I Must Confess
by Dave on Apr 17, 2009 5:21 PM PDT
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PrintThis is just a personal note, maybe not fit to be with all of the other notes and news right below, but I've got to say it anyway...
Tomorrow is the playoffs and I am PUMPED! Amped. Geeked. Whatever you want to call it there's electricty running through everything today. Gavin Dawson suggested this morning that we could maybe fill an hour in studio during the series. If somebody stuck a microphone in front of my face right this minute I could probably fill the next 16 hours of programming without taking a breath. Blazers...playoffs...OHHHH yeah!
Obviously this place is going to be HOPPING tomorrow. I have been thinking about the rest of the series preview all day...for the last few days really. I'm doing everything I can to spend time with my family instead of writing it right NOW! Be sure and join us for all of the fun. Things should start rolling in around midnight tonight and it'll just keep going from there.
I counted up the game threads we split the final game of the season into. I think we ended the day with, what? Well over 5000 comments? Think that'll happen tomorrow?
I hope you're all as excited as I am. Needless to say, if you're wearing anyting but black, red, and white TAKE IT OFF. This is the PLAYOFFS. These are the BLAZERS. This...is...IT!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy the experience. I intend to milk it for every single second.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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As in 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COMCAST SUCKS!!
"Let's win the playoffs!!!!!"- Rudy Fernandez
Bring on Cleveland
I mean, after Houston, LA, and Denver.
WOOHOOO!!!
go blazers!!! I just bought another blazer t-shirt today especially for the playoffs. Its a BRoy one to give him extra good luck for his first playoff run.
I Blazersedge daily, nightly and ever so rightly.
Dave...are you saying we are pulling an "all nighter" like Nate?
I’m in…too nervous/excited to sleep!
Go Blazers!!!!
To go out and ruin somebody's dreams like that, it feels real good," Oregon receiver Jaison Williams.
I'm losing sleep over it...
I have playoff tix and have never been to a playoff game before…
Here is my Playoff mode signature, that I thought up myself: "Just Do It".
I'd like to add an alternative caption for that photo
“Greg: Come on guys, act like you’ve been here before.”
His stoic look while the others are celebrating is really funny.
Myself, I’m feeling… calm. I’m not sure if it’s just been so long that I’ve changed perspective, or if I’m surprised we’re playing the Rockets, or what. But the time passing feels normal, and I’m just ready to see some playoff action, finally.
But I’ll be loud tomorrow night. :)
Tomorrow is going to be a mess.
My wife could hardly put up with me as it is. But playoffs! I’ll be unbearable. I told her that it would all be over sometime in June. :p
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G O B L A Z E R S ! ! !
I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team.
""If I'm playing this game to get media and attention, I shouldn't be here," Aldridge said. "I'm here to play basketball, and do what I can do to help this team win."
The Blazers are going to do good things
by NateMcMillan's Suit on Apr 17, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions
The Rose Garden was SO loud against Denver...
i can’t even imagine how loud it will be tomorrow night…
GO BLAZERS!
"I don't know Twitter" - Rudy Fernandez
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Apr 17, 2009 5:38 PM PDT reply actions
We need to seriously spank Houston!
Put some fear into those L@kers.
COMCAST SUCKS!!
Let's win the playoffs!!!!!
Love it when these guys get all amped up...
Dave, Rudy, Serge, Trav, Frye and look at Greg… he can hardly contain himself!
A lot more of this to come… looking forward to this show starting up… wish I could spend a bit of time between Portland and Hood River right now but I guess my memories and watching games on the internet will have to suffice!
Greggie O', hehe
His sinusesssssss, were holdin’ him back, hehe
Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around
by Lizzy Lowblow on Apr 18, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Black, Red, White
I’m flipping out! I’m flunking grad skool cuz of this! I can’t focus! I’m thinking of running down the street naked I got a bit of o’ WHITE (gray hair) in my hair, BLACKish hair on my chest, and REDdish hair from waist down. Wooooooot!!!
Well, TS for you, just showing my true colors, join the spirit, uh robot?
by OCDBlazerFan on Apr 17, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Grad school is overated. just get a job!
says guy who is in year 8 of a BSEE.
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
Right on, Dave!!!
I’m right there with you!
GO BLAZERS!!! RIP CITY, BABY!!!
CHEERS!!!
But I like to be here. Oh, I like it a lot! Said the Cat in the Hat. To the fish in the pot.
