Seattle Blazer Fans

by SadSonic on Dec 31, 2011 4:13 PM PST

As much as the Sonics and Blazers were rivals, we are all still Pacific Northwest folks and we old Sonic fans were not going to LA, Chicago, or New York looking for a new team. Besides, Brandon Roy, Nate, and Paul Allen were our guys.

Nate was really loved in Seattle...Mr. Sonic. And the way he runs a team was agreeable to most of the fans up here. The standards by which I judge how a team acts and performs is a direct reflection of Nate.

So my question is: Why hasn't Paul Allen and the Blazers organization expanded the local TV coverage into the Seattle area? It would certainly increase the fan base and bring in some additional revenue to boot.

There is very little chance the Sonics will get another NBA franchise anytime soon. David Stern hates Seattle and Seattle hates him. While Stern was saying out of one side of his mouth that his primary concern was to keep the Sonics in Seattle, he was, at the same time, hanging out in Oklahoma City with his buddy Thunder owner Clay Bennet, in fact Stern intiated Bennet into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

We catch a few Blazer games on TV, but it is not enough. We want more.

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can't you get the games on Comcast?

I know the nba extended the blackout area up to Seattle for blazer games but thought you could get them on Comcast. If you’re asking why you can’t get it on league pass or dish network there are plenty of people down in Portland who can’t get them either. Basically down here you get Comcast or you get CSN through another cable provider who’s worked out a deal with comcast, but I don’t think it’s anything Paul Allen or the Blazers have direct control over. They signed a contract for ten years with comcast and comcast has exclusive rights to the games. It sucks for a lot of people, but one recent development will allow those in the blackout zone who don’t have the choice of buying comcast cable to stream games online live. If you’re in an area where comcast is offered though, you’re stuck with them for games.

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by Tyler Durrden on Dec 31, 2011 4:30 PM PST reply actions

if seattle can find a owner that want to put a lot (A LOT) of money in to a new arena and buying the Hornets

seattle could get a team. if not a owner then Seattle could do it like Green bay and make it a city own team

by Daddygr33nJeans on Dec 31, 2011 4:36 PM PST reply actions

I think the League wants a team

back in Vancouver before it goes back to Seattle. David Stern and his fur’ners…

I used to be a basketball player like you, then I took the Portland Trail Blazers' training staff to the knee.

by Doctor Worm on Dec 31, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions

You sure about that?

Doubt it considering how much of a failure the Grizzlies were in BC.

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by Bradley James McEachern on Jan 3, 2012 9:50 PM PST up reply actions

First they need to build a new arena

Then they could get a team, which I believe they could.

Ovechkin-Leich-Semin: The greatest line in hockey..............................Tee Hee

All hail Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Emilio Renteria, Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones, Javier Hernandez and Nani for their brilliantness, defence and talent.

The Manchester United Football Club: Winning countless trophies and making City fans jealous and full of envy since 1902.

The Boston Celtics Basketball Club: Searching for Banner 18 since 2008. One of these days well get it....hopefully.

by Bradley James McEachern on Jan 3, 2012 9:51 PM PST up reply actions

We literally had a fanpost on this 5 days ago...

See here. Just a gentle reminder to check the recent stuff on the site before posting.

Most of Seattle can see every Blazer game. If you can get Comcast for your cable, or Frontier for your FIOS TV provider, you can get Comcast Sports Northwest, which shows almost all this season’s Blazer games. Any game shown on KGW is not shown on CSN NW, but I have reason to believe the Blazers are working on that, just like they have the last few seasons. Any games not shown on CSN NW or KGW are on one of the national networks.

On the other hand, besides the national network games, you cannot see any games in HD in Seattle if you have Comcast Cable. They’ve declined to offer Comcast Sports Northwest in HD on their own cable system, for no known reason. I’m really not sure Paul nor the Blazers have any control over that one, though.

by Timmay! on Dec 31, 2011 6:25 PM PST reply actions

anything kgw is streaming on blazers.com isnt it?

BRoy #7

by hohowan on Dec 31, 2011 8:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

I believe so. Though I don't know if it reaches everywhere in the backout zone. Some reported problems last year.

by Timmay! on Dec 31, 2011 8:01 PM PST up reply actions

I'm not sure if that streaming service is free anymore, now that they have their streaming solution in place

I’ll go check it out. Either way, I really expect the Seattle KGW situation to be worked out soon.

by Timmay! on Dec 31, 2011 8:03 PM PST up reply actions

i caught the kgw/blazer.com streams last year up here in Bellingham

but the csn games streaming this year (for purchase) only reach southern WA.

by johnshmidt on Jan 1, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions

Ahhhh

And I thought this was a post about where Seattle area Blazers fans can meet to watch the games :(

Both teams played hard

by cpryse on Dec 31, 2011 7:49 PM PST reply actions

David Stern's not gonna be the comissioner forever...

He’s pushing 70 and has already hinted at retirement within the next couple of years. That alone will not necessarily help Seattle’s chances of getting a new team, but as you suggest, it probably must happen before serious talks of such a thing can happen.

by looster401 on Dec 31, 2011 10:03 PM PST reply actions

There are rumors that a group of folks are organizing to build a new arena. Land has already been purchased just south of the Seahawk and Mariner stadiums by one of the interested individuals.
What really irks me is that the Sonics finally had a good organization in place with a great general manager when they moved to Oklahoma. It didn’t hurt that they drafted Keven Durant. Everyone I knew up here wanted Greg Oden instead of Durant. Most of the reasoning was that Oden had the pro body and could withstand the rigors of NBA life, and that Durant was skinny and would get beat up. I sometimes day dream what the Blazers would have been like with both a healthy Brandon Roy and a Keven Durant on the same team.

by SadSonic on Jan 1, 2012 11:49 AM PST reply actions

don't think there's a Blazer fan alive who hasn't dreamed of that

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by Tyler Durrden on Jan 1, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

Hell that would be something I would like to see as well and i'm not even a Blazers fan

Even though i’m a Celtics fan through and through (although I do like watching the Blazers), being from a small market (Pittsburgh) I always like too see the small market teams succeeed on and off the court. That would of happen if Roy and KD would of been on the same team. Yep it would be a good thing to see, plus both players would be playing in the western conference and wouldn’t effect the C’s one bit.

Ovechkin-Leich-Semin: The greatest line in hockey..............................Tee Hee

All hail Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Emilio Renteria, Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones, Javier Hernandez and Nani for their brilliantness, defence and talent.

The Manchester United Football Club: Winning countless trophies and making City fans jealous and full of envy since 1902.

The Boston Celtics Basketball Club: Searching for Banner 18 since 2008. One of these days well get it....hopefully.

by Bradley James McEachern on Jan 3, 2012 9:56 PM PST up reply actions