There has been ample discussion on how to go about acquiring names like Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, James Harden, and so forth. This old insidehoops thread got me contemplating the reality of the FA Market. (the content of the thread is not worth reading it was just fodder for thought) Aside from $$$, what are some other reasons for a player to uproot from a big market and relocate to the NW long term? What business, endorsement, real estate, lifestyle, etc opportunities are available for them? It made sense for B-Roy and Jamal Crawford as they call this area home. Joel Przybilla also came out of retirement to play for the Blazers after turning down the Heat because he thought Portland was a great place to raise his family. I see a pattern here, but this obviously is not going to attract top stock. Our fans are the best. Why else should FAs come here?
Beat the Heat video I made. Hope you all enjoy, was the most full intense game this year
Horrible game but sweet dunk by Dunkingham
LMA's 7 blocks SD version. I'll update this fanshot tomorrow when i have my HD footage all ready. In all seriousness there were only 6 blocks, I left one out because it was not a block. HD version coming tomorrow...
Welp Blazers just lost against the Nuggets... BUT Here is the highlights video for the Jazz game yesterday (in HD of course). Hard to keep up since it seems the NBA has only scheduled a strict back-to-back schedule for the Blazers. This is easily in my opinion the Blazers best game and most impressive this year. I didn't have as much time but its still a video... also some highlights are in the video from the dreaded Warriors game from Christmas. Enjoy and just forget about the Blazers game tonight (against Nuggets) and remember how happy you were yesterday when they beat the Jazz. I have also uploaded the nervous moments in the 4th quarter (final 37 seconds) and how hard it was for the Blazers to finish the game. That video is here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYSRNFzqxkM
Best Nate animated GIF that I just put together. Nate's reaction to Wesley's foul on Tyson Chandler (the one where it wasn't really a foul).
This is awesome. High Resolution version here = http://goo.gl/bRLzQ
Batum's no look and 1 shot in glorious HD. I know we lost but this was awesome.
Quick late highlights of the Piston game, some of the players where I jumped out of my sweet. More to come but just had to put up a quick video. Includes: - Some Rudy threes - Some LMA alley oop - Some Dante Dunkingham - Some Marcus Camby/Andre Miller - Some Batum