Blazers good at getting blocked, dunked on

by beeroy on Aug 3, 2009 3:38 PM PDT

I just watched the top 10 dunks and top 10 blocks of 2008/2009 on nba.com. The top block was by the birdman on a Rudy layup attempt (you all remember the disgusting hair-preening celebration afterwards), and a few of the top dunks were on Przybilla, Oden and Aldridge.

top 10 blocks: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2009/07/31/nba_20090708_top_ten_blocks.nba/

top 10 dunks: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2009/07/30/nba_20090630_top10_dunks.nba/

At least Roy has the #1 dunk!

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Comes with the territory.

When you patrol the paint as much as the Blazers do, it results in the law of averages. You’re going to get dunked on.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Aug 3, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

Not LeBron... I have never seen that guy get dunked on.

by Escrote on Aug 3, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs

But every once in awhile when I'm watching a Cavs game the TV goes black.

I have no idea why.

*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.

by staylost on Aug 3, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 11 recs

+ 1

i chuckled:)

- Sam

by RipCitySam on Aug 3, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Look!

You made a funny!

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 Aug 4, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

except by some college kid! :)

"Do me a favor. Put your lip over your head... and swallow." Max Goldman

by clinchmobb on Aug 3, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

I found it funny that happened, maybe he was just tired of getting dunked on after the Magic series.

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by usmcr3049 on Aug 3, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe find some stats to support your fanpost?

They are out there.

by Sabonis4Ever on Aug 3, 2009 4:19 PM PDT reply actions

watch the links

--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog

by David Piper on Aug 3, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I have....

saw them in fanshots.

by Sabonis4Ever on Aug 3, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Zsnap

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 Aug 4, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I still think Birdman is a badass.

by shighkin on Aug 3, 2009 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

The Blazers are good at blocking, dunking on.

optimism ftw

by Cablinasian on Aug 3, 2009 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Birdman IS a badass.

I’m glad he got paid. He’s going to retire as a Nugget, and rightly so. It’s where he turned his life around.

by BeefySwats on Aug 3, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions

The Birdman pretended to comb his hair?

That monster! How dare he! If there’s one thing that gets me really angry, it’s simulated hair grooming.

Are Blazer fans the most oversensitive fanbase ever?

I want to put points on your face.-Rudy Fernandez

by Winchester on Aug 3, 2009 5:20 PM PDT reply actions

Yes all of us, every single one of us.

His post represents 100% of the million or so Blazer fans on the planet. You pegged us….

by Jaedin on Aug 3, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly.

Softest fanbase ever. Bunch of nerds and hippies. Man do I ever hate Blazer fans.

I want to put points on your face.-Rudy Fernandez

by Winchester on Aug 3, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Me too.

Let’s start a Blazerfan hater blog. We can call it BlazersDredge and sit around and discuss the pedantic Dave, the know it all Norsk, and the trouser-less philosopher, jscot.

Blazers Rule! Blazer fans eat excrement and perish!

*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.

by staylost on Aug 3, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Trouser-less?

Sheer ignorance. Kilts are generally for formal wear or military action. The rest of the time, we wear trousers.

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by jscot on Aug 4, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Don’t shatter my dreams!

*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.

by staylost on Aug 4, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

You dream of men in kilts?

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by jscot on Aug 4, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Great minds think alike!

*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.

by staylost on Aug 4, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions

You know

it’s not the gesture that bugged me. It was the way he did the gesture. It was somehow…creepy. As if he was slicking his fingers through his hair because he needed grease for something. Or cooties, whichever. It just gave me a weird, unwholesome vibe.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 3, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

The best part about that block is that Aldridge on the next play powered Birdman under the hoop and dunked on his head.

It was so intentional, like Aldridge was saying don’t ever try and show up my team. The Blazer bench went crazy.

by BRoyInThe4th on Aug 4, 2009 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Now if only Aldridge could maintain that mentality every single posession.

He’s show he has the ability. It’s all about the willingness.

"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."

by Arby on Aug 4, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions

I can see that.

He is a creepy guy.

I want to put points on your face.-Rudy Fernandez

by Winchester on Aug 4, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Taunting isn't cool

You would like to be a fan of a guy who turns his life around, even if he is on another team, but tacky moves make it hard to like him.

Do I get all angry about it or anything? No. But it is the kind of thing that makes you lose respect for him.

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by jscot on Aug 4, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Taunting is pretty cool.

Basketball is built around humiliating your opponents. Dunking on fools, breaking ankles, passing between someones legs (Rudy is a jerk like that) these are the things that make the game enjoyable.

One of my favorite plays from last year was Roy taunting Paul Pierce. I enjoyed Batum’s dunk on Pau Gasol. Was it necessary for him to taunt Gasol afterward? Probably not, but I didn’t lose any respect for him.

I want to put points on your face.-Rudy Fernandez

by Winchester on Aug 4, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

That play from Brandon really helped

He got mentally caught up in that, and played poorly.

