Barrett Fires 'Em Up
by Dave on Apr 4, 2009 10:25 AM PDT
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PrintHead over and read this story from Mike Barrett about how emotion sometimes does play a role in victory. Or at least in crushing victories.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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if only we could switch places with okc
just to see what we’ve been missing. you know, inspiring victories, uplifting team chemistry, playoffs, a dominant home record…
great piece, mike.
i'm ready to graduate now.
kthx.
I love it!!! That what happens when you talk smack about our Blazers!!!!
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LMA - Putting the POWER in POWER FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMA Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I <3 LMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
36:12 Mins, 11-16 FGs, 7-8 FTs, +22, 3 Off, 12 Rebs, 2 Ast, 3 Blks, 29 Points!!! LMA vs Suns 3-26-09
34:30 Mins, 10-16 FGs, 6-6 FTs, +27, 1 Off, 5 Rebs, 2 Ast, 1 Blk, 26 Points!!! LMA vs Jizz 3-31-09
38:55 Mins, 14-24 FGs, 7-8 FTs, +30, 7 Off, 18 Rebs, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 35 Points!!!! LMA vs OKC 4-3-09
Just outta curiosity....
did you intentionally misspell “Jazz” as “Jizz” on your signature?
Blazers win!
Yeh...he did
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Apr 4, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
92wty knows me as well as anyone here on BEdge....
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LMA - Putting the POWER in POWER FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMA Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I <3 LMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
36:12 Mins, 11-16 FGs, 7-8 FTs, +22, 3 Off, 12 Rebs, 2 Ast, 3 Blks, 29 Points!!! LMA vs Suns 3-26-09
34:30 Mins, 10-16 FGs, 6-6 FTs, +27, 1 Off, 5 Rebs, 2 Ast, 1 Blk, 26 Points!!! LMA vs Jizz 3-31-09
38:55 Mins, 14-24 FGs, 7-8 FTs, +30, 7 Off, 18 Rebs, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 35 Points!!!! LMA vs OKC 4-3-09
LaMarvelous I don't like your sig
I mean if you look through a season for any player you can find some good lines.
What’s that? Those are all in the last 2 weeks?
Wait, what? Those are 3 of his last 4 games?
Huh? Since March LMA is averaging 20.75ppg, 9.06rpb, and a ridiculous 3.375 orpg?
Weird
You are correct...
I mean if you look through a season for any player you can find some good lines.
And if anyone wants to put lines like these for BRoy or Oden or any of the other cool players on this team, into their sig, it would not bother me in the least.
I put these lines onto my sig for much the same reason that a person puts their best accomplishments into their resume – it looks impressive! You would never put your worst screw ups into your resume now would you?
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
LMA - Putting the POWER in POWER FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMA Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I <3 LMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
36:12 Mins, 11-16 FGs, 7-8 FTs, +22, 3 Off, 12 Rebs, 2 Ast, 3 Blks, 29 Points!!! LMA vs Suns 3-26-09
34:30 Mins, 10-16 FGs, 6-6 FTs, +27, 1 Off, 5 Rebs, 2 Ast, 1 Blk, 26 Points!!! LMA vs Jizz 3-31-09
38:55 Mins, 14-24 FGs, 7-8 FTs, +30, 7 Off, 18 Rebs, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 35 Points!!!! LMA vs OKC 4-3-09
I like Mike's blog, and I really like our Mike/Mike broadcast team
despite all the Mike Haters on this blog. I have had the misfortune of hearing most of the other play by play teams, and our guys are solid.
It’s time to surprise, embarrass, then destroy Houston on Sunday. Wooot woot!
It's spelled "PRZYBILLA."
vanillathrillagorillaprzybilla
by RenoBlazerFan on Apr 4, 2009 10:54 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I love when other teams disprespect the Blazers and get saocked in the jaw.
"Every time Troutlaw touches the ball, I pop an anti-anxiety pill."
I don't think there are that many
Mike and Mike “haters”. They’ve both been good friends to our community. It’s just that 8-9 people with keyboards can seem like a crowd. People who like things seldom speak up as much as people complaining about them.
—Dave
by Dave on Apr 4, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is so true
How many times do you recieve a call from someone saying “I just called to tell you……everything is fine”
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Apr 4, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
They're so incredibly personable too
I’ve had the occasion many times to meet our announcers, both radio and TV, and they are the nicest people you could ever meet. Rice has a potty mouth tho when he’s off the air lol
Blazers win!
good point, I have always enjoyed the Mikes broadcasts
I like they are fans too, yet still respecting other teams players when warranted.
