Toronto hates the Blazers....but why?
Could it be they still can't get over the fact that they took Bargnani instead of both Roy and Aldridge? I mean, this is one of the most hateful columns I've ever read. What are your thoughts?
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Success attracts haters
That, and they’re pissed they got stuck with Turkey Glue.
Wow
Wahhhhh the Blazers are hoarding all the talent sniffle at least we got Turkoglu and his wife. This guy makes it sound like the sky is falling here, someone ought to remind him that this team won FIFTY FOUR games last year and got BETTER.
What is the article trying to convey?
The fairy tale seems to be ending? What is this?
Red Hot and Rolling
Is this the same moron who voted for Bargnani as ROY?
"BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US"
- Benjamin Franklin-
Ah, Canada...or as I like to call "America's Hat"
Wait, I thought Canadians were jolly, nonthreatening folks that exports comedians and bad pop artists. Kinda like the Keebler elves except for the cookie part.
also some good bands
like Rush
You can measure skill and talent with your eyes, but productivity is shown through statistics.
by austinpwnz on Sep 23, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
They are very nice people until they find out you are from the U.S.
Then their evil bitterness shows.
I do love that the Raptors organization continues to save us from ourselves. Thanks for drafting Barngani and thanks for signing Turkoglu.
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by 123_G.O._RipCity on Sep 24, 2009 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought Oregon was the Canada of California
Now I’m getting confused…
It's a sign that we've arrived
As we continue to rise up in the West, we’ll have plenty of fans of teams that we think of as insignificant, or teams that we frankly don’t think of at all, that all look up at us and despise us for our success. Personally, I’m ok with it. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to root for a consistent winner that is the envy of other fan bases, and I’m looking forward to finding out.
If you ever hear of someone punching out a girl scout and stealing her Samoas, it was me
- Mortimer
by Clevelander among roses on Sep 23, 2009 8:21 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
you owe Mr. Nail for his hospital bills
after hitting him on the head so hard.
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
by HurraKane212 on Sep 23, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
What's up with all of that!
It is obvious that he has friends who are small time agents, and is being mis-informed and then reporting it. Unbelievable. How ignorant do you have to be, Tim Chisholm apparently!
We all knew the fairytale would end someday
When someone who knows the NBA as well as this author tells you the ride is over, IT’S OVER.
KP’s ways of respecting his players, even going as far as trading them to good situations for perhaps less than could be gotten for them, has finally caught up with him. You can only treat people like that for so long before those in the media catch wind of it, and call you on it.
I expect KP’s resignation papers to be delivered in the morning.
Oh well.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Sep 23, 2009 8:27 PM PDT reply actions 11 recs
It was fun while it lasted..
I’m going to go hang up my Brandon Roy jersey and weep quietly in the corner. Farewell.
by resurrect_ha28 on Sep 23, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
This attempt is much more insidious than that
it appears as if the author is trying to sow discontent with the players. The player review at the bottom isn’t over the top praise, but its very complimentary. Maybe he’s trying to sow seeds of discontent so the Raps can get their mitts on Rudy.
Apart from the obvious vitriol
the author seems grossly misinformed on a number of issues.
Agents steered their clients away from Portland during the draft due to uncertainty as to when their clients would ever play.
Obviously agents are trying to keep their young players from getting stuck as a 12th man on a talented roster. It’s better for the player and the agent if playing time is available. Why is this a knock against the Blazers?
McMillan refuses to extend his contract beyond one-year increments so that he’ll be available should a better opportunity present itself in the future
Utterly false. McMillan has said numerous times that he wants to earn every year of his contract so that it keeps him sharp. Besides, what better opportunity is out there? He’s coach of a talented, young team in a city that loves the franchise with an owner who will do what it takes to win.
Rudy Fernandez was displeased with the news that Turkoglu could be coming to the team and what it could mean for his already mid-sized playing time
Another utterly false statement that was disproved several times on Blazers Edge.
