of thing should be reserved for times when you have soemthintg to say that is worth reading.
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
by Seijeff on Feb 11, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Its not you
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
by tssbro on Feb 10, 2009 10:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Best part of the post-trade deadline is the calm
I agree. I like talking about what’s going on with the team we have rather than the team we want.
The cake is a lie. Do not bake it.
by blzrfan on Feb 10, 2009 10:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
when someone says "this is just a bad team right now" i have to wonder
did they think we’d be 42-8?
ignacio
by ignacio on Feb 10, 2009 10:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
My expectations for this team
have been surpassed. I thought the team would be fighting for the 8th spot before the all-star break with the tough schedule in the beginning. I figured now would be our chance to make a move with the schedule more favorable.
I am extremely please with our team so far this season.
by ryryslyry on Feb 10, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I generally agree
that repeated trade posts are not my idea of fun, but at the same time in this case I do understand them. As you point out the trade deadline is only 10 days away. I respect the feelings of people who hate Christmas music but you know, from about December 20th on I think they pretty much have to deal with it because it’s the season. That’s the analogy I’m using in my own mind to keep me sane. Also keep in mind that a trade proposal is an easy entry point for a new poster who might otherwise be intimidated posting something. You have to give a little leeway there.
—Dave
by Dave on Feb 10, 2009 10:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I know I came off a little strong
I guess I let my vexation get the best of me.
My only real complaint is the side bar being filled up. But like you said its mainly new posters and obviously they aren’t up to speed on such workings.
I apologize if I was rude.
by ryryslyry on Feb 10, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just changed my sidebar settings to show 50 fanposts
I was a little frustrated that interesting discussions disappeared is less than a day. Man, this place is active!
by Corvid on Feb 10, 2009 10:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If anyone isn't sure how to do this:
1) Click on Edit Settings on the top left of the home page.
2) Make your chages in the Number of Recent Fanposts to Display line.
(I don’t know what the default it is — 10? 15? — but it’s not enough for a site as busy as Blazers Edge.)
by Corvid on Feb 10, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not rude at all
I sighed myself a couple times today. But then it’s hard not to get caught up in the speculation. It does make you think.
—Dave
by Dave on Feb 10, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If people would restrict all the trade talk to the trade drawers
insteading of clogging up the sidebar and junk drawers with it, I would be happy(ier). This phenomenon is not restricted to newbies either, their are Bedgers who should know to keep it clean who aren’t.
All this trade hooplah has already caused one casualty among us…. how many more must fall?
"Every time a trade proposal goes up on Blazers Edge, a big man on the Blazers takes a long distance jump shot."--- Who else?
by bow4meow on Feb 11, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah the trade drawer thing just went out the window
it would likely be annoying for him to remind people on the main page of this on every other main page post, and i hope that if this continues past the trade deadline for whatever reason, that Ben and Dave just start deleting any trade post that is not the daily drawer.
Don't Redeactivate Shavlik Randolph
by appel82 on Feb 11, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
bf1
I’m certain it played a role
"Every time a trade proposal goes up on Blazers Edge, a big man on the Blazers takes a long distance jump shot."--- Who else?
by bow4meow on Feb 11, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She'll be back
She loves the Blazers, and loves Bedge. If we had played decently on the road trip, the trade talk wouldn’t have got her down.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
by jscot on Feb 11, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
She left because we found out she was dating Canzano
Release your inner Kraken
by Dragline on Feb 11, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
December 20th?
Try from at least as early as Thanksgiving Day, where I come from. But this gives me a great idea …
Let’s have the trade deadline changed to December 25. Then, in the morning, when the kids get up and run downstairs to see what Santa left them, mom and dad will scour the ’net for news about their new favorite players.
Please note that I do not intend any sleight to practitioners of other religions (or of none at all). I personally have Jewish, Muslim, and atheist friends who celebrate Christmas because it’s somehow a part of our culture here in the US, and, frankly, everybody likes getting presents. However, I encourage any who would care to try, to improve upon the basic plan I’ve outlined.
by CatMan2 on Feb 10, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
as a godless person, i'm on board. i'd even go to bed early to make the morning come faster.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 11:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't even imagine what it will be like
next Tuesday/Wednesday.
by Cablinasian on Feb 10, 2009 10:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
My prediction
There will be a lot of chatter, even if there are no blockbuster trades. Even the little trades will be mercilessly dissected into little bits.
Your friendly dissector among many dissectors, – Elgin.
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If your need something to take your mind off things, I offer this.
This is the not okay for work or kids version.
Word.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 10:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Can we trade for T-Pain…and a boat?
Ducks Go!
694, bam!
by trumpetduck on Feb 10, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think T-Pain's voice harmonizer would be allowed.
It would be considered performance enhancing.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Rudy could ride a dolphin for his dunk.
".. is gumby an alien?"
by staylost on Feb 10, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Phoenix has oceanfront?
The cake is a lie. Trade the cake!
by Norsktroll on Feb 11, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That was so stupid funny it made me cry!
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
by Seijeff on Feb 11, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also off topic
but it was funny at the reading last night to hear Mr. Shoals dropping F-bombs in front of the Blazers Edge crowd. I just felt like someone in the audience was thinking of yelling “FLAG!!”
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 10:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Were you there?