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Apr 17, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions
I am excited for all the die hard Blazer fans I have "met" in here and at the games
I am more excited even for the guys who get to play this out..
and the management who wove this crew together…
I have quite a personal connection to this gang – - – for me it’s like watching my kids high school team…
It is a good thing for the NBA in general that a team made of people you would bring home to meet your mama – - can succeed …without the monster egos, without the flash and bling, without selling their souls…
""Look. I can touch the rim on my tippy toes.. " – Greg Oden
My girlfriend hates me.
I have been trolling BE, Dream Shake, The Oregonian, ESPN, SI and NBA sites for the better part of two days and I usually have Sportscenter on just in case something new pops ha ha.
She is praying for a Blazer loss. But the gods shall not listen, they will deliver doom upon the Rockets. And I shall be there at Game 1 for my first non Jazz Playoff game.
So it will be.
YELLOW Mamba?! Really?
sounds like you need to upgrade
any woman who prays for a blazers lost is doomed to eternally live somewhere on the river styx between the underworld and houston (yeah i know, actually houston is like portland in it’s food rich culture and metropolitan ways)
Perhaps PRAYING was to strong
She just wants to hear something other than Blazermania and I just can’t seem to discuss anything else right now.
YELLOW Mamba?! Really?
There IS
nothing else right now.
Are you SURE she’s the right one for you?
"Those were the Blazers' margins of victory while taking 10 of their final 11 games. They weren't just beating teams, folks, they were beating the holy hell out of them." - J. Hollinger, 4-17-09
Flagged for suspicion of being a Warriors or Kings fan - or even a L@ker
And if you need it hyphy
I take it to the Bay
Frisco to Sac-town
They do it everyday
Compton to Hollywood
As soon as I hit L.A.
I’m in that low, low
I do it the Cali way
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
Seriously.
All joking aside.,..;
there are WAY too many fanposts
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Apr 17, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
What am I complaining about?
Go Blazers.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Apr 17, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Well said Dave!
I’m definitely giddy just thinking about being inside the Rose Garden tomorrow for the first playoff game in years. Go Blazers!
Woe is me
Thank you so much NBA schedule makers for starting the Blazer vs. Rockets game at the only time I can’t possibly watch. I would skip work to watch this game or blow off any social visit, but there are some things you just can’t skip and Sunday happens to be Orthodox Easter, so that means Saturday night around 11:00 pm I will be in church. Since the game starts at 10:30 pm that means I will be able to watch basically none of it. I’ve been waiting so many years for the Blazers to be good again and the game is scheduled during the most important service of the year. So depressing….
by trailblazersfan on Apr 17, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions
I recommend setting up a beamer to project the game
Must fun service EVER! The congregation would grow, good role models would be shown that spread the “good news”, and that’s the main intention, right?
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
I've been stuck at home with the flu the last two days, and I'm not going to be able to go to the first round.
The BEdger previously known as BR7formvp.
Nah I'd rather stay home and watch from the comfort of my own couch than feel miserable at the game. There's always the Semis.
The BEdger previously known as BR7formvp.
by L-TrainFTW! on Apr 17, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
i need something to distract me from blazermania
i think i’ll go to the park and work on my travis outlaw, stream of consciousness jumpers.
I haven't touched a rock in years
So with renewed aspirations I went to the park and shot some hoops solo….I’ve been more embarrassed…but I don’t remember when.
YELLOW Mamba?! Really?
I share your enthusiasm too!!!
I AM ABSOLUTELY AMPED UP BEYOND BELIEF!
This feels like the beginning of something special! I’m just absolutely depressed i can’t kick my feet up at home and watch every single game in HD on my 55" of glory. Dang school and work just seems to get in the way of all my joy. =(
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
I'm staying up late tonight to write a paper
Because there is NO WAY I’m going to be productive tomorrow…
Proud member of Duck nation!
Sadly, no. I'm an 8 year undergrad.
But only 3 semesters away!
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
I have a question that I have not seen you cover yet: Do the same roster rules still apply? Wasn't formerly the roster shortened by 3 players for the playoffs?
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
I'm almost positive that we had to set a playoff roster
draft dejuan blair
by Cablinasian on Apr 17, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I found a news on NBA.com that in 2006 there was a rule change allowing 13 players on a playoff roster, with 1 deactivated before each game
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
Which in our case should mean: Raef and Martell permanently deactivated, and everyone else potentially usable
Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.
right
the roster had to be set on the sixteenth… so it looks like we have the services of Shav and Ruffin.
draft dejuan blair
by Cablinasian on Apr 18, 2009 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Does that mean that Martell wouldn't recieve a ring if we win a championship?