I enjoyed Batum’s dunk on Pau. I didn’t see any need for the aftermath, and was disappointed in it.

Basketball is not built around humiliating your opponents. It is built around outplaying them. Not at all the same thing.

When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.

by jscot on Aug 4, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions

I think that the Batum thing verse Pau was more about how much Batum resect's Pau's game....

I think a lot of those international guys like and respect each other.

by Escrote on Aug 4, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions

You were disapointed in Batum after that play?

I actually don’t believe you. :)

The idea that basketball is built around humiliation isn’t a new concept, and it’s certainly not my idea. People have been talking about it for a long time now. It’s one of the things that makes basketball a little unique from other sports. The creativity in the game is specifically used to hurt the confidence of your opponents. The Blogfather wrote about it a year ago in a pretty interesting article.

Anyway, talk of posterizing, breaking ankles … that’s all about humiliation, and that’s absolutely a part of basketball. A big part of it.

And when it comes to using basketball to humilate your opponent, there is a certain scale. Shooting a jumper over someone is maybe a one. Beating someone to the hoop for a layup might be a two. Dribbling through your legs as you do so could make that worth three, dribbling through their legs as you do might get you up to six. Sevens are garden variety dunks and blocks, while there is a special carve out somewhere around eight or nine for using your crossover to make the defender actually fall over. -truehoop

The threat of humiliation can certainly be used to a players advantage.

Rudy, in his first few games, established a threat that we didn’t really have before — the threat to cut back door to the hoop and punish you. It’s as good as driving the lane, and it’s better than running off screens and hitting the open 3. It means you’ll get a lot more open 3s, because the defense has to respect it or get humiliated.-jscot

What’s that? You sound pretty excited at the prospect of Rudy humiliating people with his backdoor dunks. I’m confused because I thought that didn’t have a place in basketball. The game is about outplaying your opponents, not humiliating them. Rudy should be ashamed of himself.

I’m now going into a self imposed exile. I have broken my personal vow not to argue about basketball on the internet ever again. Such a waste of time. I can’t wait until the season starts. August is killing me.

I want to put points on your face.-Rudy Fernandez

by Winchester on Aug 4, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1 for using his own words against him... lol

by Escrote on Aug 4, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm all for humiliating your opponent with your game,

but that’s all the entertainment I need. The taunting that follows the humiliation? No thanks.

by beeroy on Aug 4, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions

RE: Winchester

Wow, Winchester……you are truely speaking from a point of ingorance. “Bunch of nerds and hippies.” Spend time with this group of “nerds and hippies” and you you’ll see we are anything but, i can not speak for any other blog site but this is the most thoughtful, level headed, (for the most part) and honest group of people i have seen on any blog site so far in my experience.

I would never say you are not entitled to your onpinion but i think one should think and seek to understand the subject they plan to speak on. I am sorry my friend but i do not see that you did either of those things. Disliking blazer fans is fair enough, but calling the blazer nation soft after all of our heartache(’78 to Jordan Draft to ’91conf. finals to ’00 Conf finals, etc) and saying we are “nerds and hippies” is laughable. Oregonians for the most part are far from nerds and hippies. Said like a true non oregonian, good stuff Winchester. Completely off base, but good stuff.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Aug 3, 2009 10:09 PM PDT reply actions

While your defense is spirited and true,

You have fallen prey to the wicked sarcasm beast that lives within us all.

*Unless KP has a secret plan that makes this statement incorrect.

by staylost on Aug 3, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions

ugh, if winchester was being sarcastic...

i truely have had enough to drink……..i am sorry all!!! Focker out!!

by blazerbeliever97504 on Aug 3, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Also

I think we actually are a bunch of nerds and hippies.

Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.

by pualo on Aug 3, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I think TiH

is a herd and nippy.

When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.

by jscot on Aug 4, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Thanks for the warning. I'm going to Hawaii next week so I'll have to be careful.

Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.

by pualo on Aug 4, 2009 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions

nerds, hippies, and rednecks (once you leave the city at least).

and then there are those strange hybrid hippie/nerd/rednecks that hunt and fish, drive small fuel efficient pick-ups, know how to fix about anything, and enjoy outdoor music festivals…. gotta love Oregon.

by Escrote on Aug 4, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions

we're online

aren’t we?

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Aug 6, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions

lol

I was born in Oregon and I’m definitely a nerd.

I want to put points on your face.-Rudy Fernandez

by Winchester on Aug 4, 2009 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't know what you're talking about

I’m a hairy unshaven, organic eating, wow playing, math loving, LOTR reading, ex dnd gaming blazer fan.

Don’t you DARE not call me a hippy nerd.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Aug 6, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions

slam magazine put out the top 100 dunks of the season on their website

and we have a few good ones like the roy alley oop from rudy and the lamarcus jam on the mavs. but I have to say that jermaine o’neal got dunked on a lot last season, always showing up late

by StocktonNEP on Aug 3, 2009 10:56 PM PDT reply actions