I was sitting in the corner next to a deaf guy, and in front of the author’s girlfriend. I’m pretty sure a homeless person was sitting on a bench in front of me.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russel
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hey we were right close!
the deaf guy is my friend nateinaloha, we were sitting together.
personally i found the f-bombs refreshing, like a warm summer rain. :]
i'm ready to graduate now.
kthx.
by hossticles on Feb 10, 2009 11:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you were the guy in the glasses with his lady friend, sitting in the front row?
awesome.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
by TheTinfoil on Feb 10, 2009 11:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
friendshiiiiip!
cheers.
i'm ready to graduate now.
kthx.
by hossticles on Feb 11, 2009 12:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The week before the trade deadline is always rife with speculation among fans,
but remember RLEC is probably our best chance to acquire a proven impact player for a while. So it is really quite a big deal. Ergo the unusually high amount of trade talk on this site. This site should be more normal soon enough.
by dario argento on Feb 10, 2009 10:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I didn't get hooked on the NBA because of cap room, matching salaries, luxury tax, etc.
Er, I actually got hooked on watching some of the best athletes on earth play the greatest team sport ever invented. I admit to being eager to see if KP manages to improve the team in the next week. But I tire of all the speculation and analysis.
Plus, I don’t enjoy constantly hearing Blazers referred to as “assets”—like they’re pieces of meat. That’s understandable but a bit disheartening. There’s not a guy on the current roster to whom I’d say, “Good riddance.”
So yeah: I look forward to the passing of the trade deadline and the resumption of play after the all-star break. That’s when our rested Blazers will—hopefully—make a strong stretch run to lock up their first playoff appearance since the Jailblazer days.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
by hurryup09 on Feb 10, 2009 11:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
....................At least they're no longer calling them "product"...
I don’t enjoy constantly hearing Blazers referred to as "assets"—like they’re pieces of meat.
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
by timbo on Feb 11, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that happens at every instance of fandom.
Everyone treats their objects of fascination as commodities. It is the considerate and enlightened fan who remembers that they are people.
I am a trade speculator and I think about the likelihood of these guys getting traded all the time. It is important to remember that they are humans and might not want to leave. I love Portland, I would hate to be traded. – Elgin
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard the Blazers were trading Oden to the Nuggets...
for Sonny Weems and a draft pick.
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 10, 2009 11:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sonny Weems! His PER is unreal!
ignacio
by ignacio on Feb 10, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He's LONG and has great UPSIDE!
The cake is a lie. Do not bake it.
by blzrfan on Feb 10, 2009 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol...really?
I am the eggman...they are the eggman...I am the Mermaid...Goo Goo Gajoob!!!
by PosterNutbag on Feb 10, 2009 11:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he gives me the weems
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Personally,
I really dont think there is gonna be a trade. I really dont think KP, Nate, et al, believes they are contenders to really win it all this season. KP talks alot about culture and I dont believe he lets any player who is playing regular minutes, plus Blake, Martell – go -
Has KP ever traded a player, beyond maybe a bench player close to the trade deadline? Nothing springs to mind. The parts of this team are starting to mesh though it would be really nice if they got a killer defender. Like Buck! See I’m getting sucked into this TRADE DEADLINE!!! Remember how good the Blazers got after getting Buck! He was mostly an offensive player when he was playing, and when he came here he turned into probably one of this teams best defenders in history. We already had scorers. So who’s got a guy that we can go get now – who can come in for Lamarcus – and play lock down D inside and out.
"- It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog."
Seth: Posting and Toasting
by lethaldose on Feb 11, 2009 12:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I hate (Is there a stronger word than hate?) trade proposals
I like frogs.
by Dragline on Feb 11, 2009 3:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
What if
we could work a trade for some frogs?
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
by jscot on Feb 11, 2009 4:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
As long as you include the usual trade fanpost authors in the deal.
I like frogs.
by Dragline on Feb 11, 2009 4:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How could a guy named "Boris" be worthy of trading?
I like frogs.
by Dragline on Feb 11, 2009 6:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does he look like a spider?
Or a creature assembled from spare parts?
by DonkeyShins on Feb 11, 2009 7:41 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Boris?
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 11, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that spider only has 7 legs. :)
Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
...no seriously--stop.
by nima on Feb 11, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
yes indeed.
and made 10,000 dollars
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 11, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
creepycreepycrawlycrawlycreepycreepycrawlycrawly!
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I mean you
- Thelonius Monk
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes!
I, too, am sick & tired of the trade discussions.
by DonkeyShins on Feb 11, 2009 7:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
it's all part of the game.... the players go through it, and so do we, the fans.... it's just a tough brand of business to be in... we're always under lots of pressure to post the latest.
by hotstuffdb22 on Feb 11, 2009 8:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I know your joking
But there is a huge difference between posting a legit trade rumor and rehashing one that is a month old.
I like frogs.
by Dragline on Feb 11, 2009 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you, ryry...
it’s like pulling teeth.
Let’s just get it over with already.
"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 Feb 11, 2009 9:46 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Have to agree wtih the fanpost
If only for the fact that its getting hard to sift through the trade proposals to read anything else.
I’m not meaning to gripe about the trade proposals or the people that enjoy reading them, I’d just like to see them stay in their spot so that the rest of us that don’t want to read it all don’t have to.
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
by Seijeff on Feb 11, 2009 3:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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