I for one enjoy Mike Rice
He’s not just color comedy, he’s comic relief. It’s not like he’s unaware of his role. And I’m a homer. I want my homer commentary to be homery.
It's more than diculous. It's REdiculous
Nothing personally against Mike Rice,
but it is possible to have a homery analyst who understands basketball. They are not mutually exclusive. The things that come out of Mike Rice’s mouth frequently make me think he is watching an entirely different game!
on the other hand,
our radio announcers are quite good. I have taken to watching the game muted with the radio on!
I don't live near Portland anymore
so in order to see Blazer games I have to buy the NBA league pass. They usually use the home team broadcast crew so road games are typically awful. Other broadcast teams have hardly any insight for either team and last nights OKC game was no exception. Somewhere I believe in the 2nd quarter they started to go in the direction of that article, “the Blazers have some problems” but they got sidetracked by a LA dunk and never finished….lucky for them.
Keep it up Mike and Mike, you’re doing great!
Some opposing announcer teams are absolutely outstanding
Last year, the Sonics had a great team. New Jersey and the LA Clippers have great announcing teams.
They’re unfortunately balanced out by New Orleans and Cleveland.
That is true
NJ I believe has Marv Albert and Mike Fratello doing their games, they are pretty good.
I guess it's difficult for some announcers for bad teams
they just can’t get into the games and get excited, they would be the only person raising their voice in the arena…
In the Rose Garden, Mike and Mike can up the volume level and not stand out
The Nets also have Iain Eagle and some other dude.
The Clippers’ announcers are good and I don’t mind the ones for Houston either.
I would rather listen to 2.5 hours of dental drills than Cleveland’s team.
Now that I've had LP all season, it feels like Mike and Mike are probably around the 50th percentile
I bet if we asked a non-Blazer fan, M&M would be placed in the lowest 1/3. Being fans, we ignore or miss some of their comments that would annoy non-fans.
Unfortunately there’s a LOT of homer announcers in the NBA. Some of them seem prepared, others are clearly not. Mike and Mike are typically decently prepared, but still very homer. I can’t figure out if it’s just the general style, or if teams are explicitly asking for this kind of attitude.
My personality prefers a Steve Jones type of analyst over a Mike Rice style. I like MB, but he’s certainly homeresque.
(Plus, every time there’s a home game and my wife is watching… sooner or later she’ll look up and ask, “Is that announcer drunk?”. And she’s always asking about Mike Rice.)
Red Kerr was always drunk
and he was the perfect homer color guy. I think one of the reasons I don’t like Rice is that I’m unfairly comparing him to Red Kerr, on whom I grew up.
It's bad...
when you are excited about your team being 18-24 (now 25) since the beginning of the new year. I can’t say that I haven’t been there, 32 wins felt great two years ago when the expectation was much lower.
Did Jeff Green and Durant play last night? Who was the third of their big three?
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
Oden took out westbrook psychologically
By accidentally hitting him in the face, thereby traumatizing him. The mikes highlighted the fact that blake and aldridge made the dunders pay by taking advantage of westbrooks offensive rebounding fetish by playing the blazers’ new running and gunning/halfcourt fusion style ESoH (eight seconds or hold… … for a better shot that is). I guess it could also mean, 8 seconds or Halfcourt Offense, ESoHO? ESHO? essho sounds pretty funny.
My wife was pretty hard on Westbrook
She was calling him BPW by the end of the game. The W being for Westbrook. The BP being short for the nickname of a character from the Sopranos.
Honestly, he was actually somewhat effective. He didn’t turn the ball over much, pulled down 8 rebounds etc. and I know he is better than he played on offense but it was fun in light of the article and all…
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
the blazers will have to win it
all to tamp down stories like this, our times a comin
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I'm pro Mike/Mike
I’ve got the league pass which broadcasts games on the home team’s local feed. I’ve heard most of the nba announcing teams, and I’d say Mike/Mike are in the upper third.
the celtics announcers are close
they have regional accents (not as flat and robot like as most) and are obvious homers yet also give the other team credit where due and the refs. the benefit of the doubt as well. Celtics announcers = Mike and Mike of the east, maybe a little better, but similar.
I know people hate Heinsohn as a huge homer, but I like him...
He despises perimeter jumpers and wants full contact karate in the paint, I think that’s probably it.
Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...
I know a lot of people complain that Mike and Mike are homers, but
in reality they are some of the most unbiased announcers on the scene. Yes, they almost always disagree right away on a call against the team that’s questionable, but if it ends up being the correct call they fess up.
I’ve heard some of the league-issued announcers (Mike and Mike are Blazers employees) be a lot more biased towards their assigned team, and no one makes a stink about that!