As nice as it is to have a team that the media adores, that isn’t nearly as nice as having a team that players adore, because the media is fickle and is already poised to ditch this club for their division-mates in Oklahoma City.
1. Who cares who the media adores? The media also loves the L*kers, Cavs, Celtics. Puke. And yes, they’re fickle because the audience is fickle. They are always looking for the next best thing.
2. I don’t know where all this supposed player hate is being manufactured, but the only thing I can think of is players don’t want to be in a small market in the Pacific NW when they could be on the beach in a big city.
These players are frequently reminded that they are assets first, people second. Bayless will never get a chance to play this year behind Miller, Roy and Steve Blake, yet he is theirs and they want no part of a trade discussion.
I don’t get this at all. I have never read anything about the players not liking management. And is the author saying we should give up our talented lottery picks because we can’t immediately find minutes for them? That’s just dumb. It’s a shame Bayless doesn’t see more court time, but that doesn’t mean the team doesn’t care about him. In fact, I would argue that our reluctance to put him on the trade block means we care MORE about him, not less.
Travis Outlaw, one of the most dependable options on the team, has been sitting on the trading block for over a year without the club making any effort to dispel notions to the contrary.
I think we can thank the media for this one. Everyone just assumes Travis is on the trading block.
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
The one thing I worry about is McMillan
I think he’s perfect for us, the only coach in the league I would rather have is Popovich. But despite what he says the whole not signing a contract thing is fishy, and with an aging Phil Jackson and LeBron James on the market next year I’m worried Nate might jump ship for one of those situations.
That said, Nate has shown extreme loyalty throughout his career. Staying in Seattle until the star player wanted him out and the organization purposely soured the milk. As of right now I can do nothing but take him at his word.
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by 123_G.O._RipCity on Sep 24, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't see anything to worry about. I think it's a win-win situation.
I think Nate is just keeping his options open, but what’s good for him is good for us too.
If we improve this season (as I think we will) we should be knocking on the door of championship within another year or two. In that case, I’d guess that Nate would get more of kick out of finishing what he built here (and receiving credit for that) than jumping to the Lakers (assuming Phil Jackson retires in a year or two). The Lakers might have a better chance to win it again, but Nate won’t get any credit for that, and if they lose he would likely take most of the criticism (they would have won it with Phil, etc.). i.e. Little upside, lots of downside.
On the other hand, in the unlikely event the team goes really south because of personnel issues (even if they are the GM’s fault), or Nate gets out-coached in the playoffs (as he did last year) too many times, management may think another coach could get the team back on a championship track. So we’re not stuck with Nate if things turn unexpectedly sour. (Personnel issues – Miller/Roy chemistry is forced but doesn’t work, Rudy, Webster, Batum, Outlaw become disgruntled or even disruptive over playing time and/or playing style, LMA tires of being 2nd or 3rd option in Brandon’s shadow and leaves, Greg starts blaming his problems on how he is used and decides to walk away for a fresh start. etc.)
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Sep 24, 2009 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd be willing to argue against Nate being outcoached
As his team failed to show up a few times as well. I think what happened a lot is that he said “this is the game plan”. When the game plan happened they did well. When it didn’t happen they fell apart.
I’d argue it, but I also think you’re likely right. It’s just that it’s a 50/50 thing and the whole team shares in those losses just as they share in the wins.
"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
Adelman did a heck of a job
Houston found a way to neutralize Roy and LMA, and turned the Blazer’s regular season rebounding advantage into a negative. Still, if Portland could’ve pulled a win in games 3 or 4, Nate would look a lot better as a playoff coach right now
but the next series when Yao got hurt and the Rockets still hung in there with the L*kers was a testament to Rick’s great flexibility as an NBA coach
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I liked the article.
It’s refreshing to get a non-Blazer fan perspective on the team. I found the article to be a mixture of fact and fiction, with most of the “hate” based on the fiction. Chisholm does make some valid points; for example, the threatening email attributed to KP was a silly move that was guaranteed to raise hackles.
