Which Blazers do fans of other teams hate?
by grigs on Jan 1, 2011 4:47 PM PST
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PrintWatching Denver reminded me of my dislike of J.R. Smith. He may actually be a nice guy, but he has always rubbed me the wrong way.
Anyways, it got me thinking about the "bad guys" in the league. The people who fans of other teams love to hate. Some times it's the star players like Lebron and Kobe. Other times it is a role player who just strikes the fan base wrong whether it be for cheap shots or devastating shots (Robert Horry, Bruce Bowen and Bill Laimbeer come to mind).
So here's the real question on my mind. Who are the players on the current Blazer roster that fans of other teams hate? Any particular fan base dislike a certain player?
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you're thinking of the Minnesota fans
they’re still sore that JP left the U of Minn early
he played in Milwaukee, bulked up because Karl thought he needed to, then hurt his knee and John Nash brought Joel to Portland when no other NBA team wanted him
The Przybillas live in Wisconsin during the offseason, so I don’t think he’s hated there
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I remember folks in Texas particularly hating him during the Houston series.
Called him a flopper and all sorts of nasty emasculating things.
Gotta be Joel
I no longer live in Oregon, and so I have to watch all my Blazers games with League Pass. As a result, half the games I watch have the opposing teams commentators, and universally they all hate Joel. I have heard him called “The King of the moving screen” more times than I care to count. And usually Joel will alternative get accused of flopping or being a talentless thug who beats up the other players. The only other guy who would come close, is Rudy, also for his “flopping” routine. I have heard him referred to as a European soccer player more than once, lol.
Joel
But I think Wes will get pretty hated in Utah in the near future if he keeps beating them.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
No doubt, Joel
He’s gotten into it with more opponents than anybody else on the roster by far. That’s why we love the guy, though.
andre is making a name for himself too.
Clippers fans have to HATE him now :)
You don't think they had a reason already?
They acquired him in 2003 for Darius Miles and promptly traded him a year later because he didn’t fit in.
ps. I say it’s to Andre’s credit that he didn’t fit in with that dysfunctional mess of a team, fwiw.
Billy Crystal?
Bunny Lebowski: "Billy doesn't care about anything. He's a nihilist."
The Dude: "O-o-oh, that must be exhausting."
As with almost everyone else, I've got to go with Joel Przybilla and Rudy Fernandez.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Joel would be #1, like others have said
Rudy and Andre both have their share of detractors.
I’ve also read other teams’ fans complain about Roy’s style of play. Especially that he only plays for contact, rather than actually scoring. He also has a reputation as a whiner.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Dre
i don’t think Clipper fans like him too much after he laid out Griffin. The Mavs probably don’t really care for him either after he dropped 52 on them a year ago.
Jazz fans don't like Mathews anymore, that's for sure.
Apparently he’s too cocky, and is supposed to stop scoring when his team is up. Even though the Jazz have been known for their comebacks this year.
Thank you Wesley.
WM was going for a new career high
kind of like when they left LMA in to grab his 20th rebound, the other day
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
they gave him a pretty warm ovation...not sure too many people can find a reason to hate on a guy like Wes given his path to where he's at now and his hustle heavy style of play
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Joel is too pasty and squeezable to be hate material
Rudy, maybe, but he’s kind of a dork to be the target of hate.
What about Dant e? He’s got that cold meanness to him. Like a reptile.
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rock'em sock'em Pendergraph would be more hated
if Jeff ever played enough to maintain a reputation
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Nah, he'd be just a meh end of the bench player like Etan Thomas.
Except without the cool dreadlocks, of course.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Jeff's chippy
the opposing big men always know when he’s in the game
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Rudy, Joel, maybe Andre, probably Armon when he puts up 8 shots in 3 minutes
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by collectiveshane on Jan 2, 2011 12:39 AM PST reply actions
Johnson does like to shoot it
Which makes it ironic to recall how some were calling him a “Nate McMillian kind” of PG, a few months ago
AJ will have the same learning curve that Bayless did—and receive the same amount of inconsistent minutes—even though he was a 2nd rounder and Jerryd was a lottery pick
If Armon’s lucky he’ll play for a different head coach before he’s shipped out of Portland as a throw-in for some draft day deal
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
armon>patty
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by staceyaugmon4HOF on Jan 2, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
thats why armon isnt even playing atm
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we don't know
well, if you recall, Armon was doing the “game management” thing early in the season, being a good little point guard. Nate realized (correctly) that this wasn’t really developing his game and encouraged him to open up offensively. He’s not bad, but this also came with a TON of turnovers. Patty has the same problems but to a lesser degree, and that’s why he’s playing. There is really only room for one backup PG so even if Nate thinks Patty’s a 5.5 and Armon’s a 5.2, he’ll never see the court given the current set-up.
M, period. Fresh, comma.
It seems to me
that Patty is getting the PT because he has a more diverse offensive game. Patty can drive and score from deep, but AJ lacks an outside shot. AJ brings more defense, but the Blazers already have wing defense in spades, with Wes and Batum. With Roy out, we are sorely lacking in offensive capability, and hence, AJ sits while Patty gets the nod.
ehhh
the switch happened before Roy started sitting, and I think Armon’s shown a encouraging 3pt stroke. I think a thing with Armon is that he seemed to be backsliding a little bit rather than progressing when Nate gave him more leeway.