The BEdger previously known as BR7formvp.
by L-TrainFTW! on Apr 18, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Freakin psyched!!!
I’m absolutely pumped! Talkin to people at work today and everyone stoked for tomorrow night! Drivin to work, i passed a lumber yard with a big marquee that read “GO BLAZERS!!!! RIP CITY!”
BINGO BANGO BONGO!
Oh how I wish the Schonz were still doing radio games…..
Proud member of Duck nation!
OHHHH yeah!
PLAY OFFS! We’re talkin’ ’bout PLAYOFFS!
Yeah Baby!
We are talkin’ ’bout The PLAYOFFS!!!
GO BALZERS!
Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around
by Lizzy Lowblow on Apr 18, 2009 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
This teams age of innocence
Begins tomorrow. And isn’t ever coming back this way.
Enjoy every single step of the way.
The Oden Era, Day 665 +1
As I told a friend yesterday
I feel like a little kid on the night before they invented Christmas.
"It all depends on where his growth will come and we think his growth will come within us" -- Kevin Pritchard on Jerryd Bayless
I am more pumped than I have ever been
Except maybe for the 1989 and especially the 1992 finals when I was growing up….The 2000 WCF team didn’t excite me because we were expected to be there. This feels like a joy ride and I don’t want to EVER get off…
Proud member of Duck nation!
I agree with that
And i also never felt connected to ANY of the players on that team. It seemed like a group of mercaneries to me. Still wearing the right uniform, I just didn’t really know, or care for that matter, about anyone on that team!!
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
i was excited just to see the ENTIRE crowd excited
against the nuggets. i mean in normal regular season games the first few rows are appreciative with clapping for good play and a few yellers, but against the nuggets i saw plenty of people in the first few rows standing up. and the noise from the upper levels was unbelieveable.
gotta admit
I was watching an ESPN show on the playoffs and they were going through all the different match ups when my buddy came by and wanted to know if I wanted to go to dinner. I did but I debated staying to see what they had to say about the Blazers/Rockets series, then almost DVRed the rest of the show so I could watch the two minutes of commentary on the Blazers. I did neither but the point is I am way too excited to see the playoffs this year.
Go Blazers, can’t wait for tomorrow.
If the blazers miraculously by some twist of fate.....
Won the NBA Championship…. What would you do?
Start Bedging about the repeat
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
?
No, I meant that’s what I would do. After celebrating my head off for a month, I’d hit the Bedge and post about the repeat for the next 11 months.
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
And "Bedge" is the now-universal noun/verb for anything happening on Blazer's Edge
Hence, Bedging. Also shown as “BEdge”
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
I will probably just pee myself and shout real, real, real, real loud and jump around like a dad-gummed fool!
it would lead my Neighbors here in San Diego to maybe call the police as they may think I am going crazy! But it would be totally worth it!
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
with a name like that i wouldn't have taken you for a religious type
But lemme know how the monestary treats ya!
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
Woooot wooot!
Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around
by Lizzy Lowblow on Apr 18, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Confession Is Good For The Sole :-)
Dave
I just can’t wait either and my wife has made me listen to the radio in my shop….
Blazer’s in 5
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot." - Bill Russell
Late start? Hah!
I’ll be getting up at 5:30 in the morning on Sunday, my only day off of the week, to watch the game on Armed Forces Network in Baghdad. Rip City Returns ’Round the World!
Just a rocket fan stopping by to say
GET READY FOR A BIG SURPRISE TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!
Positional Matchups:
PG – Even
SG – Blazers
SF – Rockets
PF – Blazers
C – Rockets
Bench – Even
Coach – Rockets
Rockets in 6
Waiting for the day Houston gets some sports respect.
Bench-Blazers
Coach-Even
Blazers in 5!
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
Ya stoled Our Coach
He is still a Blazer at heart.
Our Team (The PTB) GO BALZERS!
Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around
by Lizzy Lowblow on Apr 18, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Crowd-Blazers..... by a margin of trillions... easy win ;)
"They didn't know it was impossible, so they did it"
I hope everyone here can keep their heads if we lose a home game
as it’s actually pretty rare that everything goes as predicted or planned. Coaching strategems will be a much bigger part of the story game to game than during the regular season. Someone unexpected often comes through big in a way no one could have foreseen. We’re going to become awfully familiar with the Rockets during this next week.
ignacio
Rasheed said it best last season.
“That team is years away from the playoffs. Years.”
Portland Trail Blazers, Future World Champions 2010-2021.
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