As for Toronto fans saying mean things about the Blazers, look at what a lot of Blazer fans have written about the Raptors and their fans. Seems pretty funny for us to complain about other fans when many of us enjoy ourselves at their expense.
Six years ago we were the Jail Blazers. Three years ago we were the Fail Blazers. Now we’re becoming a legitimate championship contender and everyone is jealous and sniping at us. Strangely enough, I find myself looking forward to more of it.
But Toronto fans are a special kind of nuts
Everybody has their nutbag fans, but they actually blame Chris Bosh for their problems and want to get rid of him.
We can be defined by the worst of us, but Raptor fans are like Blazer fans but even worse… and we’re pretty bad! We’re pickled silly over our team.
I don’t mind FANS saying crap, but I do mind a sports writer not knowing what the hell he is talking about. Why is he even writing about the Blazers? It’s a ridiculous article, hardly even filled with halftruths. Just a fundamental lack of knowledge both about the NBA, and the Trail Blazers themselves.
I get being upset with “the letter”. The rest is just dumb and he clearly doesn’t get how things like free agency, the draft, contract negotiations, the CBA, and other things we take for granted work.
It really isn’t worth getting angry about, just annoyed that he’s a paid sports writer. Just lazy… so lazy.
Morty
the most insane ONLINE fans
For some reason, the Toronto Raptors have a huge online fan base. Look at Realgm and Hoopshype.
The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.
Kings fan
by dyshooter182 on Sep 24, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no way Bosh resigns
Canadians hate the U.S. soooo much. I have no idea how a young man from Texas could put up with it.
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by 123_G.O._RipCity on Sep 24, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Chisholm's Blazer article
is one of a series of previews he is doing on NBA teams, IINM. I agree that the mistakes reveal his lack of research, and it’s a crime that a sloppily researched hit piece like that gets Chisholm a paycheck (if it does) when Dave and Ben and even some BEdgers are doing seminal work for free.
But get upset about it? Better get used to it instead. More articles will be written about the Blazers this season and most of them, I’m guessing, will contain inaccuracies. Soon, there will be so many lies about the Blazers out there that folks who want to know the truth will have to come to Blazersedge and then they will become bandwagon fans, so it’s all good.
Yeah, we can't get 'upset' over it
We can’t stop someone from being dumb, and we shouldn’t care.
But it is annoying that a paid writer, paid to follow a sport, knows so little about how the sport is run, let alone the details about a specific team.
So, I am fine mocking him, but don’t worry too much about what he says. He clearly isn’t a real.nba.writer.
Morty
it seems Chisholm's "research" for his Blazer preview
was to read a couple of A-Woj’s columns about KP and regurgitate them
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I don't know if he doesn't get it
or if he just doesn’t like the Blazers and hand picks the things he’s heard that supports his dislikes and comes at them from an angle of dislike.
The article had an agenda of dislike for whatever reason.
"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
I've actually missed any mean things
being said about toronto. I think the only team we’ve really been down on is LA because it’s fun.
"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
We've made fun of Toronto management
For signing Bargnani to a big contract and what that means for our negotiations with LMA, and for taking Hedo from us (whether that is a good or bad thing remains to be seen).
I don’t think we’ve made fun of their fans, just their team.
M—
Oh, we also made fun of the one columnist
Over in Toronto (don’t remember name or paper) who said that Hedo should be up for the MVP… not he didn’t qualify it with “of the team”, but I’ll assume he meant that, and we teased him over that and blasting Chris Bosh in the same article.
THAT’s my problem with Toronto fans. So many blast Bosh, when he isn’t the problem.
M—
Then there was the Chuck Swirsky ROY vote for Bargnani
that generated a lot of Blazer Fan hate mail.
Making fun of their team
Such clean, wholesome fun….should be enjoyed more often.