Blazers win!
Now that was a great quote from Blake
"I don't play for what they write about me, I play for my teammates, my coaches, the city of Portland." - Steve Blake
JQ
referenced the article too. Here’s Blake’s response.
About me not being the answer?" Blake said. “It’s the story of my life. Not going to be a good college player. Not going to start in college. Can’t win a championship. Can’t play in the NBA. Can’t start in the NBA. So, what’s new?”
'I enjoy this torture... I enjoy this a lot... I could watch this ... for hours and hours ... if not days... and never, ever get sick of it.' - Ben, 04-01-09
Blake has the wonderful quality
of being as good as his teammates allow him to be. You put him out there, give him the ball, and tell him to go win the game on his own…there’s no way. However just about anything his teammates need—any spaces they leave to fill—he fits right there. He’s not the star (or even a star) but all of his teammates who are stars or burgeoning stars are having a devil of a time outgrowning him.
—Dave
And he knows how to get outta the way too
That is valuable in a great role player
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Apr 4, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Blake is a winner...
That is no small thing, and there will be some critical moments in our ascent when he really makes the difference.
Quiet as it's kept, championship teams don't resemble all-star teams; they include a few "role players"
And if a team has stars at the two, four, and five positions (as the Blazers do), the best fit at the point can very well be a role player. The reason is another little-known basketball fact: there’s only one ball!!
The only way Blake could be a BETTER fit for this Blazers squad, in my opinion, is if he were a lock-down defender. But he’s not terrible on defense, and he seems to be getting a little better.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
Besides this artitcle, doesn't it seem like Portland is flying under the radar?
When the season started there were all those articles about how fun this team was going to be to watch, and now that they have exceeded expectations, no one seems to notice. It is probably a good thing.
How about SCENARIO, Bill?
If Portland finishes in the top 4 in the West, I suspect they'll get some dark-horse predictions
Since let’s face it, everyone’s going to pick one team to come out of the West.
will they also pick one team to come out of the east? you're a sly one, Timmay.
Everclear is the worse band of all time.
Bahahaha you would notice that. :)
Ok I’ll rephrase. They’ll all pick the SAME team to come out of the West, but may list Portland as a dark horse. :)
Better?
End of the Article
Bucher even says maybe he feels the way he does about the Thunder because everyone has caught onto the Blazers. People are moving on to the next big thing. Last year it was Atlanta, beginning of this year Portland, now the Thunder, Maybe next year it will be Memphis or Minnesota.
I would agree with whoever said that maybe the media has moved on but the coaches and players won’t overlook the Blazers at this point. Houston won’t take Sunday’s game lightly.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
FYI to anyone around
Sportscenter is advertising “a conversation with Greg Oden” on the SC that starts after the Philly-Detroit game (in the 4th right now).
by Timmay! on Apr 4, 2009 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Oden will have a conversation on Sports Center after the Det-Phi game
No junk drawer to post this in.
How about SCENARIO, Bill?
Anyone find it funny that the New Yankee Stadium's outfield
has advertising for a company who’s closed up their stores and filed for bankruptcy?
How about Citi Field stadium for the Mets?
As a taxpayer, can I show up there and say “hi, since I help pay for your expenses, please give me some free upper deck tickets”?
Tell me about it
Just like Seattle. Taxpayers paid for Safeco Field when the M’s threatened to move. So when naming rights went up, how about naming it for the people who paid for it? You know, Seattle Municipal Field or something.
Nope. Safeco field.
“Oden’s name could bring about the same reaction as Sam Bowie in Portland in a few years”
Great start.
I would say that is pretty accurate self-reflection
No need to declare himself a failure or a success story yet
ESPN actually puts up a first-season comparison graphic for Bowie vs. Oden
This is amazingly unnecessary.
Yup
Which is unfortunately not a creative but obvious choice if the hypothesis is “Did Portland pick the wrong guy – yet again?”. With that setup to begin with, Greg did a good job in the interview. It won’t convince anybody who thought Durant will be the better player anyway.
I think I make a post comparing Martell and Danny Granger next since we could have had him too. Especially focusing on this season. “Portland could have had an All-Star. Instead, they took another injury-prone player. Will he ever be that good?”. Comparing him to CP3 and D-Will would be stupid, but I think that is fair especially if I neglect that Granger also had some ankle/foot problems.
ESPN has become the WWF, post-WCW-closure
No competition? Feel free to stink. Tell the fans what you think they should think or want. Who cares what they think, they’ll watch anyway.
ESPN’s already been turned off over here.
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