G_dubs
Oct 05, 2008 Nov 30, 2010 19 3504
Lifelong Trailblazer fan. I am a terrible typist. I am also a marginal grammarian. To add to the hrror, I suck at proof reading my posts for typs and grammar.
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Portland Trail Blazers
Seattle Seahawks
Oregon Ducks
Oregon Ducks
Tiger Woods
Serena and Venus Williams, in that order
Seattle Mariners
G_Biff(le)
Couture I guess
Ali
Timbers
only watch cycling during Olympics
Portland Buckaroos (Portland's only Dynasty)
RSSUser Blog
Jaynes Weighs in on Blake / Miller / Roy
I think he makes some good points.
I really do not expect Nate to go with this except in the short term or against the Minny's of the world.
October 14th JD: Those wild and crazy Euro ballers
by G_dubs on Oct 14, 2009 5:17 AM EDT
on Blazer's Edge
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/did-greek-team-threaten-to-kill-us-sports-agent-26468
Olympiakos lost both of its exhibition games against NBA teams this week, then headed to the airport after narrowly avoiding having their property seized to settle an outstanding debt. Former American NBA player Chris Morris, who played with the Greek club in 1999, is still owed a boatload of money by the club, and his agent wanted to collect.
Well this is all fine and dandy. So Olympikos is allegedly not totally forthright toward all their obligations. The part of the story that gets me is this:
On Friday, before Olympiakos was to play the Spurs, a Federal Marshall in San Antonio refused to execute a writ from a federal judge to seize the uniforms, airline tickets and other properties of Olympiakos in connection to its debt to Morris.
What the heck? Do U.S. Federal Marshals have the autonomy to just ignore a Fedreal Judge's writ? I wanna be one of them!
Sorry no poll. This is my first one of these, just because I got to work for 3 more hours and got tired of nobody else is pulling the trigger.
Oh, and to all you slackers that just hang out in here, go join the discussions on the Main Page once in a while. Yeah you might get bitten once in a while, but it builds character.
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J. Quick piece shedding light on the "feeling like a rookie" Roy comments:
Experiments can be uncomfortable if one is the Guinea Pig...
over 2 years ago
G_dubs
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Neat trip down memory lane: '85-'86 Blazers (40-42) beat Celtics (67-15, 40-1 at home) in Boston for Celts only home loss.
Current article from NBA.com. They talk to Bird and Walton (Boston). They remember that game like it was yesterday, because the loss was so painful. Take a look at the box score for the game at the end of the article. You'll see some names that were on the team 5 years later (Finals), coming off the bench. Kind of gives some perspective how young our '08-'09 team is, and how well they are doing this year.
The Cost of Wins
Interesting analysis. According to this chap the Blazers have the most efficient Active Payroll (minus Miles / Francis on the books).
The Greg Oden Effect
Brian Hendrickson take, with quantitative analysis, on Oden's immediate impact on "the game". Good read.
about 3 years ago
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Yay! My man Ike!
I'm glad to see he is still scrapping in practice and not getting discouraged. As long as he's competing in the practice sessions, against Oden no less, I'll quit dogging him so hard.
Fernandez makes fast transition into NBA
per Brian Hendrickson at The Columbian
"But when he explains the quick adjustment to his new teammates and league, Fernandez makes the move sound fundamental.
'Basketball is basketball, Europe or in USA,' he explained.
The Blazers never expected the transition to be that easy, but Fernandez has certainly made it look that way. He led the Blazers in steals (2.6 a game) during the preseason, and ranked third in assists (4.0 average) and fourth in scoring (12.0 average). And if Fernandez continues to play with that level of comfort, then his quick, smooth transition could pay big dividends."
Worth the wait? Experts say Blazers will be
per Kerry Eggers at The Portland Tribune
"McMillan, Roy agree that tough early schedule is good for young Portland team"
Ten-man rotation, plus Bayless and Diogu, ready for Lakers
per Kerry Eggers at The Portland Tribune
Looks like [My Man] Ike is still ahead of Shav for the 12th spot on the active roster. C'mon Ike, make the most of it.
Not official but Baurm likely to start.
Bayless stays fit, faithful while waiting for his chance to play
Per Joe Freeman at OregonLive
Uh-oh. Jaynes n Baldy (Canzano) agree on something, in speculative theory
by G_dubs on Oct 11, 2008 10:56 AM EDT
on Blazer's Edge
Nickname for Rudy: El Espanola Pistola ( The Spanish Pistol)
by G_dubs on Oct 8, 2008 8:30 AM EDT
on Blazer's Edge
The Kings announcer said something about Rudy passing like [Pistol] Pete Maravich during the game...I saw "Hispaniola Pistola" yesterday, but this does not work in the purest sense. Hispaniola is an island that houses the countries of Haiti and The Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. Hispanola does not mean "Spanish" in the purest sense, although it is a variant.
So if this name sticks, I will take the credit, unless there is an earlier reference I am not aware of, in which case, of course, I will defer. But I like the moniker regardless.
That is all. :-)
PS: Sorry I couldn't figure out how to get this into a fan shot with just text and no image, url, etc.
Smart money says Webster only Blazer with a shot at a contract extension this fall
From Hendrickson & sources.
Frye and Diogu left out in the cold
OT: Ricky Rubio undergoes arthroscopic surgery
Checking out his wrist
Kerry Eggers Report at The Trib
* - Nate keeping the offensive scheme simple
* - Only guaranteed contract players against SAC. Free agenst will start play against GSW
* - Should see plenty of Rudy. Nate give progress report for him and is quite positive.
Joe Freeman report at O'Live
1) Oden ~15' / game Tuesday and Wednesday
2) Roy =< 24' Tuesday. Probably not play Wednesday
3) Blake = Out for another week at least
4) Sergio starts. Bayless 1st point guard off the bench, and may play some 2 guard.
Kinda dumb poll at The Dime
Who's the better dunker, Drexler or Melo (are they kidding?)? They do have a video highlight of Clyde tho.
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