Media Day Live Chat Today

by Lance Uppercut on Mar 25, 2009 9:17 AM PDT

We'll be doing live video chats with the players throughout the day, in a simalar fashion to what we did prior to the start of the season. You can follow along here. Bayless already rolled through (sorry ben!) but we'll have most of the players throughout the day.

Send in your questions, comments, ect. I'll be in there chatting for most of the day so if for some reason you actually have a question for me, go ahead and ask. Name dropping Blazer's Edge is not only permitted, but encouraged.

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Team building question

Generic question for anyone/everyone.

It goes along the lines of “what do players study to make themselves a better team?”

Do they read team building books and learn about different styles of communication, conflict, accountability, results? Do they read or watch video on stars of the past and figure out what moves they did, strategies used, how conflicting personalities gelled?

I know the guys practice moves, I know they have a good sense of team, although until lately they didn’t hold each other accountable like they should have been. The ability to have conflict is part of the team, and a strong team survives and becomes better because that conflict helps people find the best solution and at least creates communication so people can be aware of issues.

So, outside of practicing basic moves, what do these guys (coaches and players) do to improve their mental toughness and strategy on the floor? I know you feel it when you’re out there, but you have to practice moves a lot to be able to naturally feel it too.

paraphrase or whatever, that’s my question.

The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.

by ratbastird on Mar 25, 2009 9:38 AM PDT reply actions

Basically I'm looking for

how does the team work form, how is it grown, and what these guys do to learn the game besides just jump shooting. What do they look for when they review tapes? what do they see?

The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.

by ratbastird on Mar 25, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Sweet

Joel answered my question.

by tominhawaii on Mar 25, 2009 9:39 AM PDT reply actions

Then I axed if he ever had a mullet and the man censored me.

by tominhawaii on Mar 25, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

They censored me too

when I asked if he and Rudy argued because he kept calling Rudy Sergio.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Mar 25, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions

He would look good with a mullet

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Mar 25, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Censored me too.

“For Sergio and Bayless: has your relationship been affected by the fight for the backup PG position, if exists?”
Not cool and bad grammar, probably.

Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16

by amlmart1 on Mar 25, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

me too

I just asked if greg was doing anything special because he is starting to look younger. Or maybe he is the real Benjamin Button.

Not cool Casey

"It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most" Buck Williams

"and if EVERYONE confronted with a tough, disgusting situation pulled out, I don't think I would have been born." Mortimer

by Fund A Mental on Mar 25, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Same here....

But his shoes are too big…….I was hoping to get the hook up………

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on Mar 25, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

He gets Rudy and Sergio mixed up all the time.

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Mar 25, 2009 9:44 AM PDT reply actions

Someone need to ask Travis about

Starkville’s Jasmine Murray on American Idol. I might miss Outlaw when I’m on the bus ride home.

by tominhawaii on Mar 25, 2009 9:51 AM PDT reply actions

Sweet, Casey also confirmed Ben's/Amlmart's sign language about B-Roy

So in the future we hope for more than Nate swinging his fist late in games? ;-)

by Norsktroll on Mar 25, 2009 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

im coming for you casey… bout to roll down to the RG!!!

Blazers Edge.com

by Ben Golliver on Mar 25, 2009 10:07 AM PDT reply actions

Ask Roy or some other player if he would have preferred Durant so we can settle that once and for all :)

by Norsktroll on Mar 25, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions

it would be nice

if we could hear the questions

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, with my sons

by johnv59 on Mar 25, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

woulda been nice if this actually linked to something...all i got was dead space

"Sergio and I obtained chalupas to understand their power. Then Sergio showed that each one has 427 calories and 27 grams of fat. Leaping upwards, we reviled the accursed chalupa and its pressure. – Rudy Fernandez

by LetsBlaze on Mar 25, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions

Shav was boring

dude doesn’t do anything. I hope he likes to read at least

"It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most" Buck Williams

"and if EVERYONE confronted with a tough, disgusting situation pulled out, I don't think I would have been born." Mortimer

by Fund A Mental on Mar 25, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions

he has an interesting accent

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, with my sons

by johnv59 on Mar 25, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I felt bad for him

When someone asked who his BFF was he said, “Probably Channing because we live in the same building.”

by tominhawaii on Mar 25, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

this is pretty cool

you have to open both viewers on the page to see the vid and the questions

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, with my sons

by johnv59 on Mar 25, 2009 1:30 PM PDT reply actions