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
imo the only thing silly about the email was failing to follow through on it
Memphis signing Miles solely to screw us was not what the rule intended and I’m a little ashamed the Blazers backed down so easily. I’ll take fixing a broken rule and winning championships (which the Miles cap space would’ve helped do) over trying to win over fans from other teams.
Blazer Fan
by leeroyjenkins on Sep 24, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
looking back at this summer
what would’ve KP done if he had the money from Miles?
Upped the ante and gotten Hedo’s wife to change her mind?
Made more of a toxic offer for Millsap?
Made David Lee an offer he couldn’t refuse?
Maybe tried a little harder for Lamar Odom, or Antonio McDyess?
I’m going to stop now before I get really angry at the Griz, again
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Lee, Odom, and McDyess
probably didn’t want to come here anyway, McDyess and Lee because they want PT, Odom because he’s Odom.
We’d have probably offered Paul a little more, which Utah would have matched anyway.
We may have made an offer to Lee which NY would have matched.
We might possibly have offered Freeland enough to make him want to come over even if he won’t get much PT.
We’d probably have paid Andre a little bit more. We’d probably be sitting on some cap space right now, looking for another big man in a lopsided trade.
"if Nate has Roy or Miller in the game at all times, that stagnation will turn into conflagration" -- two4larue
I'd like to think that KP would've been a big spender
but the way he let RLEC evaporate doesn’t exactly inspire confidence…I think if the full Miles’ “capspace” had been avaliable then Hedo would’ve been a Blazer with a slightly higher than 5/50 deal…money talks with the Turk family
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
When's the last time they beat us?
Three years ago at least, so shut up Toronto.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Yeah doesn't count
I happened to be watching the TSN feed when we beat them in Porltand last year (in a place in Mexico that got a Canadian satellite feed) and the TSN guys were busy trying to excuse their losing without crediting us while we were kicking their ass.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
They beat us in that thrilling double OT victory in December or January
two seasons ago.
The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.
Kings fan
by dyshooter182 on Sep 24, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's give credit where credit is due
The title is right on. I’m serious. The fairy tale is over.
Now large chunks of this ‘article’ are a bunch of baloney. Chisholm demonstrates either a tremendous amount of ignorance or of some sort of resentment with statements such as “Portland may improve on their successes of last year or they may take a step back, but it’s their long-term future that should have fans worried”. But he’s absolutely correct about the fairy tale being over.
The fairy tale is the made-up story that Blazer fans told themselves in the first half of the decade about the organization – that players like Randolph and Miles were misunderstood, that the team had enough talent to build around and that major changes were not needed, etc. I was caught up as anyone in that fairy tale and I am as glad as anyone that it is now dead.
The stories are over – now it is time for reality. The Blazers and their fans no longer need a ‘fairy tale’ to feel good about the organization and its direction. Reality is far more satisfying. And the reality is that the Blazers’ future – both in the short and long term – is very bright.
Go Blazers!
"It's Our Time":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O99POVJfglY
by Storyteller on Sep 23, 2009 10:01 PM PDT reply actions 11 recs
+1 for reality
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by 123_G.O._RipCity on Sep 24, 2009 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow reading that just gave me flashbacks of the ending to Vanilla Sky
"Lighten up, Francis" - Sergeant Hulka
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Sep 24, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Flagged...
for dashing my last lingering hopes of a Z-Bo / Miles revival. I can’t believe it’s over, or that it’s not butter.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
The funny thing is this guy would be the happiest guy in the world if Toronto got Greg Oden.
He’d change his tune so quick and talk about how Bosh and Oden are going to take Toronto to the finals every year. Since he is in Portland all his potential won’t be reached because Brandon Roy is selfish. haha, where do guys like this come from.
by BRoyInThe4th on Sep 24, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess being a realist is OK, then?
as long as it’s not AK1984’s version of reality, eh?
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I agree everything just might not be perfect here,
but his biggest positive was calling TO the most dependable options on the team. That right there makes me take 85% or less of this article seriously.
