November 2009
1 post
Maybe Blazer fans don’t get sports.
Why are we panicking after a week and a half? We have two significant additions to the rotation from last year in Andre Miller and Martell Webster. These guys will both be major contributors, and it will take a little time to figure how they can be worked into a rotation that won 54 games last year and a division title without them.
Give it time Rip...
February 2009
1 post
January 2009
12 posts
“Rip City… Is that really you?”
– blazermaniac1991
Listen up Stat-heads
It’s not about the numbers.
Sure Lamarcus is starting to put up stat lines that are stereotypically reserved for All-Stars. And yes, Greg Oden has started to make his fantasy owners happy on a nightly basis.
But the story of this team, is not one of cold hard statistics. I want you to take your fantasy- basketball-dollar-beer-night-dispensing-helmet off and start singing the right praises....
Get that twinkle out of your eye, Blazers
You can see it in the way Brandon Roy hugs LeBron as the final buzzer goes off.
You can hear it in Lamarcus’ voice when he is interviewed after the game.
And on nights like last night against Cleveland, you can feel it in the final score.
You can tell this young, young squad feels cool, and even privileged to be playing in the same league as LeBron James.
This isn’t the Make a...
“LMA is ‘Sheed without the crazy”
THE NEXT SHEED
When LaMarcus Aldridge was forced to wear a headband due to medical reasons, it pushed him a step closer to his eventual transformation into the next Rasheed Wallace.
The comparisons have been there since he was playing at Texas.
But I see Aldridge becoming a more refined version of ‘Sheed. A ‘Sheed without the crazy. For better and for worse.
What the crazy did to Rasheed’s...
“I want to see Rudy dunk his guitar”
– Joe on hearing of Rudy Fernandez’ selection to the 2009 Dunk Contest
Calling all Blazermaniacs
What kind of Blazermaniac am I?
I’m the kind of Blazermaniac that thinks BOTH Clyde the Glide and Rasheed Wallace are legends. I’m the kind of Blazermaniac that loves a team the harder they try and the farther they go.
I grew up living and dying by the early 90’s Blazer squads. I would geek out when I saw Jerome Kersey at a sushi restaurant. I would stand in line for four...
