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I never understand this guy, he seems to always just miss "it". In this column he states that
"Complicating matters for the Blazers, who still have some holes in their defense and perimeter shooting,..."

Ok maybe we can say the defense isn't great yet, (although the last 2 months of the season it has been great, allowing the team to finish 13th out of 30 with a defensive rating of 107.8) the blazers have been amoung the top perimeter shooting teams all season! It is almost as if Mr. Stein watch a Blazer game in October and didn't see another game.
Maybe I am too sensitive, but his stuff just gets to me, because there is always something that is so off base it just makes the whole piece garbage to read, even if the rest of the column is decent, (which this mostly is).

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I wonder how much of this team he has watched this season

I think he just sees the highlights and reads the boxscores

by trailblazersfan on Apr 16, 2009 5:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

For the umpteenth time

let me state that many reporters make stuff up as they go along or simply repeat the utterances of other reporters. Why does this happen? Better ask an active and honest reporter for an answer but good luck getting an answer on this topic. Reporters are regularly caught red handed fabricating stories. This case and nearly anything with the name Greg Oden is an example of mindless repeats of other reporters.

by oregonslee on Apr 16, 2009 5:59 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

too true.

never let the truth get in the way of an easy story.
(that’s too harsh, but sadly often true.)

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Apr 17, 2009 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even a quick perusal of the stats

Shows we’re a good outside shooting team. Ya don’t even gotta watch.

I think he admitted he hadn’t watched much Blazers this year. He’s too busy writing poetry about Dirk and Nash to pay attention to a good team.

There’s only 30 teams to follow. Ya don’t need to know everything about every team, but if you’re gonna write something about some team, just look up the basics. It ain’t hard. From Roy’s 38%, Blake, Rudy, Outlaw, hell even Batum hit 37%… we rely on it too much because it’s a strength, not a weakness.

This sort of laziness gets me as well, especially from pro writers.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Apr 16, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

fun fact of the day:

we’re tied with pheonix for the 4th best 3pt fg% in the league at .383.

"We really don't reference the rulebook." ~Joe Borgia, NBA VP of referee operations, to Henry Abbot regarding the calling (or lack thereof) of traveling.

by postup on Apr 16, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dislike Mark Stein

bayless leaves over my dead body

by thomasikehara on Apr 16, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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