"Both Anthony Carter and Jameer Nelson were downright jubilant in the Magic locker room postgame. Carter said to no one in particular, "Brandon Roy, that man is unstoppable, it's like he's playing NBA Live" and Nelson was cracking on his teammates for not being able to guard Brandon. The kinds of jokes you can make when you win."
Yeah
I laughed at that one. If he IS on the trade block, he just did us a huge favor if that can be spread around.
I love Travis but I wouldn’t call him dependable relative to other players as a number of stats seem to fluctuate and he faded somewhat in the playoffs. I’d label him more streaky, but I think players like him also have definite rolls on teams and you need all kinds to win. He’s also a guy that’s great on the final shot and I love him for that.
Either way, if that misconception can get out… it’ll be doing us a huge favor when trading. If Travis IS traded, I really hope he finds a good home where he can break out and put up more of those shiny stats he likes.
"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
faded somewhat in the playoffs?????
I must ask you then, what is your definition of ‘somewhat’?
by kobisportsguy on Sep 24, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
I think players like him also have definite rolls on teams
On a rebuilding team, yes. But on a contending team? Leaning jumpers look nice when they go in, but “no rebounds = no rings”
Sweet? Sticky? Cinnamon? Everyone’s gotta know their roll
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Wow, because Toronto is on the up and up huh.
As far as I see it they are lucky there is still and NBA team in Canada at all. PS Bosh’s farewell Toronto tour begins in exactly 5 weeks.
by RipCityRoyCity on Sep 23, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions
Wow...
So is he trying to marvel everyone with Colangelo signing Turkoglu while ignoring the Craptors complete unwillingliness to invest in players to surround arguably the best Power Forward in the league?
I’m totally at a loss here. Are we supposed to crap on Pritchard for having mind-boggling success in the draft, pulling off the greatest trade upset in NBA history for Brandon and LaMarcus, stock-piling talent, giving one of the finest young coaches in the league a legitimate shot, completely changing how a city looks at its team and players, re-igniting a flame of hope in the team, put a 54 Win team on the court and sell out every home game because he didn’t sign an over-priced Forward (that we didn’t need) in a poor free-agency market?
Let him deal with Z-bo, Rasheed and the rest for 3 years while they wail in mediocrity and his fans pray for players like Brandon, LaMarcus, Greg, Joel, Steve, Trout, Nic, Rudy, and (most importantly) Shavlik to fill their roster.
Better yet, let’s keep an eye on his column when Bosh splits and suddenly Hedo is your go-to-gut.
I much rather have players I believe in and care for than some bloated pay-roll of players everyone says are amazing (Trust me, I’m a baseball fan).
I’ll take the fairy tale, thank you.
Wondering what moves Pritchard would make to land me a date in the off-season. Preferably one with tickets.
I believe we have achieved perpetual motion.
It is fairly obvious that the authors primary source for research is blogs, concentrating heavily on the comments by fans for whom research would only impede their style. Now this article becomes itself fodder for the same blogs. Rather than standing alone to be scrutinized and discarded as the rubbish that it is, it will be lost among similar comments, blurbs, blogs and “researched” articles that reference nothing more than trends, fads and flavors du jour.
I wonder.
I wonder, I wonder…
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
That's how politics works too
gotta love it.
"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
Wow apparently you can't comment on that guys story if you are against him...
I wrote a comment about how he is an ignorant writer, and it got deleted.
Red Hot and Rolling
Guess that means his skin is thin
Or maybe it’s Canzano in disguise!!!
"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
Dwight can be like that, too
“get the _______ off my blog”
When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
A toronto writer wrote that?
That was sweet! I love the fact he’s thinking of us! Apparently the blazers are so awesome, he’s afraid we’ll steal away the Raptor’s fanbase all the way over from portland oregon. With all the accurate up to date blazer news out there, clearly he wouldn’t be able to find a nich and he’s worried about losing his job.
Seriously, that’s an incredible compliment.