M, period. Fresh, comma.
aka Armon was absolutely killing us before he got dropped to 3rd string
the team is competitive right now and Patty has the experience necessary to minimize the dropoff when Dre is out.
"If I had a dime for every basket I made today, you'd still suck!" - from the book 'John Dies @ the End'
There is really only room for one backup PG so even if Nate thinks Patty’s a 5.5 and Armon’s a 5.2, he’ll never see the court given the current set-up.
Just like in 2008-2009 when Sergio played and Bayless (the lottery choice) sat. Their stats were very even when Blake was out with a shoulder injury. Nate said he preferred Rodriguez because he was familiar with the offense (and those crowd-pleasing alley-oops to Rudy didn’t hurt) This year, Patty had almost as little NBA experience as AJ. Johnson looked much better in summer league and (apparently) in fall camp. But finally Armon’s WAC education caught up to him and the league’s scouts wrote the book on him and that shortly led to repeated turnovers on telegraphed passes into the post.
If Cho wants to help Johnson’s development along, he’ll send AJ over to Idaho for a few weeks for some regular PT for Randy Whitman and alongside Antoine Walker.
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I'll bet Utah fans have little love for Wesley Matthews anymore...
Last year Utah could do no wrong against us. This year we seem to have them figured out, and Matthews is a big part of that. He sent Utah a message with his play in Thursday’s meeting especially, looking aggressively to score even when garbage time had firmly set in and the benchwarmers were in for both sides. I’m sure it didn’t sit well with their fans (I know the good folk over at SLC Dunk were none too pleased).
I’ll bet Dallas fans won’t soon forget Andre Miller’s ridiculous 52-point-game-saving-performance down there last season and at least give a little groan when he steps on the floor.
By virtue of his unoffical “enforcer” role, Joel Przybilla gets his share of contempt from the fans I’m sure, deserved or not…
The players I loathe the most on other teams are the streaky 3-point shooters who always kill us no matter how well we defend the paint or rebound… So if other fans around the country feel the same way, some may have ill-feelings toward Rudy as well.
I wish
"If I had a dime for every basket I made today, you'd still suck!" - from the book 'John Dies @ the End'
Brandon Roy
T’wolves. I used to hang out on their site – official BE ambassador to them, but the main blogger there was so loud in his hate for the Blazers and Roy that it was difficult for me to diplomatic. He had no logical reason (not logical to me anyway) so I couldn’t understand it. I don’t even remember now how he explained it … but it stays in my mind as sour grapes – Roy was better than Foye and Blazers were better than Wolves.
I found the quote
From a main page post : There are only three teams in the NBA that I just straight-up do not like: the Lakers, the Blazers, and the Nuggets. LA stole our championships, the Blazers stole our luck, and the Nuggets…well, they just plain suck.
I replied (in part) : “the Blazers stole our luck” —- with this you aren’t even shooting the messenger, you are shooting the recipient of the message! Keep shooting at McHale and start loving the Blazers!
He replied : I don’t think I’ll ever be able to enjoy a Blazer game with Roy or Oden on the roster. Unless Foye turns into an upper-level player and the Wolves win a coin flip to land some sort of once-in-a-generation type talent at his position it’s just going to be a bunch of sour grapes on my part…admittedly so. ;)
I will add today : Do you suppose this guy knows voodoo?
http://www.canishoopus.com/2008/12/11/689471/the-godfather-option
I'm often on that site and know exactly what you're talking about.
and sour grapes if the perfect way to describe it.
I would hate Brandon too if I was not a Blazer fan, especially when he was getting every call a couple of years ago.
by Charcoal Filtered on Jan 2, 2011 10:06 AM PST reply actions
not to mention the annoying AYYYYYYY
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Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
Follow my twitter www.twitter.com/PDXBlazersFTW, @PDXBlazersFTW. Lots of random Blazer Posts from links I find around the blogosphere.
The Roy bleat?
I love that bleat! Even used to tally them, back in the good old days.
by Bart King on Jan 2, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
A bleat?!?
Wow. That’s exactly what it is. Good call.
Rockets fan here:
I’d probably have to go with Joel.
He introduced the technique of fronting Yao in the playoffs, and flopped whenever Yao backed him down. Of course, we have Scola, so I don’t have much room to talk, but I am answering the fanpost.
I also dislike Brandon Roy. Not because he is a bad guy, but because he doesn’t miss a shot in the last few minutes against us every game. And for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McSwCxU9q0
When I was searching this, I just typed in Brandon Roy and immediately there was a clip of this shot. Kind of depressing.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
best game ive attended
Roy is like herpes...he comes and goes, but we are stuck with him for life.
by Philthyanimal on Jan 2, 2011 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
i met some laker fans that were really big on rudy
i’d think most fans would hate roy for his constant whining. joel would be next on my list and rudy probably 3rd
Roy is like herpes...he comes and goes, but we are stuck with him for life.
yea, even as a blazer fan I couldn't stomach patterson
good riddance
Dunk
by Billy Ray Bates on Jan 3, 2011 7:07 AM PST up reply actions
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