It makes me a little sad though. I really wish he had a team that hadn’t imploded so he could write exciting incredible news about his team and he didn’t have to feel threatened by the Blazer stealing his fans. Poor guy.
I’d like to thank him and wish his team well so he could have something fun and exciting to write about… them.
"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
This is great!
Ahhhh…..the glory of being hated! By a team in the other conference and in another country no less. We must be doing something right. I cannot help but think as I read his comments, does this guy have any basketball knowledge whatsoever? Why the infatuation with Portland? He fears for our future and fears our long-term success is in danger? Really? Hahahahaha!
Maybe it stems from.....
Brandon Roy’s comments about them going into the game we stole on their home court? Or maybe the wounds are even deeper? Maybe he is still butt hurt that we took Damon Stoudamire?
That gut believed every rumor he heard
blazers werent trying to stiff brandon roy on his contract, rudy never came out publicly about hedo
"shaq and zach randolph have the same trainer... "
best one liner i ever heard.
That's a terrible biased article and the author should be ashamed
I’m all for criticizing Portland where criticism is due but that article seems like it was written by a fan with a bias.
Portland ’doesn’t deserve’ ….? C’mon.
Toronto is pissed because their team is perpetually a train wreck and it just got worse by overpaying a guy who is overrated, tired and worn down. That and their ‘star’ is going to take the first train out of town. I don’t blame them. Looking forward to decades of futility doesn’t sit well with anyone and misery loves company.
I’d register just to set the author straight but why give them the traffic?
Blazer Fan
Stupid, Arrogant Kevin Pritchard
How could you do this to us?
First off, you’ve stockpiled so much talent that you can no longer attract less talented players. Their agents are afraid that they’ll receive zero playing time behind selfish ball-hogs like Brandon Roy. The Natural? Pshh, more like Mr. Naturally Unspectacular! You dug your own grave KP.
Secondly, how could you let such talents as Zach Randolph, Darius Miles, and Sergio Rodriguez walk for so little? They must have known that as of this summer, our franchise would be in decline. Good-bye, fairy tale.
Thirdly, how can you and Coach McMillan ignore the most dependable player we have in Travis Outlaw? He comes off the bench: are you a moron?! This guy’s a starter! I’m starting to think that your “attempts” to trade him are merely a smokescreen for your true intent: treating him like an asset rather than a person, you cold hearted so-and-so.
As for your miserable summer in free agency, you failed to lure Hedo, and your run at Millsap was just idiotic. I mean, you already have a quality PF in Outlaw (who clearly should be the starter) and a decent back-up in Aldridge (who unfortunately doesn’t know the definition of the word “rebound”). And give it up already; you’re not fooling anyone with your “we wanted Andre Miller all along” attitude. I know BS when I smell it.
You’ve made the Blazers so inhospitable, I’d be surprised if you still have a single player on the roster when the last contract expires. Until then, good luck with your downward spiral and unhapppy players, cause I’m outta here. I’m off to support a good team like Toronto.
by beeroy on Sep 24, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What drugs was this guy on?
Roy, Aldridge, Oden, Rudy, Batum, Outlaw, Webster, Bayless, Blake, Miller, Joel... Holy crap!
They have lots of good quality heroin in Toronto
Its a multi ethnic thing that every body has to respect
by southern oregon on Sep 24, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
This guy is so mad at the Blazers he can't stand it. In the first few paragraphs he states his
opinion as fact. He gives the reason for Nate not signing an extension as fact, and presumes to know what the agents of Turk and Millsap were thinking.
Hahaha? Really? Turks wife prefered Toronto. Millsap signed an offer sheet but Utah matched. How is does that have anything to do with an agent steering clean of Portland?
This guy is a troll.
This guy's article is up there
with Andy Katz’s article on how average at best brandon roy will be in the NBA. Keep smokin that maple leaf, LOSER!
Jason Kaady
Top signs of a hack 'journalist'...
There wasn’t even an anonomous source quoted. He simply stated his opinion as fact. That entire article smacks of amateur hour at the sour grapes club.
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